Lok Sabha Question No. 4299 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-07
Subject: Central University of Koraput
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BALABHADRA MAJHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.  4299 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.01.2019

## Central University of Koraput

## 4299. Shri Balabhadra Majhi:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)   the details of sanctioned vis-à-vis actual strength of teaching and other posts in Central University (CU) of Koraput, Odisha;
- (b)   the reasons for not filling up vacant posts, if any;
- (c)   the steps taken by the Government to fill up these vacant posts; and
- (d)  the time by which these vacant posts are likely to be filled up?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Dr. SATYA PAL SINGH)

- (a):        The  Central University of Orissa has given the following details of the sanctioned and filled up positions of teaching and non-teaching posts:

| Category     |   No. of Sanctioned Posts |   No. of Filled up Posts |
|--------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
| Teaching     |                       154 |                       17 |
| Non-teaching |                       115 |                       21 |

(b) to (d): The onus to fill up the teaching and non-teaching posts lies with the concerned Central University  being  autonomous  body  created  under   respective  Act  of  Parliament.  Ministry  of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and University Grants Commission (UGC) continuously monitor the filling up of the vacancies in all the Central Universities.  This issue is discussed regularly in meetings with Vice Chancellors chaired by Minister of Human Resource Development  and  also  in  the  Conference  of  Vice-Chancellors  held  every  year  under  the chairmanship of Hon'ble President of India.  The various steps taken by MHRD and UGC in this regard include:

- (i)    Five  Visitor's  nominees  have  been  provided  to  all  the  Central  Universities  for  Selection Committees of teachers in order to expedite the recruitment process,

- (ii)   It  is  clearly  mentioned in UGC(Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other  Academic  Staff  in  Universities  and  Colleges  and  Measures  for  the  Maintenance  of Standards in Higher Education)Regulations,2010 that all the sanctioned / approved posts in the university system shall be filled up on an urgent basis.
- (iii) UGC  has  framed  the  guidelines  for  empanelment  of  Adjunct-Faculty  in  Universities  and Colleges.  These  guidelines  enable  higher  educational  institutions  to  access  the  eminent teachers  and  researchers  who  have  completed  their  formal  association  with  University  / College,  to  participate  in  teaching,  to  collaborate  and  to  stimulate  research  activities  for quality research at M.Phil and Ph. D. levels, and to play mentoring and inspirational role.
- (iv) Further,  UGC  initiated  a  scheme  called  Operation  Faculty  Recharge  for  augmenting  the research and teaching resources of universities to tackle the shortage of faculty in university system.
- (v)    In order to meet the situation arising out of shortage of teachers in Universities and other teaching institutions and the consequent vacant positions therein, the age of superannuation for teachers in Central Educational Institutions has already been enhanced to 65 years w.e.f. 23.03.2007.
- (vi)      Besides,  subject  to  availability  of  vacant  positions  and  fitness,  teachers  can  also  be  reemployed on contract appointment beyond the age of 65 years and upto the age of 70 years.

At present, the UGC has advised all the Central Universities to postpone the recruitment process for  teachers   till  further  orders  as  the  Union  of  India  and  the  UGC  have  filed  Special  Leave Petitions  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  India  seeking  leave  to  appeal  the  final  order  and  judgment dated 07.04.2017 of the Hon'ble High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in WPA No. 43260 of 2016 whereby Hon'ble High Court of Allahabad had quashed the provisions  of  UGC guidelines which  provided for  determining reservation  roster  points  by  treating  'University/ college' as a cadre or unit.

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