Lok Sabha Question No. 4931 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-23
Subject: Recruitment and Staff Position in University of Delhi
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Murari Lal Meena

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4931 ANSWERED ON- 23.03.2026

## Recruitment and Staff Position in University of Delhi

## †4931. Shri Murari Lal Meena:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the number of colleges presently affiliated and functioning under the University of Delhi along with the names, college-wise;

(b) the total number of teaching and non-teaching staff presently working in the said university and its affiliated colleges, post-wise and college-wise;

(c) the number of recruitments made for various category of posts during the last five years, along with the details of appointments made in the Department of Law and the number of candidates appointed  therein,  year-wise,  category-wise,  particularly  with  regard  to  Scheduled  Caste  (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Other Backward Class (OBC);

(d)  the  total  number  of  applications  received  and  candidates  selected  in  the  recruitment  made during the above  said period along with the current status of vacancies, category-wise (General/SC/ST/OBC/EWS); and

(e) the number of ST category posts advertised for recruitment in the year 2023 and 2024 and the number of ST candidates finally selected against those posts in the appointments made in the year 2025?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR)

(a)  to  (e):  University  of  Delhi  is  statutory  autonomous  organization  established  under  Delhi University  Act,  1922  and  is  governed  by  provisions  of  the  Statutes,  Ordinances  etc  made thereunder.  All  administrative  and  academic  decision  are  taken  by  the  University  with  the approval  of  its  statutory  bodies  in  accordance  with  statutory  provisions  and  the  relevant regulations/guidelines  of  the  University  Grants  Commission  (UGC).  The  details  of  colleges functioning  under  the  University  of  Delhi  may  be  seen  at  the  link  https://www.du.ac.in.  The University has informed that 87 Professors, 279 Associate Professors, 734 Assistant Professors and 714 non-teaching employees are working in the Departments of the University. Further, 7603 teaching and 2925 non-teaching employees are working in the colleges of the University.

Occurrence and filling up of vacancies are continuous process. The onus to fill the vacant posts lies  on  the  University.  The  vacancies  arise  due  to  retirement,  resignation  and additional requirements  on  account  of  enhanced  students'  strength.  Ministry  of  Education  and  University Grants Commission (UGC) regularly monitor the institutions for filling the vacant posts.

From  September  2022,  all  Central  Universities  have  undertaken  recruitment  drive  in  mission mode to fill the vacancies. Till 24.01.2026, more than 4040 teaching and non-teaching positions including 588 SC posts, 311 ST posts, 1070 OBC posts and 303 EWS posts have been filled in University of Delhi and its colleges. In last five years, 42 teaching staffs have been appointed in the Department of Law which include 5 SC, 10 OBC & 2 EWS.

The  UGC  launched  a  unified  recruitment  portal  i.e.  CU-Chayan  on  02.05.2023  to  provide  a common platform for listing of vacancies/ advertisements/ jobs across all Central Universities for faculty posts. The Central Universities have also been instructed to publish rolling advertisements on  their  websites  throughout  the  year  to  address  the  difficulties  faced  in  getting  eligible candidates. The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers Cadre) Act, 2019 has been  notified  on  09.07.2019  which  provides  for  reservation  of  posts  in  direct  recruitment  for persons belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs),  and Economically Weaker  Sections  (EWS)  in the Teacher's Cadre of Central Educational  Institutions  established,  maintained,  or  aided  by  the  Central  Government.  This  Act removes the difficulty regarding the reservation of posts in appointment by treating University/Central  Educational  Institution  as  a  unit  for  the  purpose  of  reservation  instead  of individual  departments.  Further,  by  this  Act  from  the  year  2019,  reservation  was  provided  to Other Backward Class (OBC) in recruitment in Associate Professor and Professor level. Earlier reservation to OBC was only in Assistant Professor level. Posts reserved for a particular category can only be filled by eligible persons of that particular category; any unfilled post belonging to any  of  the  reserved  category  will  continue  to  be  readvertised  as  backlog  vacancies  in  that particular reserved category in next cycle(s) of recruitment, until filled.

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