DUTA Delhi University Teachers' Association

Recovery Issue: Draft letters for seeking waiver of recoverable amount To President/ Secretary/ Office Bearers Staff Association ___________ ___________ 27.10.2020 Dear colleagues, Teachers of various colleges/ Departments of the University of Delhi have received letters from the University regarding review of their pay fixation and recovery of ‘excess’ amount paid on one count or the other. The DUTA has repeatedly reminded the University that letters of recovery/review in  many cases are in violation of the Supreme Court judgement dated 18.12.2014 which categorically points out that such recoveries are ‘impermissible’ owing to the time lapse after the payments allegedly in excess to the teachers. The University is of the opinion that as directed by the DOPT OM dated 02.03.2016 (and duly notified by Delhi University), the employer should forward the case for waiver of the recoverable amount through the UGC and the Ministry of Education to the Department of Expenditure, Min

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Press Statement of MHSA on the Hathras horror The rape, brutalising and systemic murder of a young Dalit woman at the hands of four upper caste men in Hathras has filled us with a sense of deep shock, grief and rage. We are equally shocked and angered by the negligence of the state administration and its subsequent attempts to conceal the episode, and further, to muzzle expressions of protest against such barbarity. The MHSA stands in solidarity with the grieving family, condemns the abuse of power by the state machinery, and demands that the constitutional promise of an equitable and just India be upheld.     -- Miranda House Staff Association Get regular DUTA updates.   

DUTA to hold mass Hunger Strike on 2 October to protest issues of stoppage of salaries The 'Rolling Cluster-wise Strike' organised by DUTA ended today after 4 days of successful action programme across the University. On the fourth day of the programme, teachers of BRAC, MAC, IGIPESS, IP, LBC, Rajdhani, SRCAS, Shyamlal College (M & E), Satyawati (M& E), SGTB Khalsa, Shivaji College, SRCCC, SSC and VMC remained on strike and participated in online protest. Hundreds of teachers across colleges shared their protest photos on social media in solidarity with the 12 DU Colleges. During the 4-day protest, which started on 28 September 2020, Staff Associations of many of the 12 DU Colleges held physical protests in their Colleges. On the other hand many Staff Associations including JMC, IHE, LIC, SRCC and JDM held Zoom meetings to pass resolutions against the anti-employee action of the Delhi Government.  While the grant released recently (22 September, 2020) to the