The All Odisha University Employees Federation (AOUEF) on Wednesday slammed the State Government for its step-motherly attitude towards fulfilment of various longstanding legitimate demands of university employees.
At an executive council meeting of the AOUEF here, representatives from of all the Universities in the State highlighted their various concerns. AOUEF General Secretary Biranchi Narayan Ray alleged that while the Universities are following the staffing pattern, cadre rule, qualification for all categories of employees at par with the State Secretariat, the revised cadre rule is yet to be introduced for University employees.
Similarly, several amendments have been made in the promotional rule meant for the ministerial cadre in the Secretariat, but, no steps have been initiated to amend the OURP Rule 1991 for which many senior employees are being deprived of getting promotion, he added. Besides, the body demanded that the retirement age of University employees be hiked by two years from the existing 60 years. AOUEF President Bhabani Prasad Singh presided over the meeting.