College teachers will retire at 65

Updated on: Thursday, June 23, 2011

Lecturers and teaching staff in colleges getting paid as per UGC scales across Karnataka have something to cheer about. The Karnataka High Court quashed various orders restricting their superannuation in the range of 60-62 years and directed authorities to make it 65 years.

"The denial by the state government of the enhancement of age of superannuation to teachers working in the government and aided, affiliated colleges drawing UGC scale of pay is repugnant to the UGC Act and the Regulations and hence is void," the court observed.

Petitioners will be continued in service in the posts they held on the date of petitions or immediately prior to it till they attain the age of superannuation of 65 years in accordance with UGC regulations with all benefits, Justice Anand Byrareddy observed in his verdict, allowing petitions led by H Halesh, M Albina and others.

Flautist told to behave himself

A division bench headed by Chief Justice Khehar asked S K Venugopal, a nadaswaram and flute artist of Kukke Subramanya temple in Suliya taluk, to submit an affidavit by next week about his good conduct. The court also asked temple authorities to confirm if they're agreaable to taking him back.

The allegation against Venugopal was that he'd misbehave due to alcoholism and he'd even consumed liquor once in the temple office. "Once during the aupicious Mahamangalarathi, the appellant played a Hindi song "Gori tera gaon bada pyara...!" the counsel for the temple told the court. He'd been dismissed after this episode.

Venugopal said he had undergone a deaddiction programme and promised not to repeat the mistake.

Times of India

College teachers will retire at 65

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