Member of Parliament C. Robert Bruce has appealed to Minister for Higher Education Govi Chezhiaan to restore the suspended benefits to the non-teaching staff and the consolidated pay workers of Anna University’s Tirunelveli Regional Office while regularising the services of the latter.
In the memorandum submitted to the minister, Mr. Robert Bruce said 54 non-teaching staff working in the Anna University Constituent Colleges in Tirunelveli, Nagercoil and Thoothukudi, who were getting 6th Pay Commission Pay with all other benefits since 2008 are not given benefits like earned leave, medical leave, maternity leave, annual increment etc. since 2016 after the Anna Universities in Tirunelveli, Tiruchi and Coimbatore were annexed with Anna University, Chennai.
Even though the Sheela Balakrishnan Committee had recommended in favour of continuing these benefits and their service registers were re-checked for reinstating these benefits, there is no further progress in this process. Hence, the suspended benefits should be given to them.
The MP said 53 persons – 29 in Tirunelveli, 8 in Thoothukudi and 16 in Nagercoil – were working as sanitary workers, office assistants, junior assistants, technical assistants, assistant librarians and physical education trainers under then Anna University in 2011. After being posted as ‘daily wage workers in 2011, they were given consolidated pay from 2012 with incentive.
After the Anna University was annexed with Anna University, Chennai and the entity at Tirunelveli was rechristened as ‘Anna University Regional Office’ without regularising the services of the consolidated pay workers.
To make things worse, they are being given break for 5 days after serving for 6 months and posted again after getting fresh applications from them so that they would not have any legal backing to claim rights for permanent post.
Hence, the Minister should considering regularising their posts as most of them cannot go for any other work at this age, Mr. Robert Bruce said.
Published – August 16, 2025 09:48 pm IST
