Faculty members of Gulbarga University staged a protest outside the university administrative building here on Thursday to oppose the withdrawal of notional increments given to them during their promotion.
The agitators said that the university withdrew the increments of 34 teaching staff after the Comptroller and Auditor General of India objected to it and started deducted money from their salaries to recover increments already given.
“Other universities in the State have not withdrawn notional increment given to their teaching staff. However, Gulbarga University is, instead of convincing the government and Auditor General, deducting up to ₹40,000 from our salaries to recover increments already given,” secretary of Postgraduate Teachers Association Ramesh Landonkar said during the protest.
