RTI Reveals 75 % Posts of Professors Lying Vacant in CUJ

RTI  Reveals  75 %  Posts of  Professors Lying Vacant in Central University of Jammu

Jammu, 05/March/2020: In a shocking information provided by the Central University of Jammu it’s been revealed that over 75 percent posts of professors are lying vacant in the university.

As per a communication issued by the Public Information Officer of the Central University of Jammu vide his office letter no. RTI/433/2020/187 dated 03/March2020 to information seeker RTI activists Raman Sharma, the RTI reply reveals that out of 22 sanctioned Posts of Professors 17 positions are lying vacant as on date.

The data provided by the CUJ also discloses that 32 posts of Associate professors out of 44 sanctioned strength remain unfilled by the university administration. The Central University of Jammu that was established in year 2009 and started functioning in year 2011  also have a shortfall of 10 posts of Assistant Professors and as on date against 91 sanctioned positions of Assistant Professors only 80 posts are filled. 

The debility of this Central University is not only confined for not filling the posts of teaching staff but even around 30 percent posts of non teaching staff are also vacant in the university. The RTI data provided by university further divulges that total sanctioned strength of non teaching staff for the university is 119 but here also the university administration has failed to fill the gap and 35 posts of the non teaching staff are also lying vacant.

However in response to RTI query related to steps being taken by the university to fill the vacant posts, the PIO gave an astonishing  reply and stated that the University advertised teaching positions more than 07 times during the period 2015-18 and due to non availability of suitable and eligible candidates, the posts remained vacant. On the question of fixed timeline raised by the RTI applicant to fill all the vacancies in the university, the signed reply by the PIO stated that it’s an ongoing process and did not provide any deadline. It is pertinent to mention here that as per the section 8 of Central Universities Act, under which CUJ was also established besides 11 other universities in the year 2009, President of India is the Visitor of the Central University of Jammu.

Reacting over the expose of gap of Sanctioned and posted Strength of staff in the University, the information Seeker, Raman Sharma appealed the Visitor                     ( President of India) and Chancellor of the  Central University to issue necessary directions to the concerned for immediately taking steps to fill these vacant posts.