Remuneration dispute: About 100 Maharani Cluster University guest lecturers protest for a week
Over 100 guest lecturers at Maharani Cluster University are protesting and boycotting classes due to a two-month delay in salary payments. The dispute stems from conflicting administrative directives between the university and the Department of Collegiate Education regarding recruitment rules and tax deductions.
Why it matters
This highlights systemic administrative inefficiencies in higher education governance that directly impact the livelihood of academic staff and the continuity of student education.
Due to certain confusing decisions of Maharani Cluster University and the Department of Collegiate Education (DCE), over 100 guest lecturers working at the university have gone without remuneration for the past two months.
They have been boycotting classes and staging a protest for the past week, and have warned of a hunger strike if the government does not resolve their salary-related issues.
The State government had instructed the university to recruit guest lecturers for 2026–27 on its own, but the university submitted a representation stating that it could not bear the remuneration cost.
Subsequently, the government directed the DCE to make the recruitments, while the remuneration was to be disbursed at the university level. The DCE then appointed 106 guest lecturers to the university in August 2026 to teach arts, Science, and Commerce subjects. Meanwhile, the university directly recruited 30 guest lecturers to teach BCA, Data Science, and Artificial Intelligence.
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