PCCTU-Led DAV Teachers step up stir over Pay, Promotions & Autonomy
Hunger Strike on April 26, Delhi Protest on April 29
Ferozepur, April 24, 2025: Under the direction of PCCTU (Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union), peaceful protests in the form of two-hour dharnas were held in DAV colleges across Punjab for the last two days. The main demands of which are: a uniform and revised pay scale should be given to all regular teachers, uniform CPF deduction rules should be implemented for all teachers, opposition to making HMV College Jalandhar autonomous, immediate approval of long pending case promotion cases, early payment of long pending salaries in some colleges.
At this time, the college president of PCCTU unit of DAV College for Women Ferozepur Cantonment, Dr. Amrit Pal Kaur and secretary Dr. Meenakshi Mittal said that if the legitimate demands of the teachers working regularly in DAV colleges of Punjab are not accepted, then this peaceful protest will be intensified even more.
He said that a hunger strike will be held on 26 April 2025 and a one-hour peaceful protest will be held in front of the Managing Committee office in New Delhi on 29 April 2025 from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. Dr. Balveen Kaur and Dr. Anupama were also present at this time.