Overview
- CACTA announced it will intensify its agitation from the next academic session if the Chandigarh Administration fails to implement mandated benefits.
- Planned actions include mass demonstrations, a march to the Governor House, and sustained protests at Matka Chowk and outside the Chandigarh Secretariat.
- The association’s demands cover CAS promotions effective July 18, 2018, DA enhancement from January 2025, a 20% HRA, one-year paid probation, a higher superannuation age, and full enforcement of UGC Regulations, 2018.
- Leaders accuse the administration of creating deliberate ambiguity despite Union home minister Amit Shah’s April 1, 2022 statement that Chandigarh should follow central policies.
- Teachers say they have avoided exam boycotts to protect students, warning that continued delays will harm morale and risk the education of more than 30,000 students in aided colleges.