Overview
- The Sindh Higher Education Commission gave vice-chancellors eight working days to end all additional-charge, look-after, and OPS arrangements and submit compliance reports.
- The letter, issued by Assistant Director Naheed J. Haider, cites the Sindh High Court’s CP No. 1757/2024, a Dec. 9 order by the SHC Circuit Bench in Hyderabad, and a 2024 Supreme Court communication.
- The directive bars faculty and PhD holders from serving in non-teaching posts such as registrar, controller of examinations, Quality Enhancement Cell director, or ORIC head.
- Non-compliance will make university administrations solely responsible for any consequences, the commission warned.
- The order affects about 30 public universities where administrators have long assigned faculty to administrative roles, often citing severe financial constraints.