MADURAI: The Vice-Chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) here Prof.Dr.J.Kumar has told the associations and the staff of university that he had written to the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary about the September salary issue and is waiting for the reply of Chief Secretary on how to disburse the salary and pension this month.
“We have not yet received the salary for September month. Today is October 4th. Yesterday we met the VC and requested him for his immediate intervention. Today we met our Vice-Chancellor in his chamber for more than one hour from 3.30 pm. The officer-bearers of MUFA and MKUASA and others met the VC and wanted to know about the steps taken by him for getting the staff salary and retired employees’ pension for the month of September. He told us that he sent a message to the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary yesterday. We were told that the Chief Secretary will be busy today with the important meeting convened by Chief Minister with district collectors. So, the VC told us to wait,” an office-bearer told ‘Lotus Times’ after the meeting which was over at 5.10 pm today- on October 4th 2023.
The Madurai Kamaraj University is facing lot of problems to pay salary to its staff, both teaching and non-teaching staff, due to severe financial crisis and lack of funding support from the State government for the past over two years. MKU pensioners too are not getting pension on time.
