Govt. hardens stand against PU teachers

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, MAY 15. The State Government on Monday hardened its stand against the striking pre-university teachers and decided to initiate stringent measures under the Karnataka Essential Services Maintenance Act (KESMA) against the lecturers, who had boycotted valuation of PU answer scripts.

This decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by the Chief Minister, Mr. S. M. Krishna.

The meeting decided not to concede the demands of the striking PU teachers.

The action to be taken under KESMA to expedite valuation work was the main agenda of the meeting. The Act provides for imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 2,000 or both. It also makes provision for curtailment of wages of striking teachers and to withhold their promotion and pensionary benefits.

The Chief Minister is understood to have instructed the officers concerned to issue orders to the lecturers to attend valuation work immediately.

He has also instructed the superintendents of police and deputy commissioners to provide the names and addresses of errant lecturers so that action could be initiated against them.

The Home Secretary, Mr. M. B. Prakash, the Director-General and Inspector-General of Police, Mr. C. Dinakar, the Secretary to the Chief Minister, Mr. S. V. Ranganath, and the Director of the Pre- University Board, Mr. Harish Gowda, participated in the meeting.

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