Ludhiana, May 11 -- Over three years after the state government implemented the revised University Grants Commission pay scales as per the 7th Pay Commission in September 2022, 120 of 138 colleges (87%) affiliated to Panjab University in Punjab and Chandigarh have yet to hike their teachers' salaries.

Data procured by the Association of United College Teachers from the office of the Dean, College Development Council (DCDC), PU, reveals that only 18 affiliated colleges have implemented the revised pay structure.

The unexplained delay has left teaching faculty in an unending, agonising wait for hiked pay and arrears, due since January 2016 when the 7th Pay Commission recommendations were approved by the central government.

Of the 120 col...