PATNA, July 5 -- The Chancellor's secretariat has asked all varsities to clear salaries to university teachers and employees, and pension and retirement benefits to retired ones by July 20 and submit status reports in the prescribed format, officials said on Sunday. Additional chief secretary (ACS) to the Governor, Dipak Kumar Singh, sent a letter to VCs in this regard.

Singh directed VCs to clear the backlog payments in 'mission mode'. "Despite late approval of current and outstanding salaries of teachers and non-teaching employees of the universities and allocation of funds for payment of retirement benefits, complaints of delay continue to be received from various sources at the office of the Chancellor," read the letter sent on Frida...