Chandigarh, April 24 -- Panjab University's (PU) revised house allotment rules have come under fire from the non-teaching employees' union, which alleges discrimination and warns of mass agitation, even as authorities deny any fresh changes to the policy.

PU registrar YP Verma said the criteria are the same as in previous years and introduce no new provisions. However, the Panjab University Non-Teaching Employees Federation (PUNTEF) claims the approved recommendations effectively raise the eligibility bar by linking it to the pay scale of an assistant professor under the UGC 2016 norms, a move it termed "illogical, illegal and unjustified" for non-teaching staff. "Being in the non-teaching staff, we've always felt some sort of discrimina...