Chandigarh, Sept. 9 -- The Panjab University Teachers' Association (PUTA) is yet to announce its election schedule for 2026-27, despite its own bylaws prescribing a timeline for initiating the process, prompting a faculty member to question the delay and seek the vice-chancellor's intervention. Under PUTA's bylaws, the election schedule is to be notified within 15 days of the university reopening after the summer vacation, while polling is to be held within 45 days of reopening. In a representation to the PU vice-chancellor, a faculty member alleged that the prescribed timeline had been violated, pointing out that the association began the membership subscription process only on August 2 and is yet to announce the poll schedule. PUTA president Amarjit Singh Naura said, "Membership collection is done through salary deduction. The deduction takes place around the14th and we have to obtain the consent of teachers before the list is finalised and the university has reopened later than usual this year after the summer vacation was extended following teachers' demands," he said, adding that the election date would be announced shortly....