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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

(ii) Subject to availability of vacant positions and fitness, teachers shall also be re-
employed on contract appointment beyond the age of sixty five years up to the age
of seventy years. Reemployment beyond the age of superannuation shall however, be
done selectively, for a limited period of 3 years in the first instance and then for another
further period of 2 years purely on the basis of merit, experience, area of specialization
and peer group review and only against available vacant positions without affecting
selection or promotion prospects of eligible teachers.
13.0. GUIDELINESS FOR RE-EMPLOYMENT OF SUPERANNUATED TEACHERS

13.1. APPLICABILITY:
The Model Guidelines shall be applicable to Central/State and other Universities and
Constituent / Affiliated Colleges in the Indian Universities system and to any other education
institute engaged in higher /technical/professional education which opts for re-employment.
13.2. ELIGIBLE CATEGORY:
The category of superannuated teachers eligible for re-employment shall be:

a) Professors only, in the case of Universities; and
b) Associate Professors only, in the case of Colleges
13.3. TENURE OF APPOINTMENT:
The tenure of appointment of a superannuated teacher shall be for a maximum period of three
years at a time or up to the teacher reaching the age of 65 years (70 years in case of centrally
funded institutes), whichever is earlier. However, it shall be open for the institution to make
appointments for shorter periods at a time, like one/two years, or for a further maximum
period of three years, as the case may be, so long as the teacher is below the age of 65 years
(70 years in case of Centrally funded institutes) with a proviso that in case of centrally
funded institution, all those who superannuated after 62years but not attained 65 years, as
on 15th March,2007 (Date of Government’s order), the re-appointment shall be only against
sanctioned vacant posts as in the case of 65-70yrs, except that the screening as per the these
Regulations, need not be mandatory which is now proposed to be applicable to 65-70yrs age
group. In case the number of claimants in the category of superannuated teachers who have
not attained 65yrs as on 15.03.2007, is more than available sanctioned posts, it may be left to
the University/College to make selection of teachers from amongst the claimants, based on
the requirements and availability of regular vacancies of sanctioned posts.
13.4.PRINCIPLES TO BE FOLLOWED:

The institution shall follow the following principles, while taking up the case of superannuated
teachers for re-employment:

a) There shall be vacancies of teachers at the University department or at the college,
remaining unfilled for at least one year.
b) The number of teachers to be re-employed in a University department and/ or college
at any given time shall be limited to 50% of the vacancies identified as above.
c) Re-employment of superannuated teachers may be ,made only against regular sanctioned
posts, which could not be filled up.
d) The Re-employment of superannuated teacher/s shall be in the best interest of the
concerned University departments or the college.
e) Their shall be adequate work load for the re-employed teacher/s at the concerned
University department or the college, to justify the appointments.

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