Page 750 - Compendium of UGC Regulations 1957-2023

Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

(e) The post was filled in accordance with the prescribed selection procedure as laid
down in the Regulations of University/State Government/Central Government/
Concerned Institutions, for such appointments.
(f) The previous appointment was not as guest lecturer for any duration, or an ad hoc
or in a leave vacancy of less than one year duration. Ad hoc or temporary service
of more than one year duration can be counted provided that:
(i) the period of service was of more than one year duration;
(ii) the incumbent was appointed on the recommendation of duly constituted
Selection Committee; and
(iii) the incumbent was selected to the permanent post in continuation to the ad
hoc or temporary service, without any break.
(g) No distinction should be made with reference to the nature of management of the
institution where previous service was rendered (private/local body/Government),
was considered for counting past services under this clause.
11.0 PERIOD OF PROBATION AND CONFIRMATION

11.1. The minimum period of probation shall be one year extendable by a maximum period
of one more year in case of unsatisfactory performance.
11.2. The confirmation at the end of one year shall be automatic, unless extended for another
year by a specific order, before expiry of the first year.
11.3 Subject to this Clause 11, it is obligatory on the part of the university/the concerned
institution to issue an order of confirmation to the incumbents within 45 days of
completion of probationary period after due process of verification of satisfactory
performance.
11.4 Probation and confirmation rules are applicable only at the initial stage of recruitment,
issued from time to time, by Central Government.
11.5 All other Central Government rules on probation and confirmation shall be applicable
mutatis mutandis.
12.0 CREATION AND FILLING UP OF TEACHING POSTS

12.1. Teaching posts in universities, as far as feasible, may be created in a pyramidal order,
that is, for instance, for one post of Professor, there shall be two posts of Associate
Professors and four posts of Assistant Professors, per department.

12.2. All the sanctioned/approved posts in the university system shall be filled up on an
urgent basis.
13.0 APPOINTMENTS ON CONTRACT BASIS
13.1. The teachers should be appointed on contract basis only when it is absolutely necessary
and when the student-teacher ratio does not satisfy the laid down norms. In any case,
the number of such appointments should not exceed 10% of the total number of
faculty positions in a College/University. The qualifications and selection procedure
for appointing them should be the same as those applicable to a regularly appointed
teacher. The fixed emoluments paid to such contract teachers should not be less than the
monthly gross salary of a regularly appointed Assistant Professor. Such appointments
should not be made initially for more than one academic session, and the performance
of any such entrant teacher should be reviewed for academic performance before
reappointing her/him on contract basis for another session.

749
University Grants Commission