DU: CCS-based Periodic Review A Threat to Academic Freedom
Mithuraaj Dhusiya and C Saratchand | 02 June 2025 | Newsclick
The Executive Council of the University of Delhi has decided to examine the extension of the system of the Central Civil Service Rules (CCS)-based periodic performance review of Union government employees to teachers. If this is adopted then it will bring into effect the provision for compulsory retirement to teachers too.
This consideration, if implemented by the University of Delhi, would amount to a ‘de facto’ extension of CCS rules to teachers. Such a move would undermine the foundational principles of university autonomy, academic freedom, and the distinct legal and organisational frameworks governing higher education institutions as opposed to government organs…