MUHS non-teaching staff call off strike till December 7

The exams scheduled to start on November 26 have been indefinitely postponed.

The non-teaching staff unions of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) at Nashik,who had been on an indefinite strike for 11 days,have called off their agitation till December 7.

The decision was taken on Thursday,a day after these unions met Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in Mumbai and discussed various demands.

We are satisfied with the way our demands were heard. The deputy chief minister assured us that he would positively look into all our major demands. We have called off strike now,and are hopeful that the authorities would do the needful to fulfill our demands till December 7, said Deepak Shelke,a staff leader.

Introducing the benefits of Maharashtra Civil Services Rules 2009 for non-teaching staff and making available pension scheme to employees who joined before 2005 are some of the major demands raised by the staff.

The indefinite strike has been causing a delay in processing the results of scores of medical students who appeared for the exams this summer. Also,the exams scheduled to start on November 26 have been indefinitely postponed.

MUHS authorities are expected to make a formal announcement about the new exam schedule in the next couple of days,it is learnt.

Major demands

* Introducing the benefits of Maharashtra Civil Services Rules 2009 for non-teaching employees

* Making available pension scheme to employees who joined before 2005

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