The Syndicate of the University of Madras, on Monday, withdrew a proposal to revise the pay scales of non-teaching staff of the university to bring them on par with the State government-approved scales for similar posts.
The University has been in the eye of a storm as the non-teaching staff resorted to protests on campus to express their displeasure earlier this month. The Syndicate meeting was also postponed twice before being finally held. On Monday, too, the staff gathered at the lobby of the building that houses the Vice Chancellor’s office and the Syndicate room and sat through the day till the meeting was over.
