Guest Faculty in Universities to Get Job Security, Government Bringing New Service Security Act 2026: Mahipal Dhanda

*Government prepares new Service Security Act 2026 based on recommendations of committee constituted under the chairmanship of Vice-Chancellor of Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU)*

Chandigarh, September 1 – Responding to a discussion on an Attention Motion in the House during the Monsoon Session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha today, State Education Minister Mahipal Dhanda made an important announcement in the interest of guest faculty working in universities. The Education Minister informed the House that the Government is now going to bring a ‘New Service Security Act 2026’ to provide job security to guest faculty working in universities across the State, on the lines of colleges.

A high-level committee was constituted with the approval of the State Government on the issues raised by the Haryana University Contractual Teacher Association and the Haryana University Part-Time Teacher Association. The committee, constituted under the chairmanship of the Vice-Chancellor of Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), Rohtak, recommended, after detailed deliberations, providing service security to guest faculty.

Giving information to the House, the Education Minister said that the ‘Service Security Act 2024’ has already been successfully implemented in colleges in the State, under which 2,095 employees have received the benefit of job security. Now, on the same lines, a new Act for 2026 is being brought for teachers in universities.

The committee headed by the Vice-Chancellor of MDU has laid down the following six major criteria for providing service security:

1. Eligibility: The teacher must have fulfilled all the essential eligibility conditions prescribed for the post of Assistant Professor by June 30, 2023.

2. Service Period: The teacher must have completed at least 5 years of continuous service by August 15, 2024, and must still be working currently.

3. Age Limit: The teacher must be below 60 years of age as on August 15, 2024.

4. Previous Teaching Work: During the period from 2019-20 to 2023-24, the teacher must have undertaken a minimum of 16 hours or more of teaching work per month.

5. Current Teaching Work: The teacher must currently be undertaking at least 16 hours of teaching work per week.

6. Transparent Appointment Process: The teacher must have been appointed through a proper newspaper advertisement and by a duly constituted Selection Committee.

The Education Minister reiterated that the State Government is fully committed to strengthening the higher education system and protecting the interests of teachers. He said that the new Act will secure the future of eligible guest faculty who have been serving in universities for years and provide them with greater stability.