The protesting employees demand the withdrawal of the promotion notification

Agitated officers and employees of the University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) on Monday barricaded the vice-chancellor's office over an official order.

They took position in front of the vice-chancellor Dr Satyaprasad Majumder's office in the afternoon demanding the withdrawal of the notification which was issued on Sunday regarding their promotion.

The notification order reads: “In the 540th meeting of the syndicate held on December 27 last year, it was decided that no officer/employee of this university shall be considered for promotion, selection grade, senior grade scale availability after 27-12-2023 through Policy-2015.”

It further reads that the promotion, selection grade, and senior grade scale to those already provided through policy-2015 will remain unchanged. Those who have already been given promotion, promotion, selection grade, senior grade scale through Policy-2015, on termination/ resignation/ removal/ dismissal, their non-organogram posts will automatically lapse and non-organogram posts will become vacant. And the promotion will be immediately provided to those who are apt according to the UGC requirement and organogram.

During the protest, the employees were seen chanting slogans to retract the previously active policies regarding promotion.

The VC remained confined as of 8pm when this report was written.

They want the order to be cancelled on Monday as it is the last working day of the VC.

Protesters said that their movement would continue until this order is revoked. The order goes against the interests of all the employees.