Kathmandu, June 19 -- The Tribhuvan University has decided not to allow its teachers to be deputed to government bodies except for those appointed by the federal Cabinet.

An executive council meeting of the university decided to this effect, with an increasing trend of its professors and associate professors taking appointments in the offices under different tiers of government.

Rule 22 of the Tribhuvan University Teacher and Staff Service Regulations, 1993, authorises the vice-chancellor to allow deputation up to three months and the council for a longer period.

The positions for the deputation of university teachers were limited until the country embraced federalism. Such positions proliferated as three tiers of governments came into...