India, June 17 -- The Joint Director of Higher Education has issued a formal letter to the management of KV Pendharkar College, Dombivli, addressing the illegal conversion of the college from an aided to an unaided institution. The letter also cited the non-payment of salaries to teachers and non-teaching staff for May, attributing this to the management's failure to submit the necessary records.

In response, both the alumni and the teachers' organisation organised a protest and hunger strike outside the college on Friday. The protest aims to draw attention to the illegal actions of the college management and the financial hardships faced by the staff due to unpaid salaries.

In May, KV Pendharkar College, the first aided college in Domb...