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Retired employees are being reappointed instead of fresh recruitment at Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT). Information obtained under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has revealed this practice.
According to the RTI data, OUAT has 315 sanctioned professor posts across various categories, out of which 276 remain vacant. Similarly, out of 520 non-teaching posts, 365 are lying vacant.
Despite such a large number of vacancies, the university has continued the practice of engaging retired employees instead of filling the positions through regular recruitment. In the past year alone, as many as 76 retired staff have b...