The state government on West Bengal will be introducing an amendment bill in the Assembly today empowering it to transfer teaching and non-teaching staff from one state university to another.
The proposal ro introduce the amendment bill was cleared by the state cabinet on Monday in the assembly. As per reports, West Bengal CM suvendu Adhikari earlier described the bill as important and necessary and the passing of the bill will be historic.
As per media reports, the West Bengal Universities and Colleges Administration and Regulation Amendment Bill 2026 has one additional provision in Section 14A which will allow inter-university transfer of teaching and non-teaching stadd as and when required. The seniority of the service of the employee will remain the same and the state government will bear the transfer expenditure.
The existing law will have a provision to transfer teaching and non-teaching staff members from one college to another within a state university even when the governing body of the college is the appointing authority. The changes will happen from one university to another following the passing of the amendment bill.
The statue cabinet on Monday cleared the proposal to introduce the amendment bill in the assembly. Justifying the decision West Bengal CM states that these is a necessity for the bill ans several experiences processions will go to new universities guiding them on what the infrastructure should be like, how classes can be conducted an how they can be turned into centres of excellence. He further added that experiences teachers will be transferred to new universities established in places like Jhargram and Cooch Behar and will also ensure exchange of human resources.
Oppositions have come up over the amendment bill. The Jadhavpur University Teachers association has slammed the governments move calling it an attack on the self-reliance of instututions. Representtaives have mentioned that the amendment is a direct attack on the self-reliance of the universities and the job security of the employees. They also added that the government is trying to centralise the whole system which will weaken the autonomy of the universities which is also against the basic tenets of the University Grants Commission. JUTA has also added that every university has its own rules and operational procedures and appointments to respective universities are based on such rules. It is against natural justice to force employees to work under a completely new set of conditions.
