Latest Academic Grade Pay News & Updates

New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has upheld the prescription of a PhD degree as an eligibility condition for the grant of higher Academic Grade Pay (AGP) of Rs 10,000 to Lecturers (Selection Grade) in government polytechnics. A Bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Amit Mahajan held that the distinction between PhD and non-PhD holders is neither arbitrary nor discriminatory, dismissing writ petitions by senior lecturers without a PhD who had challenged the All India Council for Tech…