Hyderabad, November 20: Dr. Jallandhar Reddy of Nizamabad (Telangana) committed suicide vexed up with the attitude of the Osmania University authorities for not giving him permanent post eventhough he was serving the university as a lecturer on contract basis for the past twenty years. He had obtained, M.A.M.Phil degrees from Osmania University and Ph.D. from America. He was a very efficient and competent teacher of history. He was teaching history at university college for women at Kothi. He represented many a time for making him permanent but the authorities neglected all his representations.As a protest for all the injustices meted out to him, he sacrificed his life by committing suicide.
The students of Osmania University took out a rally to protest the narrow attitude of the university authorities. The leaders of Contract Lecturers Association told that if the grievances of the contract lecturers are not solved many more such incidents are likely to happen in future for which Osmania University authorities will be held responsible.
——-Siasat News