Chandigarh Aided College Teachers Association (CACTA) has expressed strong resentment over the administration’s continued delay in the full implementation of University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations for teachers working in privately managed and government-aided colleges, despite a public announcement by the Union Home Minister reaffirming Chandigarh’s governance as a Union Territory under the direct authority of the central government. CACTA, in a statement, to the media said that the aided colleges in Chandigarh receive 95 per cent grant-in-aid from the central government through the Chandigarh Administration and have no administrative or statutory linkage with the Government of Punjab. The association alleged that citing Punjab’s consent or policies to deny or delay teachers’ service benefits was “legally untenable and constitutionally flawed”. The association asserted that once adopted, UGC regulations are binding in letter and spirit and must be implemented in totality. Any selective or partial implementation, CACTA said, amounts to arbitrary discrimination and violates statutory provisions governing higher education. Teachers in aided colleges have been awaiting redressal of long-pending demands, including Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) promotions with …