Parliament Question: Vacancies in Teaching and Non-Teaching Posts in University of Delhi

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2447 ANSWERED ON- 03.08.2026 Vacancies in Teaching and Non-Teaching Posts in University of Delhi †2447. Shri Ramvir Singh Bidhuri: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that there are a large number of vacancies in teaching and non-teaching posts in the University of Delhi and its affiliated colleges; (b) if so, the stream-wise details of vacancies across all departments and colleges of the University; and (c) the number of posts out of these vacant posts which are reserved for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs)? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR) (a) to (c): University of Delhi is a statutory autonomous organizations established under Delhi University Act 1922 and governed by provisions of the Acts and Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations made thereunder. Occurring of vacancies and filling thereof is a continuous process. The vacancies arise due to promotion, retirement, resignation and additional requirements on account of enhanced students’ strength etc. The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers Cadre) Act, 2019 has been notified on 09.07.2019 which provides for reservation of posts in direct recruitment for persons belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in the Teacher’s Cadre of Central Educational Institutions established, maintained, or aided by the Central Government. This Act removes the difficulty regarding the reservation of posts in appointment by treating University/Central Educational Institution as a unit for the purpose of reservation instead of individual departments. Further, by this Act from the year 2019, reservation was provided to Other Backward Class (OBC) in recruitment in Associate Professor and Professor level. Earlier reservation to OBC was only in Assistant Professor level. Postsreserved for a particular category can only be filled by eligible persons of that particular category; any unfilled post belonging to any of the reserved category will continue to be readvertised as backlog vacancies in that particular reserved category in next cycle(s) of recruitment, until filled. Further, the UGC launched a unified recruitment portal i.e. CU- Chayan on 02.05.2023 to provide a common platform for listing of vacancies/ advertisements/ jobs across all Central Universities. The Central Universities have also been instructed to publish rolling advertisements on their websites throughout the year to address the difficulties faced in getting eligible candidates. Further, the mandatory condition of PhD for Assistant Professor has also been relaxed. Ministry of Education and University Grants Commission (UGC) regularly monitor the institutions and the Central Universities have been directed to fill up the vacancies in regular mode. Further, through special recruitment drives started in September 2022, more than 4075 teaching and non- teaching posts including 592 SC posts, 314 ST posts and 1082 OBC posts have been filled in University of Delhi and its colleges. *****