The Maharashtra College Teachers (Temporary Postponement of Confirmation) Act, 1973

The Maharashtra College Teachers (Temporary Postponement of Confirmation) Act, 1973

The Maharashtra College Teachers Act of 1973 regulates the employment status of probationary and temporary teachers working in private, non-government colleges affiliated with six major universities in Maharashtra. It applies directly to teachers who were not yet confirmed before May 31, 1973. The law temporarily suspended their transition to permanent tenure status and allowed college administrations to dismiss them with one month of notice. This matters because it removed job security for vulnerable educators during a transitional phase, though it protected them by granting hiring priority for new vacancies and ensuring retroactive confirmation once the temporary suspension period finally ended.

PDF: pending for this language.