This decision was taken based on a report by the Telangana Council of Higher Education, which highlighted the acute shortage of faculty due to retirements
OUTA said that the previous government increased the age of superannuation of all government employees and universities, non-teaching staff from 58 to 61 years but ignored teaching staff
The decision to increased the superannuation age was taken at the request of the Telangana Boggu Ghani Karmika Sangham (TBGKS) and MLAs from the coal belt area