Gaya: Though the state govt released salary and pension grants for Magadh University (MU) employees about a week ago, payment has hit a roadblock due to a technical glitch that is unlikely to be resolved in the next few days. The issue may take two weeks or more to fix.
On June 12, the state govt released Rs 147.28 crore for payment of salaries and pensions to over 6,000 serving and retired employees of Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, for three months (March–May 2026). The last payment was made for Feb 2026, leaving employees and pensioners without salary and pension for nearly four months.
Linking these IDs with the new ledger is a time-consuming process, with around 300 IDs being mapped per day.
The registrar clarified that gratuity, provident fund (PF) and leave encashment payments will not be affected, as these are maintained in a separate account. Retired employees will receive gratuity and leave encashment on a priority basis, he said.
He added that the absence of a full-time finance adviser (FA) will not affect the university’s functioning, as outgoing FA Arun Srivastava has been given a three-month extension.
As per records, the university has over 4,500 pensioners. In addition, there are around 450 teachers and nearly 800 non-teaching staff working in about two dozen postgraduate departments, 19 constituent colleges and one govt-funded minority college.
University insiders attribute the high number of pensioners to past restructuring. Earlier, 17 colleges of the Shahabad division were separated and attached to Veer Kunwar Singh University, Ara. In 2018, 25 constituent colleges and three govt-funded minority colleges were carved out to form Patliputra University, Patna. Employees who retired before these bifurcations continue to draw pensions from Magadh University.
