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The change in rules has reduced the number of PhD seats by 20% and the PhD seats now are 514. LUCKNOW: Lucknow University (LU) teachers’ decision to abstain from work every day for two hours to protest against the new PhD rules will take a toll on classes. We we will protest in such a manner that the university’s functioning isn’t disturbed,” said LU Teachers’Association president Neeraj Jain . The rules also mandates that a seat would be considered vacant only if the existing student submitted his/ her thesis. Over 7,000 aspirants had appeared for entrance test conducted for admission to 648 PhD seats in January.However, before the results were to be declared, LU introduced new rules stating that teachers due for retirement in the next three years won’t be able to guide students..