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"There are 1,171 colleges in Maharashtra for which 34,531 posts of assistant professors have already sanctioned. More than 40% posts of assistant professors are vacant in state collges," said MFUCTO secretary S P Lawande. They requested that the ban on recruitment of assistant professors be revoked. "The MFUCTO has been demanding for long to start the recruitment of full-time assistant professors. More than 11,500 posts are vacant and with senior professors retiring, more are on the verge of getting vacant..