KATHMANDU, JUNE 17 Tribhuvan University (TU) has directed professors and staff members who failed to return to university service after completing study leave to contact the university within 15 days. Issuing a public notice on Wednesday, the university's Study Leave Management Implementation Committee warned that legal action would be initiated against those who neither resumed service nor completed their mandatory service period after availing themselves of study leave benefits. TU said it has already recovered over Rs 118.4 million from 50 professors who did not return to service after completing their studies. The university stated that study leave is a special facility aimed at producing skilled, research-oriented and internationally competitive academic professionals, but its misuse has caused financial, educational and academic losses.