DIMAPUR, MARCH 16 (MExN): The ACAUT Nagaland has requested all the HoDs and AHoDs to implement the Kohima Bench of the Gauhati High Court’s ruling regarding the case of Atouzo Pienyu (Dr) & Ors Vrs The State of Nagaland & Ors. The court, in a judgment dated November 14, 2015, had set aside the regularization of 13 out of 15 doctors as Veterinary Assistant Surgeons (VAS) and also dismissed their appointment. The court however also ruled that the dismissed doctors could re-apply for the post through appropriate NPSC examination process considering that most had crossed the age-limit, informed a press note from the ACAUT today.
It further noted that the notification of the Health and Family Welfare Department, dated February 26, is an indication that the government has “given up on its attempt to regularize the 19 backdoor appointee doctors as medical officers.”
Stating that the Principal Director, H&FW department has “rightfully requisitioned the NPSC for 40 posts of MOs,” the ACAUT said that “all the present 40 backdoor appointee MOs in the department, including the 19 presently seeking regularization, have already been relinquished of their posts, thus allowing merit to prevail through open competitive examination to be conducted by the NPSC.”
As such, it asked the HoDs and AHoDs to implement the ruling “in letter and in spirit with regard to all such cases of regularization process being moved by the government.”
