HC notice AHPGIC director on recruitment to assistant prof posts
While allowing the recruitment process to go ahead, the vacation bench of Justice Aditya Kumar Mohapatra restrained authorities from finalising appointments without its permission and posted the matter for hearing in the week commencing August 4.
The court's direction came while hearing a petition filed by Dr Paresh Chandra Mohanta, an assistant professor in the department of TB at MKCG Medical College and Hospital, Berhampur, and four others.
Their petition alleged that the selection process outlined in the advertisement is in violation of the Odisha Medical Education Service (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2021, and the institute's own bye-laws.
Appearing on behalf of the petitioners, advocate Jitendra Kumar Lenka argued that appointments made in violation of statutory recruitment rules are "null and void from the beginning," as consistently held by the Supreme Court.
Lenka sought the quashing of the impugned advertisement and directions for issuing a fresh one in line with statutory rules and bye-laws of AHPGIC.
Taking cognizance of the matter, Justice Mohapatra directed the director of AHPGIC to file an reply within two weeks, and two weeks thereafter for any rejoinder by the petitioner.
The advertisement, issued on May 28, proposed selection based solely on marks — 40% weightage on MBBS marks for candidates who completed their post-graduation before 2016/2017, and 20% marks from PG. However, as per Clause 4 of the Odisha Medical Education Service Rules, recruitment to the post of assistant professor in superspecialty disciplines must be conducted through a written exam.
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