HC asks government to maintain status quo

Transfer and posting norms for specialist cadre doctors had been recently changed by Kerala govt

PTI | June 4, 2010



Kerala High court today directed the state government to maintain status quo in respect of transferers and postings of specialist cadre doctors.

The direction was issued by Justice Antony Dominic while considering a batch of petitions by doctors challenging newly introduced rules relating to seniority of service of specialist doctors.

Petitioners had sought to quash certain portions of a newly introduced rule, as per which seniority of doctors was not fixed on the basis of length of service.

The court posted the case to Monday for further hearing.

Alleging anamolies in the seniority list published, the Kerala Government Medical Officers Association (KGMOA) had urged its members not to accept relieving orders following which district medical officers had been asked to relieve the doctors imemdiately. Most of the doctors have opted for long leave instead of joining duties to their place of posting.

Patients of various government hospitals in the state have been put to great hardships since yesterday as most of the doctors had kept away from work.
 

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