‘Release PG medico’s certs as TN delayed bond service’

‘Release PG medico’s certs as TN delayed bond service’ 

TIMES NEWS NETWORK 16.04.2025

Chennai : State govt cannot withhold the certificates of an in-service candidate who was not issued a bond service within the stipulated two-year period, Madras high court has said. It also directed the state to release the certificates of a candidate who was n ot allotted bond service even after the expiry of four years. Justice N Mala passed the order on a plea moved by H P Prince, seeking a direction to the Tamil Nadu govt to return his original certificates produced at the time of joining a postgraduate higher specialty course at Madras Medical College. 

According to the petitioner, he joined the super-specialty course of Doctor of Chirurgiae (MCh) in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Madras Medical College, Chennai. He completed the course in Dec 2020 and obtained the professional degree from Dr M G R Medical University on Dec 14, 2020, as a non-service postgraduate (higher speciality) of 2020 from Tamil Nadu.

He submitted that some of his colleagues were issued call letters for counselling on Dec 15, 2021, for 79 higher specialty non-service postgraduates of the 2020-2021 batches, but he was not issued the same. He understood that there was no post vacant in the postgraduate higher specialty qualification of MCh, and so he was not offered a posting, though he was ready to comply with the bond condition. 

Recording the submissions, the judge relied on a division bench judgment of the court, which held that the bond period is coterminous with the candidates concerned. Therefore, if within the bond period of two years no offer of employment is issued for whatever reason by the govt, then the candidates cannot be held for any further period and are hence entitled to the return of their certificates.