HC notice to MCI on age curbs for senior residents, asst profs
Petition Seeks To Declare Upper Age Limit Restriction Illegal
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:16.09.2018
The Madras high court has ordered notice to the Medical Council of India (MCI) on a PIL seeking to declare restrictions imposed by the MCI fixing 40 years as upper age limit for appointment to the post of senior resident/assistant professor in government-run medical institutions as unconstitutional, ultra vires, discriminatory and illegal.
A division bench of Justice S Manikumar and Justice Subramonium Prasad then adjourned the hearing to September 19 for further hearing.
According to petitioners, including P Suresh Kumar, a government doctor based in Sivagangai, the MCI brought an amendment to the Medical Institutions Regulations, 1998, with effect from June 8, 2017, prescribing 40 years as upper age limit for appointment as senior resident in medical institutions.
“As per special rules of Tamil Nadu Medical Services, the candidate for the post of senior resident/assistant professor must be an MBBS degree holder and must have done PG work in a teaching institution for a period of not less than two years or must possess a super specialty degree. Therefore, a doctor with MBBS qualification in government service after completing PG diploma becomes a senior resident/assistant professor,” the petitioners said.
Pointing out that at the time of them joining PG medical courses there was no such age limit for the posts, the petitioners submitted that they were selected for the PG courses through a selection process to recruit senior resident/ assistant professor. But while completing the course “we would have crossed 40 years making us ineligible for the appointment”.
They further submitted that the Tamil Nadu government has forwarded a proposal to the Centre on November 27, 2017, to drop the age limit as it would affect the entire medical administration and career of government doctors who are encouraged to serve in rural and remote areas.
The MCI brought an amendment to the Medical Institutions Regulations, 1998, with effect from June 8, 2017, prescribing 40 years as upper age limit for appointment as senior resident in medical institutions, according to petitioners
Petition Seeks To Declare Upper Age Limit Restriction Illegal
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:16.09.2018
The Madras high court has ordered notice to the Medical Council of India (MCI) on a PIL seeking to declare restrictions imposed by the MCI fixing 40 years as upper age limit for appointment to the post of senior resident/assistant professor in government-run medical institutions as unconstitutional, ultra vires, discriminatory and illegal.
A division bench of Justice S Manikumar and Justice Subramonium Prasad then adjourned the hearing to September 19 for further hearing.
According to petitioners, including P Suresh Kumar, a government doctor based in Sivagangai, the MCI brought an amendment to the Medical Institutions Regulations, 1998, with effect from June 8, 2017, prescribing 40 years as upper age limit for appointment as senior resident in medical institutions.
“As per special rules of Tamil Nadu Medical Services, the candidate for the post of senior resident/assistant professor must be an MBBS degree holder and must have done PG work in a teaching institution for a period of not less than two years or must possess a super specialty degree. Therefore, a doctor with MBBS qualification in government service after completing PG diploma becomes a senior resident/assistant professor,” the petitioners said.
Pointing out that at the time of them joining PG medical courses there was no such age limit for the posts, the petitioners submitted that they were selected for the PG courses through a selection process to recruit senior resident/ assistant professor. But while completing the course “we would have crossed 40 years making us ineligible for the appointment”.
They further submitted that the Tamil Nadu government has forwarded a proposal to the Centre on November 27, 2017, to drop the age limit as it would affect the entire medical administration and career of government doctors who are encouraged to serve in rural and remote areas.
The MCI brought an amendment to the Medical Institutions Regulations, 1998, with effect from June 8, 2017, prescribing 40 years as upper age limit for appointment as senior resident in medical institutions, according to petitioners
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