9 Gian Sagar students move tribunal over pending dues
TNN | Jan 2, 2019, 11.01 AM IST
CHANDIGARH: Nine students, who were pursuing postgraduate (PG) medical course at Gian Sagar Institute, have moved the education tribunal praying that directions should be issued to the institute authorities to clear outstanding dues of the petitioners i.e. stipends for the session 2016-2017. The institute had stopped stipends of Rs. 45,990 per month to them, which is against Medical Council of India (MCI) rules. The matter would come up for hearing on January 3 The petition was filed under the Punjab Affiliated Colleges (Security of Service of Employees) Act, 1974, for issuance of directions to the respondents concerned to clear of the petitioners’ all outstanding dues i.e. stipends for the session 2016-17.
Counsel of the petitioners advocate Pardhuman Garg stated that the petitioners were primarily aggrieved by the action of the institute whereby the stipend of Rs 45,990 per month, which was being paid to them as they were undergoing PG medical course, was stopped by the institute without having any justified reason. The claim of the petitioners is that since they were doing PG course at the institute, they were entitled to receive stipends as per the MCI regulations.
According to the Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000, issued by the MCI with regards to stipends payable to PG students stated that the students undergoing PG course shall be paid stipend on par with the PG students of the state government medical institutions.
For session 2016-17, the institute had agreed to pay Rs 45,990 per month as stipend to the petitioners. It was stated that the petitioners, who were undergoing PG medical courses, had already paid their fees for the said session.
Further it was stated that the institute was shut down due to some financial crises and some of the students had approached the Punjab and Haryana high court.
After appreciating the factual condition, the high court had passed a notice of motion order on April 12, 2017, and even the state government had withdrawn the essentiality certificate of the institute. later, the government had vide its order dated May 19, 2017, directed shifting the students to different government/private colleges of Punjab. The petitioners were shifted to a medical college in Faridkot.
TNN | Jan 2, 2019, 11.01 AM IST
CHANDIGARH: Nine students, who were pursuing postgraduate (PG) medical course at Gian Sagar Institute, have moved the education tribunal praying that directions should be issued to the institute authorities to clear outstanding dues of the petitioners i.e. stipends for the session 2016-2017. The institute had stopped stipends of Rs. 45,990 per month to them, which is against Medical Council of India (MCI) rules. The matter would come up for hearing on January 3 The petition was filed under the Punjab Affiliated Colleges (Security of Service of Employees) Act, 1974, for issuance of directions to the respondents concerned to clear of the petitioners’ all outstanding dues i.e. stipends for the session 2016-17.
Counsel of the petitioners advocate Pardhuman Garg stated that the petitioners were primarily aggrieved by the action of the institute whereby the stipend of Rs 45,990 per month, which was being paid to them as they were undergoing PG medical course, was stopped by the institute without having any justified reason. The claim of the petitioners is that since they were doing PG course at the institute, they were entitled to receive stipends as per the MCI regulations.
According to the Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000, issued by the MCI with regards to stipends payable to PG students stated that the students undergoing PG course shall be paid stipend on par with the PG students of the state government medical institutions.
For session 2016-17, the institute had agreed to pay Rs 45,990 per month as stipend to the petitioners. It was stated that the petitioners, who were undergoing PG medical courses, had already paid their fees for the said session.
Further it was stated that the institute was shut down due to some financial crises and some of the students had approached the Punjab and Haryana high court.
After appreciating the factual condition, the high court had passed a notice of motion order on April 12, 2017, and even the state government had withdrawn the essentiality certificate of the institute. later, the government had vide its order dated May 19, 2017, directed shifting the students to different government/private colleges of Punjab. The petitioners were shifted to a medical college in Faridkot.
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