In-service doctors want PG quota in current academic year
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
30.01.2022
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court issued notice to the state government over a petition filed by in-service doctors seeking implementation of reservation for them in postgraduate (PG) courses from the 2021-22 academic year.
By a resolution passed on January10, the state authorities decided to implement 10% reservation in PG degree courses for doctors working at government health facilities from the next academic year, 2022-23. The in-service doctors, who are posted at PHCs and CHCs, have been demanding that the quota for higher medical studies be made effective from the current academic year.
A petition filed through advocates Rashesh Rindani and Shirish Gohil contended that the NEET-PG exams were conducted late due to the pandemic situation. If the quota system for in-service doctors is implemented from the next academic year, doctors who have successfully cleared NEET-PG exams this year will be at a loss without any fault of theirs.
The change came after the decision to reduce PG diploma seats and increase PG decree seats at the behest of the central authorities. The petitioner doctors submitted that other states have also carved out reservations for government doctors for PG courses as West Bengal has 40%, Madhya Pradesh has 30%, Tamil Nadu has 50% and Andhra Pradesh has 10% reservation. All these states decided to adopt the quota system from the academic year 2021-22. They urged the court to direct the Gujarat government to implement reservation the way these other states have done. Moreover, it has also been contended that this system is viewed as an incentive for doctors to take up government jobs and serve in rural areas.
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