₹25L penalty on doc ‘unfairly high’: HC notices to state govt
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 26.10.2024 MADHYAPRADESH HC
Bhopal/Jabalpur : A division bench of the MP high court issued notices to the state govt, director of medical education, and commissioner of health in response to a petition by a doctor challenging a Rs 25 lakh penalty imposed on him for foregoing compulsory rural service of five years after completing his MBBS. The counsel for the petitioner argued that not only was the penalty of Rs 25 lakh exorbitant, but the petitioner was also issued an order posting him to a rural place one and a half years after he passed MBBS. He should have been posted to a rural place as soon as he passed the MBBS. Since he was given the posting later after passing MBBS, he was left behind in his career compared to his peers in college by the same amount of time.
Dr Ansh Pandya from Bhopal, in his petition, said that he filled a bond pledging to serve in a rural area for five years after graduating. But he was not given a posting for one and a half years after he completed MBBS. He was given a posting in Sept 2024, and when he didn't join, a penalty of Rs 25 lakh was imposed on him. The issue was also raised in Parliament, and the Indian Medical Commission asked the MP govt to review the penalty. His counsel, Aditya Sanghi, said that not only was the state govt at fault for not giving him a posting for one and a half years, but the penalty of Rs 25 lakh imposed on him is too much for an MBBS graduate. Madhya Pradesh is a poor state, and imposing such an exorbitant penalty on a student is against the entire scheme of things of the Indian Constitution, he said.
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