HC orders removal of MP Nursing Registration Council chief & secy over college affiliations

HC orders removal of MP Nursing Registration Council chief & secy over college affiliations 

TIMES NEWS NETWORK  14.12.2024  BHOPAL

Bhopal : A division bench of MP high court on Friday ordered the removal of chairman of MP Nursing Registration Council (MPNRC), Jiten Chandra Shukla and secretary, Anita Chand stating that they were themselves involved in the nursing college affiliations in one way or the other and their appointment on the key positions in MPNRC was unacceptable. 

Taking exception to the reply of the state govt that director, medical education has constituted a three-member committee to examine the complaints against Chand despite the court's oral order to remove her and Shukla from the post, the bench of Justice Sanjay Dwivedi and Justice A K Paliwal, seized of a petition over a large number of fake nursing colleges operating in MP, asked the principal secretary, medical education, to remove the two officials in question forthwith and also directed the office of advocate general to forward a copy of the order to the chief secretary for compliance. 

Petitioner in the case, president of Law Students' Association, Vishal Baghel, has moved two applications seeking removal of Chand and Shukla levelling specific charges against them about their involvement in the scam relating to recognition to fake nursing colleges in the state in large numbers and prayed the court to order their removal from the key positions in MPNRC as they can influence the evidence regarding the scam. Anita Chand was a member of the inspection committee which had submitted a false report on March 4, 2022 on the basis of which RKS Nursing college in Bhopal was given recognition though it was later cancelled, he said. Similarly, the application for removal of Jiten Chandra Shukla said that he was the director of MPNRC when several irregularities were committed in granting recognition to the nursing colleges. 

After hearing these applications, the court directed the respondents to submit their reply  explaining as to why such persons have been placed on important posts of registrar and chairman, MPNRC and orally instructed for their removal. The court, however, noted that instead of doing so, the respondents showed a copy of order dated Dec 2, 2024 issued by the directorate medical education, wherein, a committee consisting of three members had been constituted to inspect and submit a report after analysing the complaints made against Anita Chand and inspecting the nursing colleges. The judges while stating that they were not satisfied with the constitution of the committee by the director with the approval of commissioner, public health & medical education and said, "We cannot allow such officers who were involved in the earlier process of granting recognition to hold such important posts in as much as there is every likelihood that such officers would, not only try to save their skin but also of other functionaries, try to tamper with the material. “We despise such effort and find that it is nothing but an attempt to foil the endeavours made by the court for obviating the irregularities and illegalities in the process of granting recognition.

In view of the above, we direct the principal secretary of the public health and medical education to forthwith remove Anita Chand from the post of registrar and Dr Jiten Chandra Shukla from the post of chairman of MPNRC and instead appoint some responsible officers, having unblemished service career, in their place," said the order.