Karnataka govt issues new guidelines for deputation of medical officers seeking higher studies
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has issued new guidelines for the deputation of medical officers seeking to pursue higher education and super-specialty courses under the inservice quota.
These guidelines come in response to inconsistencies observed in the ‘Karnataka Civil Services Rules,’ ‘Karnataka Government Service (Deputation and Study Leave for Group-A Officers) Rules, 2008,’ and the ‘Karnataka Postgraduate Medical and Dental Degree and Diploma Courses Selection and Admission Regulations, 2006,’ as reported by Deccan Herald on Tuesday.
Candidates planning to pursue higher education will receive sponsorship on the fees, salary during the course and other service benefits. However, if the candidate does not secure a scholarship, they will be required to pursue their education on unpaid leave and fund the course themselves.
Under the updated guidelines, candidates who wish to apply for deputation will need to have completed a minimum of seven years of service to be eligible for consideration. General Duty Medical Officers (GDMOs) are required to have spent at least six years in rural service before they can apply for full-time higher education opportunities under the service quota.
Moreover, the guidelines stipulate that for scholarship and other benefits, the candidate must pursue specialties that the government is interested in appointing.
Notably, the candidates must also sign a bond to work with the government for 10 years or till retirement age.
Finally, the guidelines specify that officers appointed for study must serve in the same clinical departments assigned for study and not be appointed elsewhere or to unrelated specialty posts during their tenure.
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Unemployed 'youngsters like cockroaches' become media, activists; attack system: CJI
New Delhi (PTI): Likening some unemployed youngsters to cockroaches, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Friday said they go on to "become" media, social media and RTI activists and start attacking the system.
The comments came while a bench of CJI Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was pulling up a lawyer for "pursuing" a senior advocate designation. It said there were already "parasites" in society who attack the system and asked the petitioner whether he wanted to join hands with them.
"The entire world may be eligible to become senior (advocate), but at least you are not entitled," the bench told the petitioner lawyer.
A visibly anguished CJI observed that if the Delhi High Court would confer senior advocate designation upon the petitioner, the apex court would set that aside seeing his professional conduct.
The CJI also referred to the kind of language used by the petitioner on Facebook.
"There are already parasites of society who attack the system and you want to join hands with them?" he said.
"There are youngsters like cockroaches, who don't get any employment or have any place in profession. Some of them become media, some of them become social media, RTI activists and other activists and they start attacking everyone," he said.
The bench also asked the petitioner whether he did not have any other litigation.
"Is this the conduct of a person who seeks to be designated as a senior advocate?" the bench asked.
It said senior advocate designation is something that is conferred on a person and is not to be pursued.
"You are pursuing it. Does it look proper?" the top court said, asking whether a senior advocate designation was a status symbol to be kept ornamentally.
It also observed that it wanted to ask the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to verify the degrees of many of those who were wearing black robes as there were serious doubts over the genuineness of their degrees.
It said the Bar Council of India would never do anything on this issue as they "need their votes".
The petitioner apologised to the bench and sought permission to withdraw the petition. The bench allowed the withdrawal of the petition.
