HC flak for failure to comply with 7-year-old SAT order

lalmohan patnaik / Sep 15, 2024, 04:39 IST

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HC flak for failure to comply with 7-year-old SAT order

Cuttack: Taking strong exception to the failure to comply with an order issued by State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) seven years ago, Orissa high court has directed Aswathy S, commissioner-cum-secretary of the health and family welfare department, “to appear in person to explain as to why action under Contempt of Courts Act shall not be initiated against her”, on Sept 27.
The single-judge bench of Justice B P Routray on Thursday pulled up the department for its failure to comply with the Aug 30, 2017 order of SAT “to take appropriate decision within a month for filling up the posts which fell vacant due to non-joining of candidates selected pursuant to the two advertisements in 2015-16”.
Justice Routray was hearing the contempt plea of Dr Sarmistha Padhy, an applicant who was next in the merit list after 4 posts remained vacant due to some of the 11 candidates selected for the post of assistant professor (social preventive medicine) at SCB Medical College (Cuttack), VSS Medical College (Burla) and MKCG Medical College (Berhampur) not joining in 2016. Advocate Ramakanta Sarangi made submissions on behalf of Padhy, who has been an ad hoc assistant professor (social preventive medicine) at MKCG Medical College since July 20, 2013.

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