Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 9:The State High Court has issued notices to the Government in response to a petition filed by a senior doctor challenging the appointment of Dr Saleemur Rehman as the Director Health Services Kashmir.
The court while issuing notices to the Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary Health and Medical Education and Director Health Services Kashmir, Saleemur Rehman asked them to respond by June 29.
Petitioner, Dr Mohammad Ashraf, has prayed for quashing of Government order No. 409 HME of 2010 dated 05-08-2010 under which Dr Saleem was promoted as In-charge Deputy Director and Government order No. 231-HME of 2011 dated 31-03-2011 under which he was promoted as In-charge Director Health Services Kashmir.
Dr Ashraf has prayed before the court that he should be appointed as Director Health Services Kashmir as per the rules as he claims to have more qualification and expertise in the field than Dr Saleemur Rehman.
Dr Ashraf has worked as senior resident in SKIMS from July 1993 to August 1996, Assistant Surgeon in Hospital Administration in 1997, as B-grade specialist from 1997 to 2002, A-grade specialist from 2005 to 2011. He claims that Dr Saleem has worked as In-charge Assistant Director from 2003 to 2009, confirmed and worked as Assistant Director from 2009.
Dr Ashraf has done MBBS, Post Graduation in General Surgery in 1992 from SKIMS, Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital Management in 2003, post graduate diploma in Maternal and Child Health and KAS in 1999 while Dr Saleem has done MBBS and MPH. Dr Ashraf claims that Dr Saleem’s MPH is a one year certificate course.
The petitioner has challenged the eligibility of Dr Saleem for the post of Deputy Director. The petition says that as per recruitment rules of Jammu and Kashmir Health and Family Welfare 2006 notified vide SRO-260 dated August 14 2006 promotion to the post of Deputy Director can be made from class-III category A, B and C having a degree of MBBS and 5 years administrative experience.
Dr Saleemur Rehman as per the petition was not having the requisite experience as he had only one year and four months experience as Assistant Director at the time of his appointment as Deputy Director.
Dr Ashraf while challenging Dr Saleem’s appointment as Director Health Services Kashmir claims that Dr Saleem was In-charge Deputy Director when he was appointed as Director Health Services Kashmir.
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