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Bengal medical teachers cannot take voluntary retirement: Calcutta HC
The Calcutta High Court has ruled that members of the West Bengal Medical Education Services cannot seek voluntary retirement under state service rules. A division bench dismissed Dr Sanjoy Bhattacharya's petition against…
The Story in Brief
The Calcutta High Court has ruled that members of the West Bengal Medical Education Services cannot seek voluntary retirement under state service rules. A division bench dismissed Dr Sanjoy Bhattacharya's petition against the rejection of his 2020 voluntary retirement application.
The court said Rule 75(aaaa) of the West Bengal Service Rules, added in 2014, explicitly excludes medical education service members from voluntary retirement. It rejected the argument that another rule independently grants this right, noting the provision only allows the government to relax the restriction on genuine grounds.
The Indian Opinion
The court has simply read Rule 75(aaaa) as it stands, yet the narrative of a 'government trapping doctors' will gain traction. The real test is whether the state uses the 'sympathetic consideration' clause fairly or as a tool of control. Watch how many, and which, medical teachers actually get that relaxation in the coming year.
Source: livelaw.in
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