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HP High Court orders probe into officials for doctor’s unauthorised retention
HP High Court orders probe into officials for doctor’s unauthorised retention
The Himachal Pradesh High Court directed an inquiry against officials who allegedly allowed a Medical Officer to retain earmarked government accommodation in Hamirpur for more than a decade after his transfer. Justice…
The Story in Brief
The Himachal Pradesh High Court directed an inquiry against officials who allegedly allowed a Medical Officer to retain earmarked government accommodation in Hamirpur for more than a decade after his transfer. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel remarked that continued retention would not have been possible without the officials being 'hand in glove' with the petitioner.
The doctor was allotted the accommodation in July 2016, transferred to Shimla in 2017, but stayed on. Authorities later demanded Rs 12,90,959 in damage charges. The court held the accommodation was not common pool and the retention was unauthorised. It dismissed the petition with Rs 50,000 costs.
The Indian Opinion
The narrative that government officials routinely misuse perks without consequence gets a rebuttal here, as the court ordered an inquiry into those who facilitated the doctor's decade-long unauthorised stay. Equally, one must ask why it took the system so long to act. The Rs 12.9 lakh damage charge and Rs 50,000 costs send a signal, but the real test is whether the inquiry will name and penalise the complicit officers.
Source: livelaw.in
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