20 Sep 2022  |   07:25am IST

HC seeks govt’s reply on GMC recruitment process

There are instances wherein appointment letters are in a particular name and the person appointed is different: Petitioner; next case hearing scheduled on October 19
HC seeks govt’s reply on GMC recruitment process

Team Herald

PANJIM: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has sought a written reply from the government to the petition filed against the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim over the recruitment process within a week. The next hearing of the case is scheduled on October 19.

The petitioner Shailendra Velingkar alleged that the Employment Exchanges Act 1959 and the Staff Selection Committee Act 2019 have been violated in the recruitment process for the GMC. 

The petitioner has raised questions on the eligibility of the Staff Selection Committee and the process of examination. The publication of the results which was necessary through the GMC portal has also not been done. 

Velingkar has informed that there are instances wherein appointment letters are in a particular name and the person appointed is different. 

“The court has sought a reply to this within a week,” Velingkar said. 

The controversial 1,000-odd recruitments in the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, had come under the radar of the High Court after a PIL was filed by Velingkar in February 2022. The observation emphasised these appointments are ‘subject to the final order’ into a petition challenging the illegal appointments. 


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