Private Medical Colleges Liable to pay In-service doctors only Stipend, not Salary: Madras HC

A Division bench of the Madras High Court recently ruled that self-financing private medical colleges are liable to pay only stipend and not salary to the in-service government doctors, who pursue postgraduation and super-speciality courses in medicine.

While considering the issue concerning Karpaga Vinayaga Medical College at Muduranthakam in Chengalpet, a single judge bench had held the medical college liable to pay salary to the in-service doctors, as paid to the service doctors undergoing PG and super-speciality courses in government medical institutes.

However, when the college challenged the Single Judge-bench order before a Division bench of the High Court, the latter held,"We are therefore unable to sustain the conclusion of the learned Single Judge to the effect that in-service Doctors pursuing their higher education in Private Medical Colleges would be entitled to payment of the salary that was paid to them by the Government, while they were in services of the Government as remuneration during the period when they pursue their higher education in Private Medical College Hospitals. We make it clear that while the liability to pay remuneration is on the Colleges, the extent of the liability will be only to pay the stipend as fixed by the Government for other students in Government Medical Colleges as well as Private Medical Colleges."

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Private Medical Colleges Liable to pay only Stipend, not Salary to In-service doctors: Madras HC