ESIC doctors seek 50 percent in-service reservation: SC demands clarity on bond term
New Delhi: Taking note of the change in the bond-service policy for MBBS graduates of ESIC-run institutes, the Vacation bench of the Supreme Court has recently asked the counsel for Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) to confirm if the bond tenure has been reduced from 5 years to 1 year.
Directing the ESIC counsel to submit an affidavit in this regard, the top court bench comprising of Justices C.T. Ravikumar and Sudhanshi Dhulia noted, "Learned counsel appearing for the Employees State Insurance Corporation shall file a short affidavit on the submission that in 2020, the policy with respect to bond and tenure was changed and also its consequential impacts."
The top court bench was considering a plea doctors graduated from institutes run by Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), who sought 50 percent in-service reservation for admission into PG medical courses. Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that apart from reservation benefits, these Junior Resident Doctors belonging to such ESIC institutes had also prayed for being declared as "in-service" doctors of ESIC/ESIS for being able to avail the reservation benefits.
"The bond now has to be given only for 1 year. They are basically alumni of ESIC hospital & they're only required to serve for 1 year. Now there's another cadre of doctors. NBE provides for a 50% quota for the in-house doctors," he submitted.
After taking note of the submissions made by both the parties, the top court bench directed the counsel for ESIC to submit an affidavit regarding the changed bond policy.
The matter had been listed for further hearing on 22.07.2022.
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