Doctors Deserve Respect, Rightful Pay! HC Slams State for Arbitrary Action
Punjab and Haryana High Court
Chandigarh: Upholding a single judge bench's order of granting assistant professors their due pay scales in accordance with the Punjab Medical Education (Group-A) Service Rules of 2016, the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently held that doctors deserve respect and their rightful pay under the law.
Before dismissing an appeal filed by Assistant Professors, the HC Division bench of Justices Anupinder Singh Grewal and Lapita Banerji also slammed the State Government for its capricious and irrational action, The Tribune has reported.
"It is apt to notice that the arbitrary and unreasonable action of the state has compelled the doctors to knock the portals of this court. The doctors ought to be treated with respect and dignity and given their lawful dues under the rules," observed the bench.
The bench observed that any deviation from the statutory pay scales required amendment in the rules, which the State failed to undertake. Citing precedents, the Court reiterated that the statutory provisions must prevail over statements in advertisements in cases of conflict.
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