No pay for 6 months! Doctors' body demands immediate posting orders, salaries of Rajasthan PG graduates

Jaipur: Around 60 doctors from the 2022 batch, who completed their postgraduate studies under the Rajasthan government's in-service quota, are still awaiting permanent postings as medical officers, even months after finishing their courses.

These doctors completed their postgraduate training in October 2025, but have not yet received official posting orders, as reported by Dainik Bhaskar. As a result, despite being qualified specialists, they have neither been formally deployed in the healthcare system nor been paid salaries during this period.

These doctors were asked to continue working at the same medical colleges where they completed their PG courses until further notice. Consequently, all of these doctors are continuously on duty at their respective colleges. As per to government regulations, medical officers receive their salaries at their place of posting. Since postings have not yet been issued, they have been forced to work without pay for the past six months.

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This comes after the health department issued posting orders for nearly 650 doctors as medical officers on January 28. However, approximately 60 - 70 specialist doctors from the same batch are still awaiting orders.

Several affected doctors have approached the court over the issue. The High Court has reportedly issued two separate orders directing the state authorities, including the Principal Secretary and the Director of Medical and Health, to provide immediate postings to all these doctors. Despite this, no action has been taken even by the government after more than a month.

Due to this, there is a shortage of specialist doctors across both rural and urban areas in Rajasthan, while the trained specialists have been awaiting orders for the past six months.

While these doctors have repeatedly informed Medical and Health Minister Gajendra Singh Khinvsar, Chief Secretary Gayatri Rathore, Joint Secretary of Administration Nisha Meena, and other officials, no concrete solution has emerged, adds Bhaskar. 

Following this, the Rajasthan chapter of United Doctors Front (UDF) has raised serious concerns over the situation and demanded immediate postings and salaries for all pending specialists. 

"Even the doctors who received postings were already delayed by nearly two months, and now the remaining doctors are facing a total delay of around 5 months, pushing their careers into uncertainty. This is not an isolated issue but a recurring systemic problem over the past two years, where doctors face prolonged delays of 5–6 months after PG completion and another 5–6 months after completing Senior Residency," mentioned the press release. 

During this entire period, the association pointed out that doctors are forced to work without a salary, leading to severe financial stress. At the same time, they suffer significant academic and professional loss as their peers have already joined Senior Residency, while they remain stuck due to a lack of formal posting orders despite allotments being completed on 5 February.

UDF Rajasthan emphasised that, as per court directions, no doctor should be kept without posting for more than one month, yet this guideline is being consistently overlooked.

Therefore, it demanded immediate issuance of posting orders for all pending doctors, establishment of a fixed and transparent timeline and mandatory posting within 1 month after completion of PG/SR

Commenting on the matter, Dr Bharat Pareek, State President, UDF Rajasthan told Medical Dialogues, "This delay is not just administrative — it is deeply unjust. Doctors are being forced into financial hardship and academic loss despite completing all formalities. A structured and time-bound system is the need of the hour."

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