Pay 10,000 Doctors their Salary Dues: Gujarat HC slams State Govt
Ahmedabad: Granting major relief to over 10,000 doctors across the state, the Gujarat High Court has directed the state government to pay the government doctors their salary dues which are expected to be around Rs 1.25 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh per doctor. The decision comes in the follow-up of a petition that was filed in 2016 where the doctors openly contended that thanks to the faulty calculation with regards to the Non practicing allowance (NPA), the doctors instead of getting a hike in salary ended up having their salary reduced.
The genesis of the problem goes back to the year 2004-2005 when the state government decided to remove the NPA from the calculations of basic pay and hence further computation of the Dearness Allowance (DA)
This move was immediately opposed by the medical fraternity, who further approached the high court, which asked the doctors to make their representation before the government. Meanwhile, in 2008, the government refused to restore the old position so far as NPA's inclusion in basic pay was concerned, causing the doctors to again move the court.
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