Medical, Health Dept cannot undertake transfer of employees without consent of local bodies: Rajasthan HC

Jodhpur: Setting aside the transfer orders issued in December 2020 of certain healthcare workers, in a recent significant order, Rajasthan High Court has ruled that the medical and health department could not undertake inter-district transfers of employees without permission from panchayati raj department.
The Bench of Justice Dinesh Mehta noted that only panchayat samitis and zila parishads are entitled to such transfers.
This came after some Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM), nurse, LDC of the department filed a petition in the high court pointing out that their services were brought under Rajasthan Panchayati raj department and transfers should be determined by the same.
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As per a recent media report by Times of India, counsel for the petitioner stated, "With regard to the medical department, it was provisioned that any inter-state transfer of the medical staff would only be allowed to be exercised by the medical department in the agreement of the Panchayati raj department."
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