TSMC Elections: Council Uploads Electoral Roll of more than 45,000 doctors, Objections are to be reported within August 9
Hyderabad: With the elections approaching, the Telangana State Medical Council (TSMC) has now uploaded the provisional electoral rolls on its official website i.e. onlinetsmc.in
The provisional electoral roll contains a list of more than 45,000 registered medical practitioners in the State. The registration number, name of the doctor along with their father's name have been published on the TSMC website.
In case of any objections, the council has asked to report the same to TSMC through TSMC e-mail by 5.00 pm on August 09, 2023.
"Detailed electoral roll can be provided to the contesting candidates only in the form of CD/ pendrive after paying Rs. 5000 and signing the affidavit at TSMC," the Council further mentioned on its website.
Previously, the Council had asked all the Registered Medical Practitioners to renew their registration Certificate by paying prescribed fees and update their latest address, contact number and email ID by enclosing the copy of registration certificate within 15.07.2023.
Commenting on the electoral roll, a senior official told the Times of India, “However, the list is not exhaustive, as TSMC lacks information of all the registered doctors in the state. As per the estimates, there are at least 52,000-55,000 registered doctors. To prevent any omissions, doctors have been requested to verify their names in the voters’ list.”
Meanwhile, the State branch of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) also instructed the registered doctors to double-check their names on the provisional electoral list and raise any objections regarding the membership to the Council within the deadline i.e. August 9, 2023.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that while considering a plea by the Healthcare Reforms Doctors Association (HRDA), the Telangana High Court bench had asked the State Government for conducting the polls for the medical council without increasing the number of the state-sponsored nominees.
The association had raised the issue of not conducting Telangana State Medical Council (TSMC) elections since 2007. Apart from this, the association had also pointed out the illegal continuation of nominated members for more than a decade as interim ad-hoc body and reduction of elected members from 13 to 5.
While the High Court order had been challenged before the Supreme Court, the Apex court refused to stay the order of the HC and directed the Telangana Government for conducting the elections of the Council within 3 months for 13 members.
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