The State Health and Medical Education (H&ME) Department has cancelled appointment of 167 Medical Officers, who failed to joint their place of posting.
As per a an order issued by Financial Commissioner H&MEAtal Dulloo, the appointment of 167 of 332 Medical Officers have been canceled.
The government had asked the appointees to choose either toopt for appointment or opt out and go for PG/tenures of seniorResidency/Registrarship/Demonstratorship in which case candidates from thewaiting list will be considered for the appointment.
The appointees had also been asked to submit their joiningreports to their concerned Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs) within 21days from date of issuance of appointment order and in case of failure of any appointeeto join within stipulated period, his/her appointment shall be deemed to havebeen cancelled.
The Directorate of Health Services, Jammu had on June 15furnished information of the Medical Officers, who have not joined at theirrespective place of postings.
“Therefore, it is hereby ordered that the appointments inrespect of 167 medical officers…shall be deemed to have been cancelled,” theorder reads.