The bench noted that HC orders passed on various occasions since 2021 indicated that the state government was time and again directed to fill up the medical posts as the government medical colleges and hospitals have to be fully functional with such a strength and infrastructure. The bench said that “shortfall in any of these areas would always create a situation wherein, there would be no smooth functioning of the Government Hospitals.”
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to fill up huge vacancies of professors, doctors and other medical, nursing or teaching staffers at government medical colleges and hospitals across the state by October 31. The bench further warned the state government that it will not entertain a request for an extension of time for the same.
The bench noted that HC orders passed on various occasions since 2021 indicated that the state government was time and again directed to fill up the medical posts as the government medical colleges and hospitals have to be fully functional with such a strength and infrastructure. The bench said that “shortfall in any of these areas would always create a situation wherein, there would be no smooth functioning of the Government Hospitals.”
On April 20, Justice Ravindra V Ghuge and Justice Sanjay A Deshmukh passed the order while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) moved by AIMIM MP Syed Imtiaz Jaleel, seeking to fill up vacant posts of doctors in government hospitals and those run by local bodies. On February 10, raising concerns over a large number of vacant posts, the court had directed the government to fill up the vacancies on a “war footing” and provide details of the number of vacant posts.
Last week, Additional Government Pleader S G Karlekar submitted a communication dated April 12 sent to him by the state Medical Education and Drugs Department. As per the said communication, of the 348 sanctioned posts of professors or doctors across government hospitals and colleges in Maharashtra for clinical subjects, 118 were vacant. Moreover, while among the 689 sanctioned posts of associate professors, 226 were vacant, and of the 1,068 posts of assistant professors, 691 were vacant.
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