No superannuation-age relief for Patna university physical training instructors
Representational Image PATNA: The Patna high court on Tuesday disposed of a batch of four writ petitions in which physical training instructors and directors had urged the high court to direct concerned officials to increase their superannuation age to 65 years from 62 years just as like regular teaching staffs.
A bench of Justice Anil Kumar Upadhyay while hearing the batch cases allowed withdrawal of the petitions as it was not inclined to give the relief.
However, court agreed to their plea that authorities of concerned university be issued direction to grant them the retirement benefits along with assured career promotion scheme if eligible for following which direction was issued that the benefits be granted within four months' time to all those who had moved high court.
The petitioners were of LN Mithila University of Darbhanga and had retired from their positions in 2014. However before retirement, petitioners had moved high court urging that their superannuation age be made 65 years from the existing 62 years as like regular teaching staffs.
However, state government in their counter affidavit submitted that it was UGC which had fixed criteria and service conditions for cadres of teaching and non-teaching staffs.
According to UCG directions, the petitioners who were physical training instructors and directors, fall under non-teaching staff cadre for whom superannuation age was fixed as 62 years while for teaching-staff cadre, the condition was 65 years.
The high court did not agreed to the contentions of the petitioners after hearing the batch cases at length for almost a fortnight after which the petitions were finally withdrawn.
Give PMCH's budgetary allocation details: A division bench of Justice Jyoti Saran and Justice Partha while hearing a PIL filed by Vikash Chandra alias Guddu Baba on Tuesday, ordered the health secretary to give detailed counter affidavit within two weeks' time on budgetary allocation for Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH). The petitioner had alleged that while PMCH had allocation of 840 different types of generic medicines for patients, only 77 were found to be available at its pharmacy during an inspection. However, petitioner failed to tell court the date of inspection conducted by him. The court also directed the Bihar Medical Services Infrastructure Corporation Limited within same timeframe to file a detailed counter affidavit over its mechanism to supply medicines to PMCH.
A bench of Justice Anil Kumar Upadhyay while hearing the batch cases allowed withdrawal of the petitions as it was not inclined to give the relief.
However, court agreed to their plea that authorities of concerned university be issued direction to grant them the retirement benefits along with assured career promotion scheme if eligible for following which direction was issued that the benefits be granted within four months' time to all those who had moved high court.
The petitioners were of LN Mithila University of Darbhanga and had retired from their positions in 2014. However before retirement, petitioners had moved high court urging that their superannuation age be made 65 years from the existing 62 years as like regular teaching staffs.
However, state government in their counter affidavit submitted that it was UGC which had fixed criteria and service conditions for cadres of teaching and non-teaching staffs.
According to UCG directions, the petitioners who were physical training instructors and directors, fall under non-teaching staff cadre for whom superannuation age was fixed as 62 years while for teaching-staff cadre, the condition was 65 years.
The high court did not agreed to the contentions of the petitioners after hearing the batch cases at length for almost a fortnight after which the petitions were finally withdrawn.
Give PMCH's budgetary allocation details: A division bench of Justice Jyoti Saran and Justice Partha while hearing a PIL filed by Vikash Chandra alias Guddu Baba on Tuesday, ordered the health secretary to give detailed counter affidavit within two weeks' time on budgetary allocation for Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH). The petitioner had alleged that while PMCH had allocation of 840 different types of generic medicines for patients, only 77 were found to be available at its pharmacy during an inspection. However, petitioner failed to tell court the date of inspection conducted by him. The court also directed the Bihar Medical Services Infrastructure Corporation Limited within same timeframe to file a detailed counter affidavit over its mechanism to supply medicines to PMCH.
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