Transfer of 48 docs cancelled after being discovered to be in opposition to norms of UP switch coverage

By Express News Service

LUCKNOW: With the continued controversy over the transfers in varied departments, UP CM Yogi Adtiyanath, on Saturday, cancelled the transfers of 48 docs, all dentists, carried out by the state well being division, allegedly in opposition to the state’s switch coverage.

After taking motion on the officers answerable for issuing the faulty orders in violation of the present switch police of the state authorities, the CM, who’s seized of the matter and the respective probe stories over faulty postings, has now cancelled the transfers, it was learnt.

Early within the week, 4 well being division officers have been suspended for the alleged violation of guidelines with regard to the current transfers within the division.

As per highly-placed sources within the well being division, within the switch listing of 313 stage 1 medical officers, the names of 48 docs of stage 2, 3 and Ayush have been added in opposition to the norms of switch coverage.  Following the protests by the transferred docs, a probe was arrange below Chief Secretary DS Mishra.

On the premise of the probe report, the switch order of 48 docs figuring on the listing of 313 stage 1 docs have been cancelled. These transfers have been finished on the stage of Medical and Health directorate allegedly in opposition to the foundations which say that the docs of stage 2 and three must be transferred by the state administration solely.

In this connection, a departmental inquiry has been ordered in opposition to Additional Director (personnel), Dr Anurag Bhargava, who retired lately.

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The official sources didn’t rule out the cancellation of extra transfers of docs finished by the well being division.

Significantly, for the reason that first week of July, the docs and different medical workers had been protesting in opposition to the transfers finished by well being division, saying that these have been in violation of the state switch coverage.

Even Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, who holds the well being portfolio, had sought a reply on this regard from the extra chief secretary, medical well being, Amit Mohan Prasad. Besides, an inquiry was additionally carried out into the transfers by the well being directorate.

It had come to gentle that the ACS had launched all of the switch orders with out consulting Pathak when he was away in Telangana to participate within the BJP nationwide govt meet.

As a outcome, Pathak briefed CM Yogi Adityanath on this connection and wrote him a letter additionally mentioning that the transfers taken place in well being division have been in opposition to the state switch coverage and plagued with plenty of irregularities.

The deputy CM had claimed in his letter to the CM that within the state capital, quite a lot of specialist docs have been transferred with out appointing their alternative.

Besides the docs, UP chapter of Indian Medical Association had lodged objection to the transfers of senior docs.

However, after the probe report furnished by the committee headed by the Chief Secretary, 4 officers together with Dr Rakesh Kumar Gupta, further director medical and well being companies (para-medicals), Dr Ashok Kumar Pandey, further director, medical and well being companies (well being/administration), Dr Arvind Kumar Verma, joint director (paramedical) and Mohammad Ismail, administrative officer within the well being division, have been suspended.

LUCKNOW: With the continued controversy over the transfers in varied departments, UP CM Yogi Adtiyanath, on Saturday, cancelled the transfers of 48 docs, all dentists, carried out by the state well being division, allegedly in opposition to the state’s switch coverage.

After taking motion on the officers answerable for issuing the faulty orders in violation of the present switch police of the state authorities, the CM, who’s seized of the matter and the respective probe stories over faulty postings, has now cancelled the transfers, it was learnt.

Early within the week, 4 well being division officers have been suspended for the alleged violation of guidelines with regard to the current transfers within the division.

As per highly-placed sources within the well being division, within the switch listing of 313 stage 1 medical officers, the names of 48 docs of stage 2, 3 and Ayush have been added in opposition to the norms of switch coverage.  Following the protests by the transferred docs, a probe was arrange below Chief Secretary DS Mishra.

On the premise of the probe report, the switch order of 48 docs figuring on the listing of 313 stage 1 docs have been cancelled. These transfers have been finished on the stage of Medical and Health directorate allegedly in opposition to the foundations which say that the docs of stage 2 and three must be transferred by the state administration solely.

In this connection, a departmental inquiry has been ordered in opposition to Additional Director (personnel), Dr Anurag Bhargava, who retired lately.

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The official sources didn’t rule out the cancellation of extra transfers of docs finished by the well being division.

Significantly, for the reason that first week of July, the docs and different medical workers had been protesting in opposition to the transfers finished by well being division, saying that these have been in violation of the state switch coverage.

Even Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, who holds the well being portfolio, had sought a reply on this regard from the extra chief secretary, medical well being, Amit Mohan Prasad. Besides, an inquiry was additionally carried out into the transfers by the well being directorate.

It had come to gentle that the ACS had launched all of the switch orders with out consulting Pathak when he was away in Telangana to participate within the BJP nationwide govt meet.

As a outcome, Pathak briefed CM Yogi Adityanath on this connection and wrote him a letter additionally mentioning that the transfers taken place in well being division have been in opposition to the state switch coverage and plagued with plenty of irregularities.

The deputy CM had claimed in his letter to the CM that within the state capital, quite a lot of specialist docs have been transferred with out appointing their alternative.

Besides the docs, UP chapter of Indian Medical Association had lodged objection to the transfers of senior docs.

However, after the probe report furnished by the committee headed by the Chief Secretary, 4 officers together with Dr Rakesh Kumar Gupta, further director medical and well being companies (para-medicals), Dr Ashok Kumar Pandey, further director, medical and well being companies (well being/administration), Dr Arvind Kumar Verma, joint director (paramedical) and Mohammad Ismail, administrative officer within the well being division, have been suspended.