Government can’t bind super-specialist doctor to service for life without posting: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court ruled that the government cannot indefinitely bind a super-specialist doctor to service if it fails to provide a posting after the completion of their training. The court set aside disciplinary action against a doctor who resigned after three years of waiting for a government assignment.
Why it matters
This ruling clarifies the legal limits of government service bonds and protects professionals from indefinite employment limbo.
That a government doctor with a post-graduate degree, who has availed himself in-service quota for admission to a super-speciality course, must remain indebted to the government for the rest of his official life, even in the absence of any posting after completion of course, is not an acceptable proposition, said the High Court of Karnataka.
A Division Bench comprising justice Anu Sivaraman and justice Venkatesh Naik T. made these observations while declining to interfere with a single judge’s 2023 order setting aside disciplinary action against a government doctor.
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