Keralam DHS appointment challenged in KAT
Additional Director of Health Services B. Unnikrishnan has challenged his exclusion from the selection process for the Director of Health Services post in the Kerala Administrative Tribunal. He alleges that the government purposefully delayed his probation declaration to disqualify him from consideration.
Why it matters
This case highlights ongoing administrative disputes regarding promotion and selection processes within the Kerala public health department.
The post of the Director of Health Services has become contentious yet again, with Additional Director of Health Services (Planning) B. Unnikrishnan approaching the Kerala Administrative Tribunal (KAT) that his name was not considered by the selection committee for the post even though he was otherwise qualified and eligible.
Dr. Unnikrishnan, a differently abled person with more than 40% disability, had been denied promotions to the post of Deputy Director and Additional Director in 2022, despite his representations.
With the Supreme Court intervening, the government was asked to grant him promotion as ADHS with effect from October 19, 2017. Thereafter, even though Dr. Unnikrishnan preferred representations seeking declaration of his probation in the cadre of ADHS with effect from April 19, 2018, it had not been done.
In the meanwhile, the government proceeded with the selection for the post of DHS, without considering Dr. Unnikrishnan’s eligibility to the said post.
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