Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Apr 8: Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir (DHSK) today ordered disengagement of all the contractual employees who were hired by the department last year in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a circular issued here by the Directorate office-a copy of which is lying with Excelsior-DHSK directed all the Chief Medical Officers (CMO), Medical Superintendents and other Territorial Offices to ensure that no contractual employee is working at their respective districts from 01-04-2021.
“It is enjoined upon all the Chief Medical Officers/Medical Superintendents and other Territorial Offices falling within the jurisdiction of this Directorate that the employees both (Medical/Para Medical/ Nursing Staff) hired by this Department on contractual basis in view of the extraordinary situation that had arisen due to the spread of Covid-19 Pandemic under different orders purely in pursuance to Govt. Order No.347-(K) HME of 2020 Dated: 28.03.2020 shall deem to have been disengaged from their contractual appointments and from their respective place of postings forthwith as the tenure of one year stands expired on 31.03.2021 till further orders are received from the higher authorities,” the circular reads.
It added that all the Chief Medical Officers/Medical Superintendents and other Territorial Offices shall ensure that no contractual employee is working at their respective districts from 01.04.2021, “and in the event of non-compliance of instructions, the concerned CMO/Medical Superintendent and other Territorial Offices will be responsible for litigation(s), if any, held thereafter.”
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