Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has dismissed petition of a medical college professor against her transfer on the ground of health condition of her and her family but said the state government’s action fell short of a model employer and hoped for remedial measures.
The high court made the observation while hearing the petition of an associate professor of the Physiology department at SCB Medical College & Hospital, Cuttack. The associate professor had challenged her posting to Government Medical College and Hospital, Keonjhar, following promotion to the post of professor.
She had submitted a representation to the government requesting to be allowed to continue in SCB Hospital on the ground of her illness as well as the medical condition of her husband and her elderly mother who is suffering from chronic breast cancer. But her plea was not considered.
After hearing the petition, single-judge bench of Justice S K Panigrahi of the high court came to the conclusion that the petitioner cannot be granted any relief by way of law and dismissed the petition. But the bench observed that the key to good governance by the state government is to ensure that legitimate aspirations of the employees are not curtailed and a situation not created where hopes end in despair.