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HE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
LANUSUNGKUM JAMIR
Janifa Kaifee Ahmed Daughter Of Kamal Uddin Ahmed – Appellant
Versus
State Of Assam Represented By Its Principal Secretary, Health And Family Welfare Department – Respondent
ORDER :
Lanusungkum Jamir, J.
1. Heard Mr. S.K. Talukdar, learned counsel, for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. D.P. Bora, learned standing counsel, Health Department, for the respondent Nos. 1, 3 & 4 and Mr. K. Gogoi, learned CGC, for the respondent No. 2/National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences.
2. The petitioner is an MBBS Doctor who obtained her degree from the Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh in the year 2017. Thereafter, the petitioner underwent one year compulsory rural posting at Messelkhowa MPHC, Agiya BPHC of Goalpara district under the National Health Mission w.e.f. 19 April 2018 to 8 April 2019. A certificate to that effect was issued by the Joint Director of Health Sciences, DHS, Goalpara on 09.04.2019. Thereafter, by a Notification dated 23rd October, 2019 issued by the Joint Secretary/Deputy to the Government of Assam, Health and Family Welfare (A) Department, the petitioner was appointed as Medical and Health Officer-I and was posted at Garajan SD, Nagaon. The petitioner, accordingly, joined to the said post on 31.10.2019. The petitioner was also issued a certificate by the Joint Director of Health Services, Nagaon in terms of the Rule 2(xxii) of the Medical Co
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