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ANITA SUMANTH
Eveline Maria Jose – Appellant
Versus
State of Tamil Nadu represented by its Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Secretariat, Chennai – Respondent
JUDGMENT
(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records of the 4th respondent contained in its order bearing R.No.2745231/E7/A1/2022-118, dated 21.10.2023 and to quash the same as arbitrary, unjust and illegal and to consequently direct the respondents to treat the petitioner's two-year compulsory bond period as completed and to also consequently return the petitioner's original certificates and documents collected by the 5th respondent while admitting the petitioner to the super specialty degree course along with her super specialty degree certificate.)
1. Heard Mr.Suhrith Parthasarathy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs.Geetha Thamaraiselvan, learned Special Government Pleader for the State.
2. I have considered an identical prayer as in the present Writ Petitions in W.P.No.28238 of 2023 and have held as follows:
The petitioner is a Doctor, who had completed Post Graduation in General Medicine from KAP Viswanathan Medical College in the non service ca
Covid duty and quarantine should be considered as part of the bond service period for medical students.
Covid duty and quarantine relatable to covid duty should be considered as bond service, and the duty performed by PG students during Covid period must be taken as regular medical service.
The completion of bond period for doctors and the consideration of covid duty and quarantine period as part of the bond service under the Tamil Nadu Medical Service Rules.
Covid duty and quarantine should be considered as part of the bond service, and delay in issuing posting orders can benefit the candidate.
Covid duty performed by post-graduate medical students should be considered as part of the bond service period as per the Tamil Nadu Medical Service Rules and government orders.
The duty performed by PG students during Covid period must be taken as regular medical service, and the covid duty and quarantine period should be considered as part of the bond service.
The main legal point established is that covid duty performed by medical students can be considered as part of the compulsory bond period, as per the Medical Service Rules and government orders.
Duties performed during the covid period should be treated as eligible duty for both Under Graduate and Post Graduate medical education, and the State issued a directive to replace 'Medical Officers'....
Covid duty and quarantine are considered as part of bonded service, and government orders reducing bond period are applicable to eligible candidates.
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