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ANITA SUMANTH
Ebin Jose – Appellant
Versus
State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department, Chennai – Respondent
ORDER :
(Prayer in W.P.No.5623 of 2024: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents to treat the Petitioner's one-year bond period as completed and to consequently relieve him from petitioner bonded service in the Government Hospital, Gingee, Villupuram District and to direct the 5th respondent to return his original certificates and documents collected during his Post-Graduate admission along with his Post-Graduate degree certificate, Transfer certificate and conduct certificate, within a time limit to be stipulated by this Court.)
1. Mr.K.Tippu Sultan, learned Government Advocate accepts notice for the respondents and is armed with instructions to enable final disposal of the matter, even at this juncture. Hence, by consent of both learned counsel, these Writ Petitions are taken up for final disposal, even at the stage of admission.
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 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.
Covid duty and quarantine are considered as part of bonded service, and government orders reducing bond period are applicable to eligible candidates.
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 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 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 main legal point established in the judgment is that Covid duty and quarantine can be considered as part of the bond service, and the bond period for non-service post graduates can be reduced bas....
Covid duty and quarantine should be considered as part of the bond service, and delay in issuing posting orders can benefit the candidate.
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'....
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.
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