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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
S.SOUNTHAR : J
K. Nithya – Appellant
Versus
Tamil Nadu Medical Council, Represented by the Registrar – Respondent
ORDER :
The Writ Petition is filed challenging the order passed by the 1st respondent in Reference No.TNMC/T/534/2021, dated 25.02.2022, cancelling the registration of the petitioner in respect of her MD (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) Degree and its decision to surrender her MD (PMR) registration certificate immediately.
2. The petitioner is a qualified MBBS Doctor. She acquired PG Diploma in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (DPMR) in the year 2005. The petitioner got selected to the Government Service through TNPSC in the year 2005 and joined service as Assistant Professor in the year 2006 in Madras Medical College. Subsequently, the petitioner was transferred to Dharmapuri and then to Salem Medical College. In the year 2017, she was promoted as Associate Professor and now working as as Associate Professor in Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital, Salem.
3. It is the specific case of the petitioner that PG Decree (MD) in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation course was started only in the year 2014 and the first batch was passed out in the year 2017. Prior to the year 2017, the Speciality Course for the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation was only the PG Diploma C
Qualifications acquired via special courses do not equate to a regular MD degree for clinical practice as per MCI regulations.
Insofar as Eligibility Certificate is not institution specific and insofar as first respondent has no case that dehors institution in which petitioner has undertaken medical course, petitioner was no....
The delay in issuing the recognition notification should not penalize an individual who has fulfilled the basic eligibility norms and was meritoriously selected for a position.
Eligibility for appointment requires meeting criteria by the cut-off date; subsequent qualifications do not retroactively qualify candidates.
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