Telangana High Court suspends appointment of DME

While hearing a plea by Dr Shravan Kumar, Telangana high court suspended the appointment of the director of medical education (DME) Dr K Ramesh Reddy. As per the counsel of the petitioner, the state issued a final seniority list of professors and Dr K Ramesh Reddy is standing at the 10th place in seniority.

Telangana high court has suspended the appointment of the director of medical education (DME) Dr K Ramesh Reddy. The court was hearing a plea by Dr Shravan Kumar who had questioned the July 2017 appointment which was done as a temporary arrangement despite the availability of seniors.

Dr Ramesh Reddy's appointment was suspended as he continued in his post for the last six years without the eligibility to continue in the post especially when there were seniors available for the state to appoint.

The counsel of the petitioner, Sama Sandeep Reddy, said that the state has issued a final seniority list of professors who have completed five years of teaching in super speciality wings in teaching hospitals and government medical colleges for the panel year 2020-21, in which Dr K Ramesh Reddy is standing at 10th place in seniority, as reported by TOI.

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