Anarchy in DHS Jammu
2/27/2017
Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 26: An influential junior Pharmacist and a
junior Health Inspector have been performing their duties as clerks at Director
Health and Services Jammu and 2.5 days salary is being drawn by both of
employees reportedly without maintaining regular roster of their services.
An RTI reply in possession of Early Times states that
Shafkat Hussian, a junior pharmacist is working in the pay scale
9300-34800+42000 which is senior pharmacist scale but instead of utilizing his
service, he is working in Death and Birth section since 2009. Other junior
Health Inspector, Pawan Singh has been appointed for supervision/ consolidation
of malaria reports received from the periphery health institutions and deployed
to work in Medical fitness certificate section in the same office and both are
drawing 2.5 days salary.
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Blue-eyed Pharmacist
Pharmacist
is a technical post, but instead of utilizing his services in health
institutions he is posted in the office of DHS Jammu with the blessing of
senior officials.
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Department claims in the reply that the services of
junior pharmacist are being utilized on Sundays and Gazzetted holidays to
provide medical facilities during religious/ social functions and emergency
situations in Jammu city and he is also deployed to border areas during Pak
firing. Similarly, JHI Pawan also performs malaria tour in the field in
addition he is working Medical fitness section and Shafkat holding charge of
Birth/death section being Urdu knowing person in this office.
RTI seeker alleged that drawing 2.5 days salary every
month is totally against the laid down criteria and most interestingly, the
department has failed to maintain their regular roster which is mandatory for
release of 2.5 days salary.
Pharmacist is a technical post, bust instead of
utilizing his services in health institutions he is posted in the office of DHS
Jammu with the blessing of senior officials. As per order no
DHS/J/Es-2/107-u11/139-40 dated 4-4-2016 he was transferred, after 7 years
spent in the office, to Sub Centre, Sainik Colony Jammu after receiving number
of complaints against the influential employee but he managed to stay on on the
pretext that he was only Urdu knowing person.
Similarly, JHI Pawan Singh was promoted in the pay
scale of 5200-20200+2400 and posted CMO office Jammu hinting at the nexus
between both employees and higher ups of department who are helping them to do
their arbitrary.
Director Health and Services Dr Gurjeet Singh and Chief
Medical Officer Jammu Dr Robinder Khajuria could not be contacted for comment.
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