THE ISSUE PERTAINS WITH REGARD TO INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY BLOCK MEDICAL OFFICER, NERWA, CHOPAL FOR THE SELECTION OF ASHA FACILITATORS WHEREIN ONLY A 10 HOUR PRIOR NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE ASHA WORKERS THROUGH WHATSAPP WORKING AT DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE ENTIRE STATE
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IN A FIRST, THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA IN A CIVIL WRIT PETITION BEARING NO. 2126 OF 2024 DECIDED TODAY ON 18.03.2024 HAS DIRECTED THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER SHIMLA TO PAY RS. 5000 FROM HIS OWN POCKET TO THE LITIGANT
THE ISSUE PERTAINS WITH REGARD TO INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY BLOCK MEDICAL OFFICER, NERWA, CHOPAL FOR THE SELECTION OF ASHA FACILITATORS WHEREIN ONLY A 10 HOUR PRIOR NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE ASHA WORKERS THROUGH WHATSAPP WORKING AT DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE ENTIRE STATE
THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE INTERVIEW THUS, ONE OF THE ASHA WORKER FILED AN APPEAL UNDER CLAUSE 12 OF THE NOTIFICATION DATED 31.03.2023 NOTIFYING THE GUIDELINES FOR THE ENGAGEMENT OF ASHA FACILITATOR
WHICH PROVIDES THAT THE APPEAL SHOULD BE HEARD BY CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER OF THE CONCERNED DISTRICT HEREIN SHIMLA
THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER REJECTED THE APPEAL ON THE GROUND THAT THE SAME HAS BEEN FILED IN A JUDICIAL FORMAT THROUGH COUNSEL GANESH BAROWALIA ADVOCATE
THE LITIGANT APPROACHED THE HIGH COURT THROUGH GANESH BAROWALIA ADVOCATE AND DIRECTIONS WERE ISSUED TO THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER BY QUASHING THE REJECTION ORDER AND DIRECTING HIM TO PAY RS. 5000 FROM OWN POCKET TO LITIGANT/ ASHA WORKER AND TO DECIDE THE APPEAL WITHIN TWO WEEKS
