Ayurvedic Doctors Entitled to Be Paid Salary at Par with Allopathic Doctors under NHM Scheme
Case: The Ayurvedic Doctors Association And 2 Ors V. The State Of Assam And 4 Ors.
Coram: Justice Michael Zothankhuma
Case No.: WP(C)/8759/2018
Court Observation: “A perusal of the order of the Division Bench of the Uttarakhand High Court passed in WP No.484/2014 (S/B) and the order dated 24.03.2022 passed by the Apex Court in Special Leave to Appeal (C) No.33645/2018 show that Ayurvedic doctors would have to be treated at par with the Allopathic Medical Officers and Dental Medical Officers under the NHM and as such, there cannot be any discrimination in the payment of salary/wages between the two. This is further fortified by the fact that the State respondents have taken a conscious decision to give the same scale of pay to the Ayurvedic doctors and Allopathic doctors working in the Health Department, under the Government of Assam,” the Court held as it directed the respondents to pay and release the salary to the petitioners at par with the Allopathic Medical Officers of the NHM, Assam w.e.f. the date of filing of the writ petition, i.e. 18.12.2018.
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Keywords
NHM Scheme, Ayurvedic Doctors
