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Curbs on deputation of Govt. doctors

By Our Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM JULY 10. The Cabinet on Thursday decided to cancel the deputation of Government Medical College teachers to self-financing medical colleges that did not obey Government directives regarding merit quota and fees.

The Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, told presspersons after the Cabinet meeting that the Government proposed to control the deputation of Government doctors to private institutions to the maximum as Government medical colleges were facing shortage of teachers. The cancellation of deputations to colleges resisting Government control demonstrated the policy of the Government towards them and its sincerity in exercising Government control over them.

Mr. Antony said that the Government had not taken a decision on bringing legislation to regulate admissions and fees as its legal advisers including the Advocate General and Law Secretary were in Delhi. The Government was of the stern view that 50 per cent of the admissions to the professional colleges should be based on merit and that the Government should have the power to fix the fees.

He said that the fees in Government Medical Colleges would be increased by 10 per cent.

He said that the Cabinet had decided to recommend to the Public Service Commission the extension of the validity of various rank lists by six months. This was in view of the delay in redeployment of Government staff.

The Cabinet, he said, had authorised the Transport Department to take appropriate action on the report of the inquiry commission that probed the Kumarakom boat tragedy. It did not approve all the recommendations of the commission. The Transport Department will decide on the compensation to be granted to the victims. The report will be placed before the Assembly.

The Cabinet decided to sanction three institutions offering MBA courses in the private sector. One of them will offer an MCA course also. The institutions are the Sree Narayana Guru Institute of Science and Technology at North Parur, MES College of Management, North Vazhakkulam and the SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Palissery, Ernakulam.

He said that there was no change in the Government policy against a CBI inquiry into the Marad carnage. The police in Kerala were getting maximum professional freedom in the country. The Crime Branch had been given a free hand to investigate the crime with directions to apprehend all those who had been directly or indirectly involved in the crime. The investigation was nearing completion and the chargesheets were being prepared.

He said that the decision on appointing a judge for inquiry was yet to be decided. Though he had written to the Chief Justice of the High Court a second time, the Chief Justice had expressed his difficulties in sparing the services of a judge. The Government was trying to get the services of a High Court judge from outside the State.

He said that his comments on Wednesday about collective bargaining by the minorities were intended to nurture peace and amity.

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