Madurai
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday asked the State to reply by January 28 if it was ready to implement the deliberations of the working group that had met on October 18 to decide the demands put forth by the Tamil Nadu Government Doctors’ Association (TNGDA).
A Division Bench of Justices K. K. Sasidharan and P. D. Audikesavalu sought a response from the State and adjourned the case for further hearing on January 28. The doctors had earlier proposed to go on an indefinite strike from December 8 demanding pay parity with Central government doctors and other State doctors.
In an earlier submission, the State had informed the court that it was awaiting the report of the one-man commission appointed to look into the grievances of TNGDA.
The court was hearing a public interest litigation petition filed by S. Mohamed Yunnis Raja of Madurai, who sought a direction to restrain the TNGDA from going ahead with its proposed strike. He said that it would be the patients who would suffer ultimately from lack of treatment. The TNGDA has since deferred the strike.
