HC asks Maharashtra govt to submit schedule for MMC elections, Maharashtra Medical Council elections schedule 2016,MMC election dates 2016
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HC asksMaharashtragovt to submit schedule for MMC elections,Maharashtra Medical Council elections schedule 2016,MMC election dates 2016
Bombay High Court (HC) has asked the Maharashtra government to urgently submit the schedule of elections to pave the way for a democratically elected body for Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) which completed its tenure on May 21, 2016.
The state government has until now not given its directive to hold MMC elections despite being given three MMC reminders before the expiry of the present council's tenure. Besides the rumblings in the MMC currently, the present council elected five years back had fought a two-year court battle with the state government to finally resume in 2011.
According to an official, “It is high time that the state government which appointed a returning officer to oversee elections to also urgently submit a schedule of elections. The delay on the same is meant to sabotage the process of governance as a registrar has been appointed unilaterally by the government even before the election process. Appointment of an ayurvedic doctor as the administrator is aimed at primarily promoting crosspathy.”
Meanwhile, MMC is also upset over the state government serving notice to them for irregularities in its administration and over the appointment of a registrar who as per the MMC Act is not eligible to run the administration as he already holds the post of a registrar of Maharashtra Council of Indian Medicine (MCIM) in contravention to the provisions of the MMC Act.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) had also sought the intervention of Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to address the delay in conducting of elections for the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) as its current 5- year term has ended on May 21, 2016. Following which the PMO had sent a letter to the chief secretary, Maharashtra government to resolve the issue at the earliest.
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