In a stringent move, administrative authorities took a serious view of unauthorized absenteeism by certain staff members during the recent war like situation in Rajouri, despite government orders for mandatory presence. The administration of Government Medical College (GMC) & Associated Hospital, Rajouri, has ordered withholding salary of the 'erring' employees.
An official order issued by Dr A S Bhati, Principal of GMC Rajouri, stated that the salaries of all employees — including Faculty Members, Consultants, Senior and Junior Residents, Staff Nurses, Paramedical and Technical Staff, Ministerial Staff, Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS), Interns, and others — who remained absent from duty without proper authorization from May 7, 2025, and failed to mark their biometric attendance, shall be withheld with immediate effect.
The order further specifies that the period of absence shall be treated as unauthorized, and corresponding entries will be made in their service records and service books in accordance with prevailing Government rules and regulations.The Government Medical College (GMC) and Hospital in Rajouri has said it will not release salaries of several of its staff members who were found absent from duty during the armed conflict between India and Pakistan, an official said on Tuesday.
As per the order, the punished workers include faculty, consultants, senior residents, junior residents, staff nurses, paramedical staff, technical staff, ministerial staff, multi-tasking staff, interns, and many others who fled the town on May 7,
Pertinently, the facility serves as a key medical institution for the entire Pir Panjal region spread across border districts of Rajouri and Poonch — both worst-hit in the artillery and mortar shelling by Pakistan.
At least 20 of the total 28 deaths in the conflict in Jammu and Kashmir were reported from the two districts, with over 50 others In Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), The dead included Rajouri Additional District Development Commissioner Raj Kumar Thappa, who lost his life when a shell hit his residential compound in Rajouri town on May 10. The government has implemented a policy where doctors and other employees who are absent from duty without proper authorization will not receive their salary for that period.
This policy, announced by the government, aims to address issues of absenteeism and ensure accountability among public servants.
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