Doctors recruitment scam: K.P.S. Gill files lawsuit

CHANDIGARH - Former Punjab police chief K.P.S. Gill Tuesday filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Punjab and Haryana High Court in connection with allegations of malpractices in the recruitment of doctors in the state.

In March, media reports had highlighted irregularities in the recruitment of doctors made recently by the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC).

“After this scam was highlighted in PPSC, exposing corruption and favouritism in the selection of 312 doctors, Punjab chief minister had ordered an inquiry and asked state chief secretary S.C. Aggarwal to submit an inquiry report within 30 days,” Anupam Gupta, counsel for Gill, said here.

“Despite the passing of more than a month no such report has been submitted or has been brought to light in the public domain. In our PIL we have sought replies in this connection from the government,” he said.

There are allegations that 45 doctors were interviewed by the PPSC within minutes and selected for government jobs.

However, earlier a Punjab government spokesperson said that over 19,000 teachers had been recruited and there had not been a single complaint in any of the appointments made.