Tag: Kafeel Ahmad Khan

  • Allahabad HC stays second suspension order against Dr Kafeel Ahmad Khan

    By PTI

    ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad High Court has stayed the second suspension order against Dr Kafeel Ahmad Khan.

    On July 31, 2019, the doctor was suspended for the second time while he was already under suspension for allegedly forcibly treating patients at the Bahraich District Hospital and criticising policies of the government.

    He was earlier suspended following a tragedy at Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College, where around 60 children had died in August 2017 due to an alleged shortage of oxygen.

    Hearing a writ petition filed by Dr Khan, Justice Saral Srivastava, however, directed the authorities to conclude inquiry against him within one month.

    The court further directed that the petitioner shall cooperate in the inquiry and in case he does not, the disciplinary authority may proceed to conclude the inquiry exparte.

    While fixing the hearing for November 11, the court also asked the state authorities to file a reply in four weeks.

    The counsel for the petitioner had argued that the suspension order was passed on July 31, 2019 and more than two years have passed but the probe has not been concluded.

    Hence, the suspension order cannot remain in force in view of the judgment of the apex court in the case of Ajay Kumar Choudhary versus Union of India (2015) 7 SCC 291, the counsel said.

    He further argued that since the petitioner is already a suspended employee, therefore, there is no purpose of passing a second suspension order.

    He submitted that there is no rule which permits the state government to issue a fresh suspension order when the employee is already under suspension.

    However, state government’s counsel submitted that the inquiry report against the petitioner has been submitted on August 27, 2021, a copy of which has been sent to the petitioner on August 28, asking him to submit objections.

    He said the inquiry will be concluded expeditiously.

  • HC seeks UP govt to produce all records on suspension of Dr Kafeel Another disciplinary probe: AAG 

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW: In a pending case relating to the suspension of Dr Kafeel Ahmad Khan, a pediatrician at BRD Medical College of Gorakhpur, the state government informed the Allahabad High Court that another independent disciplinary proceeding was going on against the doctor with respect to various incidents which occurred during the period of first suspension while he was attached to the office of Director, Medical Health.

    As a result of the above-mentioned disciplinary proceeding, an order of suspension was separately passed in it. While making submissions in the High Court on Wednesday, additional advocate general (AAG), Manish Goyal claimed that the inquiry was yet to conclude and order of suspension passed therein continued to hold the field.

    Taking these submissions of AAG on record, Justice Yashwant Varma sought the state government to bring on record by way of an affidavit regarding another suspension order as well as other necessary facts regarding the earlier order of suspension dated August 22, 2017, within two weeks.

    In addition to it, the AAG in response to earlier order of the court, apprised the court that pursuant to earlier order of suspension dated August 22, 2017, Dr Kafeel was attached to the office of Director, Medical Education.

    Dr Kafeel was suspended from service on August 22, 2017, following the death of about 60 infants in the BRD Medical College hospital due to lack of oxygen. Subsequently, he was separately suspended in respect of various incidents which occurred in that office. The court posted the matter for August 31, 2021 as the next date of hearing of the matter.