EVEN AD-HOC DOCTORS ARE ENTITLED TO 180 DAYS PAID MATERNITY LEAVE – DECLARED CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, DELHI

The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on 13.12.2017 in O.A. No. 1087/2017 entitled “Dr. Neha Nischal vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.” declared that even ad-hoc female doctors are entitled to 180 days paid maternity leave.

Mr. Anuj Aggarwal, Advocate, counsel for the applicant, argued that since permanent/regular doctors are given 180 days paid maternity leave, there is no justification in not giving the same treatment to ad-hoc doctors. Accepting the argument, CAT directed the Delhi Government to pay full salary of the maternity leave to the applicant for 180 days.

The applicant, Dr. Neha Nishcal, was working as a Senior Resident in the Department of Radiology on ad-hoc basis in Govind Ballabh Pant Institute Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (GIPMER), Govt. of NCT of Delhi, when she availed the maternity leave from 16.05.2016 to 11.11.2016.

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