The Delhi High Court recently clarified that Assistant Professors in Central Universities. Requiring an MBBS degree as an essential qualification, are entitled to Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA). Justice Tushar Rao Gedela underscored the rationale behind NPA as an incentive for medical professionals, linked directly to possessing an MBBS degree recognized by the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 or the Dentists Act, 1948.
Clarification on Non-Practicing Allowance
The court holds that an Assistant Professor with an MBBS degree must have NPA embedded in his skill set. It wants to motivate the government to fund more practitioners in the medical field, who would dedicate themselves to public service rather than focusing on private practice. Besides that, the decision also implies that for the people with any private grievances or techniques, these concerns should be at the core of the nation’s educational system.
Legal Representation and Petition
Gautam Narayan acts as a counsel to the plea of the petitioners submitting Art 226 for cancellation of the letters and directives issued in the context of bad assets. The complainant argued that NPA was valid for JNU medical faculty until 31st Jan 2017 and the respondent was now applying a clarification from UGC’s 2017 circular to make the NPA null and void.
Court’s Verdict
The Court decided that the beneficiaries were right in arguing that the University should not have stopped NPA. In fact, it had to restart the previous credits recovery. Hence, the objection letter to NPA disbursement and forcing the former Alo’s daughters. To pay back their due was scrapped they were directed. To return the unpaid balance to the petitioners.
Implications and Conclusion
The verdict of the High Court as a result becomes one of the major evidence to point out that. There is right titled NPA for Assistant Professors with BM degrees in CUs. It is the decision that not only confirms the right professionalism standards of the workers. But also ensures the importance of approving the qualifications the educational places.
In the end, this decision is considered an absolute victory of petitioners. As petitions are evaluated and based on qualifications. Remained fair according to entitlements.
