The apex court has now disposed of the SLP and observed “during the course of the hearing, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State is not aggrieved by directions of the high court in their application to teachers, in so far as the circular of 2005 was set aside. The circular, it has been submitted, was issued by education department and specifically dealt with the issue of whether official engaged in schools could be permitted to take up private assignments”.
The SC said, “however, the grievance is that the directions issued by the High Court which have been extracted above, proceeded on the basis that the circular also regulated government medical doctors engaging in self-employment or other activities.
“It was urged that rules governing private practice by government doctors were not placed before the court. Hence, without considering those rules, the High Court has issued a blanket direction erroneously on the basis that the circular of 2005 also covered services of doctors.”
From Agencies, Feature image courtesy indianexpress
