JAMMU, Sept. 3 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Health and Medical Education Department has terminated the services of Dr Mohammad Himayun, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at SKIMS Medical College Hospital, Bemina, with retrospective effect from March 1, 2017 According to an official order issued by Commissioner Secretary M Raju, the doctor had reported to work for only nine days in early 2017 following a previous suspension before abandoning his duties entirely.

A formal departmental inquiry, alongside status reports from SKIMS authorities, confirmed that Dr Himayun remained continuously absent for over nine years without authorization or any effort to rejoin.

Rejecting his explanation of personal health issues, family dis...