PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 29 -- Taking a serious note of the huge number of contractual and ad hoc appointments in government medical and nursing colleges, the Allahabad high court has directed the director general, medical education and training, UP, to file a personal affidavit apprising the court of the number of vacant posts of professors in all medical colleges in the state.

During the hearing, the state government counsel informed the court that a proposed "Uttar Pradesh Nursing College, Teacher, Service Rules, 2026 (Draft)" had already been prepared and forwarded to the government for approval regarding regular selections.

Observing that there is a "pathetic state of affairs regarding appointments", Justice Siddharth Nandan directed the s...