Bhubaneswar, March 19 -- The Orissa High Court has directed the State Government to fill up the vacancies of Medical Officers (Asst. Surgeons) in Group-A (Junior Branch) of the Odisha Medical and Health Services Cadre posts, lying vacant for the last three years.
The Single Bench of Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy in an order stated that "the State is facing a crunch situation and there is complete dearth of doctors, this Court relying on the judicial decisions of the past permits the Commission to recommend 411 Un-Reserved category candidates as well as 411 reserved category candidates proportionately to the percentage of reservation meant for such reserve category candidates."The Court also permitted the Health and Family Welfare Depar...