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PGIMER abolishes post of biostatistics lecturer
Despite ongoing court proceedings and three months after a Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) bench directed PGIMER to consider a 35-year-old woman’s candidature for the post of lecturer (biostatistics), the institute abolished the post citing “administrative” reasons
Despite ongoing court proceedings and three months after a Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) bench directed PGIMER to consider a 35-year-old woman’s candidature for the post of lecturer (biostatistics), the institute abolished the post citing “administrative” reasons. One Ruby Rani had filed a complaint in CAT stating that she had applied for the post, which had been advertised in 2016, for those who were between 18 to 50 years old, but she had not been able to clear it. However, in 2022 the age limit was revised from 18 to 30 years old, which she said was illegal and discriminatory.
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