Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court has granted significant relief to 28 teachers of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in a long-pending promotion matter. Justice Deepak Roshan's court, while hearing two separate petitions, directed the RIMS management to grant promotion benefits to all petitioners with effect from July 1, 2019. The court has ordered the RIMS administration to complete the promotion process and ensure all related financial and other benefits within eight weeks.
Separate petitions were filed by Assistant Professor Dr. Zenith Harsh Kerketta and others, as well as Associate Professor Dr. Upendra Prasad Sahu and others. Advocate Shekhar Prasad Gupta, appearing for the petitioners, informed the court that the teachers' promotions had remained pending since 2019. Despite being called for interviews several times, they were not granted the benefits. The court was also informed that a proposal for promotion under the RIMS Regulations, 2014, had been approved at the 55th General Body meeting of RIMS. In 2024, the RIMS Promotion Committee had also found all 28 teachers eligible for promotion.
The court directed that Dr. Zenith Harsh Kerketta and other petitioners be granted promotion to the post of Associate Professor with effect from July 1, 2019. Similarly, Dr. Upendra Prasad Sahu and other petitioners are to receive promotion to the post of Additional Professor from the same date, along with all consequential benefits. The High Court has instructed the RIMS administration to comply with the order within eight weeks, paving the way for the teachers to receive their long-pending promotions and associated financial benefits.
