Peeved over ‘indiscipline’, Jammu GMCH principal opts for VRS

JAMMU: Peeved over ‘indiscipline and chaos’ at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Jammu, principal Dr Nasib Chand Digra sought early retirement under the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) on Sunday evening.

In a two-page letter to lieutenant governor (LG) Manoj Sinha,

Digra said he was choosing to opt for VRS because of interference of ‘extra-institutional officials’ in the working of the hospital.

Saying the chair of the principal was being demeaned, Digra alleged, “A few extra-institutional officers, one or two heads of departments and few faculty members are bypassing departmental hierarchy and approaching the administrative department in technical, professional and administrative matters.”

On being contacted, he refused to name the officials in question. Digra said interferences in the internal working of the principal’s office will cause anarchy, indiscipline and demean of the office. “It will also allow GMC employees to create nuisance and go scot free with the help of the administrative department,” he wrote.