SAMIR RANA Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The writ petitioner initially joined the West Bengal Medical Education Services (WBMES) on 13/3/2014 as Demonstrator/ RMP-cum Clinical Tutor at the Midnapore Medical College, Paschim Medinipur in the Department of Radio-diagnosis. While serving in the West Bengal Medical Education Services (WBMES), he has risen up the ranks firstly as an Assistant Professor on 15/12/2014 and thereafter as an Associate Professor on 27/11/2021.

(2.) On 28/10/2023, he received an offer of appointment to the post of Associate Professor (Radio-diagnosis) in Dr. B. C. Roy Multi Speciality Medical Research Centre at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT). The offer required the petitioner to convey his acceptance within 30 days and to join duties within a maximum of 90 days from the date of offer of appointment letter (28/10/2023).

(3.) The petitioner thus tendered his resignation with the requisite declarations through the proper channel on 4/11/2023 before the Principal Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal as also to the Director of Medical Education of the department. The resignation was with effect from 1/12/2023, so as to enable the petitioner to pursue his better prospects at a renowned institution namely IIT. Copies of the resignation have also been submitted to the Professor and Head of the Department of Radio-diagnosis and Principal of the College of Medicine and Sagar Dutta Hospital, Kamarhati.