48 months old Government Medical College GMC Rajouri gets 5th temporary principal.

GNS ONLINE RAJOURI;
SHYAM SOOD
RAJOURI, APRIL 28 :–According to Government order No.248-JK(HME) dt.28/4/2022, Dr. Shashi Sudan, Principal, Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu shall temporarily hold the charge of the post of Principal, GMC Rajouri (in addition to her own duties) from May 1,2022.
It is pertinent to mention here that within 48 months of the appointment of first Principal ,GMC Rajouri (April 2018), Dr.Shashi Sudan will be the fifth in-charge (temporarily) Principal of GMC Rajouri.
Earlier in the month of December last year vide government order No.815-JK(HME) of 2021 dt 31/12/2021 Dr. Ghulam Ali Shah, Prof Department of Anaesthesiology, GMC Rajouri was asked to temporarily look after the charge of the post of Principal, GMC Rajouri.
Dr.Ghulam Ali Shah, in-charge Principal GMC Rajouri will attain superannuation on April 30, 2022.
On April 7, 2018 Dr. Zahid H Gillani, was appointed the first in-charge Principal of GMC Rajouri and after one year he attained superannuation i.e on April 30, 2019.
On May 1 in 2019 Dr. Kuldeep Singh assumed the charge of in-charge Principal GMC Rajouri for one year.
However, as the government once aging failed to appoint permanent Principal Dr. Kuldeep was given one year extension & on April 30, 2021 he also attained superannuation.
Reliable sources said that most of the senior Professors (doctors) at Jammu preferred to be appointed Principal of GMC, Jammu and no one is willing to join as permanent Principal at GMC Rajouri.
The government once again faced the same situation after the retirement of Dr.Kuldeep Singh and the government assigned the charge of the post of Principal, GMC Rajouri to Dr Brij Mohan Professor, Department of Pharmacology, and GMC Jammu with effect from 1/5/2021 despite the fact that he had to attain superannuation on December 31, 2021 i.e after 7 months.
Reliable sources said that after the retirement of Dr.Brij Mohan, no senior Professor reportedly extended the consent to join as permanent Principal of GMC Rajouri & once again the Health & Medical Education Department (H&MED) gave temporary charge of the post of Principal to Dr. Ghulam Ali Shah.
Government Medical College, Rajouri has been established vide Government of Jammu and Kashmir Order No. 675-HME of 2017 Dated:- 23.10.2017 with the aim to provide quality education and deliver health care services to the people of Peer Panchal region.
Sources said no faculty member in Rajouri GMC is currently eligible for the post of Principal and ultimately the appointment for permanent post of Principal GMC Rajouri has to be made from the GMC, Jammu.