HC summons health official

PATNA: The Patna high court (HC) on Thursday directed the director-in-chief, health services, to personally appear before it in a case related to non-absorption of 139 Grade III and IV employees of health department against their earlier post from which they were removed.
The order was passed by a single bench of Justice Anjana Prakash on a contempt petition filed by Chandrakant Mahto and others.Mahto, in his contempt petition, had stated that despite the court's earlier order to reinstate these employees in Madhubani district, the department failed to comply with the order.
The department had earlier terminated the services of these employees terming their appointment as irregular.
The court directed the director-in-chief to appear before it on May 7 to explain as to why the court's order was not complied with.