Compulsory appointment of a medical Officer or other staff in rural areas

(1) The Appointing Authority or the Competent Authority while making initial appointment or promotion of a Medical Officer or other staff to a Government Hospital or Government Institution shall ensure that vacancies in rural areas are filled in the first instance:

1[(2) A Medical Officer or other staff who is in service has not served for a prescribed number of years in the rural area shall be transferred to a post in rural area.]

Provided that the provisions relating to compulsory transfer of Medical Officer or other staff to the rural area shall not apply to a person who has attained the age of fifty years.

1. (3) If no vacancy is available for initial appointment or promotion, in respect of the post for which compulsory rural service is prescribed, a vacancy may be created by transfer of a Medical Officer or other staff who has completed the prescribed number of years of rural service to another place in Zone B and if no vacancy is available in Zone B a person who has served longer period in Zone B may be

transferred to Zone A of urban area.

1. Substitued by Act 70 of 2025 w.e.f. 27.05.2025