In an important decision, Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur gave a stay order on the appointment of Vijendra Katre as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nodal Centre of Ayushman Bharat Scheme.
The appointment made by health department of the state was stayed by the court on petition of a social activist, Uchit Sharma, on the grounds that Katre didn’t had essential qualification for the post of the CEO. The hearing into the matter was taken place on Wednesday.
Katre is a graduate in Dairy Technology while the essential minimum qualification for the post of CEO was a medical degree with specialization in community medicine.
Notable, the appointment of Katre to the post was controversial right from the beginning and the then Health Secretary, Shikha Rajput Tiwari had to face the wrath on the issue and was removed from the post and was assigned a new post as a District Collector, Bemetara.