Overview

• Justice Biswajit Basu set aside the May 27, 2025 notification that deployed Mahato to Raiganj Medical College and Hospital in Uttar Dinajpur.
• The court refused the state’s request to stay the order until October 7 to facilitate an appeal.
• The ruling directs Mahato’s immediate engagement in the Anaesthesiology Department at R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital.
• The bench noted that counselling loses relevance if a doctor’s first-choice posting is ignored, as Mahato had opted for R. G. Kar.
• The dispute follows protests over the August 9, 2024 rape-murder at R. G. Kar, for which Sanjay Roy was convicted and sentenced to life by the Sealdah sessions court.