When I was placed first on the selection list of Lecturers, I was placed at the most peripheral place,
while people lower down, including Dr ^^^ was placed at the most
prestigious place. This rule was not made applicable to all specialties,
probably because it did not suit some privileged candidates in some
other specialties. My representation to the civic boss in charge of this
affair fell on deaf ears. If I had sued, I would have won the case. I
did not. I got a letter from the University that the place where I was
posted was not a teaching institute, and got transferred to the place
where I have worked for 27 years.
However everyone has not been as tolerant of injustice, real or imaginary, as I was. There was Dr. ***, a Registrar, who was unhappy that someone two years her senior was selected to be a Lecturer ahead of her, though she was MD while *** was not. She got a stay on that appointment. That post stayed vacant forever and was wasted. In due course, both of them became Lecturers in another institute.
^^^ did not do much academically and *** went ahead of her, though three years her junior. ^^^ did not sue. But Dr. @@@ sued *** for being selected ahead of him, despite he being two years her senior. He lost the case.
A civic boss decided to place one Dr. $$$ as the Boss of Dr ###, only because $$$ was a full timer, while ### was an honorary doctor. ### threatened to sue, because he had been Professor while $$$ had been his resident doctor. The civic body transferred him elsewhere as assistant to a very senior Professor to avoid litigation. Later, $$$ resigned for reasons not known to me. ### was transferred back as head of his original unit, because they did not want to give him a unit chief's position at the prestigious institute where he had been transferred. This time ^^^ sued him for not being given the position despite being a full timer while he was honorary doctor. He was upset. He said he could have got her services terminated because he had proof that she was engaged in private practice though she was not permitted to do so. He did not do so. He fought the case and won.
I heard the story from ###, not an old man, but still quite upset with what had happened so long ago.
Just the other day, a doctor in service of the civic body sued the civic body for being denied permission to appear for an interview of selection as an Assistant Professor, and later for being not given the post though selected for it. She won and is now working as an Assistant Professor.
A person has a right to fight for his or her rights, and it is reassuring that people can exercise that right. What is not reassuring is that there are occasions of injustice which need never arise. For every unjust act that is taken to court, there must be a score of others which do not reach the court for various reasons, like mine did not, and that hurts.
However everyone has not been as tolerant of injustice, real or imaginary, as I was. There was Dr. ***, a Registrar, who was unhappy that someone two years her senior was selected to be a Lecturer ahead of her, though she was MD while *** was not. She got a stay on that appointment. That post stayed vacant forever and was wasted. In due course, both of them became Lecturers in another institute.
^^^ did not do much academically and *** went ahead of her, though three years her junior. ^^^ did not sue. But Dr. @@@ sued *** for being selected ahead of him, despite he being two years her senior. He lost the case.
A civic boss decided to place one Dr. $$$ as the Boss of Dr ###, only because $$$ was a full timer, while ### was an honorary doctor. ### threatened to sue, because he had been Professor while $$$ had been his resident doctor. The civic body transferred him elsewhere as assistant to a very senior Professor to avoid litigation. Later, $$$ resigned for reasons not known to me. ### was transferred back as head of his original unit, because they did not want to give him a unit chief's position at the prestigious institute where he had been transferred. This time ^^^ sued him for not being given the position despite being a full timer while he was honorary doctor. He was upset. He said he could have got her services terminated because he had proof that she was engaged in private practice though she was not permitted to do so. He did not do so. He fought the case and won.
I heard the story from ###, not an old man, but still quite upset with what had happened so long ago.
Just the other day, a doctor in service of the civic body sued the civic body for being denied permission to appear for an interview of selection as an Assistant Professor, and later for being not given the post though selected for it. She won and is now working as an Assistant Professor.
A person has a right to fight for his or her rights, and it is reassuring that people can exercise that right. What is not reassuring is that there are occasions of injustice which need never arise. For every unjust act that is taken to court, there must be a score of others which do not reach the court for various reasons, like mine did not, and that hurts.
