Responding to a writ petition filed by Bhandari on Friday, a single bench of Justice Damodar Prasad Sharma said that it would issue the final verdict on the case on December 18.[break]
The apex court also issued a show cause notice to the government over its decision to suspend Bhandari.
Bhandari and rector of PAHS Saumya Bhattarcharya were suspended for a week after Prime Minister Baburam Bhattara formed a three-member probe committee on Wednesday to look into a dispute that has plagued PAHS for the last two months. The probe committee has been asked to submit its report within a week.
As per the PAHS regulations, office bearers of the institution are automatically suspended after they face allegations.
The doctors and health workers have been organizing a series of protests after VC Bhandari appointed Dr Bhattacharya as rector of PAHS. They have been demanding an end to political interference in the hospital. Classes of PAHS have been disrupted for the past three weeks.
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