Our response to Prof. Suresh Nair

Respected Sir,

We appreciate your concern and efforts for our cause. We beg to differ on the following issues mentioned in your letter.
1. Arrear dues and salaries for the residents are not dependent on income generated by the institute. It is similar to other central institutes like AIIMS or PGI here. A total demand for budget is sent to DST after calculating the internal fund generation. Hence the money payable to residents is not calculated separately. We got these informations from the FA and we were further informed that the fund for arrears of this instutute had already arrived.

2. Although not mentioned in this letter, the logic of "precedence" has been raised umpteen times against the payment of arrear dues to us. We would like to remind that we already received an arrear in April, 2008 (DA) like other employees. Hence we are ipso facto eligible for this arrear also .

We would like to reiterate the fact that our emotions are not hurt because we are not getting the arrears. It is because the way the administration ignored and dismissed our rights.

With due regards,
Resident Doctors .