The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) has restructured the technical cadres (laboratory, X-ray and radiotherapy) resolving the matter pending for more than three decades.
On July 4, 2025, sanction was accorded for restructuring of the technical cadres on the recommendations of the Cadre Anomaly Committee of the PGIMER with effect from March 1, 1992, in pursuance of the approval granted by the governing body of the institute.
The long-pending matter, which remained unresolved for more than 30 years, required extensive administrative, technical and record-based examination.
Recognising the complexity and importance of the issue, PGI Director Prof Vivek Lal constituted a Special Cell on July 11, 2025, for expeditious processing and implementation of the restructuring exercise.
During the implementation process, the Special Cell undertook an extensive exercise involving scrutiny, preparation and processing of promotion-related cases across X-ray, radiotherapy and laboratory technical cadres for the period from March 1, 1992, to December 31, 2024. The exercise covered approximately 659 employees and nearly 1,120 promotions in different categories/posts.
In the X-ray cadre, approximately 173 promotions involving 111 employees were processed. In the radiotherapy cadre, 48 promotions pertaining to 28 employees were processed. The laboratory cadre involved the most extensive exercise wherein approximately 899 promotions covering 520 employees were processed.
The implementation process required detailed verification of seniority records, service particulars, eligibility conditions, recruitment rules, historical promotion data and reconstruction of old records spanning over three decades.
The PGI Director said the restructuring of technical cadres was not merely an administrative process but a long-pending matter linked to the dignity, recognition and professional growth of employees.
