No registrar for 3 months: DMC's key work in limbo

The Delhi Medical Council (DMC) is in a state of administrative and financial paralysis, with payments worth nearly ₹2.5 crore — for critical functions such as payment of rent, salaries, tax dues, among others — stuck due to the registrar's post lying vacant for over three months.

- Ridhima Gupta

NEW DELHI:

The registrar, who also functions as the authorised signatory for all official transactions, hasn't been replaced since February 2025, leading to an escalating backlog of unpaid dues, officials said.

A council meeting held on Tuesday acknowledged the crisis, noting that the lack of an interim or officiating registrar had frozen essential operations. Draft minutes of the meeting, accessed by HT, describe the situation as a "critical administrative and financial paralysis."

According to Delhi Medical Council Act, 1997, the registrar has the power to authorise payment disbursements.