New Delhi: Taking Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss head-on, the AIIMS administration on Thursday began distributing degree certificates minus his signature, hours alter resident ., doctors ended their strike demanding immediate issuance of documents.

"The administration has prepared certificates of 49 passouts who need the documents urgently and started distributing it. It bears the signatures of the Institute Director and the Dean;' Resident Doctors Association General Secretary Anil Sharma told reporters.

The certificates did not bear the signatures of Anbumani Ramadoss, also the AIIMS president, and controversial Registrar Sandeep Aggarwal, whose appointment has been described by the Minister as "illegal". At a staff council meeting chaired by Director P Venugopal, a resolution was passed in which it was decided that the Dean and the Director can sign on the degree. The resolution also said that only two signatures were mandatory on the certificates.