Chennai
Holding that the Commission, which is a premier recruiting agency in the state cannot abdicate its Constitutional responsibility and deal with the claims of reserved candidates in such a cavalier fashion, a division bench comprising Justice V Bharathidasan and Justice V Parthiban, quashed the Commission’s order rejecting the petitioner’s candidature on the ground that the community certificate was produced late.
“There are instructions/guidelines issued by the Government of India, which are part of the brochure of compilation of various instructions governing the selection and appointment of persons belonging to reserved category (ST/SC), wherein, it has been clearly spelt out that any document indicating the status of the candidate concerned, must be accepted on its face value and on such basis, the candidates need to be selected, of-course provisionally,” the bench said.
“From the manner in which the Commission rejected the candidature of the petitioner in haste, does not show it in good light as the Commission, which is expected to adopt the principle of fairness in action,” the bench added while directing TNPSC to complete the selection process of the candidate within eight weeks. It pertains to the candidature of AK Anand for recruitment to the posts of Civil Judge.
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