HC orders police probe against Selection Committee secretary imposes Rs 8 lakh penalty
Chennai Feb 26 PTI The Madras High Court has lambasted the then secretary of the Selection Committee for medical admissions in 2020 who had committed grave irregularities in admitting candidates for PG courses and directed him to pay Rs 4 lakh each two meritorious candidates who were deprived of seats and ordered police probe on the entire issue The court gave the directions and made the observations while passing further interim orders on a batch of writ petitions from three meritorious candidates on Friday If this Court does not step in to take action in accordance with law the faith that has been reposed on this Court by the public would have a whirlwind downfall Therefore on a consideration of the entire materials placed before this Court in the form of enquiry reports and material documents it clearly transpires that Dr G Selvarajan the then Secretary Selection Committee Directorate of Medical Education has not only been instrumental in depriving the meritorious candidates of their rightful seats under the management quota in the private medical colleges which are under the scanner of the enquiry officer by not following the mandate of the Medical Council of India and the orders of the Honble Supreme Court but even on a holistic consideration of the case this Court is of the view that the nexus does not start or end with him Justice M Dhandapani said The tentacles of illegality are cast far and wide as the perpetrator of the crime could not be an isolated individual in the form of the then Secretary but the said officer would definitely had been aided by other persons in stage-managing the aforesaid act which has deprived the meritorious candidates of their right to seats of their choice under the management quota Therefore a deeper probe into the acts committed by the then Secretary as also the other persons whoever be it requires to be looked into without which a complete probe cannot be said to have been made the judge said The amount of Rs 8 lakh shall be initially paid by the government within four weeks to the two petitioners and later recovered from the retirement benefits of Selvarajan the judge added PTI CORR SA SA
Chennai Feb 26 PTI The Madras High Court has lambasted the then secretary of the Selection Committee for medical admissions in 2020 who had committed grave irregularities in admitting candidates for PG courses and directed him to pay Rs 4 lakh each two meritorious candidates who were deprived of seats and ordered police probe on the entire issue The court gave the directions and made the observations while passing further interim orders on a batch of writ petitions from three meritorious candidates on Friday If this Court does not step in to take action in accordance with law the faith that has been reposed on this Court by the public would have a whirlwind downfall Therefore on a consideration of the entire materials placed before this Court in the form of enquiry reports and material documents it clearly transpires that Dr G Selvarajan the then Secretary Selection Committee Directorate of Medical Education has not only been instrumental in depriving the meritorious candidates of their rightful seats under the management quota in the private medical colleges which are under the scanner of the enquiry officer by not following the mandate of the Medical Council of India and the orders of the Honble Supreme Court but even on a holistic consideration of the case this Court is of the view that the nexus does not start or end with him Justice M Dhandapani said The tentacles of illegality are cast far and wide as the perpetrator of the crime could not be an isolated individual in the form of the then Secretary but the said officer would definitely had been aided by other persons in stage-managing the aforesaid act which has deprived the meritorious candidates of their right to seats of their choice under the management quota Therefore a deeper probe into the acts committed by the then Secretary as also the other persons whoever be it requires to be looked into without which a complete probe cannot be said to have been made the judge said The amount of Rs 8 lakh shall be initially paid by the government within four weeks to the two petitioners and later recovered from the retirement benefits of Selvarajan the judge added PTI CORR SA SA
