Late Chengannur MLA’s son given gazetted publish as per regulation, govt tells HC
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By Express News Service
KOCHI: Justifying the appointment of the late Chengannur MLA. Okay Okay Ramachandran Nair’s son as assistant engineer (Electronics) in Public Works Department as a particular case after making a supernumerary publish, the state authorities submitted earlier than the Kerala High Court that it has the facility to take action. The authorities invoked the facility by making a supernumerary publish with out affecting any of the individuals in service or the job aspirants for the actual publish, the HC was knowledgeable.
The authorities filed the counter affidavit in response to a petition from M Ashok Kumar difficult the appointment. Advocate S Sabari Nadh, counsel for the petitioner, mentioned the appointment of R Prasanth to the gazetted publish was finished on compassionate grounds. The MLA is just not a authorities servant. Hence, his son doesn’t come underneath the purview of the scheme. The state cabinet had taken the choice on January 24, 2018, weeks earlier than his software. The appointment was a brunt for all meritorious public service aspirants of the state.
According to the federal government, it issued the order invoking the powers vested underneath Rule 39 of Part II, Kerala State & Subordinate Service Rules (KS & SSR) which prescribed the facility and authority of the federal government to cope with particular circumstances. R Prasanth is a B Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering.
He had requested that he be appointed as assistant engineer in both the works division or any comparable division. Since there was no emptiness within the works division or some other division, the cabinet determined to nominate him as assistant engineer in works division as a particular case after making a supernumerary publish.
This was not an order issued underneath the compassionate employment scheme. The petitioner’s competition that the federal government can not appoint an individual, who is just not suggested by the Public Service Commission, was as a consequence of sheer ignorance.
