Corrupt officials corrupt everything, Madras high court says
L Saravanan | TNN | Jan 30, 2018, 19:26 IST
MADURAI: What people could expect from those who got government jobs by giving bribes to politicians and officials, asked Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Tuesday. "Politicians will remain in power for five years, and they will go. But officials are not like politicians. Corrupt officials corrupt everything," the court said while hearing a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) on a scam in the selection process for government jobs in Tamil Nadu.
The division bench of Justice N Kirubakaran and Justice R Tharani took the suo moto PIL based on an article that appeared in the Times of India on January 27. The article said scams happened as the selection process had been outsourced. It also described the modus operandi of scamsters.
Justice N Kirubakaran said, "We were shocked after reading the article which highlighted scams in the recruitment of teachers, lectures and others by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission and the Teachers Recruitment Board."
The judge said, "A corrupt practice has been committed. Posts have been purchased by a group of people by giving bribe of Rs 25 lakh. We want to know whether the TRB and the TNPSC have involved in the scam. How long have you (government) outsourced the selection process? It doesn't know whether such worst thing had happened in previous recruitment. It is a serious issue. A thorough enquiry is required in the present case. Why don't you entrust the investigation to a special investigation wing or the CBI?"
Special government pleader V R Shanmuganathan said the TRB had no nexus in the scam. He said the TRB had lodged a complaint with the crime branch (Chennai) which in turn registered an FIR on December 27 last. Besides, the TRB had uploaded all coding sheets on its website.
L Saravanan | TNN | Jan 30, 2018, 19:26 IST
MADURAI: What people could expect from those who got government jobs by giving bribes to politicians and officials, asked Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Tuesday. "Politicians will remain in power for five years, and they will go. But officials are not like politicians. Corrupt officials corrupt everything," the court said while hearing a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) on a scam in the selection process for government jobs in Tamil Nadu.
The division bench of Justice N Kirubakaran and Justice R Tharani took the suo moto PIL based on an article that appeared in the Times of India on January 27. The article said scams happened as the selection process had been outsourced. It also described the modus operandi of scamsters.
Justice N Kirubakaran said, "We were shocked after reading the article which highlighted scams in the recruitment of teachers, lectures and others by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission and the Teachers Recruitment Board."
The judge said, "A corrupt practice has been committed. Posts have been purchased by a group of people by giving bribe of Rs 25 lakh. We want to know whether the TRB and the TNPSC have involved in the scam. How long have you (government) outsourced the selection process? It doesn't know whether such worst thing had happened in previous recruitment. It is a serious issue. A thorough enquiry is required in the present case. Why don't you entrust the investigation to a special investigation wing or the CBI?"
Special government pleader V R Shanmuganathan said the TRB had no nexus in the scam. He said the TRB had lodged a complaint with the crime branch (Chennai) which in turn registered an FIR on December 27 last. Besides, the TRB had uploaded all coding sheets on its website.
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