Corruption has got into blood of government officials: Court

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Sueshkumar.k@timesgroup.com

16.01.2022

Chennai: Corruption has penetrated into the blood of government officials, the Madras high court has said while upholding the dismissal of a woman who had submitted forged documents to get appointment on compassionate ground.

A division bench of Justice S Vaidyanathan and Justice A A Nakkiran made the observation while allowing an appeal moved by the Tamil Nadu government.

The issue p ertains to a plea moved by M Tamilselvi challenging hertermination from service on the ground of suppressionof facts while obtaining appointment on compassionate ground.

Challenging the order, she moved the high court. Partly allowing the plea, a single judge of the court modified the dismissal order into compulsory retirement on November 6, 2020.

Aggrieved, the state h as preferred the present appeal.

Allowing the appeal, the bench said: “The single judge clearly held that though the writ petitioner has committed fault, the officials of thedepartment m ust hav e played some part in inducing her to commit wrong and therefore, the judge ought not to have converted the removal from service into one compulsory retirement. ”

Havi ng completed more than 10 years of service, the government may have to extend the pensionary benefits to the person provided she had joined the services prior to introduction of n ew provident fund, and for the wrongdoer, there is no need for the government to extend the tax payers money by means of pensionary benefit, the judges said.