Ravi gives sanction to prosecute 2 ex-Ministers

Ravi gives sanction to prosecute 2 ex-Ministers

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“All that is there are a number of unauthenticated loose sheets,” the Raj Bhavan replied, but the file was received back again on November 18.

According to the note, ‘Factual position regarding Bills, files and other cases pending with the office of the Governor, Tamil Nadu’, submitted by the Attorney-General of India in the Supreme Court, the file received on May 15 seeking sanction to prosecute former AIADMK Minister M.R. Vijayabhaskar was “under consideration”.

Curiously, on July 6, a day after Law Minister S. Regupathy wrote to the Governor seeking action on the case related to Mr. Vijayabhaskar, the Raj Bhavan said it had “not received any reference or request in respect of M.R. Vijaya Bhaskar.”

The Governor has also accorded permission to prosecute former Tamil University Vice-Chancellor G. Baskaran.

As for the government’s recommendation for premature release of life convicts, the total number of proposals received since September 2021 was 580. Approval was granted for the premature release of 362 convicts, while the proposal with regard to 165 cases was rejected.

With regard to the proposal for appointment of members of the TNPSC, the Governor had observed that there was no transparency in the selection process. “As the concerns of the Governor over the manner of selection were not addressed by the Government, the proposal had been returned on October 26, 2023,” the note said.

In his reply over the issue of notification by the Governor regarding the search committee for selection of Vice-Chancellors of three State universities, written communications were sent to the Tamil Nadu government to reconstitute the search-cum-selection committee in accordance with the Supreme Court judgment in Professor (Dr.) Sreejith P.S. vs Dr. Rahasree & Others as well as the UGC Regulations, 2018. “Since [the] Government did not reconstitute the Committee as per the UGC Regulations, despite repeated reminders, the Governor-Chancellor had no option but to add the nominee of the UGC Chairman and reconstitute the search-cum-selection committee and notify the same. In the case of the University of Madras, the Governor-Chancellor has added the UGC Chairman’s nominee and constituted the search-cum-selection committee,” the note said.