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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has written to the Tamil Nadu government’s Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MAWS) Department claiming irregularities successful the recruitment of candidates selected for 2,538 posts “due to the involution of officials.”
Rejecting the ED’s charge, MAWS Minister K.N. Nehru said that indispensable ineligible steps would beryllium taken to decision immoderate effort with “political intention” aiming astatine bringing disrepute to the Tamil Nadu government.
In a statement, Mr. Nehru referred to the ED’s connection earlier this week and claimed that it was yet different effort by the agency, nether the Union government, with an ulterior motive to malign the estimation of the Dravidian exemplary of governance. The bureau had failed successful taking up an aged slope lawsuit and was attempting to stroke it retired of proportion, the Minister contended. The latest allegation was implicit the recruitment process to capable up a full of 2,019 posts for which Anna University had issued a notification connected February 2, 2024.
The Minister said much posts were added and the recruitment was to capable up 2,569 posts eventually. A full of 2,00,499 applications were received done the portal designed for this purpose, helium said, and added that each the applications were scrutinised, hallway tickets were issued virtually, and examinations were held successful 591 centres successful 38 districts done Anna University. The valuation was undertaken by Anna University and the results were declared connected September 20, 2024.
“It is to beryllium noted that not a azygous objection was received successful the examinations, for which determination were lakhs of applicants,” Mr. Nehru said. Based connected their qualifications, enactment committees with officials were constituted. For posts that required grade and diploma qualifications, certificate verification and idiosyncratic interviews were conducted for 7,272 candidates by 13 interrogation panels, helium said.
Following the certificate verification and idiosyncratic interrogation processes, the last results were declared online, and a full of 2,538 candidates were selected based connected the marks they obtained and successful enactment with the preservation policy, Mr. Nehru said. “There were immoderate cases filed implicit these nonstop appointments and determination were immoderate interim injunctions successful this regard. The last results were released aft an bid of the Supreme Court connected July 4, 2025,” helium added.
Recalling that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin had handed implicit assignment orders to those selected done the recruitment process, Mr. Nehru charged: “The Enforcement Directorate, nether the Union government, has undertaken this governmental action, incapable to judge the historical feat by the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, lone intending to malign its reputation.”
The Minister further said that Anna University, which conducted the recruitment process, was among the champion universities successful the satellite and “has not been nether the nonstop oregon indirect power of the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department.” “The precise Anna University conducted the recruitment for assorted posts during the erstwhile [AIADMK] regimes during 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2017. Therefore, it is amusing that a contention is made that determination were irregularities [in the recruitment] owed to the involution of officials of the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department successful the exams held successful 2024.”
