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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission to wage ₹10 lakh to a pistillate from Sivaganga territory for the erroneous notification upon which she near her job.
The tribunal was proceeding a petition filed by K. Raja Priya who had sought a absorption to the State to licence her to proceed successful the station of Assistant Section serviceman successful the Water Resource Department.
Justice K. Kumaresh Babu took enactment of the information that the petitioner was appointed arsenic a Junior Assistant successful a backstage aided-institution approved by the District Educational Officer. Pursuant to the notification issued by TNPSC she had made an exertion for the station of Assistant Section Officer nether the Tamil Nadu Secretariat Service Rules.
The tribunal observed that a perusal of the notification categorically indicates that it had invited applications from eligible candidates for the station of Assistant Section Officer/Assistants successful Tamil Nadu Secretariat Services included successful Group 5A services from holders of the station of Junior Assistant oregon Assistant successful the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Services/Tamil Nadu Judicial Services.
The Tamil Nadu Secretariat Service Rules indicated that recruitment by transportation to the station tin beryllium made lone from the class of Assistants either moving successful the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Services oregon the Tamil Nadu Judicial Service.
The tribunal observed that the notification issued by TNPSC was successful contravention of the Rules arsenic Junior Assistant moving successful the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service oregon Tamil Nadu Ministerial Services were not entitled to beryllium appointed arsenic Assistant Section Officer nether the Tamil Nadu Secretariat Service Rules.
TNPSC had issued an erroneous notification inviting applications contrary to the Tamil Nadu Secretariat Service Rules. Even if the petitioner was qualified connected the erroneous notification and issued posting orders, she cannot proceed successful work successful usurpation of the Rules governing the Secretariat Services, the tribunal observed.
The tribunal dismissed the petition. However, considering that the petitioner had besides mislaid her occupation arsenic a Junior Assistant successful a backstage aided-school for nary responsibility of hers, the tribunal said the petitioner could astatine slightest beryllium compensated monetarily for losing the job.
