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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court connected Monday directed the State to record a antagonistic affidavit to a nationalist involvement litigation petition that sought a absorption to the authorities to capable vacancies successful assorted posts successful the Prison Department.
A Division Bench of Justices N. Sathish Kumar and M. Jothiraman was proceeding the petition filed by K.R. Raja of Madurai.
The petitioner said nether the statutory strategy of the Tamil Nadu Prisons Rules, 2024, circumstantial posts person been created astatine the Prisons Headquarters namely, the Superintendent (Correctional Services) and the Superintendent (Training and Modernisation).
The posts are not ornamental oregon optional successful nature. They person been incorporated arsenic portion of the statutory administrative operation for implementation of correctional programmes, rehabilitation measures, payment initiatives, grooming policies and modernisation of situation administration, helium said.
Several important correctional posts stay vacant successful the Prison Department. The continued non-implementation of the statutory model defeats the nonsubjective of the Tamil Nadu Prisons Rules and adversely affects captive welfare, correctional programmes, rehabilitation efforts, grooming of situation personnel, organization ratio and semipermanent societal interests, helium said.
He sought a absorption to the State to instrumentality Rule 23 and 24 of the Tamil Nadu Prisons Rules by appointing the Superintendent (Correctional Services) and Superintendent (Training and Modernisation) astatine the Prisons Headquarters and capable the posts of Welfare Officer, Welfare Officer (Women) and Psychologist successful the Prisons and guarantee the effectual implementation of the statutory correctional and modernisation model contemplated nether the Tamil Nadu Prisons Rules. The tribunal posted the substance for proceeding to July 6.
