The Madras High Court, on Wednesday, issued a notice to the state government after hearing a petition filed by senior DMK leader, TKS Elangovan, challenging the appointment of advocates allegedly owing allegiance to AIADMK, as members of Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission.
Elangovan sought a declaration of the appointments as illegal, ultra vires and in violation of the Constitution and the Supreme Court.
The advocates who were appointed as members of TNPSC have no experience in administration, he claimed.
When the matter came up before Justice R Subbaiah, Advocate General AL Somayaji, representing the government, said that the appointments had already been made. The judge then directed the AG to file its reply by March 4 and issued notice to the advocates and the public service commission.
Appearing on behalf of Elangovan, a former MP, senior counsel P Wilson argued that the constitutional trust that was reposed on the Chief Secretary “has been breached for political reasons”.
The petitioner also alleged that institutional integrity and transparency were given a go-by and the main criteria for the appointments was their allegiance with AIADMK.
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