Irregularities alleged in appointments in Adi Dravidar Welfare Department

Alleging irregularities, a minimum of three employees associations in the Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department have demanded the cancellation of greater than 800 appointments made throughout many districts earlier than the Assembly election.

The appointments principally included cooks for hostels and some watchmen and workplace assistants.

At the outset, the associations questioned the necessity and urgency for recruiting tons of of cooks and watchmen for hostels on an everyday time scale pay when the hostels have remained closed for the reason that outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020.

“When the government is under financial stress, what is the necessity for recruiting and paying them for the past many months without any work,” requested G. Vivek, basic secretary of the Chennai-based Tamil Nadu Teachers-Wardens Welfare Association. The associations alleged that the norms for appointments, together with the commercial of the vacancies in the media with satisfactory particulars, scrutiny of purposes, shortlisting, and interviews, weren’t correctly adopted.

Model code issue

The associations identified {that a} important variety of appointment orders, particularly in districts comparable to Chennai, Tiruvannamalai, Ariyalur, Dharmapuri and Tirunelveli, have been dated February 25, 2021, and issued on February 26, the day when the mannequin code of conduct for the election got here into drive. No appointments may be made when the mannequin code is in drive with out clearance from the Election Commission of India. A case in level was the appointments in Tirunelveli district. M. Sankarasabapathi, basic secretary, Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department Teachers’ and Wardens’ Munnetra Sangam, which is predicated in Madurai, alleged that the orders have been issued in a rush in the district on the night time of February 26 by the workplace of the District Adi Dravidar Welfare Officer.

“After we intervened and brought it to the notice of the Collector, the issuance of the orders was stopped. However, the same recruitment orders were issued soon after the model code was lifted,” he stated. According to him, the appointments in the district initially included the names of a minimum of three hostels that didn’t exist. “Subsequently, the persons appointed to these hostels were allowed to take charge at other hostels,” he stated.

Mr. Sankarasabapathi stated his affiliation petitioned the Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare, the Chief Secretary and the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption.

K. Manuel, president, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Government Employees’ Welfare Association, stated an individual recruited for a emptiness in Chennai was appointed in Tenkasi on February 25. “This specific case has been taken to the Madras High Court by another applicant,” he stated. Mr. Vivek stated the violation of the norms appeared to happen even after the brand new authorities entered workplace, as was evident from the latest switch of lecturers with out counselling. “We have sought an appointment with the Minister in the coming week to highlight all these issues.”