A CB-CID inquiry ordered by the Madras High Court has revealed the involvement of G. Selvarajan, former Secretary, Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education, in a decision to allow 13 private medical colleges to fill 90 postgraduate medical seats without following merit criteria in 2020-21.
Shocked by the revelation, Justice M. Dhandapani ordered the registration of an FIR against Dr. Selvarajan, the colleges concerned and all other accused. He also directed the Chief Secretary to stop the payment of pension to the former Secretary, who served in the rank of Additional Director of Medical Education, pending the outcome of the investigation.
The illegality had come to light following writ petitions filed by students who had either lost the chance of getting admitted to postgraduate courses or could not shift to a better branch of medicine due to non-conduct of mop-up counselling to fill 113 stray seats that were available in 14 private colleges after the regular counselling.
