The Madras High Court on Thursday constituted a two-member committee comprising a retired judge of the High Court and a former principal of a government college for women to find out how many of the 254 assistant professors appointed to various government aided colleges run by Pachaiyappa’s Trust between 2013 and 2014 were really eligible to hold the post.
Third Division Bench of Justices R. Mahadevan and Mohammed Shaffiq appointed retired judge B. Gokuldas and former principal of Quaid-e-Millath Government College for Women D. Freeda Gnana Rani to look into the educational qualifications of all 254 appointees and find out how many of them had been appointed irregularly without the requisite qualifications.
The Bench made it clear that the committee shall begin functioning from August 7 and that all requisite documents should be submitted by the appointees before the committee on or before August 19. The Directorate of Collegiate Education (DCE) was directed to render all assistance to the committee and produce details regarding the expected qualifications.
