Chennai High Court upheld the selection of 463 staff nurses at JIPMER
Madras HC upheld the selection of 463 staff nurses to JIPMER in Puducherry.
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2013-11-16 12:22 GMT
Chennai: The Madras HC has upheld the selection of 463 staff nurses to Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) in Puducherry.
A division bench, comprising justices N. Paul Vasanthakumar and R. Mahadevan, dismissed a petition filed by P. Tamizharasan, an unsuccessful candidate, seeking a CBI probe into the alleged irregularities and malpractices in the selection of staff nurses in JIPMER.
Holding that the allegations of mala fide need proof of a high degree, the bench said, “Mere allegation or a vague or bald statement is not sufficient. It must be demonstrated either by admitted or proved facts and circumstances obtainable in a given case.”
The petitioner claimed that usually written examinations are held only in Puducherry, but this time, it was held at Puducherry, Chennai, Tiruchy and Thiruvananthapuram in September. Of the 465 selected candidates, 330 were from centres in Thiruvananthapuram.
Pointing to the averments in the counter-affidavit of JIPMER that out of the 463 vacancies, 159 candidates who appeared in the Thiruvananthapuram centres were selected, the bench said the allegation made by the petitioner that 330 candidates out of 465 who passed were selected from the Thiruvananthapuram centres had no basis.
Further, vague allegations were made against the administrative officer who was not made a party.
The averments made in the representation to the Union government and in the affidavit by the petitioner were disproved by JIPMER which filed a detailed counter-affidavit giving details of the examination held and number of persons who appeared and were selected in the examination through the centres.
Moreover, a similar PIL filed by another unsuccessful candidate had already been dismissed with an observation that allegation of mala fide against persons must be specific and strictly proved, the bench added.