Transgender gets Madras High Court nod for SI interview

The bench said she may be permitted to take part in the viva voce subject to the outcome of the writ petition

By :  p.arul
Update: 2015-09-08 06:36 GMT
K. Prathika Yashini
ChennaiThe Madras high court has allowed transgender K. Prathika Yashini, who was disqualified in the  SI recruitment process, to appear for the  interview. The First bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice T. S. Sivagnanam  which had earlier allowed her to take part in the selection processes, had directed the government to permit her to attend viva voce, scheduled for Sept. 5. In the  petition, Yashini submitted that she remained as K. Pradeep Kumar, a male, till completion of PG diploma course in Computer Application in  Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. However, later   she noticed changes in her body, doctors identified that she was a transgender. 
 
Leaving behind her family members, she underwent sex change in Kilpauk Medical College. The sex change was notified in gazette and her name had been changed to K Prathika Yashini.
 
She approached the high court when her application for recruitment to SI post was rejected by Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board on the ground that her name did not match with the one mentioned in the original certificates. 
 
Based on a court directive, she took part in written examination held on May 23, 2015. After being successful  in the written test, she took part in field trials on August 5. Her counsel Bhavani Subbarayan said she lagged behind other provisionally selected candidates by just one  second in 100 m sprint. As a result, she was not selected for the interview. On Monday, Yas hini again approached the court seeking direction to the authorities to permit her to take part in the interview.  
 
The bench said she may be permitted to take part in the viva voce subject to the outcome of the writ petition. The court posted the matter for further hearing on  November 3.

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