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PG Medical Seats scam: HC orders FIR, directs Rs 8 lakh compensation to 2 meritorious candidates
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Chennai: The former Tamil Nadu Secretary, Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education landed in soup after a CB-CID inquiry has revealed that he was involved in illegally permitting 13 private medical colleges to fill in 90 PG medical seats without caring for the merit criteria for 2020-2021.
The amount will be later recovered from the retirement benefits of the doctor.
The tentacles of illegality are cast far and wide as the perpetrator of the crime could not be an isolated individual in the form of the then Secretary, but the said officer would definitely had been aided by other persons in stage-managing the aforesaid act, which has deprived the meritorious candidates of their right to seats of their choice under the management quota, reports PTI.The amount of Rs 8 lakh shall be initially paid by the government within four weeks to the two petitioners and later recovered from the retirement benefits of the doctor, the judge added.
Sanchari Chattopadhyay has pursued her M.A in English and Culture Studies from the University of Burdwan, West Bengal. She likes observing cultural specificities and exploring new places.