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Friday, Jun 30, 2006

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Tamil Nadu

APPs await formal appointment

A. Subramani

CHENNAI: Twenty lawyers, selected for the posts of Assistant Public Prosecutors in August 2005, are keeping their fingers crossed as their appointment is yet to be formally notified by the DMK Government.

The efforts that went into the preparation for the examination conducted by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) in March 2005 and the subsequent interview should not be undermined by the new Government, said a successful candidate, who gave up practice in anticipation of this appointment.

About 2,400 eligible law graduates appeared for the examination on March 12 and 13, 2005.

The results were published and the selection was duly intimated to candidates through an official communication on August 24, 2005. Since then it has been a long wait for the 20 candidates. About one-third of them are women.

When there was no word about the appointment till February 2006, the selectees made a series of representation to authorities. "When all the formalities were over and when orders were about to be issued, the Assembly elections were announced. As the Model of Code of Conduct came into operation no appointment orders could be issued," said a candidate.

The candidates, most of whom practising in mofussil courts and having a family to support, have been submitting memoranda to the Chief Minister and others who matter ever since the new Government assumed office. They are unable to meet the Chief Minister and bring their grievance to his knowledge.

Not that there are no vacancies. In Chennai city alone at least six Assistant Public Prosecutor posts are lying vacant in magistrate courts. Also, these candidates have been selected for the year 2002-03. "We all belong to the lower middle class families and have a family to support from our earnings," the representation said, adding, "we hav all been relieved from our respective law officers and regular practice."

Assuring the authorities that they would discharge their duties tirelessly and impartially at all times, these candidates point out that even the mandatory verification of antecedents had been completed by the agencies concerned.

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