The Telangana High Court has pulled up the Telangana state-level Police Recruitment Board (TSLPRB) for not publishing the provisional merit list of the written exams conducted for recruitments of Stipendiary Cadet Trainee police constable (civil) posts on Wednesday.
The Court was hearing a petition filed by S Santhoshi and 10 other women aspirants to the posts, who alleged discrepancies in the recruitment. The petitioners claimed that since the merit list was not published by TSLPRB, there could have been errors in awarding the marks.
Justice P Naveen Rao, who was hearing the case, sought an explanation from TSLPRB on why they did not publish the merit list as mandated.
The counsel appearing for the petitioners said that as per the notification, the merit list of the candidates who have passed in the competitive exam should have been published, but instead the TSLPRB published the list of the selected candidates giving scope for discrepancies in the selection process, according to The New Indian Express.
After issuing a notice to the TSLPRB seeking an explanation on the contention of the petitioners, the Court has adjourned the case to October 15, Deccan Chronicle reported.
The TSLPRB issued a notification in 2018 for recruitment of 16,925 police constable posts under eight categories, for 5,909 civil posts and 5,273 AR posts.
Meanwhile, in another case, the court ordered the government to file a detailed counter affidavit for not constituting child welfare committees in all the 23 new districts in the state.
A petition was filed by Prajwala, an NGO, claiming that the government did not constitute child welfare committees in the newly formed districts. Seeking a detailed response on the matter, the bench gave four weeks time for the government to respond.