Prima facie materials of corruption in police report: HC on

The Madras High Court today observed that prima facie certain instances of corruption were evident in the report submitted by the city police on the alleged malpractices in TNPSC Group-I exams, and directed issuance of notice to the Commission.
Justice SM Subramaniam gave the direction on a writ petition by a Madurai-based transgender Swapna.
"As per the interim report, there are certain prima facie allegations of corruption.... All the 74 selected candidates are suo-motu impleaded and the registry is directed to issue notice to the TNPSC," the judge said.
The High Court had on August 21 directed the Chennai Commissioner of Police to conduct investigations with regard to alleged malpractices in Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission exams based on complaints and submit a detailed report.

The matter relates to a notification dated July 10, 2015, against which the petitioner had applied to the post under Group-I services and cleared the preliminary test.
Thereafter she appeared for the main written examination conducted on July 29, 30 and 31, 2016.

However, to her shock, she was not declared successful, the petitioner had submitted.
Also, she said she sought a copy of her answer sheet under the RTI Act but it was denied.
Confirming her fear of massive malpractices in the TNPSC examination, a Tamil television channel aired a programme alleging rampant corruption, the petitioner said,.
It had alleged that blank unanswered pages were surreptitiously removed and corrupt candidates were permitted to fill the same and then they were inserted into the main answer books, the petitioner submitted, quoting the TV channel.

Swapna had prayed for a direction to the TNPSC to cancel the main written examinations conducted on July 29, 30 and 31, 2016 for Group-I services.