The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) will examine candidates whose names/registration numbers were found in the possession of members of the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) whose premises were raided on Friday, agency sources said on Tuesday.
According to senior official in the DVAC, a bunch of hall tickets, registration numbers and names of candidates who had applied for various positions advertised by the TNPSC, including Group-I services, were found at the residences of several members.
“We will summon the candidates concerned and enquire how their details were in the possession of the members. If any of these candidates were found to have been selected for recruitment, the corruption angle will have to be looked into. The telephone/mobile phone call details of the persons involved may be analysed.”
Case against member
The Royapettah police on Tuesday registered a case against TNPSC member K.K. Raaja under the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act. Deputy Superintendent of Police and Investigation Officer S.M. Mohamed Iqbal said that the DVAC gave a report to the local police while handing over 23 bottles of foreign liquor seized from the residence of the accused.
Investigators checked a locker of one of the members, K.M. Ravi, in a private financial institution on R.K. Salai and found 180 sovereigns of gold jewellery.
“We have taken note of the gold jewels kept in the locker as part of the investigation,” a DVAC official said.
About 800 documents seized during searches in the residence/office of the TNSPC Chairman and members were submitted before a special court on Tuesday.
The full Commission on July 13, 2011, had passed a resolution restraining TNPSC Secretary T. Udhayachandran from carrying out routine duties.
According to an official source, the content of the resolution adopted against the IAS officer is as follows…“Not to interact with, meet, approach, entertain or seek information or data or any other material from or otherwise deal with any official or person in his capacity as Secretary of the Commission and he shall not attend any meeting on behalf of the Commission, including the meeting convened by the government, and shall not give any reply or explanation to any petitioner.”
Accusing the Secretary of “improper style of functioning and clear breach of office discipline” within days of his taking charge, the Commission also wrote to the State government expressing lack of confidence in him thereby seeking his transfer, the source said.
The case against the TNPSC Chairman and members is based on a complaint lodged by Mr. Udhayachandran to the Chief Secretary stating that he had no access to any document relating to recruitments.
It was alleged that the Secretary did not cooperate with the Chairman and members in certain aspects following which they passed a resolution against him.
