PMK founder S. Ramadoss on Saturday urged the Tamil Nadu government to release a White Paper on caste-wise representation of State government employees recruited and students admitted to higher educational institutions since 1989.
In a statement, Dr. Ramadoss referred to data furnished by the State government in response to a petition filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act on the representation of Vanniyars in Group-1 Services, and said, “....The data, which state that 63 out of 542 officers currently serving in the rank of Deputy Collectors in Tamil Nadu are Vanniyars, is skewed as they include officers from the Vanniyar community who joined in the rank of Revenue Inspector and eventually became Deputy Collectors through promotion. They would hardly serve for two years as Deputy Collectors. The number of Vanniyars in other Group-I services was not given by the government.”
He further said: “The representation of Vanniyars in the rank of Group I officers should be calculated based on the number of candidates from the community, within the 20% reservation for Most Backward Classes (MBCs), getting selected directly to the posts through the examination conducted by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission...”
The State government has only furnished data on the representation of Vanniyars among Post Graduate teachers, and questioned why it had not given any details on representation of the community among Secondary Grade teachers and others.
Published - August 04, 2024 12:57 am IST
