Engineers selection challenged

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThe selection of 410 EEE assistant engineers by direct recruitment for 2012 by the Chief Engineer/Personnel, TN Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO), has been challenged in the Madras High Court.Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar, before whom the writ petition came up for hearing, posted the matter for further hearing on August 27.Petitioner N Balamurugan also sought to appoint him in the post of assistant engineer (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) in the present recruitment under BC-General category.Advocate Sathia Chandran submitted that petitioner had completed BE (EEE) and registered with the Professional and Executive Employment Office (PEEO) and had been regularly renewing his registration.On February 17 this year, the TANGEDCO notified 600 posts of assistant engineers in various branches. A tentative cut-off date of registration seniority and a tentative nomination list were also given on the web-site of TANGEDCO.Petitioner found that his name was sponsored for the said post as per the list. Subsequently, he attended the interview and gave correct answers to the questions posed to him. However, he was not selected. On verification, he found that around 326 candidates had been selected under non-priority category from amongst those who underwent the TNEB apprenticeship. Many had been selected on the basis of recommendations from ministers, Chandran alleged.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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The selection of 410 EEE assistant engineers by direct recruitment for 2012 by the Chief Engineer/Personnel, TN Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO), has been challenged in the Madras High Court.

Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar, before whom the writ petition came up for hearing, posted the matter for further hearing on August 27.

Petitioner N Balamurugan also sought to appoint him in the post of assistant engineer (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) in the present recruitment under BC-General category.

Advocate Sathia Chandran submitted that petitioner had completed BE (EEE) and registered with the Professional and Executive Employment Office (PEEO) and had been regularly renewing his registration.

On February 17 this year, the TANGEDCO notified 600 posts of assistant engineers in various branches. A tentative cut-off date of registration seniority and a tentative nomination list were also given on the web-site of TANGEDCO.

Petitioner found that his name was sponsored for the said post as per the list. Subsequently, he attended the interview and gave correct answers to the questions posed to him. However, he was not selected. On verification, he found that around 326 candidates had been selected under non-priority category from amongst those who underwent the TNEB apprenticeship. Many had been selected on the basis of recommendations from ministers, Chandran alleged.