Plea in Madras HC seeks constitution of expert committee over evaluation of Assistant Professor aspirants’ exam papers
Arul Murugan would be hearing on Monday (July 27, 2026) the PIL petition filed by Karu Nagarajan of ‘We The Leaders’ movement helmed by former BJP leader K. The petitioner had complained of unfairness in evaluation of the descriptive answers given by the candidates on general topics.He told the court direct recruitment to the post of Assistant Professor had not taken place in the State for quite a few years. Initially, a notification was issued in 2019 for filling up 2,331 vacancies but it was rescinded in 2024 when it was decided to fill up 4,000 vacancies.
- ▪Arul Murugan would be hearing on Monday (July 27, 2026) the PIL petition filed by Karu Nagarajan of ‘We The Leaders’ movement helmed by former BJP leader K.
- ▪The petitioner had complained of unfairness in evaluation of the descriptive answers given by the candidates on general topics.He told the court direct recruitment to the post of Assistant Professor had not taken place in the State for quit
- ▪Initially, a notification was issued in 2019 for filling up 2,331 vacancies but it was rescinded in 2024 when it was decided to fill up 4,000 vacancies.
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A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Madras High Court for constituting an independent expert committee to examine the fairness, consistency, transparency and uniformity in evaluation of the answer scripts of 42,064 candidates of the competitive written examination for 2,708 Assistant Professor vacancies in 61 faculties in government arts and science colleges in Tamil NaduFirst Division Bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan would be hearing on Monday (July 27, 2026) the PIL petition filed by Karu Nagarajan of ‘We The Leaders’ movement helmed by former BJP leader K. Annamalai.
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