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Probe ordered into illegal appointments in SERIFED
The Hindu
Feasibility report sought on revival of company
The Kerala High Court has directed the State government to conduct an inquiry into the nominated board of directors of Kerala State Sericulture Co-operative Apex Society Limited (SERIFED) recruiting around 300 persons allegedly in violation of rules.
It also ordered a probe into the government absorbing 271 persons illegally recruited to SERIFED into various government services as well as in the Kerala Khadi and Village Industries Board.
The court asked the three-member committee comprising representatives of SERIFED, Director of Handlooms and Textiles, and the Central Silk Board, formed to prepare a project report on the feasibility of silk weaving as well as the revival of SERIFED, Post-Cocoon Sector and Silk Weaving, to submit the report to the government in four months.