TNIC recommends compulsory retirement to 9 IAS officers who headed TRB

Case relates to the recruitment of Teachers/Asst Professors by TRB

In a rare order, the Tamil Nadu Information Commission has recommended "compulsory retirement" to nine IAS officers in the State, who held the post of Chairman, Teachers Recruitment Board, between June 2011 and October 2020. [Incidentally, some of the nine IAS officers had already retired from service.] Asking the Chief Secretary to record in the Annual Confidential Reports of the nine officers that they failed to ensure accountability and transparency while heading the TRB, State Information Commissioner S. Muthuraj recommended that disciplinary action be initiated as per rules and they be sent on "compulsory retirement". The case pertains to the recruitment of Teachers/Assistant Professors through competitive examinations conducted by the TRB on various occasions. The contention of some candidates who moved the TNIC was that though they entered the correct answer in the multiple choice questions, it was marked as wrong denying them marks resulting in their not getting the jobs.