HC suspends appointment order of COHSEM chairman
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, February 28 2023:
High Court of Manipur on Monday suspended the appointment order of chairman of Council of Higher Secondary Education Manipur (COHSEM) issued by the education department on December 16, 2022.According to the judgment passed by the High Court based on a writ petition filed by Dr Chingakham Sarat Singh, the appointment order of Takhellambam Ojit Singh as chairman of COHSEM on December 16, 2022 has been cancelled and the petition filed in this regard quashed.
The order further said that the commissioner or secretary of the education department will look into the matter of filling up the vacant post of COHSEM chairman after considering the merit of the petitioner and the respondent and appoint the best suited candidate to the post.
It may be mentioned here that Dr Chingakham Sarat had filed the petition challenging the order of the education department appointing Ojit Singh as COHSEM chairman and prayed that he (petitioner) be appointed to the post.