MU appointment DM asked to probe OBC certificate
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, April 29 2015 : In a significant judgment, the Manipur High Court has directed the District Magistrate, Imphal West to probe the genuineness of the OBC certificate used for appointment of a lecturer in the Department of Hindi, Manipur University.

A writ petition case under WP(C) No 985 of 2014 was heard on April 22, 2015, before Justice Kh Nobin Singh, for consideration of interim prayer for revocation of Manipur University's order for appointment of the lecturer, on the ground that the OBC certificate used for the appointment was false/fake.

The petitioner of the writ petition is Dr Th Surendra Singh, a former guest lecturer in the Department of Hindi, MU and the listed respondents are Manipur University represented by the Registrar and Dr E Vijaylakshmi, W/o Ningthoujam Thanil, a resident of Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai, Imphal.

It is alleged that Dr E Vijaylakshmi's appointment was made against the vacancy of OBC category and that the OBC certificate used for the appointment would be false/fake in terms of the OBC laws enacted by the Govt of India, as she is the daughter of E Yaima Singh, retired Director of Education (U) who even functioned as Chairman of the Board of Secondary Education, Manipur (BOSEM) .

The Court has directed the DM, I/W to examine the genuiness of the OBC taking into account the documents produced by the petitioner and the laws governing the issuance of OBC certificate and to submit a report thereof to the Court within a period of three weeks.

The petitioner was represented by M Rarry, Advocate while Manipur University (Respondent No 1) and Dr E Vijaylaksmi (Respondent No 2) were represented by advocates BP Sahu and Amarjit Naorem respectively.

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