IMPHAL, Feb 19 NNN: Hearing to the case of non-appointment of RK Brinda Devi to the post of Manipur Police Service (MPS) began today in the Imphal bench of Gauhati High Court here.
Petitioner Brinda hadchallenged the case in this court following which Justice P Vaiphei heard it today. She has approached the court after Manipur Cabinet has failed to take a decision regarding non-appointment of the petitioner to the post of MPS.
After the first hearing of the petitioner’s plea which was submitted through its counsel SK Bhatacharya, the court has directed the respondents to provide guidelines that restrict appointment of any qualified citizen to the MPS cadre if criminal cases are pending against him or her.
The Justice rejected the allegations levelled against Brinda by the state Government, Bhatacharya, Counsel of the petitioner told reporters after the hearing.
He said the court directed the state Government authority for further verification on a criminal case pending in the court as mentioned by the Government and to find out if any such provision restricts appointment of a person to a Government post.
The next hearing of the case has been scheduled on March 7, he said.Brinda’s name was omitted from the list of appointment after she was offered the post of MPS on September 27. Her name was omitted on the ground that she is the daughter-in-law of RK Sanayaima, chairman of the banned United National Liberation Front (UNLF). Sanayaima, also known as Meghen is currently facing trial in the Guwahati NIA Court.
Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms (Personnel Division), Manipur in a memorandum submitted to the state Government had said that appointment of Brinda as an MPS officer in the Home Department of Manipur Government was not fit as she was the daughter-in-law of the militant outfit’s leader and that she had shown solidarity and support to her father-in-law.
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