In a significant order, the Tamil Nadu Information Commission recommended that the government amend rules to exempt subsistence allowance payment to employees suspended for offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the POCSO Act. It also said departmental inquiry in such cases should be kept in abeyance till the disposal of the criminal proceedings. […]

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 […]

More than eight years after a government order was passed to set up Amma Canteen in the city, the Greater Chennai Corporation uploaded the said government order on its official website following prodding from Tamil Nadu Information Commission. Chennai: The order was issued based on an appeal filed by D Saranya, who had applied under […]