HC dismisses plea to appoint qualified member from T.N. Judicial Service as HR & CE Commissioner
The Madras High Court dismissed a petition seeking to mandate that the Commissioner of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department be appointed from the judicial service. The court ruled that the government has the legislative authority to choose from various appointment modes as it deems appropriate.
Why it matters
This decision clarifies the scope of executive discretion in administrative appointments and upholds the government's flexibility in staffing key regulatory departments.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has dismissed a petition that sought a direction to the State to appoint a qualified member from the Tamil Nadu State Higher Judicial Service or the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Service as the Commissioner of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR & CE) Department.
A Division Bench of Justices C.V. Karthikeyan and R. Sakthivel held that the legislature has given an option to the government to appoint the Commissioner of HR & CE either by transfer from among the members of the Tamil Nadu State Higher Judicial Service or from the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Service, or from any other service, or by promotion from the post of Additional Commissioner, or by direct recruitment.
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