A public interest litigation hits Madras High Court,calling for expert committee to scrutinize evaluation of answer scripts for a competitive exam filling 2,708 Assistant Professor slots across 61 faculties in Tamil Nadu's state colleges. Karu Nagarajan from ‘We Leaders’ movement is behind it,with the First Division Bench,Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan,set to hear it Monday .
Nagarajan flags serious issues about the exam's fairness. He notes that direct recruitment has been stuck for years. An attempt to fill 2,331 vacancies in 2019 was canceled in 2024 when vacancies shot up to 4,000. Yet, that too was pulled in 2025, leading to the current push for 2,708 positions.
To ease things,those who applied in 2019 and 2024 got fee waivers and age relaxations for this cycle. The Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) ran a test with objective questions for 150 marks in paper-I and descriptive ones in paper-II. Candidates tackled essay topics like Indian Economy,Constitution,Modern Indian History, and current affairs.
The results,out June 25, 2026,raised eyebrows. One candidate scored 107 out of 150 in computer science paper-I but just one mark in paper-II. Another scored 54 out of 150 in physics but nailed 49 out of 50 in descriptive part. Nagarajan's affidavit points out similar inconsistencies across subjects,casting doubt on evaluation's transparency .
He stresses the petition isn't about individual disputes but ensuring procedural fairness in public recruitment. It calls for judicial oversight to tackle systemic issues affecting candidates' merit rankings.
This legal move echoes growing frustration among aspiring educators over Tamil Nadu's recruitment process. As court gears up for the case, the outcome could reshape academic hiring in the state…
