A PIL has been moved in the high court against the AAP government’s decision to appoint Rohith Vemula’s brother to a government job on compassionate grounds.
A PIL has been moved in the high court against the AAP government’s decision to appoint Rohith Vemula’s brother to a government job on compassionate grounds. Vemula, a Hyderabad University dalit scholar, committed suicide in January.
The petition challenged the AAP government’s February 24 decision, notified on March 3, to award a Group ‘C’ government job to Rohith’s brother, Vemula Raja Chaithanya Kumar, as well as government accommodation on out-of-turn basis, saying it was “illegal, arbitrary and politically motivated.”
As per the Kejriwal Cabinet, the decision was taken on a representation received from Rohith’s brother seeking support for himself and his family by way of employment.
The petition contends that no such representation was actually received from Rohith’s family.
The petitioner, advocate Avadh Kaushik, contended that the decision was “in clear violation of law of land and public policy thereby infringing and abridging the legal and fundamental rights of the public at large, in general, and Delhi youth, in particular, who are trying to get the job on their own merit.”
The matter was listed for hearing on Tuesday before a bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath. However, as the bench did not sit, the petition has been listed for hearing on May 17.
