PGI dean's appointment set aside

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">chandigarh: the appointment of dr onkar nath nagi as dean, postgraduate institute (pgi) of medical education and research, chandigarh was, on thursday, set aside by the punjab and haryana high court, which allowed the writ petition preferred against the selection by dr sudha suri, a claimant to the post. in an exhaustive 70-page judgment pronounced by the division bench comprising justices amarbir singh gill and swatanter kumar, the court observed that oral recommendation ex facie indicates lack of fair consideration of other eligible candidates.also, no reason has been stated and no record produced before the court to show why the recommending authority''s word was not accepted by the governing body of pgi. the judges also said no uniform criteria for considering eligible persons was brought to the court''s notice by the appointing authority. neither were reasons for ignoring the claims of seniors, who were admittedly found suitable for appointment by the institute itself, stated.the judges found the record of the case to show a "definite element of arbitrariness." the judgment noted that dr nagi''s appointment was based solely on his supposed merit, and as such the contention that the petitioner has no locus standi could not be sustained. the division bench also was of the view that there were apparent infirmities as a result of which the court was unable to sustain the appointment of dr nagi. ---- <span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">super bazaar appeal</span> the division bench of chief justice arun b saharya and justice v k bali, on thursday, allowed the appeal filed by the liquidator, central co-operative consumers stores (super bazaar), chandigarh about sending a requisition to the employment exchange for recruitment of pharmacists and re-employ two of the six employees whose services had been terminated. ---- <span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">order quashed</span> the division bench comprising justices gs singhvi and mm kumar, on thursday, set aside the order of the lok adalat, whereby the claim of sham lal, retired deputy labour commissioner of haryana, for payment of interest at the rate of 18 per cent on arrears of salary and pensionary benefits had been allowed to the extent of 12 per cent. </div> </div>