BANGALORE: Contrary to the state government's submission in the High Court, Medical Education Minister Ramachandra Gowda on Wednesday defended that the appointments of non-teaching staff in Hassan and Mysore medical colleges were legal and made in a transparent manner.
Following the High Court direction, Gowda filed the affidavit. Copies of the affidavit were served to the petitioners and the secretary of medical education department on Wednesday evening. The affidavit will be filed in the court on Thursday.
In the capacity of chairman of the governing council of the Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences, Gowda is filing the affidavit. He submitted that, "I state that the entire selection process has been done in the most transparent manner in strict adherence to merit, roster and eligibility to both Hassan and Mysore medical colleges."
Interestingly, this submission of the minister was totally contrary to what the state government submitted before the HC on Monday.
Further, Gowda stated that the state government had accorded sanction for creation of various categories of posts with the concurrence of the finance department. The budgetary allocation was also made on September 7 and 12, 2006, Gowda said in the affidavit. The governing council of Hassan Medical College had met on August 4, 2009, and decided to recruit non-teaching staff, in addition to allocating 75 per cent of marks for exams and 25 per cent of marks in the interview to candidates, the affidavit said.