Kerala HC Issues Notice To Thiruvananthapuram Mayor In Plea For CBI Probe Into 'Letter' Seeking List Of CPI(M) Workers For Appointments

The Kerala High Court on Thursday issued notice to Thiruvananthapuram Mayor Arya Rajendran and LDF Parliamentary Party Secretary D.R. Anil in the plea moved seeking CBI or judicial investigation into the purported letter seeking a list of CPI(M) party members for appointment to various posts on a contract basis in the Health Division of the Municipal Corporation.

Justice K. Babu sought response only from the private respondents at this stage. 

"Let them file their response because allegations are filed against them", the court said.

In the petition moved through Advocate K. R. Rajkumar, it has been alleged that the Mayor and the LDF Parliamentary Party Secretary D.R. Anil, who belongs to the ruling party, had requested the CPI(M) Party District Secretary to provide the list of party members for appointment to various posts in the Health Division of the Municipal Corporation.

Further, the petitioner G. S. Sreekumar has argued that the "act of nepotism" of Rajendran and Anil is very much against the oaths taken by them at the time of swearing in as Councillors in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation and sought for CBI or judicial investigation into the matter. 

Sreekumar has also alleged that in the last two years, more than thousand appointments were made "in this fashion by the Corporation and a detailed investigation into this matter is highly necessary."

It has also been submitted in the petition that a complaint was filed by Sreekumar before the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau; however, he apprehends that there might be high and mighty entities to help the Mayor and the LDF Parliamentary Party Secretary to hush up the matter",

Sreekumar has said the investigation be directed to be conducted by an impartial authority "who will not be fettered with the political high and mighty of Kerala State."

Case Title: G. S. Sreekumar v. State of Kerala and Others