IAS officer challenges Jayakumar’s appointment as TDB president

Key Highlights

• Mr.
• Ashok has reportedly sought Mr.
• Jayakumar’s disqualification on the grounds that the latter is already holding the post of Director in the Institute of Management in Government (IMG), a State government institution.
• Section 7 (iii) of the Travancore-Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions Act, 1950, notes that “no person shall be eligible for election or nomination as a member of the board if such a person is an office-holder or a servant of government.” The State government’s decision to appoint Mr.
• Jayakumar had grabbed headlines in November.