The bench said she may be permitted to take part in the viva voce subject to the outcome of the writ petition
K. Prathika Yashini
Chennai: The Madras high court has allowed transgender K. Prathika Yashini, who was disqualified in the SI recruitment process, to appear for the interview. The First bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice T. S. Sivagnanam which had earlier allowed her to take part in the selection processes, had directed the government to permit her to attend viva voce, scheduled for Sept. 5. In the petition, Yashini submitted that she remained as K. Pradeep Kumar, a male, till completion of PG diploma course in Computer Application in Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. However, later she noticed changes in her body, doctors identified that she was a transgender.
Leaving behind her family members, she underwent sex change in Kilpauk Medical College. The sex change was notified in gazette and her name had been changed to K Prathika Yashini.
She approached the high court when her application for recruitment to SI post was rejected by Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board on the ground that her name did not match with the one mentioned in the original certificates.
Based on a court directive, she took part in written examination held on May 23, 2015. After being successful in the written test, she took part in field trials on August 5. Her counsel Bhavani Subbarayan said she lagged behind other provisionally selected candidates by just one second in 100 m sprint. As a result, she was not selected for the interview. On Monday, Yas hini again approached the court seeking direction to the authorities to permit her to take part in the interview.
The bench said she may be permitted to take part in the viva voce subject to the outcome of the writ petition. The court posted the matter for further hearing on November 3.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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