O Raja (Brother of Deputy CM O Panneer Selvam ) assumes charge as chairman of Theni Aavin | Sicp
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Date: 2020-01-31

O Raja (Brother of Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam ) assumes charge as chairman of Theni Aavin | Sicp

Madurai: A week after the Madras high court bench set aside the appointment of O Raja, brother of deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam, as chairman of the state-run Theni District Milk Producers Co-operative, he assumed charge in the post on Thursday amid fanfare in the presence of minister for milk products and dairy development K T Rajendra Bhalaji. Raja and the minister later said the appointment was made through legal and proper means.

The court had set aside Raja’s appointment, after the division bench comprising Justice T Ravindran and Justice M Duraisamy observed that the board of Theni Aavin had been constituted and chairman appointed invoking the wrong section of the Tamil Nadu Co-operatives Act.

P Ammavasi, president of the Milk Co-operative Union of Palanichettipatti in Theni district, had gone to court against the appointment of Raja as Theni Aavin chairman, as he was already the chairman of the Madurai Aavin. Ammavasi alleged the appointment was done in secrecy and that the members were not elected.

The bench had directed that the Milk Production and Dairy Development Department pass necessary and appropriate orders for the formation of an interim board, or regular board, in accordance with the Tamil Nadu Co-operatives Societies Act, 1983.

It was using this clause that managing director of the Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Dr M Vallalar passed a GO No 1120/52/2020, dated 29.01.2020 appointing O Raja and 17 members as the interim board of the Theni Aavin TID 483.

Speaking to reporters after Raja assumed charge, Rajendra Bhalaji said they had consulted legal experts and the interim board had assumed charge through legal means. He said the board members would hold office for a period of three months, and if their performance was good they might continue.


O Raja told South Indian Crime Point Weekly that he and his board had assumed charge through legal and proper means, and that they would soon convene a board meeting and take further decisions.

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