GPSC recommendation put on hold : Present Director of Education given three months extension
The Government of Goa today (Friday) granted a further three-month extension in service to the current Director of Education Mr. Gajanan L. Pednekar who was due to retire on August 4th. After conducting interviews for the post on 12th July 2002 the GPSC had recommended the name of Mr. Dnyneshwar Pundalik Pednekar present Principal of Smt. Chandrabaga Tukobha Naik Higher Secondary School of Curchorem, Goa, for appointment to the post of Director of Education. This recommendation has been challenged by a Public Interest Litigation filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues before the Panaji Bench of the Bombay High Court on the grounds that by considering a person whose integrity is in doubt and who has committed unscrupulous and criminal acts, the confidence of the public in the education system in Goa will be eroded and will affect the students and the teaching faculty and have a disastrous affect on the education system. The Petitioner has submitted that the records prove that the conduct of Mr. Mr. Dnyneshwar Pundalik Pednekar in not only changing his own date of birth but more importantly, also changing the date of birth of his daughter by fraudulent and unscrupulous acts and making false declarations to derive advantage thereby, shows that he is a person whose integrity is not only doubtful but is capable of changing or falsifying records to suit his purpose and to derive advantages therefrom. The petitioner has submitted that the daughter of Mr. Pednekar, Varsha Dnyneshwar Pednekar was born on 14/10/1979 and her date of birth was registered at the Margao Municipal Council under Registration No.3283 and that despite the registration of birth, Mr. Pednekar falsely filed a declaration on 6/6/1984 with the Mamlatdar of Salcete and declared on oath that the date of birth of his daughter was not registered with any Birth Registration Office and that she was born on 2/10/1979 and that based on this declaration Mr. Pednekar’s daughter was admitted to Ist standard, at Government Primary School Bepquegal, Curchorem. The change in birth was evidently done as the daughter of Mr. Pednekar was not completing 5 years as on 2nd October 1984 for entrance to Std. I. The Petitioner further states that Mr. Pednekar’s date of birth 26/3/1948 was also fraudulently changed to 03/041950 on 14/12/1973 . The Petitioner has prayed that the High Court direct the GPSC to revoke its recommendation of the name Mr. Dnyneshwar Pundalik Pednekar for the post of Director of Education and that the Government of Goa also be directed to criminally prosecute Mr. Pednekar for the fraudulent changes in his and his daughter’s birth records and for filing false declarations on oath. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
