TN Governor Holding ‘Office Of Profit’: Writ Petition Filed By Dravidian Party TPDK

The president of the Kanchipuram unit of the Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (TPDK), M Kannadasan, filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court, saying that Governor RN Ravi should be removed from his position as he holds an ‘office of profit’ by virtue of being the chairman of the Pondicherry based Auroville Foundation.

As per the constitution, under Article 158(2), a Governor shall not hold any other office of profit.

According to the petitioner, Ravi was nominated as chairman of the Foundation, last October, by the Union Ministry of Education. It added that it was clearly a case of office of profit because the position comes with salary, allowances and service conditions such as leave, pension, provident fund etc.

The petition sought a direction from the Court to Governor Ravi, under the quo warranto writ to explain how he is holding the constitutional post of Governor and under what authority.

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