: Chief Minister V Narayanasamy today handed appointment orders to 78 candidates, the next of kin of employees of Health Department who died in harness.
A release from the Chief Minister's office said that the orders for posting the candidates were distributed on the premises of the Assembly under a government scheme to provide jobs on compassionate grounds.
Agriculture Minister R Kamalakannan and officials of the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare Services were also present.