New Deeds Registrar didn’t have advertised qualification for job

Azeema Baksh-Singh

New Registrar of Deeds Azeema Baksh-Singh was appointed although she did not have the qualifications sought by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), in vacancy notices published in November of 2010.

The advertisement placed in the daily newspapers seeking applicants for the job stipulated that to qualify for the position, the applicant should be an attorney-at-law with a minimum of five years’ professional experience or alternatively have ten years’ experience as an officer attached to the Deeds Registry as a Sworn Clerk and Notary Public. But