Ranchi, August 19: The Jharkhand government has taken its largest action yet against irregularities in recruitment examinations. Based on findings from CID and SIT investigations, the government has simultaneously cancelled 22 exams conducted by the JPSC and JSSC.
This decision affects the appointments of 2,628 selected candidates, including 342 officers from the 11th to 13th JPSC exams, 54 forest range officers, 63 SDPOs, 237 female supervisors, and 1,932 employees appointed through the JSSC-CGL. All these individuals were either working in various departments or had received appointment orders.
Additionally, the government has suspended the process for six other examinations until further notice and ordered an investigation into irregularities in 17 recruitment exams conducted since 2014. The personnel department of the state government issued a total of eight notifications related to this matter late Tuesday night, signed by Secretary Praveen Kumar Toppo.
Among the cancelled exams is the JSSC Combined Graduate Level Examination (advertisement number 10/2023), which had facilitated the appointment of 1,932 candidates. Other cancelled exams include the Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Competitive Examination for 2023 and 2025, as well as various recruitment exams for non-teaching positions in universities, assistant professors in government engineering colleges, lecturers in polytechnic colleges, and super-specialist assistant professors in medical colleges.
The government has also decided to cancel current recruitment exams related to TDPPL, which include non-teaching positions in universities, regular and backlog recruitment for assistant directors/senior scientific officers, drug inspectors, and backlog recruitment for assistant professors in government engineering colleges.
Some exams have been postponed rather than cancelled, with their initial processes conducted through agencies other than TDPPL. These include the recruitment processes for food analysts, project managers, deputy directors of prosecution, directors, factory inspectors, and boiler inspectors. The credibility and role of these agencies have been assigned for investigation to the CID, and no further action will be taken until the investigation is complete.
The government has also decided to investigate potential irregularities in the 17 older exams, which include the fifth combined civil service exam of 2013, various civil judge exams, soil conservation officers, agricultural officers, food safety officers, dentists, geologists-chemists, assistant engineers, and dental doctors.
To improve the examination system of JPSC and JSSC, the government has made three significant decisions. First, it will request the Jharkhand High Court to establish a fast-track court for the swift hearing of cases related to alleged irregularities and misconduct in exams. Second, an internal monitoring cell will be created to oversee the examination processes of JPSC and JSSC. Third, a high-level committee will be formed under the chairmanship of senior IAS officer Amitabh Kaushal to implement comprehensive reforms in the examination system.
The committee will also include directors from the state’s prestigious institutions as members. It will study the examination systems and processes of both commissions and submit its report to the government within two months.
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