SHUBHANGI SHIFA
Ranchi, Jan 5: Several student unions on Thursday protested the cut-off marks and mark sheets released by the JPSC. Furthermore, calling it a foul play, they have also demanded a CBI enquiry into the matter.
Notably, the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) has recently released the mark sheet and cut-off marks of the 7th to 10th JPSC after 8 months of the final result due to instructions from the High Court. Here, the cut-off marks for several categories including EWS, BC I and BC II are the same as general which has once again prompted protests from student organisations.
Talking in this regard on Thursday, Devendra Nath Mahato of the Jharkhand State Students Union said, “Prima facie, there seems to be a big possibility of manipulation here. Here, like the first and second JPSC, successful candidates have been given 90 per cent marks in language papers and 150 out of 200 marks in any subject of General Studies. This cannot be a coincidence. The copy and marks have been tampered with.”
He further added, “This is not possible. Several others who have more marks than the cut-off but have still been deprived of opportunity have been rejected due to faulty certificates. Here, these students were not given the opportunity to correct mistakes or issues regarding their respective certificates. Answer books of all the candidates declared successful should be brought into the public domain. Along with this, the serial number and date of issue of the reservation eligibility certificate of all the students selected from the OBC and EWS category should be made public.”
The student leader further said, “A similar issue had come to the fore in the first and second JPSC exams as well. The scam was unearthed by the CBI, which was upheld by the High Court. Despite the provision in the constitution, on the instructions of the government, the reservation was not given by the JPSC under a conspiracy, doing injustice to the Jharkhandis. On the other hand, Jharkhandis are being fooled by promises of 73 per cent reservation. Several students have been rejected despite final results citing wrong certificates.”
The other student leaders present questioned, “Why not allow students time for correction if there were issues with their documents? Why were they rejected without an opportunity?”
They further pointed out, “The JPSC officials repeatedly change rules and aren’t able to follow them, themselves. They even released the cut-off and mark sheet after orders from the High Court. Why should the High Court intervene every time? Are the JPSC officials children that they make such mistakes every time?”
JPSC officials, on the other hand, were not reachable for a comment in this regard.
