RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, Nov.4: State civil service aspirants, who could not qualify the preliminary test (PT) of Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) to select candidates for civil services, hinted at massive agitation from November 15 pointing out irregularities in the exam held in September this year.
Students assembled at the gate of JPSC in front of Circuit House on Circular Road and were heard raising voices against the recruitment agency of the state and demanding cancellation of examinations.
“It is worth probe how a big number of candidates sitting in a particular room at Manoharlal Inter College, Lohardaga and Utkramit Uccha Vidyalaya (Purani), Sahebganj cleared their PT organised for the selection of candidates for seventh to tenth civil service mains examination being organised by JPSC. Roll number of the candidates qualified from these centres are almost in series. Similar information is coming from Latehar too,” co-ordinator of Jharkhand Youth Association, Safique Imam, who had also appeared in PT but could not clear, said.
Kahkashan Kamaal, a candidate from Ranchi who could not qualify PT despite scoring 222 out of 400, echoed the same saying if someone does not qualify despite scoring high marks means either competition was tough or there are some irregularities.
“In a tough competition, if a big number of candidates from a centre without CCTV qualify in a big number serially then it deserves a thorough probe,” Kamal said. She also stressed upon the need of allowing UPSC to organise recruitment tests for Jharkhand state civil services.
Pankaj, a general category candidate who could not qualify PT despite scoring 248 out of 400, said, “Someone had forwarded me a hand written question after the PT examination claiming the question was out. I did not rely on it but the way candidates have passed serially suggests those forwarded questions were right. If the question had not been out, cut-off marks would have been low. Last time it was 206 for general candidates.”
Deepak Parasar, a candidate from Godda, supported Pankaj. “I scored 242 out of 400 but could not qualify. Big game cannot be ruled out.”
Sultan, a candidate from Hazaribagh, said: “Apart from information of candidates qualifying in serial, there is also information of candidates qualifying in pairs. One can observe the same by seeing the result. This is also a suspicious coincidence.”
Kunal, a candidate from Deoghar said the time of publication of the result also raises doubt. “Result has been published during vacation to ensure that candidates cannot assemble in big numbers for protest.”
“JPSC should officially announce the cut off marks this year,” Suraj Kumar, a candidate from Koderma who could not qualify despite scoring 250 marks, added.
