Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 21: Over one lakh aspirants turned up for examination of various graduate level posts and Forest Guards conducted by Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (SSB), here today.
Official sources told EXCELSIOR that two tests for graduate level posts in various Government Depar-tments and forest guards were conducted by Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSSB).
“Around 30,000 aspirants including 16,000 candidates from Kashmir division appeared in Forest Guards examination and over 80,000 including over 60,000 from Kashmir and 20,000 from Jammu appeared in Graduate Level Posts examination”, sources informed.
The test for Forest Guard and Graduate Level Posts in various Government Depar-tments were conducted at over 100 centres out of which 57 centres were for Forest Guard Test across the State, sources added.
“Principals, HoDs, Contr-ollers of Universities, superintendents, teachers and lecturers were the supervisory staff”, sources said, adding that there was one invigilator for 24 students in one centre.
When contacted Shagufta Parveen, Chairperson, Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (SSB) said that over 1 lakh candidates appeared in the tests held today at over 100 centres across the State.
The tests were conducted smoothly across the State and no incident of unfair means was reported from any centre, she added.
However, the supervisory staff deputed to conduct the test alleged that no heed was paid to them during the conduct of the tests. They alleged that JKSSB hired the supervisory staff from Department of School Education, but no facilities were provided to them, during the conduct of the papers.
Meanwhile, a large number of candidates who had applied for the posts of Forest Guard and Sub Inspectors in response to advertisement by Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSSB) held massive protest outside DC Office along with their parents and later submitted a representation containing their grievances.
Led by BJP Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary Constituency Incharge and Yuva Morcha State Prabhari Yudhvir Sethi, they apprised Deputy Commissioner about the mal-treatment meted out to them.
They urged DC to intervene and take up this serious matter with the concerned authorities and ensure that how the candidates who have been denied admit cards were being called for written test at the earliest.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) gave patient hearing to the aggrieved candidates and forwarded their representation to SSB Secretary for action.
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