Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 21: Supreme Court today directed the Public Service Commission (PSC) to go ahead with the selection process of Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) held recently with the rider no appointment order shall be issued.
Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna passed the order while hearing the plea of the PSC challenging the order of High Court whereby whole selection process was halted.
High Court on December 21 last year had halted the selection process of Combined Competitive Examination held by Public Service Commission after various candidates complained irregularities by the Commission.
Apex Court today while granting interim relief to PSC directed that selection process can be completed. However, SC made it clear that no appointment order be made in favour of any selectee.
High Court, in a suo moto cognizance, had stayed the further process of selection as alleged discrepancies have been complained in the digital checking by the PSC with regard to KAS examination of 2016.
The Supreme Court today also cleared that the High Court would be free to decide the suo-moto Public Interest Litigation on merits on the date fixed.
Around 6400 candidates had appeared in the Mains written test and out of which 963 candidates were selected for interview process for 277 posts and on the other hand various candidates who had not been selected for interview are seeking manual checking by the Commission rather than digital checking.
The Combined Competitive (Mains) Examination was held from July 2 to August 8 this year and out of which 963 candidates after appearing in the examination qualified for personal test (interview).
In this connection, a representation dated 17.12.2018 with the signatures of 83 applicants (drop out candidates) complaining the alleged irregularities in the J&K Public Service Commission Combined Competitive (Mains) examination has been placed before the court with regard to the digital marking in the examination data resulting into “corruption and huge human error.”
In addition in the representation which the Court treated as suo moto, it was submitted that the J&K Public Service Commission has resorted to arbitrary scaling and moderation which was not mentioned in the notification when the posts were advertised.
Giving the importance to the issues raised by the aggrieved candidates, who were dropped for viva-voce, the High court issued notice to the respondent-PSC and same has been accepted by the counsel appearing on behalf of the J&K Public Service Commission.
Court directed the PSC through its counsel to file detailed counter affidavit meeting the objections pointed out by the aggrieved candidates and to show cause as to why this petition be not admitted.
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