SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Public Service Commission (MPSC) secretary, W.A.M Booth has asked the Khasi Students’ Union to provide information regarding the candidates who have suffered under the alleged malpractices of the MPSC office.
“It would indeed be of great help and service to all genuine candidates who wish to obtain employment in a fair and transparent manner if the KSU provides information on the candidates who have suffered under such malpractices,” Booth said on Wednesday.
The response came a day after the KSU raised suspicion over the recent petrol bomb attack at MPSC office to be fallout of the unfair practices of the office.
Responding to a query, Booth stated that the MPSC was ‘most willing’ to file an FIR against any person indulging in such malpractices and causing the candidate to attack the office of the MPSC, as claimed by the KSU.
“The case is also being investigated by the special investigation team (SIT) which was constituted to reveal the truth behind this attack. The information provided by the KSU to the police will help reveal the motive behind the attack,” she said.
Booth said as of now the MPSC can only deduce that it happened because a section of candidates were unhappy with the transparent policies which the MPSC had introduced in the past year.
According to the secretary, the public, and in particular the KSU, should know that many people approach the MPSC with intentions of using illegal means to obtain employment but they are turned away with a warning that an FIR would be filed against them if they wish to resort to such unfair means.
“It is unfortunate that no one points fingers at candidates who think they can get what they want through illegal means. Is it not the candidate who has made the system rotten?
“Nobody wishes to address this deep seated malaise amongst job aspirants,” she added.
She also informed that the candidate does not have to file an RTI to view his own marks.
“The Commission has designed mark sheets which discloses the marks obtained in the personal interview, screening test/written test, cut-off marks of the Khasi and Jaintia community and Garo community, highest and lowest scores in the written examination, highest score in the personal interview and the overall merit/rank of the candidate who applies for the mark sheet,” Booth said.
She stated that the Commission has been issuing such mark sheets to candidates who have requested for over a year now and this was put in place to not only ensure that candidates know his/her marks but it also puts in place a foundation for transparent recruitments in future which may have upset many people.
Stating that the Commission has in more than one case not recommended the names of the candidates after the personal interview after they were found unsuitable, she also informed that two such orders were passed vide notification.
She also informed that the MPSC had very recently issued a notice prohibiting the use of any electronic device in the examination hall or else a candidate would immediately be debarred from the written examination.
“After much consideration, the MPSC has decided to discard the request of candidates who do not wish for the marks to be uploaded publicly and has taken a firm decision to accept and consider the appeal of those candidates who wish that the MPSC uploads the marks of the successful candidates,” she added.
