SHILLONG, Feb 11: Much to the satisfaction of the resentful candidates, the Meghalaya Public Service Commission (MPSC) on Thursday announced the results of the Mains Examination for recruitment to the post of Meghalaya Civil Services, Junior Grade.
The MPSC had conducted the exams on January 18, 20, 21, 22 and 23 last year.
In a notification issued on Thursday, the Commission said that personal interview will be conducted tentatively on April 6, 7, 8, 9, 13 and 15 circa 11 am at the Office of the MPSC, Shillong.
The MPSC had issued an advertisement on July 24 in 2017 inviting applications from eligible candidates for the Meghalaya Civil Service Junior Grade exam to fill around 38 vacancies.
Of the total 10,730 candidates, who appeared for the preliminary examination, 576 were declared as qualified.
It may be recalled that the MPSC had taken a breather after the High Court refused to interfere in a case challenging the examination conducted by the Commission as some challenged the procedure adopted in declaring the candidates eligible for the mains exams.
The petitioners had sought for setting aside the impugned notification whereby 576 candidates were declared qualified to sit for the mains exam while calling for the records of the candidates who were successful in the preliminary exam, and directed the MPSC to prepare a fresh selection list by adhering to the examination plan and declaring the resolution, dated October 22, 2018, as illegal and arbitrary.
The court, in its order, said the writ petition was not maintainable as the successful candidates had not been made respondents.
The court, however, observed that as the criteria adopted for qualifying for the Mains exams had been challenged in its entirety, it would have to be examined whether the non-impleadment of all the successful candidates would violate the principles of natural justice.