GUWAHATI, Feb 17: The Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) on Monday cancelled the results of the Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) 2024 that were announced earlier in the day, citing an “inadvertent error”.
In a cancellation notification, the APSC said the CCE 2024 results notified have been cancelled with immediate effect and that it would upload the revised select list after “careful examination”.
Meanwhile, the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) has described the cancellation of the Assam Civil Services examination results, despite their prior declaration, as “shocking and mysterious,” and has demanded a high-level investigation into the incident.
In a statement, AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi and general secretary Jagadish Bhuyan said that the credibility of the APSC has already been under serious question owing to repeated allegations of corruption and irregularities.
“In such a situation, the sudden cancellation of the results after they were officially announced has further deepened public suspicion and is likely to erode people’s trust in the commission,” the AJP leaders said.
They further stated that the episode clearly indicated the possibility of fresh irregularities in the evaluation process and preparation of results. “There is sufficient ground to suspect that something went wrong again in the examination assessment and result compilation,” they said.
Calling the development extremely serious, the party demanded a high-level inquiry to ascertain the reasons behind the cancellation and to restore public confidence in the recruitment process.
