E-Pao.net: Imphal: Thursday, July 27, 2017.
Some
Candidates who had appeared in the Manipur Civil Service Combined competitive
examination- 2016 conducted by the Manipur Public Service Commission (MPSC) has
exposed massive irregularities and mark tampering in the conduct of the examination.
In some of
the answer scripts procured from the MPSC, there were no signature of the
examiners and in some answer sheets there were signs of manipulating the marks.
Plead for
quashing of the said examination has not been listened by any of the concern
government authority.
The incident
came to light when aspirants who appeared in the Main examination asked for
copies of their answer sheets through RTI Act 2005.
It is
reported that some 200 candidates had asked for copies of their answer sheets
through RTI Act.
Of the 200
applied, about 20 got their answer sheets.
Manipur Civil
Services Combine Competitive Examination is the biggest competitive examination
in the state which decides the ultimate future of the state thereby selecting
the best potential administrators/bureaucrats.
The said
competitive examination was and is still continue to be a much criticized
examination conducted by the Manipur Public Service Commission.
There have
always been one or two cases of allegations every time the result of the said
examination is out.
It may be
mentioned that the MCSCCE was halted for years due to numerous
problems/discrepancies and above all allegations of corruptions in the final
selection processes.
As per a
ruling of the Supreme Court, Manipur High Court in its directive to the MPSC on
Feb 28, 2017 in its order had asked to provide the answer sheets along with
those of the 82 successful candidates.
However as of
now the answer sheets of the 82 successful candidates have not been provided.