Kashmir Observer: Srinagar: Wednesday, September 20, 2017.
The qualified
candidates for Kashmir Administrative Services (KAS)-2016 preliminary exams who
have been dropped by Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission after it came
up with a new list of candidates following the controversy over wrong answer
keys shown against 24 questions Monday alleged that JKPSC has been violating
court directions and there are grim chances that they could be allowed to sit
in the Mains Examination.
Court has
already passed directions asking JKPSC to allow 429 candidates in the Mains
Examination till its final verdict, however, the dropped out candidates claim
that JKPSC has been dodging them and till date the Commission has made no
correspondence with them in this regard.
“We were
preparing for Mains exams after we were declared successful, but now they have
dropped us from the list. It is sheer injustice. Even the court has asked PSC
to allow us to sit in the Mains Examination but they are using dilly dally
tactics,” a group of aggrieved candidates complained to news agency CNS.
The
candidates blamed Commission for making “mockery” of high level competitive
exams. “We will hit streets if PSC didn’t come clear on the issue. They must
show us our OMR sheets through RTI,” they said.
“The irony is
that access to OMR sheets are denied to us even through Right to Information
Act,” said the dropped out candidates.
Pertinently,
after a controversy, Public Service Commission In the fresh list dropped 429
out of 6925 candidates who were declared qualified earlier, citing they could
not make to the revised cutoff merit of 277.275 marks after applying revised
answer keys.
When
contacted, In charge Chairman Public Service Commission, Mr Lal Chand said they
are waiting for the final verdict of Honorable Court. “We will comply with the
court orders and if it directs us to allow the dropped out candidates to sit in
the Mains examination, we will surely oblige,” he said. (CNS)
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