The Meghalaya Public Service Commission (MPSC) today yielded to the pressure of the KSU and agreed to release the marks of all the candidates who sat for the recent preliminary examination of Meghalaya Civil Service (MCS).
The MCS preliminary examination was dogged in controversy after reassessment of OMR sheets for three questions was done by the commission on the result of the original exam held on December 15, 202 and the inclusion of 62 additional candidates in the reassessment.
KSU leader Rueben Najiar told media persons that MPSC chairman Paul Reader Marwein in the presence of the commission’s secretary, has agreed to release the marks of all the MCS candidates by evening.
On the controversy related to the recent Meghalaya Police Service (MPS) examination, the KSU leader said that the MPSC chairman has sought more time to deal with the matter due to some legal complications.
“On this, we have stressed that the interview should be exactly as per the advertisement,” Najiar said.
The KSU raised concerns about the MPS examination, questioning the MPSC’s decision to deviate from the advertised ratio of 1:2.5 for calling candidates to personal interviews. The union pointed out that fewer candidates than expected were invited for interviews.
With regards to the post of Statistical Officer in the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department, Najiar said that the MPSC admitted that there was a clerical error from its side.
“We are not convinced of this reason given, and we have asked them to show us the papers,” he said.
As far as the recruitment of Statistical Officers in the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department, the KSU challenged the MPSC’s decision to declare the results for two posts when the original advertisement mentioned only one post for the Khasi-Jaintia category.
Earlier during the day, KSU activists set fire to copies of the MPSC reply during a sit-in demonstration at the commission’s premises at Lachaumiere here.
Expressing dissatisfaction with the MPSC’s response to their concerns, the KSU members tore up and burned copies of the commission’s reply.
