Staff Selection Commission has delayed the appointment of 10,661 candidates who were selected through SSC CGl in 2016.likewise, the Commission is yet to process the files of 9194 candidates who qualified CHSl 2015, final results of which were declared on August 28, 2017.
The commission, which is responsible for conducting most coveted recruitment exams for various posts in government departments and ministries, has not been prompt with beginning the application process or declaration of results. Notification for CGl 2017 was scheduled to releasein March which was eventually released in May, while the exam was conducted in August.
However this time, SSC has not just delayed the result or notification, but the appointment of over 10 thousand candidates who successfully qualified the examination and were allotted posts. These were put on hold becausecandidates who got rejectedfiled a court case claiming that their papers were not checked properly.
Some candidates had not filled in their details properly in Tier III exam, violating mandatory instructions and hence were given a zero. The rejected candidates moved to the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) against the result. However, all these cases were resolved by October 23 and it was directed that candidates should either be included in the list or another list be prepared for them. But even after two months of the instructions, SSC has not taken the necessary actions.
Amidst the allegations on SSC for the delay, the commission has come up with a clarification. In its defense, the commission said it has sent the files of 8900 qualified candidates to the concerned department in September-October 2017 while the files of remaining candidates are being verified. 'It is for the concerned user departments to expedite the issuance of appointment letters to the nominated candidates’.
'It needs to be understood that the Commission is tasked with a much larger responsibility each year of conducting 8 mandated exams, 3 limited departmental competitive exams and recruitment for selection posts in various departments/ ministries in Government of India. This year the Commission has also conducted Delhi Police exam for Constable Post and Scientific Assistant recruitment in India Meteorological Department,' said AshimKhurana, Chairman, SSC.
More than 300 candidates from 10,661 qualified candidates of SSC CGl 2016 still waiting for their appointment letters since the declaration of final merit list staged a silent protest from JlN metro station to lodhi Garden, Delhi. Candidates of CGl 2017 also joined the protestas their Mains (Tier-2) have been delayed. The SSC declared the revised marks of the Tier-1 examination on January 11, 2017 whichwas held from August 4 to 24 across India. The results were earlier declared in October last year but due to some technical glitches, a few tentative answer keys were not revised. The commission undertook an all-inclusive analysis, which led to deplete in the cut off marks and hence revision of result.
The primary demand of the aspirants is for the SSC to pursue the cases related to CGl 2016 with urgency and their joining be started as soon as possible. Recently, the same happened in the case of CGl 2012, where an additional result list of 286 candidates was declared on January 15.