The Haryana Staff Selection Commission will conduct a written examination on August 23 to conclude the selection process that began in 2006 for recruiting physical training instructors (PTIs), in compliance with the apex court orders.
The exam for the post of the instructors will be conducted in five districts -- Kurukshetra, Karnal, Panipat, Kaithal and Hisar -- in compliance with the orders of the Supreme Court, a state government statement said here on Thursday.
This will be the first written exam in the state to be conducted at the centres amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The HSSC shall conclude the entire selection process initiated by an advertisement and the criterion notified on December 28, 2006, which is holding objective type written test of 200 marks and viva-voce of 25 marks. 'As many as 9,273 candidates have been issued admit cards for which total 95 exam centres have been established across five districts,' it said.
Instructors who were terminated due to court orders can also participate in the examination process.
In April this year, the SC had upheld the decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court quashing appointment of 1,983 PTIs in schools of Haryana in 2010, and asked the HSSC to conduct the recruitment process afresh.
The apex court had upheld the verdicts passed by the single and division benches of the high court quashing the appointment process conducted during the then Congress government.