The CBI has registered a case to probe alleged irregularities in the conduct of the Civil Services Mains examination for 2016 organised by the Manipur Public Service Commission (MPSC).
The agency has registered the case against unidentified officials of the Commission at the behest of the Manipur High Court. The Manipur Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination (CSCCE), 2016 had selected 82 officers of the Manipur Civil Service, Manipur Police Service and allied services whose selection was quashed by the High Court.
The high court had, in October last year, quashed the examination after several aspirants approached it alleging irregularities in the selection process and also ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the matter.
The court had then instituted a two-member panel to probe the matter, which revealed “irregularities and discrepancies”, including absence of examiners’ signatures on answer scripts, manipulation of marks and allotment of marks without evaluation of answer scripts.
“The MPSC appears to have taken the examination very lightly, like a child’s play, completely forgetting that it would decide and determine the career of a candidate,” it had said while handing over the investigation to the CBI.
In November last year, the order was upheld by the SC, which told the agency to conduct a time-bound investigation.