The long wait of State Civil Service aspirants is over as the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) has announced notification for Civil Services examination 2021. A total of 252 vacancies will be filled through JPSC examination for various posts including — Deputy Collector, Assistant Municipal Commissioner, District Coordinator, Jail Superintendent, and others.
This exam is being held to fill vacancies in various departments and organisations generated during 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. The students who have been waiting for State Civil Service Examination for long have welcomed the State government decision to conduct civil services examinations after four years.
Mahesh Kumar Mahto, a post graduate student and civil services aspirant said, “We welcome the State government decision to conduct civil service examination after four years. The government decision to conduct civil service examination will provide an opportunity for those students who are preparing for civil service examination for long.”
Echoing the views of Mahto, another civil service aspirant, Anil Murmu said, “We welcome the government decision to conduct civil service examination. Like civil service the government should conduct other examinations too which are pending for years.” Murmu said, “For students of Jharkhand, competitive examinations especially those from government jobs are top choice of students. In such a situation if the government conducts civil service examination clearing all backlogs it is a welcome step and big opportunity for students.”
Murmu also demanded that the government should declare the pending results of the examination conducted by the BJP government headed by Raghubar Das. Sources said that final results of panchayat secretaries conducted by Raghubar Das government are pending.
The final results of around 4000 panchayat secretaries are waiting. Similarly, there are backlogs and vacancies in several departments for the examination which are conducted by State Staff Selection Commission (SSSC).
Meanwhile, for JPSC a total of 252 vacancies will be filled through a preliminary exam, a main written exam and personal interview. Application forms for the exam will be available from February 15 and candidates can fill and submit it within March 15.
The upper age limit for candidates belonging to the general category is 35 years. The minimum age limit is 21 years. The minimum educational qualification required for this exam is graduation. “There shall be no limitation on the number of attempts, if a candidate is eligible otherwise,” the Jharkhand public service commission has said.
The preliminary exam will be objective type and will be held for selection to the main exam, which will be a written exam. “The number of candidates to be admitted to the main written exam will be approximately 15 times the total number of vacancies to be filled in the year of the various services and posts,” said a JPSC official.