Controversy surrounding the JPSC is refusing to die down. After some members of the high-level Advisory Committee lodged their protest about the limited working area vested into it, the Government has come out with clarification suggesting no scope for reconsideration.
“It is crystal clear that the Advisory Committee is not an enquiry committee looking into the results of the 5th Civil Services examinations. We have to find out what are the basic problems which lead to such a situation time and again. It is unfair to corner the JPSC every time when it has to act as per the requisitions and directions sent by the Government,” Parliamentary Affairs Minister and head of the six-member panel Saryu Roy told The Pioneer on Monday.
The committee was formed after persistent stalemate continued in the Assembly for four days in a row and disrupted the proceedings. Announcing the Advisory Committee, Chief Minister Raghubar Das had said that it would look into the process of the examinations being conducted by the JPSC as well as the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission.
Notwithstanding the steps the very first meeting of the panel saw differences flying out as JVM’s Pradeep Yadav demanded expanding its jurisdiction.
“We believe the committee is not going to serve any purpose if it does not look into the objections raised about the 5th JPSC result. There are some serious allegations about misconduct the panel should study those and present a detailed report,” said Yadav, reiterating the stand of Opposition members.
Another panel member even threatened to boycott the future meetings of the panel which may jeopardise the ultimate purpose of the Advisory Committee. Regardless of all these, the Government is unwilling to revisit the decision.
“It is the Government that provides terms and conditions based on that the exams are conducted. It is also not under the jurisdiction of the Government to review the results published and dictate terms to the Commission. let’s see what transpires in the next meeting scheduled for Thursday,” added Roy.
The Advisory Committee formed on March 2, has six members from different parties and given 15 days’ time to submit its recommendations to the Government after examining the requisitions sent to both the recruiting commissions.