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PSC sees plot to discredit it

By Our Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DEC. 27. The Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC) has decried what it termed a conspiracy to destroy its credibility through protests and campaigns.

The Commission said in a press release here on Saturday that there was no justification for demanding the resignation of its Chairman because a Government employee in Thiruvananthapuram had leaked the question paper of the test for recruitment of L.D. clerks. As to the leak in Kollam district, the campaign had been launched after the main accused had been identified.

The PSC, the release said, held discussions with the Government in this regard. Investigation teams under two Inspector Generals of Police have been deputed to detect the case. Available information suggests that the questions were leaked from the examination centre. So, the PSC decided to end the practice of sending question papers in advance to the centres. Now, PSC officials directly deliver the question papers on the day of the examination and collect the answer scripts.

It said that there was no justification for the campaign that questions papers had been leaked in all districts. Different question papers had been used in different districts. To ensure extra secrecy, the question papers had been divided into four parts. Different persons prepared questions for each part. Sealed questions for each part were then selected at random and sent to press for printing in secret.

It said the PSC had been able to speed up the selection process recently. Rank-lists were being published at stipulated time. Backlog was also being cleared. Of the 95 lakh pending applications, 85 lakh had been cleared. The applications remaining now for processing were only 35 lakhs. This would be cleared by next year.

It said that the selections held for the posts of sub-inspector were now being used as a tool to criticise the Chairman and the Commission by the campaigners. They were ignoring the fact that courts had upheld the selection process.

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