Selection of Group-I candidates done in transparent method, says service panel member

The choice of candidates in Group-I Mains exams was done in a transparent method, scrupulously following the rule guide, mentioned the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) member Shaik Salam Babu, right here on Thursday.

Addressing a press convention, Mr. Salam Babu dismissed as baseless the allegations being made in opposition to the Commission with regard to irregularities in choice of candidates in the Group-I exams and mentioned they solely introduced disrepute to the credibility of the Commission.

Referring to the allegation that 70 candidates had been chosen underneath sports activities quota, he mentioned that there was no fact in it. Candidates of all classes got equal alternatives and selection of language they needed to write down their examination in. He mentioned the candidates had been requested to add their sports activities certificates and first precedence was given to a gold medal in the Olympics. The certificates had been then ratified by the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh (SAAP).

Speaking in regards to the alleged trade of booklets by candidates on the examination centres in locations like Kakinada and Srikakulam, the Commission member sought to make clear that as per the norms, broken booklets had been changed with the buffer booklets.

There was additionally no fact in experiences that there have been loopholes in digital valuation of the papers, he mentioned, informing that the Commission had intently studied the assorted points of digital valuation being adopted in different states for 2 months and solely after it was satisfied that it was a fool-proof system, it determined to go forward and implement it in the State.

Replying to a question, Mr. Salam Babu mentioned the Commission had discretionary powers to vary the ratio of the choice of candidates. He mentioned the outcome would at all times depend upon the candidates’ effectivity and the examination sample. “There have been circumstances of candidates who couldn’t succeed in Group-III exams however they cracked the Group-I exams and vice-versa.

He mentioned reforms had been introduced in the Commission which has been functioning in probably the most transparent method and it will be at all times able to make clear doubts if any. However, the Commission norms didn’t enable revaluation of reply sheets, he clarified.

Referring to calls for that the quantity of posts be elevated in the job calendar launched just lately, Mr. Salam Babu mentioned because the Commission didn’t have the facility to do it, it had taken the difficulty to the discover of the federal government.

Leaders of numerous pupil organisations, in the meantime, staged a protest exterior the Commission workplace demanding that the quantity of posts in the job calendar be elevated to make sure justice to the unemployed youth in the State.