TMC demands fair conduct of US and AO exams

GANGTOK, 26 June: Sikkim Pradesh Trinamool Congress [SPTMC] has written to the Sikkim Public Service Commission [SPSC] demanding fair conduct of examination for the posts of Under Secretary and Accounts Officer to be held on 20 July 2014.

In view of the manner in which the prelims were conducted and cancelled by the SPSC last year, SPTMC general secretary, Tshering Wangchuk Lepcha has demanded that this time, the mistakes should not be repeated and all precautions should be taken to ensure transparent and fair conduct of the exams.

Amongst the demands are that question paper should be sealed packed and should be shown by the respective invigilators to all the aspiring applicants before being distributed, a formal declaration of the way in which the exams would be conducted to be published in newspapers and oath of secrecy to be taken by SPSC officials which should be published in newspapers as well.

Further stating that the Public Service Commission is the backbone of the country’s administration and it’s sanctity under Article 315 of the Indian Constitution gives it the status of Independent Constitutional institution, Mr Lepcha has said that legal action would be taken against SPSC if it repeats its earlier mistakes.