The chairman of the commission, Rakesh Kumar Paul, told The Telegraph here that they had conducted the combined competitive examinations for 521 posts in 2012 and 2013 while the preliminary examinations will be conducted on September 28 for selection of candidates for another 180 posts.
“The preliminary examinations for 280 posts were conducted in 2009 but the results were delayed till 2012 because of some court cases and other hurdles. But last year, we had introduced online application system and computerised screening of answer scripts to bring in more transparency in our examination process. Since we managed to conduct the examinations in 2013 and are all set to conduct the preliminary examination for 2014 on September 28, we want to conduct the examination every year like the UPSC,” Paul said.
The commission, set up in 1937, conducts the state civil service examinations and direct recruitment to other state government departments. Those scoring highest marks are posted in state civil services followed by posts of Assam police service, superintendent of taxes, superintendent of excise, excise inspectors and inspectors of taxes.
“The state government is likely to sanction another 90 posts to be selected through our examinations in 2015. We will request the state government to sanction more posts so that we can conduct our combined examinations every year like the UPSC,” Paul said.
The commission said the number of applicants appearing in the preliminary examination of the combined competitive examinations had increased from 13,747 in 2009 to 72,000 in 2013, of which 29,000 cleared for the mains conducted in November last year. The commission has received 55,000 applications for the 2014 preliminary examinations to be conducted on September 28.
The commission’s plan comes months after its examination process came under the glare of the CID following allegation of question paper leaks. The CID, however, gave a clean chit to the commission after the question paper in doubt was not found to be a genuine one.
The commission is also planning to do away with the optional subject in the preliminary examination on the lines of the UPSC. It also moved President Pranab Mukherjee recently to offer it financial autonomy like the state commissions in Mizoram and Jammu and Kashmir.
Source: The Telegraph
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