The Jammu and Kashmir administration has widened the net in paper leakage scam taking into its accont a number of more written examinations conducted by the Services Selection Board (SSB) in March this year amid reports that some more question papers might have been leaked which went undetected.
The J&K Sub Inspectors written test examination, was conducted in March while two more papers—Financial Accounts Assistants (FAAs) and JE Civil were also conducted in the same month.
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“Something has definitely gone wrong in the examinations held in March and, therefore, the administration has taken up inquiry into FAA and JE Civil examinations also and a report is expected to be submitted to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha soon,” sources said.
Merit list of FAAs for 972 posts has been declared while that of JE Civil for 103 posts is yet to be announced.
A decision is yet to be taken whether the SSB will conduct examinations on its own or will hire another agency, they said, but added that no examinations will be conducted through Merit Track ( a Banglore based agency) till inquiries into the paper scam including the one ordered through Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and another going on by top officials of the administration, are completed.
“Role of the paper conducting agency is definitely under scanner though it hasn’t been indicted,” sources said, adding that the SSB had hired the agency since 2013 for conduct of written examinations.
They confirmed that the administration has taken over inquiry into two more examinations the written marks of one of which were declared by the SSB recently after which complaints of paper leakage like the Sub Inspectors written examination which has been cancelled by the Government and CBI inquiry recommended into it, surfaced.
“The inquiry is on and nothing can be said at this stage as to whether the paper had been leaked or not,” sources said, adding the report will be ready in next few days.
The report, they said, will be submitted to the Government which will take a final decision on whether to cancel the examination or not.
They said it is not possible to say that the other examinations in which the results have been declared and candidates are selected are under scanner or not especially in the cases where recruitments have been finalized and candidates have joined the services.
The CBI will register the FIR in Sub Inspectors written paper leakage scam shortly as it has already obtained permission from the CBI headquarters as well as the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). After registration of FIR, those connected with the exam will be called for questioning.
As per sources, the question paper for Sub Inspectors written exam was reportedly leaked in Jalandhar and sold in a Library at Akhnoor. The paper was initially sold for Rs 15 lakh while the rates were subsequently brought down.
