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JKSSB recruitment scam: HC allows JKSSB to proceed with selection process
However, the division bench of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh high court has restricted the JKSSB from announcing the results till the disposal of a writ petition that challenged the entire process to select police sub-inspectors, junior engineers and other staff.
JAMMU: A day after a single bench of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh high court cancelled the examination conducted recently by the J&K Services Selection Board (JKSSB) for the posts of police sub-inspectors and junior engineers in the Jal Shakti department, the division bench comprising Justice Sindhu Sharma and Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul on Friday allowed JKSSB to proceed with the exams.
However, the division bench has restricted the JKSSB from announcing the results till the disposal of a writ petition that challenged the entire process to select police sub-inspectors, junior engineers and other staff.
Acting upon a petition filed by JKSSB via advocate general DC Raina in a case JKSSB versus Vinkal Sharma and others, Justice Sharma and Justice Koul stayed the impugned judgment of the single bench and allowed the JKSSB to proceed with the selection process.
“JKSSB shall proceed with the selection process of JE (Jal Shakti department) and sub-inspector (home department). However, results of the same shall await further orders from this court,” read the concluding part of an order issued by the division bench.
On Thursday single bench judge Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal, in a writ petition filed by Vinkal Sharma and others, ordered the cancellation of the examinations conducted by the JKSSB.
Justice Nargal had also directed the government to constitute a high-level committee headed by not less than a retired high court judge to inquire into the conduct of the JKSSB.
Justice Nargal had also directed the government to carry out a probe into brazen irregularities conducted by the JKSSB and initiate appropriate action against those found guilty.
“The government is hereby directed to constitute a high-level committee headed by not less than a retired high court judge to inquire into the conduct of JKSSB for their brazen irregularities and illegalities in changing the terms and conditions of the tender, also as to what weighed with them to award a contract to conduct an examination by an organisation which has previously facilitated malpractices in public examinations and accordingly appropriate action be initiated against those found guilty,” he had observed.
Justice Nargal also stated that by its own act of omission and commission, the functioning of JKSSB does not inspire confidence in holding public examinations.
“It has become incumbent on all stakeholders to review the functioning of the board,” the high court had said.
