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| Makhdoomi apprises Governor of irregularities in PSC | | `KCS result notification unauthorized, illegal' | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 4: The Public Service Commission (PSC) has been accused of violating rules for selection of gazette officers for civil and judicial services. The allegation, this time has, has been leveled by an insider. A member who recently retired has apprised the Governor of the unhealthy trend in the PSC. The Governor has been told that the chairman, SL Bhat had been reduced to a `rubber stamp'. The member, Javed Makhdoomi through a communication said that the result notification of junior judges issued on November 16 had not been signed by three of the four members of the PSC. Makhdoomi said a particular member and Secretary had played a vital role in sidelining the chairman.
Makhdoomi's communication is supported by vital documents which reveal that the chairman had been urged repeatedly by three members Kulbushan Jandial and Masood Samoon besides Makhdoomi to make the selection process transparent. However, the chairman, documents reveal, continued with the trend much to the dismay of the three members. He (chairman) did not seek Commission's approval for notifying the judicial examination results. Pertinent to mention, the approval of the Commission is mandatory for such notifications.
Makhdoomi admits having sent a communication to the Governor. Talking to news men he said somebody has to take the initiative to set things right in the commission. "When three out of four members have expressed serious reservations about the function of the Commission, some one has to come forward to set things right", he said. Describing the judicial examination result notification as illegal, he has requested the Governor to order a probe into the irregularity. Makhdoomi's communication, it was reliably learnt, s being forwarded to the Governor for appropriate action.
According to Makhdoomi, only one member Khazir Mohamamd Wani was taken on board before issuing the notification. The PSC rules require that the selection lists and result notifications must be approved by a quorum comprising half of the members of the Commission plus one. Makhdoomi has demanded cancellation of the notification. The PSC had been operating with just four members as against a vacancy of eight. And, with the retirement of Makhdoomi, the Commission cannot even have the quorum for issuing notifications and selection lists. Presently no Government department is referring vacancies to the commission in total violation of the SRO-166 dated June 14, 2005 which makes it mandatory to refer all vacancies to the commission by the 15th of January every year.
The interview of 202 candidates who passed the screening test is being scheduled by the commission. However, the Chief Justice of the J&K High Court has not deputed any of the judges to assist the PSC panel in holding the viva voce. Repeated attempts to contact the chairman and the Secretary of the Commission bore no fruit. |
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