UPSC Rejects Arunachal Government's Plea To Conduct Recruitment Exams

The Union Public Service Commission has rejected the request of the Arunachal Pradesh government to conduct exams for Group A and B posts in the northeastern state, an official said on Wednesday. The state government had requested the UPSC to conduct the exams as per the recruitment-related policy of the state for the vacant Group A and B posts, till the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission is reconstituted and made functional. Replying to the state government’s plea, the UPSC in a recent letter to the state chief secretary recently said that according to rules, it “is not permissible when a duly constituted public service commission is functioning in the state.” APPSC Chairman Nipo Nabam and all of its members, except one, have resigned in the wake of the question paper leak scam that surfaced in the assistant engineer exam conducted by the Commission. In the letter, the UPSC noted that the APPSC is “still functioning with one member of commission… It is a settled principle of law that a Constitutional/Statutory provision casting a duty on a designated authority has to be discharged only by that authority and none else…” State Administrative Reforms Secretary Ajay Chagti said as the UPSC refused to conduct the examination, an Responding to the demand of the All Nyishi Students Union and Pan Arunachal Joint Steering Committee, the state government had written to the UPSC to conduct the examination.