APSC rubbishes allegations of favouritism in recruitment

The Assam Public Service Commission today refuted allegations of favouritism in the recruitment process to the post of Director of Agriculture.
The APSC also asserted that all measures were taken to ensure proper transparency in the selection process.
Reacting to yesterday's allegation by an NGO, Assam Public Works (APW), APSC chairman (in-charge) Brig (retd) Ranjit Borthakur said "The Commission tried to get maximum clarifications on requisite qualifications for senior level posts and experience in work, which were not clear in the government advertisement published on June 17, 2016".
"The Commission has been making concerted efforts towards fair and time-bound recruitment process," Borthakur said.

"It would have been highly appreciated if APW had approached the Commission to seek clarification on any of the issues at any time," he said at a press meet here, flanked by two other members of the Commission.
The new dispensation of the APSC led by Borthakur was appointed by the state government after the arrest of its chairman Rakesh Paul, its members Dr Samedur Rahman and Basanta Kumar Doley, besides its assistant controller of examinations Pabitra Kaibarta last year in connection with a cash for job scam.

The Commission has been making efforts to declare results within two days of conducting interviews for various government posts and due weightage was being given to experts in the interview panel unlike earlier times, the chairman said.

He said there was acute shortage of members in the seven-member APSC Commission with only three members presently working and the post of a woman member in the Commission lying vacant for a long time.
A workshop has also been scheduled for adopting the UPSC pattern with a new syllabus in collaboration with the Assam Administrative Staff College on March 31 to be attended by chairmen of UPSC and other North East states Public Service Commissions and university Vice Chancellors, he added.