ES Reporter

ITANAGAR, Jun 19:  The All Nyishi Students’ Union (ANSU) has sought for structural reforms in the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) examinations which it opined must be implemented before conduct of any state civil examinations in coming days.
Addressing reporters at the press club here on Saturday, ANSU president Nabam Dodum warned the Commission not to announce any new examination related proceedings to be initiated without redressal of the Union’s charter of demand within 25 days from the date of receipt of the representation.
He said the union demands for Permanent Residential Certificate (PRC) to be made mandatory prerequisite for the examinations, stating that the APPSCCE 2020 had witnessed a total of six non-APST candidates cleared the examination acquiring entry into the state’s administrative structure.
“This is a matter of concern as the development has opened a floodgate for all aspirants from entire country to appear in the state examination, which is a threat to the APST candidates,” he added, stating that the role of the Commission is extremely critical in protecting the indigenous interest of the state on various fronts, socio-economic and geopolitically.
He said there has not been a topper from outside the state in the State Civil Service Examination in any of the Northeastern states other than Arunachal Pradesh till date, as the rest of the northeastern states do not allow outsiders to appear in the examination and the same should be practiced in the state. 
The union also demanded for immediate revocation of the clause 2(iii) of the Commission’s office memorandum (OM) No. AR-23025/2/2022 SECT-1-AR/203 dated 10 June, 2022 by issuing a corrigendum stating mandatory compliance of 1:3 ratio, so as to uphold the sanctity of a competitive examination.
The state department of administrative reforms has recently issued the OM-2022 which states that in case the number of candidates with at least 33% marks in each paper is less than three times the number of vacancies, all candidates securing 33% marks in each paper shall be called for the viva-voce test.
He said the partially modified OM-22 blatantly contradicts the very objective of the OM No. 54/2006 dated 7 January, 2008 (Annexure ‘B’), which prescribes the procedure of selection of candidates for appearing in viva-voce test for all examinations for appointment of Groups A, B and C services under the state government.
He also informed that the union demands for review and revise the Physical Standard Test (PST) and Physical Efficiency Test (PET) for the Arunachal Pradesh Police Service, transparency in Right to Information (RTI) framework by making it accessible to answer scripts of candidates.
The other demands of the union includes set-up of a ‘Dedicated Appraisal and Grievances Redressal Cell’ to address any examination related issues within 30 days in time, inclusion of regional topics and immediate official response to the previous demands of the union placed vide representation No. ANSU/APPSC/CM/2021-05 dated 9 September, 2021.
The union also said that in order to make the recruitment process fair, transparent and free from any form of prejudices, the chairman and members of the APPSC must be a former retired Civil Servant of the state, and members must have at least 10 years of experience under central or state government.

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Kenter Joya Riba

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