Shillong,Jun 5: Opposition Leader Mukul Sangma wanted the government to reconduct the written examinations to various posts in Meghalaya police following the failure of the central recruitment board (CRB) to adhere to norms.
“I will be writing to the chairman of the CRB Meghalaya Police to this effect to ensure that .as far as the written examination for this recruitment for different categories of posts is concerned, it must be reconducted,” Mukul told reporters.
He also referred to the press statement of CRB on June 3 requesting candidates to submit applications, complaints, petitions, representations or any other issues pertaining to the recently concluded written test on or before June 6, 2025, which according to him is contradicting the notification dated March 6, 2024 which clearly stated in para 18 – “The candidates will be summarily rejected at any stages of recruitment process for not conforming to the official format/having incomplete information/wrong information/incomplete submission of certificates/misrepresentation of facts/impersonation and necessary legal action will be initiated in such cases as applicable.”
The CRB in its press release had stated, “…as the written test has been successfully completed, the CRB office is contemplating on the careful examination of answer scripts and OMR sheets of all the different nine examinations, with an aim to speed up the process in order to declare result early. However, due to pouring applications requesting correction of wrongly entered roll nos, series, etc, the process is slowed down.”
“Who has called for this application? Is there any provision for the candidates to submit any petition in that regard to that direction? Does the recruitment policy provide this?” Mukul said.
“I have not seen such recruitment which has been defiled by this kind of intervention. It is an intervention in the whole recruitment process. Who has given this order to the chairman of the CRB or is it his own decision? Where has it indicated in the notice that in the event of candidates not having furnished correct roll number or etc will be able to submit any further petition for correction?” he asked.
“This whole exercise resorted to by the CRB of Meghalaya police have failed to instill trust and confidence and have failed to conform to all parameters required to fulfill by them in the whole process in as far as ensuring the integrity in the recruitment process. “The process must be declared null and void in as far as the written exams are concerned and the competing candidates must be called to appear this written exams afresh.”
He accused the government of scripting such modus operandi to engage in nepotism and favouritism in the whole process of recruitment saying the incident has generated various narratives on social media.”
“I have gone through the comments which came out as an offshoot of this press release of the CRB where there are allegations in some of the recruitment, the people on duty at the time of this written examination in some of the centres were found assisting the competing candidates…,” he said and demanded the authorities concerned to take cognizance of such allegations.
