Himachal Pradesh Junior Office Assistant Recruitment Exam Results Declared After Paper Leak Probe

The Himachal Pradesh Chayan Aayog has announced the results for the junior office assistant (information technology) recruitment exam. These results were previously withheld due to a paper leak discovered in December 2022. A total of 1,841 candidates have been allocated positions in various departments. The HPSSC was dissolved following the leak.

The Himachal Pradesh Chayan Aayog has declared the results for the recruitment exam for junior office assistant (information technology), which was previously withheld due to a paper leak discovered in December 2022, a spokesperson announced.

A total of 1,841 candidates have successfully qualified the exam they took four years ago and have been allocated positions in various departments. The results were withheld after irregularities were found in exams conducted by the Himachal Pradesh Staff Selection Commission (HPSSC), following a paper leak on December 23, 2022.

The vigilance authorities arrested senior assistant Uma Azad with the solved question paper and Rs 2.5 lakh in cash. Consequently, the HPSSC was disbanded. Meanwhile, candidates who had been on hunger strike outside the State Selection Commission office called off their protest after learning of the exam results announcement.

From the 26 vacant positions, 13 remain unfilled due to a lack of suitable candidates in specific categories, while five positions from the dissolved HPSSC have not been filled. The results of eight candidates involved in the paper leak have been withheld.

This examination was advertised in October 2020 under the post code 817. The written exam for 1,867 posts took place on March 21, 2021, with results declared on July 1, 2021. However, the typing test had not been conducted before the paper leak was discovered in December 2022, leading to results being withheld until now. After an exhaustive investigation, the state government's sub-cabinet committee approved the newly-constituted state commission to declare the results. The evaluation process, conducted in June this year, involved 5,220 candidates out of more than two lakh applicants. Of those, 1,841 have now been allocated positions based on merit.

(With inputs from agencies.)