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Before leaving office, Kerala Governor Rajendra Arlekar recommended removing the Public Service Commission chairman and members over severe evaluation irregularities, prompting a political row over alleged constitutional overreach and uncooperative conduct.
The Kerala Crime Branch uncovered recruitment irregularities in three more Public Service Commission posts, involving manipulated qualifications, university bias and copied exam questions, with preliminary investigation reports set for submission.
Kerala's Home Department ordered a Crime Branch probe into alleged marks manipulation during a 2010 PSC Sub-Inspector examination, following complaints that corrupt officials unlawfully shortlisted ineligible candidates over complainant V Lijikumar.
The Kerala Crime Branch alleged that the Public Service Commission manipulated a recruitment examination by deliberately skipping question evaluations to favour the top candidate, while the commission dismissed the lapse as technical.
The KPSC is challenging prosecution for exam irregularities, arguing its constitutional autonomy means the state cannot sanction charges against its staff for an inadvertent evaluation error.
Kerala Crime Branch insists on questioning PSC members over exam malpractice, rejecting the PSC's offer to record statements at their office.
Kerala's government will extend 18 teacher rank lists by six months due to appointment delays, and establish three new NDPS special courts.
Jharkhand cancelled 44 recruitments since 2014 over irregularities. Protesting candidates demand investigations, not outright cancellation of their appointments. A CID probe is widening, with arrests made. The government promises reforms to restore confidence.
Kerala PSC exams faced serious evaluation irregularities, with a Left-affiliated candidate allegedly manipulated into first rank. Investigators are examining political interference and identifying officials involved.
Kerala PSC faces controversy as the same exam questions were used for two candidate batches, raising leak concerns.
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