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The
Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC), which conducts the state
civil services examination, is set to cancel its preliminary exam scheduled
on February 10, 2013.
Reason
for this cancellation is not a single department of the state government
has informed the MPSC about its requirement of officers so far.
The
cancellation of the Maharashtra State Civil Services (or Rajyasava) exam
for the recruitment of class I officers in the state services will affect
more than3.5 lakh candidates.
The
MPSC had announced the tentative dates of the preliminary exam on its
website, and was set to announce the dates in city newspapers on
December12. The departments were asked to send in their requirements by
November 30, but even after a month, MPSC has not received any response.
“When
we asked a few departments what the hold-up was, they said all documents
were destroyed in the fire that gutted Mantralaya in June, due to which
they are unable to chalk out their needs. We have no choice but to cancel
the exam for now,” said a top official at MPSC.
MP
Jadhav, under-secretary MPSC (preliminary exam), said, “We are writing to
the MPSC (main) about the cancellation of the prelims. The next date will
be announced only when we get a response from the government.”
Jadhav
clarified that they need at least three months to conduct the exam after
receiving departments’ proposals.
As
most state departments suffer from a staff crunch, MPSC had decided to hold
the civil services exam twice a year from 2013 onwards. However, officials
now say that it looks difficult now.
In
2012, the preliminary exam was conducted in June after much delay, and the
main exam was held in September. Currently, candidates are being
interviewed for 432 posts available across Maharashtra.
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