ATSUM advises MPSC to be cautious
Source: Chronicle News Service
Kangpokpi, April 16 2023:
All Tribal Students' Union Manipur (ATSUM) is hopeful that Manipur Public Service Commission (MPSC) will not repeat its past mistake with regard to the addition of 43 junior MCS / SDC seats.
ATSUM appreciated the state government for its prompt and decisive action to address the shortfall of sub-deputy collectors/Junior MCS officers by creating 43 more posts from the merit list of the 2016 (2022) MCSCCE exam.
It stated that the lack of administrative staff has led to severe problems of administrative inefficiency in the state, as the last successful recruitment was conducted in 2014, after a gap of nine years.
The students' body continued that the MCSCCE 2016 saga has brought many hardships to the candidates who appeared and reappeared every stage of the exam - prelims, mains and personality test - twice between 2016 and 2022, with some having even been terminated after two and half years of service, for reasons of irregularities not attributed to the candidates but the MPSC and its rule.
This peculiar and exceptional chain of events has never been observed anywhere else in the country, hence it deserves all special consideration, it added.
ATSUM then said, "Henceforth, we hope the MPSC will not repeat its mistake.
We believe that the addition of 43 seats will not only helps in strengthening the state administration but provides some justice and relief to the candidates who have appeared in the same exam twice over".
"Concurrently, we appeal to the government that the officials responsible for the fiasco of MCSCCE 2016, should be brought to justice at the earliest, and provide relief to the innocent," ATSUM added.