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Punjab HC stays pharmacy officer recruitment over cheating row
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed the appointment of 454 pharmacy officers until September 17, following allegations of an organised cheating racket in the July 19 written examination. The court…
The Story in Brief
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed the appointment of 454 pharmacy officers until September 17, following allegations of an organised cheating racket in the July 19 written examination. The court also stalled recruitment for 41 Block Programme Managers and 44 Cluster Coordinators under the Punjab State Rural Livelihoods Mission until September 2, citing irregularities in mark allocation.
A petition by Keshav Kamboj and others sought cancellation of the pharmacy officer exam. BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Thursday targeted Arvind Kejriwal over the order, questioning the Punjab government's recruitment process. The next hearings will decide whether a fresh test is needed.
The Indian Opinion
BJP's political attack on Kejriwal over a court stay risks obscuring the core issue: repeated allegations of exam rigging in Punjab. Both parties have held power, yet the state's recruitment machinery keeps failing job seekers. The real test will come on September 17, when the court examines evidence of the alleged cheating racket. Will either party demand a transparent, tamper-proof system instead of just trading barbs?
Sources (3): ndtv.com, indiatvnews.com, indiatoday.in
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Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
