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PSC exam complainant Shyam Krishnan tops revised rank list
Thiruvananthapuram: Shyam Krishnan, who exposed irregularities in the Kerala PSC examination for Planning Board Chief, has secured first rank in the revised list published after re-evaluation and interviews. He moved up from third rank, Arun J Prathap, who had earlier held first rank and joined the Planning Board, slipped to fifth.
Shyam’s complaint revealed the PSC had published the initial rank list without evaluating 10 questions carrying 58 marks. His score rose from 39 to 59.50 marks after fresh evaluation. The PSC will write to the state government seeking Arun’s dismissal, but with only one post and the error being the PSC’s own, legal challenges are expected.
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The revised rank list puts Shyam Krishnan first but leaves the Planning Board with one post and two candidates who have both been certified by the PSC at different times. Shyam cannot join unless Arun J Prathap is removed, which requires a government decision that the PSC itself acknowledges may trigger litigation. The year-long re-evaluation corrected a 58-mark error, but the commission’s own admission that the post is single and the fault was its own means a simple replacement is not legally certain. The next move is the PSC’s letter to the state government seeking dismissal, which will test whether the process can conclude without a court case.
Source: onmanorama.com
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