Chandigarh, Jan 29
In a strongly worded letter to Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria, Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira has demanded immediate intervention to safeguard merit and transparency in recruitments by the Punjab Subordinate Services Selection Board (PSSSB).
Khaira highlighted corrigenda issued by PSSSB in June 2022 for advertisements including Nos. 09/2022, 10/2022, and 11/2022, which scrapped the mandatory 40% minimum marks requirement in written exams after the process had begun. He argued this mid-process change undermines fairness, erodes public trust, and disadvantages meritorious candidates who prepared under the original rules.
“Removing such a basic qualifying benchmark risks administrative inefficiency and prejudices deserving youth,” Khaira wrote, calling it arbitrary and a threat to competence standards in government hiring.
He proposed three key actions including restoration the 40% qualifying marks for all PSSSB exams, transferring Group-B post recruitments back to the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) in Patiala, a constitutional body under the Governor’s oversight with mandatory annual reporting and sought a detailed explanation from PSSSB and review affected processes to protect competent candidates.
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