POSTS OF FOOD INSPECTOR

Scrap recruitment test, demand Cong, CPI
Sarbjit Dhaliwal
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 25
The Congress and the CPI today urged the state government to scrap the examination conducted to recruit food inspectors in view of the ongoing controversy.

It was reported today that all candidates who appeared in a particular centre had been declared successful whereas from other centres only eight to 10 candidates have cleared the test.

PPCC spokesman Sukhpal Singh Khaira said the examination was conducted in a haphazard manner denying opportunity to thousands of candidates who failed to appear because of traffic jams.

He said the SAD-BJP government which had made tall promises such as unemployment allowance before the assembly elections should at least conduct recruitments in a fair and transparent manner.

Without realising that how such a large number of candidates would arrive in Chandigarh from places like Ferozepur, Fazilka, Dera Baba Nanak etc for the test, the Punjab Government went ahead with the test which was reportedly rigged at certain centres.

CPI leader Dr Joginder Dayal said irregularities in the test had been proved. He said the state government, which collected about Rs 10 crore from candidates as application fee should first refund the money and reconduct the test without charging anything from them.

On behalf of the state government, Panjab University had conducted the test to recruit 461 food inspectors on December 15. Of the 1.92 lakh candidates, only 1.20 lakh could appear in the test because many were caught in traffic jams. The result of the test was declared yesterday.