Headless JPSC leaves over 1k job aspirants waiting

Ranchi: Pending interviews of 1,250 assistant engineers have been put on hold owing to the absence of Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) chairman. The recruitment of assistant engineers is pending for over seven years now.
Amitabh Chaudhary, who was the chairman of JPSC, retired on July 5.
Raj Kumar, who hails from Dhurwa, has completed his BTech in civil engineering from BIT Mesra and is waiting for the job since 2015. “I secured an education loan to finish my studies. The delay has started to hurt me financially as I cannot repay my loans,” Kumar claimed.
Priti Kumari of Palamu said, “ I lost both my parents during the Covid pandemic and I have two sisters who are dependent on me. Being an elder sister, I need to take care of them and for that I need a job.
She added, “I have worked really hard for five years to pass the preliminary and main examinations. Even after five years of waiting for this position, my interview is still on hold because the chairman of the constituting body JPSC retired on July 5 and his position is vacant.”
Candidates for the JPSC have demanded the appointment of the chairman as soon as possible so that their interview process can resume and be finalised.
Sourav Singh from Chatra is the son of a paper seller who lost his father during Covid and has been waiting for this job for seven years. Talking to TOI about the struggle of his life, he said, “My father has struggled a lot to educate me. I have worked very hard to clear all the stages of JPSC exams, including Mains, Prelims and the interview process but my appointment is on hold.”
Ajita Bhattacharya, senior member of JPSC, said, “We have also been awaiting the selection of a chairman so that the previously halted interviews of the remaining 40% of the candidates can be restarted soon.”
The aspirants have been waiting for seven years for the JPSC job recruitment process of 2015 which was cancelled that year but held again in 2017.
The prelims exam was conducted in January 2020 and the mains exam was conducted in 2021. The interview process started on May 29 but was put on hold on June 6.