28th BCS exam results after court hearing on 27th exams
The Public Service Commission (PSC) can publish final results of the 28th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations after the hearing on the 27th BCS exams in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court scheduled for April 25.
"We will be able to publish the final results after the hearing," PSC Chairman Dr Saadat Husain said in an interview with The Daily Star recently.
"We have almost completed necessary preparations to publish the results. If the government's appeal is granted in the hearing, we will be free from various restrictions and can go ahead with our work," he said.
Some candidates of the 27th BCS exams, who passed it but were dropped from the list of successful candidates on charges of irregularities, filed a writ petition challenging the PSC's decision.
The 28th BCS exams for 1,720 posts of different cadres were held in 2008.
Dr Saadat, who was appointed as the PSC chief during the tenure of the previous caretaker government, said the 27th BCS exam issue is mainly hampering other activities of the PSC. No corruption or irregularities took place in PSC in the last three years.
He took the helm of the PSC in May 2007 in the wake of widespread corruption and irregularities in the commission, especially question paper leakage.
"There might be some mistakes in the process of various examinations, but there were no corruption or irregularities in the last three years. No incident of question paper leakage took place during this period. Nobody can say that anyone was given job in exchange for money," Dr Saadat said.
When asked whether there was any deadlock in the commission activities, he said they have published results of 32 examinations of several non-cadre posts under different ministries within three months.
"Yes, it's true that we delayed publishing the results of some examinations, but it's also true that we have published some results within five or six months of the examinations," he said, adding that "We don't want to select any incompetent candidates."
Asked if there is any split among the commission members, he said the commission has 11 units and the number of members is 14. So, one might be unhappy if he/she does not get the charge of a unit initially, but the problem is now over.
He also said the system of the commission is that the members concerned and the chairman take the decisions regarding all issues except the very important ones and BCS exams.
"There are also some decisions, no matter how unpleasant they might be, I take on my own," he added.
Regarding some members' letter containing allegations against him, Dr Saadat said those were not allegations, rather they wrote to him what they felt. However, these problems are over.
Regarding 29th BCS examinations, he said the process is going on smoothly.
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