SSC withdraws result for recruitment exam in Manipur
The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) on Monday withdrew the final results for the recruitment of ‘Constable (GD) in Central Armed Police Forces, SSF, Rifleman (GD) in Assam Rifles, and Sepoy in Narcotics Control Bureau Examination 2022’, in Manipur just days after announcing it on March 15, saying that a revised final result would soon be published.
In the notice issued by the SSC, the government said that given the law and order situation in the State, physical and medical tests were conducted in multiple phases and consequently, the data from one of these phases were missed out in the nowwithdrawn result.
‘Revised result soon’
“The revised final result in respect of Manipur incorporating the complete data of the candidates will be published shortly,” the SSC said.
The withdrawal came as the final result selecting 260 candidates for 597 vacancies in the State had led to a massive uproar from the Meitei community over claims of a disproportionate number of people from KukiZo community being selected.
The Joint Action Committee, an Imphalbased civil society organisation, had met with Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Monday for urgent intervention to correct the “unfair merit list”.
Even as the results were announced for other States in August 2023, the last round of selection for Manipur went on till February 2024, following which on March 15, the final results for the 597 vacancies in Manipur were declared, showing the selection of 260 candidates.
According to this result, of the 260 selected candidates, 150 were selected under the Scheduled Tribe quota, three were selected under the Other Backward Classes quota and 107 were selected under the Unreserved category.