royalpatiala.in News Impact: soothing news for PCS aspirants; Govt invites application for commission members

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royalpatiala.in News Impact: soothing news for PCS aspirants; Govt invites application for commission members

Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ February 8,2024

royalpatiala.in News portal had highlighted in its column, how the state civil services aspirants are still going to wait to fulfill their dreams even after the appointment of much awaited chairman of Punjab public service commission (PPSC).

Recently Jatinder Singh Aulakh has been appointed as the chairman of Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) by the state government after around ten months of the retirement of its regular chairman Jagbans Singh Powar. The commission was deferring the exams as no regular chairman was appointed by the government.

Even after the appointment of chairman of Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) the commission doesn’t have full strength to select or appoint officers on key posts due to the vacant seats of its members. The PPSC has a one post of chairman and five posts of members.To overcome this hurdle, Punjab govt has invited application for the four posts of member, Punjab Public Service Commission as the term of a member is going to expire in 2025.

As per available information, the government has demanded application for two official and two non-official members for Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC)

The applicant, who have held office for atleast 10 years under the Government of India or under the Government of State is eligible to apply for the post of member (official).

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Similarly, any person of eminence in public with the knowledge and experience in Law, Science and Technology, Social Service, Management, Journalism, Mass Media , Administration, Governance or are Educationists of repute or have obtained high academic distinction or are members of any learned profession can apply for the post of member (non-official).

The applicants can send their applications to Secretary, Personnel, Government of Punjab (PP-3 Branch), Room No. 14, 6th Floor, Punjab Civil Secretariat , Sector 1, Chandigarh by 5:00 pm on February 22,2024. The applicant should be less than 62 years of age.

royalpatiala.in News Impact: soothing news for PCS aspirants; Govt invites application for commission members. At present beside Jatinder Singh Aulakh as chairman three members namely Gurpartap Singh Maan, Supreet Singh Ghuman and Harmohan Kaur Sandhu remained in the commission as two seats are already vacant. Recently the term of Dr Manpreet Kaur Chattwal has also ended.

Out of these three, the term of two other members are going to end next month. The term of Gurpartap Singh Maan and Supreet Singh Ghuman is ending on March 12,2024 whereas the term of  Harmohan Kaur Sandhu is ending on August 19,2025. Even the term of newly appointed chairman Jatinder Singh Aulakh is going to end on January 3,2025.

PCS aspirants still have to wait for PPSC to start recruitment process; one member retired, two to retire next month