Punjab Pharmacy Officer Recruitment Put on Hold by High Court Amid Faridkot Paper Leak Row
The court said the 454-post selection cannot proceed until the next hearing as candidates seek cancellation and a fresh test.
- The Punjab and Haryana High Court stayed the recruitment process for 454 Pharmacy Officer posts until September 17, following a plea by Keshav Kamboj seeking cancellation of the July 19 examination.
- Punjab Police dismantled an inter-state cheating racket during the July 19 exam conducted by Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, seizing 27 battery-operated wireless cheating devices from arrested suspects.
- Nearly 7,000 candidates sat for the exam across 25 centers in Faridkot, Kotkapura, and Ferozepur, while the racket charged desperate candidates between Rs 3.5 lakh and Rs 13 lakh to guarantee passing marks.
- While the ruling Aam Aadmi Party denied a paper leak occurred, students held large-scale protests demanding a fresh examination, and opposition parties called for resignations of Health Minister Balbir Singh and Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains.
- The High Court will determine the recruitment process's future during the next hearing on September 17, as student organizations continue pressing for an impartial investigation and a secure, transparent system for all examinations.
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Punjab HC stays appointment of 454 pharmacy officers over cheating racket row
The BJP attacked Arvind Kejriwal after the Punjab and Haryana High Court stayed 454 pharmacy officer appointments in Punjab. The order has sharpened questions over the state's recruitment process and AAP's political silence.
Punjab & Haryana HC Stays Pharmacy Officers' Recruitment Amid Cheating Row
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The order, dated August 10, said that the appointment process pursuant to the university's June 11 advertisement has been stalled due to the pendency of the writ petition. The court directed that the recruitment process shall remain stayed until the next date of hearing, which has been fixed for September 17 this year. India News | Punjab & Haryana HC Stays Pharmacy Officers' Recruitment Amid…
Punjab: HC stays appointment of 454 pharmacy officers till September 17
<p>Chandigarh, Aug 12 (PTI): The Punjab and Haryana High Court has put a stay on the process to appoint 454 pharmacy officers in Punjab till the next date of hearing on September 17.</p><p>The stay order by Justice Sandeep Moudgil came on a plea filed by Keshav Kamboj and others, seeking the cancellation of the written examination conducted for the recruitment of 454 pharmacy officers under the department of health and family welfare in Punjab o…
Punjab Pharmacy Officers' Recruitment Halted By High Court Over Cheating Row
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed the appointment process for the posts advertised by Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, keeping the appointments on hold until the next hearing on September 17.
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