Lacking quorum, UPPSC stops taking decisions

Allahabad | Sunday | 4th November, 2018

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We are hoping that the state government will soon complete the process of filling the vacancies." ALLAHABAD: Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) is left with only one out of eight members in its key decision-making committee, putting on halt all exam and managerial work. However, the department is yet to complete it, say officials.Following it, the most-awaited result of Provincial Civil Services (Mains) Exam-2016 is yet to be announced. A quorum of two members and chairman, UPPSC, is required for holding a meeting.Presently, there is only one member, Jairam Prasad Vaidya, left but he along with chairman Aniruddh Singh cannot take decisions regarding exams and interviews as meetings in the absence of quorum is considered null and void, say officials. The department of personnel and training had invited online applications from eligible candidates for selecting of members in April this year.The last date of submitting the form was May 25..