Patiala, December 22
The Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) has doubled the application fee for various posts. The move has not gone down well with the aspirants who claim that instead of giving respite to the unemployed youth, the government is finding ways to mint money from them.
Sources said the PPSC had advertised for 120 posts on December 9, inviting applications for 23 posts of executive magistrate, 10 of deputy superintendent of police, 16 of deputy superintendent of jail, 52 of excise and taxation officer and six of tehsildar. The PPSC has fixed the application fee of Rs 3,000 for the general category, almost double than what was charged last year.
Ex-servicemen will have to shell out Rs 500, differently abled Rs 1,750 and SC category applicants Rs 1,125. The candidates will have to apply online and deposit Rs 3,000 in State Bank of Patiala after downloading the bank challan from the PPSC website.
The fee paid by the candidate is not refundable, reads the noting on the website.
A candidate said: "The government is out to pocket money from jobless youth. There would be many who would apply for the second or third time, which means every time they fail, they end up losing their money."
Last year, the PPSC conducted recruitment test for 160 posts, for which around 44,000 candidates appeared. The PPSC thus earned over Rs 6 crore. Besides, the candidates who cleared the preliminary examination also deposited Rs 3,000 as fee for the main test.
A senior PPSC functionary confirmed that the fee had been hiked by the government. "The PPSC merely executed the orders," he stated.
Members of district unit of the Aam Aadmi Party, through a memorandum to the Secretary, Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC), have urged the government to rollback the hike.
Lt Gen (retd) MS Buttar, PPSC Chairman, too said the commission only followed the government orders on application fee.
The Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) has doubled the application fee for various posts. The move has not gone down well with the aspirants who claim that instead of giving respite to the unemployed youth, the government is finding ways to mint money from them.
Sources said the PPSC had advertised for 120 posts on December 9, inviting applications for 23 posts of executive magistrate, 10 of deputy superintendent of police, 16 of deputy superintendent of jail, 52 of excise and taxation officer and six of tehsildar. The PPSC has fixed the application fee of Rs 3,000 for the general category, almost double than what was charged last year.
Ex-servicemen will have to shell out Rs 500, differently abled Rs 1,750 and SC category applicants Rs 1,125. The candidates will have to apply online and deposit Rs 3,000 in State Bank of Patiala after downloading the bank challan from the PPSC website.
The fee paid by the candidate is not refundable, reads the noting on the website.
A candidate said: "The government is out to pocket money from jobless youth. There would be many who would apply for the second or third time, which means every time they fail, they end up losing their money."
Last year, the PPSC conducted recruitment test for 160 posts, for which around 44,000 candidates appeared. The PPSC thus earned over Rs 6 crore. Besides, the candidates who cleared the preliminary examination also deposited Rs 3,000 as fee for the main test.
A senior PPSC functionary confirmed that the fee had been hiked by the government. "The PPSC merely executed the orders," he stated.
Members of district unit of the Aam Aadmi Party, through a memorandum to the Secretary, Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC), have urged the government to rollback the hike.
Lt Gen (retd) MS Buttar, PPSC Chairman, too said the commission only followed the government orders on application fee.
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