ITANAGAR, Oct 29: In a major development 5 officials of the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) were suspended today with immediate effect.
The suspension orders, signed by the Secretary, APPSC, were issued today to each of the five officials.
The suspended officials are Nima Tondrang, Joint Secretary (Establishment); Bate Koyu, Deputy Secretary (Establishment); Joram Nagu, Under Secretary (Establishment); Debhasish Dey, Private Secretary and Swaroop Bhattacharjee, private assistant.
According to the suspension orders, the Secretary, Administrative Reforms, vide letter no AR-09/2022/64, dated October 29, 2022 has conveyed the direction of the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh under the provisions of Article 371H of the Constitution of India for the suspension of the officials and appropriate disciplinary proceedings are contemplated against them, said an official statement.
The orders further directed that during the period, the order is in force, the headquarters of the above officials shall be Itanagar and they would not leave without obtaining prior permission.
The APPSC officials have been suspended after several organizations including the All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) and All Nyishi Students’ Union (ANSU) demanded such a step from the State government after the question paper leak during the Assistant Engineer (AE) examination, conducted by the APPSC, surfaced in the media.
A CBI team has already arrived in Itanagar and started investigation into the question paper leak case. After its arrival in the state capital, the central investigation agency took over the case and registered a case against the teacher of a coaching institute (JEJU Institute), who is one of the main accused of the case.
