The commission was to start the DySP & mamlatdar level interviews from July 20.
The Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC) has once more come under fire from various sides.
Though it had planned to hold interviews for successful candidates of written test for posts like deputy superintendent of police (DySP) and mamlatdar from July 20, a petition filed in the high court against the scaling method used by the body, stalled the entire process.
According to an official in the commission, the interviews will not be held till the Gujarat high court gives a decision on the petition, or asks the commission to go ahead with the interview process.
"The interviews have been postponed infinitely as it (hearing) could take from couple of weeks to months," the official said. The writ was filed by some of the candidates, who alleged partiality in the scaling process from the beginning to give leverage to certain individuals. The selection body has already withdrawn an advertisement regarding the interview process from its website.
What's more, GPSC has also come under fire for the way it had planned the interview process, which was to last more than three months. The commission had sought help from the government and asked it to post two secretary-level officers for the whole duration.
According to sources, three more people were expected to be on the interview board. One of them is a retired deputy secretary from the general administration department of the state government and two retired GEB engineers.
The severe censure of commission's attitude towards the whole process is also driven by the fact that these are high positions in the state police and administration, they being just a level below the posts held by IAS and IPS officers.
A number of these officials selected through this process later get promoted to Gujarat cadre of central services.
A senior bureaucrat pointed out that Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) usually forms up to 20 boards to conduct interviews in regular manner. "Moreover, these boards have number of experts, including very senior retired bureaucrats and even psychoanalysts," he said, questioning, "With this type of a selection board, what is the quality of candidates that GPSC is aiming to select?"
In addition, sources in the state government said the secretaries whose names were proposed to be part of interview panel have also expressed their displeasure about the way the entire process has been planned.
Most of them opine that a 3-month long interview process for over 1,000 candidates divided in daily batches of 17 candidates each would have left them with little time to take care of their regular duties.
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