VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh Government has strongly refuted the baseless, politically motivated and misleading allegations being propagated regarding Mega DSC-2025.
Addressing the media on Saturday, Education Secretary Kona Sasidhar categorically stated that every stage of the Mega DSC recruitment process was conducted transparently, fairly, and strictly in accordance with the notified rules, government orders, and legal provisions.
He said the allegations being circulated through certain newspapers, YouTube channels and social media platforms have no factual basis and are aimed solely at creating confusion among youth and tarnishing one of the most successful recruitment drives in the state’s history. Sasidhar said Mega DSC-2025 was conducted nearly seven years after the previous DSC held in 2018.
A total of 16,347 teacher posts were notified, and around 3.36 lakh candidates applied for the recruitment process.
Sasidhar stated that Mega DSC-2025 was conducted strictly in accordance with reservation rosters, notified recruitment rules and government orders. Despite numerous legal challenges, no court granted a stay against the examination process. There is no judicial finding anywhere that the Mega DSC process violated court orders or recruitment norms.
Despite facing 226 legal challenges during the course of recruitment and a total of 241 court cases overall, including one before the Supreme Court, the government successfully defended the process and completed the recruitment exercise in a record 145-148 days without any judicial interruption.
He noted that 15,941 appointment orders were ultimately issued to deserving candidates after completion of all stages of examination, verification and selection.
Rejecting allegations of question paper leakage, the education secretary clarified that Mega DSC examinations were conducted through TCS iON, one of India’s most trusted Computer-Based Testing platforms used by SSC, RRB, IBPS, NTA, IITs, IIMs, AIIMS, APPSC, APSCHE and the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Different question papers were generated for different examination sessions through a randomised question bank system comprising nearly 42,000 questions prepared under strict confidentiality by subject experts.
Dismissing claims that merit lists were never published, he explained that the recruitment process followed a transparent and publicly disclosed schedule. The merit lists contained candidate IDs, names, scores, ranks, community categories and local/non-local status. Multiple SMS alerts were sent to candidates regarding publication of scores and merit rankings. Certificate verification commenced only after publication of merit lists.
Therefore, allegations that candidates were informed solely through private messages or that merit lists were hidden are completely false. The government rejected allegations regarding reservation violations and stated that Mega DSC-2025 was among the most socially inclusive recruitment exercises ever conducted in AP.
The recruitment implemented horizontal reservations for women, persons with benchmark disabilities, ex-servicemen and meritorious sportspersons, while also incorporating SC sub-classification for the first time.
The Sports Quota recruitment process was conducted independently with complete transparency. Officials stated that no irregularity or violation of norms has been established in the sports quota selection process.
