HYDERABAD: Even as preparations are underway at the government level to issue the first set of notifications for selection of Group - II officers, fears abound among a section of job aspirants over the scheme of examination announced by the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) recently.
Particularly, the decision to bring back interviews for selection of candidates for Group-II posts is being fiercely opposed. In the united AP, myriad controversies surrounded the Group-II interviews with allegations running thick and fast over corruption and nepotism.
Candidates fear that re-introduction of interviews in Group-II exams would be a re-run of the old recruitment process, carried out in united AP, which was riddled with controversies. Of the 675 maximum marks, interview account for 75 marks.
“There is enough evidence to point out that interviews are a flawed proposition in Group-II selection. That is why it was scrapped by the then Kiran Kumar Reddy government.
Now why are they trying to re-introduce it?” wondered Group-II aspirant G Nagaraju.
Also, there are some who attach ulterior motives to the government move. “One can see the repeat of previous recruitments where the ruling party members colluded with the members of the Public Service Commission to obtain plum posts for their candidates,” alleged Osmania University Student JAC chairman K Manavatha Roy.
A section of the aspirants are also against the inclusion of English in the General Studies pointing out that it would pose hurdles for candidates from Telugu-medium background.
The move to categorise non-executive posts, which were earlier placed under Group-II, under a new category called Group-III is also drawing flak from several aspirants.
Earlier, candidates were allotted executive and non-executive posts based on the marks they secured in Group-II exam. Those who could not secure executive posts would become eligible for non-executive posts.
“Though the syllabus is same, candidates have to sit for two different sets of exams. This would not only waste time but also increase frustration levels,” complained Bandi Naresh, another aspirant.
In its scheme of exams announced recently, the TSPSC had increased the number of papers from five to six for Group-I, three to four for Group-II and introduced a paper on Telangana Struggle for both Group-I and II among others.
Language Hurdle
A section of the aspirants are opposing the inclusion of English language in the General Studies as they fear it would pose hurdles for candidates from Telugu-medium background.