Itanagar, Oct 27: The state cabinet on Thursday decided to remove all four members of Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission for free and fair investigation into the leak of question papers for the examination to assistant engineers' posts.
Chief Minister Pema Khandu called on Governor Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd.) at Raj Bhavan and informed the Governor that the State Cabinet has recommended for invoking the provisions under Article 317 to remove the members of APPSC. He handed over the said recommendation of the State Cabinet to the Governor. 
Meanwhile, members of Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC), Major General Ganesh Singh Bisht, VSM (Retd.) and Major General Jarken Gamlin, AVSM, SM,VSM (Retd.) submitted their resignation to the Governor. 
“We are determined to take the process of cleansing of APPSC to its logical conclusion in the larger interests of our youths and state ... We are firm to retain and restore the sanctity of Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC),” Khandu tweeted.
The chief minister added that the state government had from day one made its intentions very clear for overhauling the APPSC.

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