ES Reporter 

ITANAGAR, Oct 8: In a strong allegation levelled on the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC), a candidate who happens to be be a person with disabilities (PWD) claimed that the Commission  deliberately disqualified her in the Viva Voce for the post of Lecturer (Polytechnic College) by conducting an unfair interview test.
Addressing the media at the press club today, Mudang Yabyang said this happened only because she questioned the Commission on not reserving posts for person with disabilities (PWD) and pointing out the loopholes in the recruitment process.
Yabyang, who falls under the category of PWD, said that the Commission advertised 14 posts for lecturers in the year 2018 and surprisingly there was no post reserved for PWD. And after a long fight, she managed to convince the Commission and education department to reserve a post for the PWD.
She said, accordingly with compliance with the Arunachal Pradesh Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2018 and information gathered from the Commission through RTI, she managed 3 seats to be reserved for the PWD.
“Surprisingly, yet again the Commission reduced the seat to 1 post. I qualified for the examination as per the required qualifications needed. I gave my best in writing but was disqualified in Viva Voce, claiming that I am not suitable for the post,” she said.
She said if only the Viva marks are being considered for qualifications, the commission should have clearly mentioned it in the advertisement, unlike any other job recruitment notice. Moreover, the commission is not ready to provide the CCTV footage of the interview and evaluated the mark sheet of Viva by each member.
“According to the RTI Act, every document sight through the channel should be provided unless it is harmful to any third party. And I don’t see any harm to any third party in seeking my own documents,” she said, adding that serious reformations are needed in the commission.
Yabyang said that the commission should have maintained separate minimum cut-off marks or qualifying marks for the PWD candidates. As the same is being followed in UPSC and any state commission exams, especially for PWDs, ST, and SC.  

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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