Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 1: Expressing solidarity with the distressed Naib-Tehsildar aspirants of Jammu region over the whimsical inclusion of only Urdu language in the written test , a large number of Panthers Party activists spearheaded by party chairman Harshdev Singh, State president Balwant Singh Mankotia and Ex-MLA Yashpal Kundal staged a massive one day protest demonstration outside the Press Club today against the State Government for its discriminatory attitude towards the Jammu youth.
The angry protestors raised the slogans of ‘Jammu Yuva Se Bhed Bhav…Band karo, …. Band karo’, ‘NT ke Imtehan se Urdu…bahar karo, bahar karo’ and ‘BJP…Hai,Hai’ .
Lambasting the ruling alliance for its prejudiced approach in conducting the written test for the selection process of Naib Tehsildars, Harshdev revealed that Service Selection Board had published Advertisement notice No. 1 of 2015 for filling the 134 State Cadre posts of Naib-Tehsildars in the Revenue Department on April 7, 2015 against which thousands of candidates hailing from Jammu region had filled the online application forms. The stipulated pattern of syllabus for the respective 3 hour Objective Type written test of 180 marks in English, which was scheduled to be held in September this year was also disseminated with the break up of 6 units vis-à-vis General English: 30 , GK &Current Affairs:40, GK & Current Affairs (J&K):20, Gen Science:30, Mental Ability:30 and Computer Applications:30.
He further pointed out that at a crucial stage when all the aspirants had put their hard work and utilized the precious time in the preparation of the exam, SSB issued a draconian notice No: SSB/Sel/Secy/2015/7029-39 dated July 31,2015 introducing a new syllabus for the 3 hour Objective/ Descriptive written test of 160 marks with a break up of 7 units which included ‘Descriptive Urdu language’ with a weightage of 30 marks , General English:20,Gen Studies:40,Constitution of India:20, Constitution of J&K: 10, GK:25 and Mensuration:15.
Admonishing the discriminatory approach of SSB towards the Jammu based aspirants, Mr Singh maintained that the whimsical obnoxious criteria adopted by the Board for the written test would straight away divest them of an equal opportunity in the competition as this would directly benefit the aspirants of Kashmir division since they are proficient in ‘Urdu’ and on the contrary the applicants from Jammu region are not versed with the aforesaid language. He rebuked the new criteria as irrational, biased and unethical in nature besides depriving the aspirants from their fundamental right to equality which constitutionally guarantees them an equal opportunity in the matters of employment and sought its revocation without any delay.
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