PANAJI
The Goa Public Service Commission’s (GPSC) ambitious plan to have one common examination for recruitment to the Goa Civil Service (GCS), Goa Police Service (GPS) and the Goa Forest Service (GFS), has hit a roadblock in the absence of Recruitment Rules of Forest department.
While the Recruitment Rules of Goa Police and Goa Civil Service are in place, the forest department has no Recruitment Rules. Hence the Commission has directed the department to formulate rules before going ahead with one common examination process.
"The department is currently in process of drafting its recruitment rules. Once they are finalized, approved by the Personnel department and notified in gazette, we would be able to go ahead with one common examination system," GPSC Chairman Jose Manual Noronha told The Goan.
"Unless the Recruitment Rules of all three -- GCS, GPS and GFS are in place we cannot go ahead with conduct of one common examination for recruitment," he said.
The Expert Committee, constituted to examine the issue pertaining to the conduct of one common examination for recruitment had in August submitted its report to the GPSC.
The State government had in January, this year, granted in-principle approval to the GPSC to hold one common examination for recruitment to the GCS, GPS and GFS, which was proposed to avoid candidates having to answer multiple exams.
The commission had requested the expert committee to examine issues pertaining to syllabus for the exams, schedule for the exams, modalities for finalizing merit list, physical fitness tests etc.
The Chairman informed that through this process, the commission does not seek to lower its standards of examination and that the level of examination at the screening as well as the written test will be as before.
