Gujarat HC demands explanation from GSSSB over forest beat guard recruitment

In a writ petition filed by more than 100 candidates before the Gujarat High Court in the dispute over the Forest Beat Guard recruitment process and examination conducted in the state, the Gujarat High Court has issued a notice to the Gujarat Secondary Service Selection Board (GSSSB) and sought a detailed explanation of the entire matter.

The petition alleged serious defects in the examination, conducted through a private agency and the result, the HC also warned that if the explanation of GSSSB is not satisfactory, the court will take serious note of it.

It was submitted that the recruitment of 813 forest beat guards was advertised by the Gujarat Secondary Service Selection Board across the state and about seven and a half lakh applications were received for that.

As per the advertisement, OMR (Optical Mark Reading) was supposed to be conducted through offline method but instead it was conducted through Computer Based CBRT method. Also, the exam was conducted in 48 sessions instead of taking it all at once, where some papers were easy, some were not.

The exam was also conducted by a private agency, and not by GSSSB. The results were also declared by the same agency, where some of the students’ results were not declared.

After hearing the submissions of the candidates, the court sought necessary clarifications from the GSSSB on further hearing of the case, scheduled for December 12.