Org. sees bias in NPSC’s interview results

Dimapur, Sep. 21 (EMN): A Lotha organization has cast doubts upon what it called the “interview process” of the Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC) and has expressed concern at the possibility of bias in selecting candidates. The Lotha Mhonka Okho (Lotha for ‘welfare society’) issued a press release listing out a number of instances to support their charge. The group referred to the NCS, NPS& Allied services examinations for 2015, and the marks for the main examinations and interview which, the group stated, ‘revealed some interesting facts.’ “Out of the six candidates who scored 400 marks and above in mains examination, there was one Lotha candidate. Interestingly everyone secured class-1 position (all EAC) after the interview, expect (sic) the Lotha candidate (table-1),” the press release stated. “Again out of the nine candidates who scored between 390-399 marks in mains examination, there were three Lotha candidates. More interestingly, everyone secured class-1 position (2 EAC and 4 dy.SP) after the interview, except the 3 Lotha candidates. (Table-2) That means, the press release stated, out of the 15 candidates who scored 390 marks and above in the mains, four were Lothas. “Every candidate managed to secure class-1 post after the interview except the 4 Lothas who, according to their marks, made out for class-3 post. It is noteworthy to mention that out of the four Lotha candidates who scored above 390 marks and above in the 2015 mains examination, three Lotha candidates bearing Roll No. 15541, 15247, 15367 were already in class-3 service.” The organization declared it to be “strange” that “only the Lotha candidates fared very badly” in the interview that they managed to score very less marks which qualified them for class-3 post only. “Instead of giving irrelevant justifications, it is time the NPSC accept that there is favouritism and biasness in the interview process and mend their conduct instead of stopping so low and exposing their weakness,” the press release stated. Further, the organization remarked that ‘we cannot help but to conclude the ‘ism card being played by the NPSC.’ The organization has assured that it will be monitoring the performance of the candidates in the future “by filing RTI and all the means available and actions if necessary.” It has asked the highest government recruiting agency in the state to “mend their conduct so that they remain safe from unnecessary embarrassment like the present one.” The group has also endorsed what it stated was the ‘demands’ and ‘suggestions’ made by PSAN to the NPSC and the government as was published in local dailies on Sep. 9.