Pune, A five-member committee formed by the Maharashtra government to inquire into alleged paper leaks and irregularities in MPSC exams will also probe the tenure of present as well as past chairpersons and members of the state recruitment body, as per officials.
Subsequently, MPSC chairman Vivek Bhimanwar announced he had proceeded on leave till the inquiry was completed.
The agitating aspirants later ended their protest. Last week, Chief Minister Fadnavis expressed his government’s readiness to form an inquiry committee to probe paper leaks and alleged irregularities in MPSC exams. “They demanded that the state government should send a recommendation to the President of India for the ouster of the present chairman.
State minister Shivendraraje Bhosale conveyed the decision on the composition of the probe panel on Sunday, after meeting MPSC aspirants at SM Joshi Bridge in Pune, where they had been agitating for 10 days in support of their demands, including reforms in the commission.
The committee will probe the tenure of present as well as past chairpersons and members of the Maharashtra Public Service Commission , Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said while proposing the panel last week. The state government proposed a judicial inquiry committee which would probe current as well as the past chairpersons and officials of the MPSC,” the CM said. The government on Sunday named senior IAS officer Tukaram Mundhe, the FDA commissioner acclaimed for strictly enforcing food safety regulations, as secretary of the panel.
“We hope that the committee will have the freedom to work properly,” the Opposition MLA said.
