HC directs Assam govt to appoint retired judge to probe APSC

The Gauhati High Court today directed Assam government to appoint a retired judge to inquire into alleged anomalies in last civil services examinations conducted by the state Public Service Commission.
A division bench of the HC, comprising Chief Justice (acting) K Sreedhar Rao and Justice P K Saikia, directed CBI to make a preliminary enquiry into the allegations of corruption and assets disproportionate to the known sources of income of current APSC chairman Rakesh Paul and his kith and kin and submit a report before the court.
It also directed that during the course of enquiry CBI can interrogate the APSC chairman but he shall not be arrested.

The bench ordered the state government to appoint a retired judge of the Gauhati High Court to inquire into the alleged anomalies in respect of last civil service examination conducted by APSC.
The Court gave the directions after hearing three PILs and three writ petitions.
The PILS were filed by Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi, Dimpu Jyoti Gogoi and six others and another by Prasanta Sinha while the three writ petitions were filed by some unsuccessful candidates of the civil service examination which was held last year and whose results announced were announced earlier this year.