(a) Whether several railway examinations have been cancelled
due to leakage of question papers;
(b) If so, the details in this regard during each of the last three years;
(c) Whether any inquiries have been conducted in these cases;
(d) If so, the outcome thereof;
(e) The action taken against the officials/persons found involved in these cases; and
(f) The concrete steps taken to check recurrence of such cases?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI R. VELU)
(a) Yes Sir. Only two examinations have been cancelled due to
leakage of question papers.
(b) A statement is attached.
(c) Varanasi Police of Uttar Pradesh has been conducting the
inquiry.
As regards Group ‘D’ examination, investigation is being conducted by
Lucknow Police on an FIR lodged by Special Task Force, Lucknow.
(d) & (e) No inquiry reports or findings in these cases have been furnished
by the Uttar Pradesh Police so far.
(f) Instructions regarding maintainability and confidentaiality of the question
papers already exist and are reiterated from time to time for strict compliance.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO.1999 BY S/SHRI HARIKEWAL PRASAD, TUKARAM
GANPATRAO RENGE PATIL AND CHANDRABHAN SINGH TO BE
ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 10.8.2006 REGARDING CANCELLATION
OF RAILWAY EXAMINATIONS
Year Post Conducted by
2004 Junior Engineer/Section Railway Recruitment Board/ Engineer Mumbai 2006 Group ‘D’ Northern Railway