(a) whether the Union Public Service Commission has conducted
interviews for the post of Superintending Archaeologist in the
Archaeological Survey of India through direct recruitment in
the year 2011;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether complaints have been received in this regard;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the steps proposed to be taken by the Government in
view of the complaints received?
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office.
(SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)
(a) & (b): Yes, Madam. A total of 263 applications were received by the
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) against the advertisement published
on 26.06.2010 and the Commission conducted the interviews from 14th to
16th March, 2011 for 42 candidates who had been called for interview.
(c ), (d) & (e): Initially 37 candidates had been shortlisted by
the UPSC to be called for interview and five more candidates provisionally
called for interview on the basis of the orders passed by different Benches
of the Central Administrative Tribunal against Petitions filed by the
individual candidates, whose applications has been rejected by the UPSC.
The CAT Benches have since dismissed the applications of four out of the
above five candidates and the application filed by the remaining one
candidate is pending final disposal in the CAT, Jabalpur Bench.