AFTER the unceremonious removal of its erstwhile chairman, the Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC) was in the news constantly on account of serious allegations of corruption and nepotism in recruitment through Combined Competitive Examinations (CCE) 2013 and its very constitution was challenged in the Sindh High Court.
The matter pending before the high court is the appointment of the chairman and some of the SPSC members who allegedly did not fulfil the criterion of five years of service in BS-20, fixed under the SPSC Act, 1989.
Unfortunately the matter is still sub judice before the court for the past one-and-a-half year, while the provincial government has, in violation of the act, again appointed a retired DIG, a BS-18 officer of jail services, as member of the SPSC.
Under these circumstances, when the very constitution of the commission is unlawful, how can the `standard of merit` be expectedofthe SPSC? The Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court may kindly expedite the early disposal of pending writ petition so that serious controversies created against the premier institution may be put to rest.
