REFERENCE your news report about the Supreme Court’s suo motu action against the eligibility of the chairman and members of the Sindh Public Service Commission (SPC).

The honourable judges declared the results of the written examinations and interviews of the Combined Competitive Examinations (CCE 2013) null and void.

The judgement created a wave of shock and anger among the 227 candidates who had nothing to do with the appointment of the chairman or members of the commission. Moreover, it also raises the question as to why the honourable judges asked the National Accountability Bureau to stop an ongoing inquiry.

Not only this; the judgement provided a safe passage to the actual culprits -- the then chairman and members of the commission — who were not punished as they were responsible for tampering with the results or favouritism, not the entire batch of 227 candidates.

In addition to this, why were only the CCE-2013 results declared null and void on the grounds of ineligibility of the commission? What about the over 2500 other recruitments made by the same commission?

It is time civil society and the media shed light on the issue so that justice is served to meritorious candidates who had resigned previous jobs and now are running from door to door to seek justice.

Affected candidate

Hyderabad

Published in Dawn, March 16th, 2017