Punjab: HC stays appointment of 454 pharmacy officers till September 17

Cha diga h,
Aug
12
(PTI):
The
Pu jab
a d
Ha ya a
High
Cou t
has
put
a
stay
o
the
p ocess
to
appoi t
454
pha macy
office s
i
Pu jab
till
the
ext
date
of
hea i g
o
Septembe
17.

The
stay
o de
by
Justice
Sa deep
Moudgil
came
o
a
plea
filed
by
Keshav
Kamboj
a d
othe s,
seeki g
the
ca cellatio
of
the
w itte
exami atio
co ducted
fo
the
ec uitme t
of
454
pha macy
office s
u de
the
depa tme t
of
health
a d
family
welfa e
i
Pu jab
o
July
19.

The
plea
co te ded
that
the
exam
was
vitiated
by
a
o ga ised
cheati g
acket.

Advocate
K
S
Dadwal,
appea i g
fo
some
petitio e s,
submitted
that
the
p ocess
of
maki g
the
appoi tme ts
had
bee
stalled
i
view
of
the
pe de cy
of
the
p ese t
w it
petitio .

“Co seque tly,
the
appoi tme t
p ocess
fo
the
posts
of
pha macist,
pu sua t
to
the
adve tiseme t
dated
11.06.2026
issued
by
the
Baba
Fa id
U ive sity
of
Health
Scie ces
fo
454
posts,
has
come
to
a
sta dstill,”
he
told
the
cou t.

Dadwal
a d
the
state
cou sel
p ayed
fo
time
to
file
eplies.

O
thei
equest,
the
cou t
defe ed
the
hea i g
to
Septembe
17.

“I
the
mea time,
the
p ocess
of
appoi tme t
to
the
posts
of
pha macist
shall
emai
stayed
till
the
ext
date
of
hea i g,”
the
high
cou t
said
i
its
o de
dated
August
10.

I
a
i te im
o de
passed
o
July
28,
the
cou t
had
di ected
that
fu the
selectio
p ocess
would
be
subject
to
the
outcome
of
the
p ese t
petitio .

Pu jab
Police
o
July
19
disma tled
a
sophisticated,
i te -state
cheati g
acket
ope ati g
du i g
the
pha macy
office s’
ec uitme t
exami atio .

Police
a ested
seve al
key
co spi ato s
a d
ca didates
i volved
i
the
acket,
a d
seized
27
batte y-ope ated
wi eless
cheati g
devices
f om
thei
possessio .

Police
had
detected
the
use
of
pe
came as
a d
eal-time
dictatio
du i g
the
exam.

The
p obe
evealed
that
the
cheati g
acket
cha ged
despe ate
ca didates
exo bita t
sums
a gi g
betwee
Rs
3.5
lakh
a d
Rs
13
lakh
to
gua a tee
passi g
ma ks.

Nea ly
7,000
ca didates
appea ed
fo
the
454
pha macy
office ’s
posts
ac oss
25
exami atio
ce t es
i
Fa idkot,
Kotkapu a
a d
Fe ozepu .

The
exami atio
was
co ducted
by
the
Baba
Fa id
U ive sity
of
Health
Scie ces
o
behalf
of
the
health
a d
family
welfa e
depa tme t.

The
oppositio
pa ties
had
attacked
the
AAP
gove me t
ove
the
i cide t,
dema di g
the
esig atio
of
Educatio
Mi iste
Ha jot
Si gh
Bai s
a d
Health
Mi iste
Balbi
Si gh.
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