JKSSB 'sits on' changing bonafi de certifi cates format, candidates distressed

JKSSB 'sits on' changing bonafi de 

certifi cates format, candidates distressed

SYED RIZWAN GEELANI

Srinagar, Feb 1: The candidates 

shortlisted for the post of Panchay-

at Account Assistant (PAA) have 

been le “high and dry” over the 

delay by the J&K Service Selection 

Board (JKSSB) to make the changes 

in the “fl awed” format designed to 

obtain the “bonafi de certifi cates” 

from outside universities.

As already reported by Greater 

Kashmir, the JKSSB is demand-

ing outside universities to follow 

its “archaic norms” by refusing to 

entertain their standard certifi cates. 

The issue has marred the selec-

tion of hundreds of the candidates 

who had applied for the post of 

PAA.

The selected candidates who 

have pursued their undergraduate 

or postgraduate courses from out-

side colleges and universities have 

been asked by the JKSSB to pro-

duce a “bonafi de certifi cate” from 

the concerned institutions as per 

the format devised by the JKSSB.

However, the “bonafi de certifi -

cate” produced by the universities 

outside J&K in favour of the stu-

dents does not match the format 

designed by the JKSSB.

Greater Kashmir earlier reported 

the issue wherein the Chairman 

JKSSB had said that the issue 

would be resolved for the conve-

nience of the candidates.

There are around 1889 vacan-

cies of PAA for which JKSSB has 

shortlisted around 4000 candi-

dates for document verifi cation.

Among those who have been 

called for document verifi cation 

include over 300 candidates who 

pursued their degrees from outside 

universities and have been asked to 

get the “bonafi de certifi cate” as per 

the JKSSB format.

The exam for the post was con-

ducted by the JKSSB in November 

last year followed by the declara-

tion of the results in the last week 

of December.

“JKSSB is not giving clarifi ca-

tion on bonafi de certifi cate format. 

The fi nal list will be published in a 

couple of days. We are worried that 

we will lose the opportunity for this 

job as the board is not accepting 

our bonafi de certifi cates given by 

our universities,” said an aggrieved 

candidate.

The candidates said that they 

approached JKSSB several times 

to inquire about the changes made 

in the format devised to obtain the 

“bonafi de certifi cate”.

“But they don’t give any reply 

to our pleas,” the candidates said.

Chairman JKSSB, Khalid Jehan-

gir told Greater Kashmir that they 

would address the issue a er com-

pleting document verifi cation of the 

candidates.

“Our members in JKSSB will get 

free once the document verifi cation 

gets completed. They will resolve 

the grievance of these candidates 

a er that,” he said