Transparency in recruitments remains the concern as it has a direct bearing on trust Government shows in the recruitment agencies and same holds good for Jammu & Kashmir Services Selection Board (J&K SSB). The concern for the Jammu & Kashmir Services Selection Board (J&K SSB) also as such is obviously the transparency in the recruitment process. Whether it comes to holding a recruitment test or an interview, the priority by all standards of institutional transparency is professional integrity and credibility of any external agency or subject expert to be included in the selection process. Since according top priority to transparency is the only way to rebuild trust and faith of people in the working J&K Services Selection Board, administrative wisdom demands that settlement of the current row over involvement of APTECH in the J&K SSB recruitment process is accorded the priority it deserves just for furthering the causes of transparency in recruitments. What matters the most is the fact that Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has not only reiterated his commitments on transparency in recruitment processes several times in recent months but he has also shown his determination to keep his promises by cancelling the recruitment processes of J&K Police Sub Inspector and Accounts Assistant posts and referring the matter of investigating the alleged irregularities in the said recruitments to the country’s premier investigative agency “Central Bureau Of Investigation “(CBI). Times and again it has been proved beyond doubt that Institutional integrity keeps recruitment process free from the influence of external influences it is the time for Jammu & Kashmir Government to establish institutional integrity in J&K Services Selection Board (J&K SSB). Since the involvement of APTECH in J&K SSB recruitment process is challenged on the basis of it’s blacklisting in Utter Pradesh by both the job aspirants and as well as the people in both Kashmir Valley and Jammu division, the engagement of National Informatics Centre (NIC) instead of APTECH for the J&K SSB recruitment process could be most suitable way for addressing the concerns of both the jobs aspirants and as well as the people over transparency in the conduct of recruitment processes by J&K Services Selection Board (J&K SSB) .
“Since National Informatics Centre (NIC) has the advantage of having it’s own infrastructural facilities for providing best e-governance services to Central, State and UT Government and as such can even conduct online tests with transparency and complete neutrality if asked to do so by J&K Services Selection Board (J&K SSB), it would be advisable for the J&K Government to think about engagement of NIC instead of APTECH in the conduct of recruitment processes conducted by J&K SSB. Fact remains that J&K Government won’t obviously face any objection even from the J&K High Court in showing willingness to find an out of box solution to ongoing APTECH Engagement row”.
While National Informatics Centre a premier IT Organisation lying under the control of Central Government’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology provides e-Governance services including consultancy to Central, State and UT Governments, the APTECH uses local infrastructure for conducting recruitment processes in states and union territories of the country. Since National Informatics Centre (NIC) has the advantage of having it’s own infrastructural facilities for providing best e-governance services to Central, State and UT Government and as such can even conduct online tests with transparency and complete neutrality if asked to do so by J&K Services Selection Board (J&K SSB), it would be advisable for the J&K Government to think about engagement of NIC instead of APTECH in the conduct of recruitment processes conducted by J&K SSB. Fact remains that J&K Government won’t obviously face any objection even from the J&K High Court in showing willingness to find an out of box solution to ongoing APTECH Engagement row.
