Telangana: Inter officials get notices for transporting question papers in three-wheeler

This incident has been reported in Jagtial district where the question papers were transported from the strong room to examination centres in a three-wheeler instead of a four-wheeler

Hyderabad: Instead of a car, they moved the intermediate examination material in an auto and ended up being slapped with a show cause notice.

In Jagtial district, 20 officials – 10 chief superintendents and another 10 departmental officers – were found to have transported questions papers from the strong room to examination centres in a three-wheeler instead of the mandated four-wheeler. This incident happened on the first day of the intermediate examination on Wednesday.

Now, the higher-ups have taken a serious view of the deviation from the prescribed transport mode for the examination material, and served notices to the officials involved.

The notices were issued by Intermediate Education District Examination Committee convenor and District Collector B Satya Prasad and the officials were instructed to submit their explanation within one day, failing which action would be initiated based on the material available on the record.

Meanwhile, Telangana Gazetted Junior Lecturers Association-475 urged district administration to withdraw the show cause notice against officials and urged the State government to provide police escort for transporting question papers and answer sheets from strong rooms to centres and answer sheets to post office after exam conclusion.

In an online representation sent to Chief Secretary A Santhi Kumari and TG BIE Secretary S Krishna Aditya association president Dr V Srinivas and general secretary Dr K Suresh said all those who were on exam duties do not possess their own cars and Rs 188 per day was being extended as travel allowance as against actual cost of Rs 1,000 per day to engage a four-wheeler to transport exam material.