Haryana Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi reviews preparations for CET

Haryana Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi today held a high-level meeting with all Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of Police of the state to review preparations for the Common Eligibility Test (CET) for Group-C  posts recruitment, expected to be held next month.

The Chief Secretary emphasised the need to ensure that the examination was conducted in a free, fair, smooth and transparent manner. During the meeting, it was informed that around 13,48,697 applications have been received for CET.

In view of the large number of applicants and the scale of the examination, the Haryana Staff Service Commission (HSSC) has proposed to hold the examination over a span of two to three days. The Chief Secretary directed all Deputy Commissioners to begin the process of identifying suitable examination centres in their respective districts within the next three days. He emphasised that centres should be chosen keeping in mind security, logistics, transportation accessibility and capacity to accommodate candidates.

Rastogi further instructed that a detailed report containing the list of proposed centres must be submitted to both the Chief Secretary’s office and the HSSC Chairman’s office by Monday.

Chairman of the HSSC Himmat Singh said a detailed SOP has been shared with all Deputy Commissioners regarding selection of examination centres.