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| Abbreviation | UKPSC |
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| Formation | 15 May 2001 |
| Type | Government agency |
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Region served | Uttarakhand, India |
Chairperson | Ravi Datt Godiyal [1] |
| Website | psc |
The Uttarakhand Public Service Commission (UKPSC) is a government agency of the state of Uttarakhand, India, responsible for the recruitment of candidates for various state government jobs through competitive examinations. [2]
The Uttarakhand Public Service Commission has been constituted under the provisions of Article 315 of the Constitution of India by the Governor of Uttarakhand vide notification no. 247/1 Personnel 2001 dated 14 March 2001 (Annexure 1). The commission came into existence on 15 May 2001.
The sanctioned strength of the Commission is the Chairperson and six Members (Annexure). The functioning of the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission is governed by the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission Procedure and Conduct of Business Rules 2013 {under section 11 of the U.P. prepared by the Public Service Commission Uttarakhand. State Public Service Commission (Regulation of Procedure) Act, 1985 Uttarakhand Adaptation and Modification Order, 2002}
List of Examinations Conducted by the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission time to time. (Direct recruitment through interviews only as per the service rules of various posts)
Nature of examinations:
| S. No. | Name | Term of office [3] | ||
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| 1 | N. P. Nawani, IAS (Retd.) | 15 May 2001 | 14 August 2001 | 91 days |
| 2 | K. Arya, IAS (Retd.) | 21 September 2001 | 6 January 2005 | 3 years, 107 days |
| 3 | Lt. Gen. G. S. Negi (Retd.) | 7 January 2005 | 23 November 2006 | 1 year, 320 days |
| 4 | Lt. Gen. Dr. M. C. Bhandari (Retd.) | 24 November 2006 | 11 August 2008 | 1 year, 261 days |
| 5 | S. K. Das, IAS (Retd.) | 12 August 2008 | 2 February 2011 | 2 years, 174 days |
| 6 | Dr. D. P. Joshi | 11 May 2011 | 31 December 2016 | 5 years, 234 days |
| 7 | Prof. (Dr.) Narendra Singh Bisht | 2 January 2017 | 1 January 2018 | 364 days |
| 8 | Maj. Gen. Anand Singh Rawat, (Retd.) | 2 January 2018 | 23 December 2021 | 3 years, 355 days |
| 9 | Dr. Rakesh Kumar, MD, IAS (Retd.) | 24 December 2021 | 11 June 2023 | 1 year, 169 days |
| 10 | Prof. (Dr.) Jagmohan Singh Rana | 12 June 2023 | 31 October 2023 | 141 days |
| 11 | Dr. Ravi Datt Godiyal | 1 November 2023 | Incumbent | |
The commission was embroiled in a job scam in 2022, when it was revealed that the exam papers of the Patwari exam were leaked by commission officers in collusion with other people. [4] Ironically, the UKPSC had been given responsibility of conducting papers after the Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission had been found involved in similar corruption and divested of its powers. A total of 36 candidates [5] were found to have accessed the question bank after section officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi leaked it by sending photos to his wife Ritu, [6] who provided the same to others.
As a result, the paper was rescheduled and papers of other exams were in the process of being redrafted.
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