CBI launches probe into 2010 UPPSC exams

The CBI has initiated a preliminary enquiry into charges of nepotism and irregularities against unknown officials of the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) and others over the selection of additional private secretaries in government services.

The examinations to fill 250 posts were held in 2010, when the BSP under Mayawati was in power in Uttar Pradesh. The allegation is that some UPPSC officials had showed undue favours to certain candidates during the examinations, resulting in the selection of people who did not fulfil the eligibility criteria, CBI sources said. Some of the selected candidates were allegedly close relatives of UPPSC officials, they claimed.

The agency launched the inquiry on February 14, after the Yogi Adityanath government in UP raised a complaint, CBI sources said.


While the advertisement calling applications for the posts was published in 2010, the appointment process was completed on October 3, 2017. The examinations were held in three phases and the results were declared in two parts.

Last year in May, the CBI sought a clarification on the selection process from the UPPSC, which, however, refused to share any details or documents with the agency.

The CBI then sent a letter to the UP government seeking permission to probe the case. The agency will examine the documents of UPPSC and the officers involved in the selection process, said sources.