UPPSC: CBI launches probe into selection of kin of UP government officers under Mayawati's regime

NEW DELHI: In what may spell trouble for the BSP supremo, Mayawati, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has initiated preliminary enquiry (PE) allegedly involving unknown officials of the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UUPSC) and others.

The agency will investigate charges of nepotism, alleged irregularities in the examination of 250 posts of additional private secretary (APS).

As per agency sources, the PE was launched on February 14 after the complaint was sent to CBI by the Yogi Adityanath led Uttar Pradesh government. The Centre had issued an order in the matter this January.


As per sources, in the 2010 examination conducted by the UPPSC unknown officials showed undue favours to candidates which resulted in selection of non-deserving candidates who did not fulfil the eligibility criteria.

Some of the selected candidates were close relatives of the then UPPSC officials and did not even fulfill even the basic minimum eligibility, sources said.

They added that the advertisement of the 250 posts was published in 2010 when Mayawati was the Chief Minister of the state but the appointment process was completed on October 3, 2017.

The source said examinations for the 250 APS posts were held in three phases and the results were declared in two parts. But 237 candidates were made to join the posts on October 3, 2017, when the BJP government came to power in the state.

Last year in May, the CBI had sought a clarification from the UPPSC, which said such a request was "out of the purview of the probe." The UPPSC thus did not supply the required documents.

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