Haryana SSC PTI Exam alert! Important update for Physical Training Instructors aspirants from the state Staff Selection Commission

It is the first written exam in Haryana to be conducted at the centres amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In compliance with Supreme Court orders, the Haryana Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will conduct a written examination on August 23 to conclude the selection process that began in 2006 for recruiting physical training instructors (PTIs). The exam for the post of the instructors will be conducted in five districts -- Kurukshetra, Karnal, Panipat, Kaithal and Hisar -- in compliance with the orders of the Supreme Court, a state government statement said here on Thursday.

According to the statement, the HSSC shall conclude the entire selection process initiated by an advertisement and the criterion notified on December 28, 2006, which is holding objective type written test of 200 marks and viva-voce of 25 marks.

"As many as 9,273 candidates have been issued admit cards for which total 95 exam centres have been established across five districts," it said. The statement added that the instructors who were terminated due to court orders can also participate in the examination process.

The District Magistrates shall impose Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) banning assembly of four or more people in the vicinity of the exam centres.

In April this year, the SC had upheld the decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court quashing appointment of 1,983 PTIs in schools of Haryana in 2010, and asked the HSSC to conduct the recruitment process afresh. The apex court had upheld the verdicts passed by the single and division benches of the high court quashing the appointment process conducted during the then Congress government.