Pune: Malpractice or unfair practices at any govt examination or competitive exam in Maharashtra will attract three to five years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10 lakh or more, as per the new rules introduced by the state govt against the backdrop of the Puja Khedkar case. Maharashtra Public Service Commission ( MPSC ), which conducts these competitive examinations, stated that following Khedkar's case, there was need to make rules stringent to make recruitment transparent and fair. The rules would be implemented immediately from the forthcoming examinations.
MPSC scretary Suvarna Kharat said that the provisions in Maharashtra Competitive Examination Act of the state govt will be applied in all the exams conducted by MPSC henceforth. Kharat told TOI on Wednesday, "As the MPSC conducts all public examinations, recruitment exams, and govt exams, the new rules would automatically be applicable to all these exams. The offences are serious and those indulging in such practices could threaten the future of the candidates.
" Recently, the Union govt discharged controversial IAS probationer Puja Khedkar from the Indian Administrative Service immediately, weeks after Union Public Service Commission cancelled her provisional candidature. Khedkar faced allegations of cheating and misusing benefits under the Other Backward Classes and disability quotas and was discharged from under Rule 12 of IAS (Probation) Rules, 1954. Among the malpractices and using unfair means in govt examinations a.