Rajasthan govt brings bill with strict provisions against cheating paper leak
Jaipur Feb 24 PTI Facing flak over the Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teachers REET paper leak the state government Thursday introduced a bill with strict provisions like up to 10 years in jail and Rs 10 crore fine to prevent cheating paper leak and use of unfair means in competitive examinationsProvisions of attachment and confiscation of properties have also been made in the bill introduced by the Higher Education Minister Rajendra Singh YadavThe Rajasthan Public Examination measures for prevention of unfair means in recruitment Bill 2022 aims to provide for effective measures to prevent and curb the leakage of question papers and use of unfair means in public examinations for recruitment to any post under the state government including autonomous bodies authorities boards and corporations As per the provisions mentioned in the bill any person taking unauthorised help in public examination from any person group or from any material may face a jail term of upto three years and a fine not less than Rs 1 lakhIf any person impersonates or leak attempt to leakconspires to leak question paper procuresattempts to possess question paper in unauthorised manner or solvesattempts to solveseek assistance to solve question paper in unauthorised manner or assist the examinee in unauthorised manner the punishment will be imprisonment from 5 years to 10 years and fine from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 10 crore An examinee who has been convicted under the provisions shall be debarred from taking any public examination for a period of two yearsIf investigating officer has reason to believe that any property represents proceeds of any offence under the proposed act can seize such movable or immovable property with prior approval of the state government the bill proposesWhere it is not practicable to seize such property the IO can make an order of attachment directing that such property shall not be transferred it proposes If the person of the management or institution has been found guilty of the offence then they shall be liable to pay all cost and expenditure related to the examination determined by the Designated Court and shall be banned foreverAll offences specified under the proposed act shall be cognizable non-bailable and noncompoundableIn matter of recruitment to the posts under the state government the leakage of question papers not only betrays the trust of the general public but the state too suffers substantial administrative cost when examinations have to be called offA fair and reasonable process of selection to posts subject to the norm of equality of opportunity under Article 16 1 of the Constitution of India is a constitutional requirement A fair and reasonable recruitment process is a fundamental requirement of Article 14 as well according to the statement of object and reasons saidIt said that the state government enacted the Rajasthan Public Examination Prevention of Unfairmeans Act 1992 to curb irregularities and use of unfair means in public examinationsAs more than three decades have passed since the inception of the enactment the issue has assumed dimension of organised crime and involves huge pecuniary advantages to nefarious personsSince the Act of 1992 is not serving the purpose of tackling this menace the state government has decided to bring a new law to prevent use of unfair means in public examinations conducted for purpose of recruitment and to limit the scope of the Act of 1992 to public examinations conducted for the purpose of award degrees certificates etc the statement saidIt may be noted that earlier this month the state government had cancelled the REET level two examination held in September 2021 due to paper leak Looking at the seriousness of the matter Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had also announced to bring a bill to curb cheating in examinationsThe opposition BJP has been demanding a CBI probe in the REET paper leak case which in present is being investigated by the Special Operation Group of Rajasthan Police PTI SDA TIR TIR
Jaipur Feb 24 PTI Facing flak over the Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teachers REET paper leak the state government Thursday introduced a bill with strict provisions like up to 10 years in jail and Rs 10 crore fine to prevent cheating paper leak and use of unfair means in competitive examinationsProvisions of attachment and confiscation of properties have also been made in the bill introduced by the Higher Education Minister Rajendra Singh YadavThe Rajasthan Public Examination measures for prevention of unfair means in recruitment Bill 2022 aims to provide for effective measures to prevent and curb the leakage of question papers and use of unfair means in public examinations for recruitment to any post under the state government including autonomous bodies authorities boards and corporations As per the provisions mentioned in the bill any person taking unauthorised help in public examination from any person group or from any material may face a jail term of upto three years and a fine not less than Rs 1 lakhIf any person impersonates or leak attempt to leakconspires to leak question paper procuresattempts to possess question paper in unauthorised manner or solvesattempts to solveseek assistance to solve question paper in unauthorised manner or assist the examinee in unauthorised manner the punishment will be imprisonment from 5 years to 10 years and fine from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 10 crore An examinee who has been convicted under the provisions shall be debarred from taking any public examination for a period of two yearsIf investigating officer has reason to believe that any property represents proceeds of any offence under the proposed act can seize such movable or immovable property with prior approval of the state government the bill proposesWhere it is not practicable to seize such property the IO can make an order of attachment directing that such property shall not be transferred it proposes If the person of the management or institution has been found guilty of the offence then they shall be liable to pay all cost and expenditure related to the examination determined by the Designated Court and shall be banned foreverAll offences specified under the proposed act shall be cognizable non-bailable and noncompoundableIn matter of recruitment to the posts under the state government the leakage of question papers not only betrays the trust of the general public but the state too suffers substantial administrative cost when examinations have to be called offA fair and reasonable process of selection to posts subject to the norm of equality of opportunity under Article 16 1 of the Constitution of India is a constitutional requirement A fair and reasonable recruitment process is a fundamental requirement of Article 14 as well according to the statement of object and reasons saidIt said that the state government enacted the Rajasthan Public Examination Prevention of Unfairmeans Act 1992 to curb irregularities and use of unfair means in public examinationsAs more than three decades have passed since the inception of the enactment the issue has assumed dimension of organised crime and involves huge pecuniary advantages to nefarious personsSince the Act of 1992 is not serving the purpose of tackling this menace the state government has decided to bring a new law to prevent use of unfair means in public examinations conducted for purpose of recruitment and to limit the scope of the Act of 1992 to public examinations conducted for the purpose of award degrees certificates etc the statement saidIt may be noted that earlier this month the state government had cancelled the REET level two examination held in September 2021 due to paper leak Looking at the seriousness of the matter Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had also announced to bring a bill to curb cheating in examinationsThe opposition BJP has been demanding a CBI probe in the REET paper leak case which in present is being investigated by the Special Operation Group of Rajasthan Police PTI SDA TIR TIR
