CCE Age Relaxation Row: Social media posts on JKPSC exam misleading: LG Manoj Sinha

Jammu, Dec 6: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday asserted that the “file related to age relaxation” of JKPSC CCE candidates was returned with a query on December 2 – the day Lok Bhavan (LG office) received it, yet a response (to the query) was awaited even after the lapse of four days.

An assertion, through a string of posts, from the “Office of LG, J&K” was in response to spiralling “social media posts with regard to JKPSC exam”, scheduled to be conducted on December 7, 2025, blaming “Lok Bhavan” for the delay in approving age relaxation of CCE candidates.

Sharp and precise replies posted on ‘X’, though oblique in nature, took exception to “social media posts with regard to the JKPSC exam” and described them as “misleading.”

The LG office stated that the file was returned the same day, December 2, 2025, with a query whether it was logistically possible to conduct the exam on December 7, by incorporating modifications in the eligibility criteria at such a belated stage.

In this context, it was also pointed out that the advertisement notice for the examination was published by the J&K Public Service Commission on August 22, 2025, and the exam was notified to be conducted on December 7, 2025, through a notice on November 6, 2025.

“But despite a lapse of 4 days, Lok Bhavan did not receive any response,” LG Sinha stated, while fully sympathising with young aspirants.

“Social media posts with regard to the JKPSC exam are misleading. Lok Bhavan had received the file on 2nd Dec, 2025, which was categorically related to age relaxation only,” the Office of LG, J&K posted.

“File was returned the same day, December 2, 2025, with a query whether it is logistically possible to conduct the exam on  December 7, by incorporating modifications in eligibility criteria at such a belated stage. Despite a lapse of 4 days, Lok Bhavan did not receive any response. I fully sympathise with young aspirants. The advertisement notice for the examination was published by the J&K Public Service Commission on August 22, 2025. The exam was notified to be conducted on December 7, 2025, through a notice on November 6, 2025,” a string of posts by the Office of LG J&K read.

Context of LG Office posts (despite being indirect) was the post on ‘X’ by the “Office of Chief Minister, J&K”, reposted by the Chief Minister on his personal handle on the microblogging site, besides the posts of PDP President, CPI(M) MLA and others.

The post of the “Office of Chief Minister, J&K” stated, “Chief Minister expressed deep concern over the travel chaos caused by the ongoing airline issues, compounded by the uncertainty resulting from Lok Bhavan’s delay in approving age relaxation, a provision granted multiple times in the past. He urged JKPSC to take note of the unprecedented stress on aspirants and consider postponing the exam in the interest of fairness and equal opportunity for all.”

Notably, Nasir Aslam Wani, the Chief Minister’s Advisor, too had stated that the elected government was in favour of relaxing the upper age limit for recruitment, and the file was sent to the Lok Bhawan in this regard earlier this week.

“The file has been returned to the General Administration Department with some queries. The GAD has forwarded it to the Public Service Commission for its opinion on the matter,” Wani was quoted as saying by a national agency.

On December 4, the Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma too had met the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Lok Bhavan, Jammu, to raise the long-pending demand of age relaxation for Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) aspirants across Jammu and Kashmir.

Sharma conveyed that a large number of aspirants and delegations had been approaching him for several weeks, seeking intervention on the issue of upper-age relaxation in various recruitment processes.

He informed LG Sinha that many aspirants also mailed their concerns, highlighting the difficulties they faced due to age restrictions and repeated delays in recruitment cycles.

During the meeting, Sunil Sharma presented the collective concerns of youth and urged the Lieutenant Governor to sympathetically consider granting age relaxation, keeping in view the aspirations of thousands of candidates.