SAD urges Governor Kataria to order a CBI probe into PPSC recruitment scam
Sukhbir S Badal meets Governor along with affected candidates
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, November 12, 2026 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today urged Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria to order a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) recruitment scam, removal of its Chairman and Secretaries and an immediate stay on the recruitment proceedings to ensure justice to meritorious candidates.
The SAD president, who met the Governor along with affected candidates who are victims of this scam, called for constitutional intervention and submitted a detailed memorandum listing out irregularities in the conduct of the examination as well as nepotism which resulted in the selection of wards of VVIPs.
Addressing the media along with the affected candidates, Mr Sukhbir Badal said in case the examination was not cancelled the next SAD government would hold a probe into the irregularities and hold a reexamination besides punishing those responsible for the scam. He also asked why the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) was not helping the affected students who had even approached their leaders. “It is clear the CJP is mixed up with the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress”, he asserted.
The SAD president said the PCS Mains result which was declared on November 4, 2026 revealed a glaring concentration of successful candidates with direct links to senior bureaucrats, police officers, and ruling AAP government functionaries. He said among those selected were Adil Bhullar (son of GPS Bhullar, IPS), Gurpartap Bhullar (son of H S Bhullar, IPS who is currently in jail on corruption charges), Charupreet Kaur Lamba (daughter-in-law of HS Bhullar, IPS), Manik Arora (son of Roop Kumar Arora, IPS), Rubaie Gurujot Goraya ( daughter of Tehsildar Parampreet Goryan who is blue eyed officer in AAP govt), Harshjit Singh (son of cabinet minister Harbhajan Singh ETO), Nephew of Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan and multiple wards of ruling party leaders.
Asserting that these names had been dug out by the party, Mr Sukhbir Badal said the PPSC had tried to keep the entire bungling under wraps by not disclosing the names of the selected candidates and only released their roll numbers. He said the bungling included jailed IPS officer H S Bhullar issuing a sports certificate to his son Gurpartap Bhullar in his role as President of the Handball Association. He said the Governor had expressed shock at the revelations and assured to look into the case.
The memorandum submitted by the SAD to the Governor listed how the entire selection process for the PCS, 2025 examination had been vitiated. It said there was no scrutiny of application forms and eligibility scrutiny of knowledge of Punjabi along with submission of the class ten qualification paper being given the go by. It also listed how unqualified evaluators who had not passed the UGC NET examination were engaged to evaluate the answer sheets.
The memorandum also disclosed how statistical clustering against Supreme Court norms indicated systematic subversion of the entire process and listed how candidates giving the paper in consecutive groups of roll numbers had cleared the same. It said there was disproportionate center concentration with 24 per cent of total candidates clearing the paper from just one examination center. It also listed selective seating manipulation with handpicked general category candidates being designated seats in special examination rooms designated for physically disabled candidates.
Meanwhile affected candidates said they received open or unsealed question paper booklets at various centers. They also asserted that some individuals who were marked absent in official logs had been declared successful in the Mains examination.
The SAD also apprised the Governor that the mass statewide protests and agitations were being conducted against the recruitment scam with more than three lakh aspirants and dependent families being affected by this nepotism. It disclosed that one candidate had even committed suicide in utter despair. It said a firm step was needed to restore faith in public institutions and that a CBI probe alone could bring out the truth in the case