The Postal Department is a Central Govt. branch, isn't it? If so, how is it that the UPSC rejected the appeal of the Assam candidates?
Because a rule-is-a-rule, I am sure. And obviously is zealously guarded by some clerks-from-hell. Never mind that these kids didn't even get a chance to compete for a chance to go to a school that is supported by their tax-rupees. On the other hand, if a similar demand from some 'uporwalla' had come thru for a son or a relative, the same clerks-from-hell would probably would have bent over backwards to accomodate them ( note the the culture of sucking-up and pissing down). But who cares about ordinary students, that too from Assam? Must be their own damn fault! Sloths! My urge is to tell these kids to sue the hell out of them, even though we know full well it would be pissing on the ocean. On a personal note, 39 years ago, I almost got snagged up in a similar predicament. I never RECEIVED the post card, not even belatedly, informing me that I qualified for an interview at IIT-KGP. Luckily for me, my older brother, who was a graduate of the same institution, SOMEHOW, managed to get a message thru to one of his classmates, who was then teaching at the institution, to have him look up the list to see if I made it to the interviews. Had this friend not sent a telegram back with an affirmative, my life's course could have been an entirely different one today (I know, I know, some netters might not mind that at all :-). But that is different).The telegram, without a date of interview, created its own set of circumstances, dramatic to me, but maybe comic to others. cm At 12:52 AM -0400 8/29/02, Bharat B wrote: > >No wonder it is called snail mail; mail from Guwahati took almost 3months >to reach Delhi by the Speed Post service of the Postal Department, India. > > > > > > > > >Guwahati, Thursday, August 29, 2002 > > > 56 students to miss NDA exam for postal delay >By A Staff Reporter > GUWAHATI, Aug 28 � As many as 56 eligible students from Sainik School, >Goalpara, will miss their chance to appear for National Defence Academy >(NDA) entrance examination scheduled for September 15 next, thanks to late >delivery of their applications to the UPSC by the Speed Post service of >the Postal Department. The Principal of Sainik School, Goalpara, Lt Col RS >Nehra informed that all the applications of 56 students of the school were >despatched through Speed Post from Guwahati on May 11 last. However, the >same were received by the UPSC office in New Delhi on August 5 last while >the last date of receipt of application was May 20 in respect of >candidates belonging to Assam area. > > Although the authority of Sainik School has pleaded with the UPSC to >consider the candidature of the students and allow them to appear in! the >NDA entrance examination as they should not be victimised for the delay in >delivery of their application by postal department, the UPSC has turned >down the request made through Sainik School Society, Ministry of Defence, >New Delhi. The Principal stated that the rigid stand taken by the UPSC had >demoralised the students and training staff of the school who have been >toiling in preparing for the NDA entrance examination. > > The boys from Class XII standard of the School are still sweating it out >in preparing for the entrance test with a hope that their application will >be considered even at this stage and they will get their last chance to >join the armed forces through NDA. It is pertinent to mention that the >basic aim of Sainik School is to prepare its students academically, >physically and mentally for joining the defence forces through NDA. > >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print y! our photos: ><http://g.msn.com/1HM1ENUS/c156??PI=44364'>Click Here >
