UPESSC: Why were the assistant professor recruitments canceled? Angry candidates protest and approach the selection commission..

UPESSC Exam Canceled: The case of the Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission (UPESSC) Assistant Professor recruitment is once again in the spotlight. The recruitment examination conducted under advertisement number 51 has been completely canceled. Successful candidates are very upset by this decision. They reached the commission office, submitted a memorandum, and demanded that only those who committed irregularities be punished, and that the remaining successful candidates be given jobs after an interview.

What are the demands of the selected candidates?
The candidates who were declared successful say that the disruptive elements who were involved in the examination and compromised its integrity should be disqualified and punished, but the rest who passed honestly should be given appointments after an interview. They do not want the entire recruitment process to be canceled and everyone to have to take the exam again. They have submitted a memorandum addressed to the Chairman of the Commission. The candidates delivered this memorandum directly to the commission office.

Why was the recruitment canceled?
It is noteworthy that on the strict instructions of CM Yogi Adityanath, the commission completely canceled this recruitment examination on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. The reason was the discovery of major irregularities in the examination. The Yogi government said that the examination should be conducted again with complete integrity and transparency. The old examination was held on April 16 and 17, 2025.  Such serious allegations of malpractice were leveled against it that the then Chairman of the Commission was also forced to resign.

Arrests and the case of malpractice
In the case of malpractice in the examination, the then confidential assistant to the Chairman of the Commission, Mehboob Ali, along with Baijnath Pal and Vinay Pal, were arrested by the UP Police. They were accused of leaking the paper and unfairly benefiting candidates. This is why the entire recruitment process came under question and was finally canceled. Now the successful candidates are demanding that only the guilty be punished, and that the careers of the innocent not be ruined. The commission is now preparing for a new examination, but the candidates want their interviews to be conducted. It remains to be seen what decision the commission and the government will take on this memorandum.

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