Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana (TSSPDCL) has cancelled the written test conducted on July 17 for filling 1,000 Junior Lineman (JLM) posts and also the notification issued on May 9 for recruitment following allegations of malpractices in the test.
An investigation conducted by the Hyderabad and Rachakonda police into the allegations following complaints lodged with them found that a few employees of the power utilities, organisers of the fraud, had collected money from several job aspirants and arranged answers to at least 181 candidates through electronic gadgets.
Following the police investigation initially, the Southern Discom and Northern Discom had suspended two employees each working for them following prima facie evidence collected by the police on July 28. A private employee, a meter reader, working for Southern Discom, was also removed from his job for his alleged involvement in the malpractice. Of the four suspended employees, three were working as engineers for the two discoms.
