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Case file · HPSSC · surfaced 23 Dec 2022

HP JOA-IT leak: commission itself dissolved after vigilance probe

Stalled documented status: Charge sheet filed

Confidence C — based on the press record (archived below). No primary documents on file yet; treat names of agencies, dates and figures as reported, not established.

Himachal Pradesh vigilance caught an HPSSC insider's network selling the JOA (IT) Post Code 965 question paper for about Rs 2.5 lakh in Hamirpur before the 25 December 2022 exam, which was stopped. Departmental and vigilance reports found papers had been leaked and sold selectively for roughly three years. The state suspended the commission's functioning and dissolved HPSSC on 21 February 2023, transferring recruitment to HPPSC — the only case in this register where the leak ended the exam body itself.

Examination
JOA (IT) Post Code 965 Exam 2022
Conducting body
Himachal Pradesh Staff Selection Commission (HPSSC)
Exam date
25 Dec 2022
Leak date (as documented)
23 Dec 2022
Surfaced
23 Dec 2022
States
Himachal Pradesh
Candidates affected
not established
Leak vector
Insider (digital)
Last reviewed
11 Jun 2026

Stall clock — no docket movement for

1,206

days (3y 111d) · last movement 2023-02-21

The docket

Every legal action on record, in order. Each row cites its document.

  1. 23 Dec 2022

    FIR registered · State Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Bureau, Hamirpur

    Trap and case after the paper was offered for sale before the exam.

    per: Himachal government dissolves HPSSC after paper leak case (Hindustan Times, 22 Feb 2023)

  2. 24 Dec 2022

    Arrest · Vigilance Bureau, HP

    A commission staffer and associates held; electronic devices sent to forensics.

    per: Himachal government dissolves HPSSC after paper leak case (Hindustan Times, 22 Feb 2023)

  3. 24 Dec 2022

    Exam cancelled · HPSSC

    Exam withheld; commission's functioning suspended pending inquiry.

    per: Himachal government dissolves HPSSC after paper leak case (Hindustan Times, 22 Feb 2023)

  4. 21 Feb 2023

    Charge sheet filed · Vigilance Bureau, HP

    First charge sheet filed the day the state dissolved the commission.

    per: Himachal government dissolves HPSSC after paper leak case (Hindustan Times, 22 Feb 2023)

  5. 21 Feb 2023

    Order / direction · Government of Himachal Pradesh

    HPSSC dissolved with immediate effect; recruitment transferred to HPPSC.

    per: Himachal government dissolves HPSSC after paper leak case (Hindustan Times, 22 Feb 2023)

What candidates got

Outcome Ordered by Order date Detail
Exam cancelled (full) Government of HP 21 Feb 2023 Pending recruitment moved to HPPSC.

Sources on file

Status log

Every status this register has ever assigned to this case. Append-only.

23 Dec 2022 ALLEGED Allegations surfaced publicly.
23 Dec 2022 ALLEGED → FIR_REGISTERED Trap and case after the paper was offered for sale before the exam.
24 Dec 2022 FIR_REGISTERED → ARRESTS_MADE A commission staffer and associates held; electronic devices sent to forensics.
21 Feb 2023 ARRESTS_MADE → CHARGESHEET_FILED First charge sheet filed the day the state dissolved the commission.

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