Case file · MHADA · surfaced 11 Dec 2021
MHADA exam scrapped: vendor's director arrested with the paper
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.
Days before MHADA's recruitment exams for 565 posts (12–20 December 2021), Pune cyber police arrested the director of the private firm contracted to conduct the exam, with the question paper allegedly in his possession. The exams were cancelled and the firm was blacklisted in March 2022. The same probe led investigators to the Maharashtra TET result-tampering case and the arrest and suspension of the state examination council's commissioner.
- Examination
- MHADA Recruitment (Groups A-D) 2021
- Conducting body
- Maharashtra Housing & Area Development Authority (MHADA)
- Exam date
- 12 Dec 2021
- Leak date (as documented)
- 10 Dec 2021
- Surfaced
- 11 Dec 2021
- States
- Maharashtra
- Candidates affected
- not established
- Leak vector
- Insider (digital)
- Last reviewed
- 11 Jun 2026
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The docket
Every legal action on record, in order. Each row cites its document.
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10 Dec 2021
FIR registered · Pune Police (Cyber)
FIR in the MHADA paper leak; vendor firm named.
per: Housing dept blacklists software firm after MHADA question paper leak (The Indian Express, 3 Mar 2022)
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11 Dec 2021
Arrest · Pune Police
Director of the exam-conducting firm arrested; exams cancelled.
per: Housing dept blacklists software firm after MHADA question paper leak (The Indian Express, 3 Mar 2022)
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3 Mar 2022
Order / direction · Maharashtra Housing Department
Vendor firm blacklisted by government resolution.
per: Housing dept blacklists software firm after MHADA question paper leak (The Indian Express, 3 Mar 2022)
What candidates got
| Outcome | Ordered by | Order date | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exam cancelled (full) | MHADA | 11 Dec 2021 | Recruitment exams cancelled before conduct. |
Sources on file
- Tier 2 · reported Housing dept blacklists software firm after MHADA question paper leak — The Indian Express · 3 Mar 2022 [archived]
- Tier 2 · reported MSCE commissioner suspended for TET 2020 results scam — EducationWorld · 22 Dec 2021 [archived]
Status log
Every status this register has ever assigned to this case. Append-only.
| 11 Dec 2021 | ALLEGED | Allegations surfaced publicly. |
| 10 Dec 2021 | ALLEGED → FIR_REGISTERED | FIR in the MHADA paper leak; vendor firm named. |
| 11 Dec 2021 | FIR_REGISTERED → ARRESTS_MADE | Director of the exam-conducting firm arrested; exams cancelled. |
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