Case file · BSSC · surfaced 8 Feb 2017

BSSC inter-level leak: commission chairman, an IAS officer, arrested

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.

Question papers of BSSC's inter-level exam (held 29 January and 5 February 2017) circulated on WhatsApp before the tests. An SIT arrested the commission's secretary, and on 24 February 2017 arrested its chairman — a senior IAS officer — from Hazaribagh, along with family members; he was suspended and the exam cancelled. The Supreme Court granted him bail in October 2020 after nearly 3 years and 7 months in custody, noting the charge sheet had been filed and trial would take long.

Examination: Inter-Level Combined Competitive Exam 2014 (held 2017)
Conducting body: Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC)
Exam date: 5 Feb 2017
Leak date (as documented): 5 Feb 2017
Surfaced: 8 Feb 2017
States: Bihar, Jharkhand
Candidates affected: not established
Leak vector: Insider (digital)
State govt at the time: JD(U)–RJD (Mahagathbandhan)
Last reviewed: 11 Jun 2026

Stall clock — no docket movement for

2,074

days (5y 249d) · last movement 2020-10-06

Accountability Gap Index

national average 0.97 / 7 · how this is scored →

1 / 7

✓ FIR within 30 days
✗ Charge sheet within 180 days
✗ Any conviction
✗ Exam cancelled & fully re-held
✗ Fee refund documented
✗ Official permanently removed
✗ Reform gazette-notified

Each milestone scores one point only when the register holds a document for it. The gap is what the missing points describe.

How it surfaced

Who found it

Social media circulation

The paper appeared on WhatsApp before the first sitting; within days the probe reached the commission's top office.

The conducting body's first response

Denied it

The commission initially defended the exam; the SIT then arrested the BSSC secretary — an IAS officer — and the exam was cancelled.

The docket

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

8 Feb 2017

FIR registered · Agamkuan PS, Patna / SIT

FIR after admit cards and documents were recovered from the commission secretary's residence.

per: SC grants bail to IAS officer in BSSC job scam case (The Times of India, 8 Oct 2020)
24 Feb 2017

Arrest · SIT, Patna Police

Commission chairman (IAS) arrested from Hazaribagh; secretary also arrested; chairman suspended.

per: Question leak: govt suspends former job panel chairman (The Times of India, 26 Feb 2017)
20 Aug 2017

Charge sheet filed · SIT, Patna Police

Charge sheet filed (recorded in the Supreme Court's 2020 bail order).

per: SC grants bail to IAS officer in BSSC job scam case (The Times of India, 8 Oct 2020)
6 Oct 2020

Bail granted · Supreme Court of India

Regular bail after ~3 years 7 months custody; conditions against influencing trial.

per: SC grants bail to IAS officer in BSSC job scam case (The Times of India, 8 Oct 2020)

What candidates got

Outcome	Ordered by	Order date	Detail
Exam cancelled (full)	BSSC	28 Feb 2017	Inter-level exam cancelled; re-conducted years later.

Officials & institutions implicated

Recorded at position level. A personal name appears only in the "Named individuals" table below, behind the naming gate.

Arrested

Secretary (IAS), Bihar Staff Selection Commission · 25 Feb 2017

Arrested by the SIT; the seniormost serving civil servant arrested in this register.
Questioned

Chairman, BSSC · 2 Mar 2017

Sources on file

Tier 2 · reported SC grants bail to IAS officer in BSSC job scam case — The Times of India · 8 Oct 2020 [archived]
Tier 2 · reported Question leak: govt suspends former job panel chairman — The Times of India · 26 Feb 2017 [archived]

Status log

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

8 Feb 2017	ALLEGED	Allegations surfaced publicly.
8 Feb 2017	ALLEGED → FIR_REGISTERED	FIR after admit cards and documents were recovered from the commission secretary's residence.
24 Feb 2017	FIR_REGISTERED → ARRESTS_MADE	Commission chairman (IAS) arrested from Hazaribagh; secretary also arrested; chairman suspended.
20 Aug 2017	ARRESTS_MADE → CHARGESHEET_FILED	Charge sheet filed (recorded in the Supreme Court's 2020 bail order).

Act on this record

File an RTI on this case pre-filled from the docket · RTI Act 2005 · ₹10 fee

The application below is pre-filled from this case file. Add your name and address, then send it to the Public Information Officer of Agamkuan PS, Patna / SIT — online via rtionline.gov.in (central bodies) or your state RTI portal.

To: The Public Information Officer,
Agamkuan PS, Patna / SIT

Subject: Request under the Right to Information Act, 2005 — BSSC inter-level leak: commission chairman, an IAS officer, arrested

Under the Right to Information Act 2005, I request the following information:

1. Current status of FIR No. [number] dated 8 Feb 2017 concerning the question paper leak in Inter-Level Combined Competitive Exam 2014 (held 2017).
2. Whether a charge sheet has been filed in this matter; if yes, its date and the court where it was filed.
3. Names and current postings of all officials suspended in connection with this matter.
4. Whether any suspended official has been reinstated; if yes, the order reference and date.
5. Date and outcome of the last court hearing in this matter.

I am enclosing the application fee of Rs. 10 as required. If this application falls outside your office's purview, kindly transfer it under Section 6(3) of the Act and inform me.

Regards,
[Applicant name]
[Address]
[Date]

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