Case file · GSSSB · surfaced 13 Dec 2021

Gujarat head clerk exam scrapped: paper sold for Rs 6-12 lakh

Stalled documented status: Arrests made

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.

GSSSB's head clerk exam of 12 December 2021 (186 posts, 88,000+ candidates) was cancelled on 21 December after evidence emerged that the paper had been leaked the previous night and sold for Rs 6–12 lakh. Police arrested eight people in Sabarkantha and a staffer of the Ahmedabad printing press contracted by the board. The re-exam was held in 2022; the state promised fast-track prosecution.

Examination: Head Clerk Recruitment 2021
Conducting body: Gujarat Subordinate Service Selection Board (GSSSB)
Exam date: 12 Dec 2021
Leak date (as documented): 11 Dec 2021
Surfaced: 13 Dec 2021
States: Gujarat
Candidates affected: ~88,000
Leak vector: Printing press
State govt at the time: BJP
Last reviewed: 11 Jun 2026

Stall clock — no docket movement for

1,633

days (4y 173d) · last movement 2021-12-21

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

Police tip-off

Gujarat ATS caught the network distributing the Head Clerk paper the night before the exam at a Vadodara farmhouse.

The conducting body's first response

Acknowledged it

The board cancelled the exam on the morning itself and re-held it in April 2022.

The docket

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

13 Dec 2021

FIR registered · Gujarat Police

Case registered after evidence the paper circulated the night before the exam.

per: Gujarat head clerk exam cancelled after paper leak, re-exam next year (The Indian Express, 21 Dec 2021)
14 Dec 2021

Arrest · Gujarat Police

Eight sellers of the leaked paper arrested in Sabarkantha, plus a printing-press staffer.

per: Gujarat head clerk exam cancelled after paper leak, re-exam next year (The Indian Express, 21 Dec 2021)
21 Dec 2021

Exam cancelled · GSSSB / Government of Gujarat

Exam cancelled; re-exam announced.

per: Gujarat head clerk exam cancelled after paper leak, re-exam next year (The Indian Express, 21 Dec 2021)

What candidates got

Outcome	Ordered by	Order date	Detail
Exam cancelled (full)	GSSSB	21 Dec 2021	Re-exam conducted in 2022.

Sources on file

Tier 2 · reported Gujarat head clerk exam cancelled after paper leak, re-exam next year — The Indian Express · 21 Dec 2021 [archived]

Status log

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

13 Dec 2021	ALLEGED	Allegations surfaced publicly.
13 Dec 2021	ALLEGED → FIR_REGISTERED	Case registered after evidence the paper circulated the night before the exam.
14 Dec 2021	FIR_REGISTERED → ARRESTS_MADE	Eight sellers of the leaked paper arrested in Sabarkantha, plus a printing-press staffer.

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

To: The Public Information Officer,
Gujarat Police

Subject: Request under the Right to Information Act, 2005 — Gujarat head clerk exam scrapped: paper sold for Rs 6-12 lakh

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

1. Current status of FIR No. [number] dated 13 Dec 2021 concerning the question paper leak in Head Clerk Recruitment 2021.
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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