Case file · JKSSB · surfaced 10 Jun 2022

JKSSB SI exam: selection list scrapped; CBI chargesheeted 33

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.

After the J&K sub-inspector exam of 27 March 2022, aspirants alleged the paper had been sold for Rs 15–30 lakh by a Haryana-linked gang. The administration scrapped the select list of 1,200 SIs (along with JE and FAA lists) in July 2022 and handed the case to the CBI, which charge-sheeted 33 accused on 12 November 2022, including board insiders and touts. The ED later arrested alleged organisers in a linked money-laundering case (2024). The exam was re-conducted in December 2022.

Examination: Sub-Inspector Recruitment 2022
Conducting body: J&K Services Selection Board (JKSSB)
Exam date: 27 Mar 2022
Leak date (as documented): 26 Mar 2022
Surfaced: 10 Jun 2022
States: Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana
Candidates affected: ~97,000
Leak vector: Vector unestablished
State govt at the time: Union Territory administration (Lieutenant Governor)
Last reviewed: 11 Jun 2026

Stall clock — no docket movement for

700

days (1y 335d) · last movement 2024-07-11

Accountability Gap Index

national average 0.97 / 7 · how this is scored →

0 / 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

Court proceedings

Rank-list anomalies clustered around Jammu centres triggered protests; the CBI's FIR alleged a conspiracy between JKSSB officials, a Bengaluru printing vendor and middlemen.

The conducting body's first response

Acknowledged it

The UT administration cancelled the selection list and handed the case to the CBI; the re-exam was itself challenged in court.

The docket

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

8 Jul 2022

Order / direction · J&K Administration

Select lists of 1,200 SIs, 1,300 JEs and 1,000 FAAs cancelled over leak and malpractice allegations.

per: ED gets 7-day remand of alleged organiser in 2022 JKSSB SI paper leak case (The Economic Times, 25 Jun 2024)
3 Aug 2022

Case transferred · Central Bureau of Investigation

Probe handed to CBI.

per: ED gets 7-day remand of alleged organiser in 2022 JKSSB SI paper leak case (The Economic Times, 25 Jun 2024)
12 Nov 2022

Charge sheet filed · CBI court, Jammu

Charge sheet against 33 accused.

per: ED gets 7-day remand of alleged organiser in 2022 JKSSB SI paper leak case (The Economic Times, 25 Jun 2024)
11 Jul 2024

Arrest · Enforcement Directorate

ED arrests in the PMLA case built on the CBI FIR; payments routed to organisers' accounts.

per: ED arrests Haryana man in J&K paper leak case (The Times of India, 12 Jul 2024)

What candidates got

Outcome	Ordered by	Order date	Detail
Exam cancelled (full)	J&K Administration	8 Jul 2022	—
Re-exam held	JKSSB	—	SI exam re-conducted in December 2022.

Officials & institutions implicated

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

Named in FIR

Under-secretary / section officer level officials, JKSSB · 3 Aug 2022

CBI FIR named board officials alongside the private printing vendor.

The investigation trail

Every SIT, committee and inquiry announced for this case — and whether its report ever became public.

Inquiry committee, then CBI on UT government reference

Formed 8 Jul 2022 · by Government of J&K · report submitted 1 Aug 2022

Report status: not made public · 1,410 days elapsed

Committee report led to cancellation of three select lists; CBI charge sheet of 12.11.2022 named 33 accused. The committee report itself was not published.

Sources on file

Tier 2 · reported ED gets 7-day remand of alleged organiser in 2022 JKSSB SI paper leak case — The Economic Times · 25 Jun 2024 [archived]
Tier 2 · reported ED arrests Haryana man in J&K paper leak case — The Times of India · 12 Jul 2024 [archived]

Status log

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

10 Jun 2022	ALLEGED	Allegations surfaced publicly.
12 Nov 2022	ALLEGED → CHARGESHEET_FILED	Charge sheet against 33 accused.

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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 J&K Services Selection Board — online via rtionline.gov.in (central bodies) or your state RTI portal.

To: The Public Information Officer,
J&K Services Selection Board

Subject: Request under the Right to Information Act, 2005 — JKSSB SI exam: selection list scrapped; CBI chargesheeted 33

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

1. Current status of FIR No. [number] dated [date] concerning the question paper leak in Sub-Inspector Recruitment 2022.
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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