Case file · MH-HLT · surfaced 31 Oct 2021

Maharashtra health dept exams 2021 — 3,816-page charge sheet

Stalled documented status: Charge sheet filed

Confidence B — core facts citable to court or official records; some primary documents not yet on file.

Papers for the health department's Group C and D recruitment exams of 24 and 31 October 2021 leaked before the sittings; the exams had been outsourced to a private contractor. Pune cyber police arrested 20 people, including persons connected with the contractor, and filed a 3,816-page charge sheet in February 2022. The episode, together with the MHADA and TET cases, pushed Maharashtra to re-examine outsourced exam conduct.

Examination: Public Health Dept Group C & D Recruitment 2021
Conducting body: Maharashtra Public Health Department (Recruitment) (MH-HLT)
Exam date: 24 Oct 2021
Leak date (as documented): 24 Oct 2021
Surfaced: 31 Oct 2021
States: Maharashtra
Candidates affected: ~4.0 lakh
Leak vector: Printing press
State govt at the time: MVA (Shiv Sena-NCP-INC), Maharashtra
Last reviewed: 11 Jun 2026

Stall clock — no docket movement for

1,568

days (4y 108d) · last movement 2022-02-24

Accountability Gap Index

national average 0.97 / 7 · how this is scored →

2 / 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 investigation

Cyber police traced pre-exam circulation of the papers to the chain handling printing and logistics for the outsourced exams.

The conducting body's first response

Deflected

The department pointed to its contractor; the state later reviewed outsourced examination contracts.

The docket

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

1 Nov 2021

FIR registered · Pune Cyber PS

Pune cyber PS FIR (Arogya), 2021

FIR over the leak of health department Group C/D papers.

per: Health department recruitment exam paper leak: chargesheet filed against 20 accused (The Indian Express, 25 Feb 2022)
20 Nov 2021

Arrest · Pune Cyber Police

Pune cyber PS FIR (Arogya), 2021

Twenty persons arrested including persons linked to the exam contractor.

per: Health department recruitment exam paper leak: chargesheet filed against 20 accused (The Indian Express, 25 Feb 2022)
24 Feb 2022

Charge sheet filed · Pune court

Pune cyber PS charge sheet, 24.02.2022

3,816-page charge sheet against 20 accused.

per: Health department recruitment exam paper leak: chargesheet filed against 20 accused (The Indian Express, 25 Feb 2022)

Sources on file

Tier 2 · reported Health department recruitment exam paper leak: chargesheet filed against 20 accused — The Indian Express · 25 Feb 2022 [archived]

Status log

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

31 Oct 2021	ALLEGED	Allegations surfaced publicly.
1 Nov 2021	ALLEGED → FIR_REGISTERED	FIR over the leak of health department Group C/D papers.
20 Nov 2021	FIR_REGISTERED → ARRESTS_MADE	Twenty persons arrested including persons linked to the exam contractor.
24 Feb 2022	ARRESTS_MADE → CHARGESHEET_FILED	3,816-page charge sheet against 20 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 Pune Cyber PS — online via rtionline.gov.in (central bodies) or your state RTI portal.

To: The Public Information Officer,
Pune Cyber PS

Subject: Request under the Right to Information Act, 2005 — Maharashtra health dept exams 2021 — 3,816-page charge sheet

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

1. Current status of Pune cyber PS FIR (Arogya), 2021 dated 1 Nov 2021 concerning the question paper leak in Public Health Dept Group C & D 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,
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[Address]
[Date]

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