Patiala, July 1 -- Four years after advertisements, the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) is yet to conduct written examination for 27 posts advertised in 2022, leaving thousands of aspirants waiting for the selection process to move forward.

While there is no prescribed time limit for conducting examination once the vacancies are advertised, PPSC chairman Major General Vinayak Saini (retd) attributed the delay to staff shortage and pending clarifications from government departments regarding certain posts.

The commission is responsible for recruiting candidates for Class 1 and 2 government posts. The pending recruitments include posts of draftsman engineering, lecturer, programmer, technical assistant, deputy director, assistant ...