Jammu/srinagar, Aug. 25 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board on Sunday cancelled the examination held for the posts of junior engineers (electrical) after allegations of paper leak from Srinagar's Kothibagh centre surfaced on social media. The JKSSB announced the cancellation of the OMR-based written test and said they would be held afresh. The written examination was scheduled for Sunday and the timings were also changed from 11 am to 12 noon keeping in view the weather, said JKSSB secretary Atul Kumar, adding that the exam was conducted at 35 centres--18 in Jammu and 17 in Kashmir. "While exams started at 12 noon and conducted smoothly in all the 34 centres, some aspirants created hooliganism at Kothibagh centre. "They neither appeared in the exam and nor allowed others. They snatched question papers and OMR sheets of other candidates and came outside," said Kumar. He said that the aspirants even overpowered female staff at the Kothibagh centre. There was no leakage of the question paper whatsoever but the videos of some aspirants with images of solving question papers in the lawns of government girls higher secondary school at Kothibagh went viral over social media sites, he added. "Considering this, we have decided to cancel the entire process. Now, exams will be rescheduled next month," he said. The JKSSB secretary also said that aspirants, who created hooliganism and snatched question papers and OMR sheets were being identified with the help of CCTV cameras. "They will be taken to task ," he said. The allegations of paper leak prompted a flurry of reactions against the board and government. "After banning books and locking schools, now the sale of SSB exam papers by the government is yet another blow to J&K's youth. This is the so-called 'youth package' for a region where 65% of the population is under 35," said People's Democratic Party in a post on X. PDP leader Iltija Mufti said: "Youngsters across J&K placed an overwhelming faith in NC hoping for transparency in recruitment exams after electing them. But I'm appalled at how the NC government is wrecking their future." Peoples Conference president Sajad Lone called it 'daylight robbery in recruitment'. "Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari said that the alleged paper leak was deeply concerning. "The protest by aspirants is entirely justified, as their future is at stake. This incident exposes serious mismanagement within the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB). Unfortunately, repeated scams and administrative lapses that have surfaced over the past few years have already damaged the integrity of the institutions responsible for recruitment examinations," he said....