Patna: The state govt’s recruitment drive for 1,711 assistant professors in govt medical colleges and hospitals has been scrapped after reaching the document verification stage, leaving applicants facing fresh uncertainty over their careers.The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) cancelled the advertisements after the health department withdrew its earlier requisition. Fresh advertisements are expected once the department submits a revised requisition incorporating updated vacancies, BPSC sources said.For candidates who had already applied and progressed through the recruitment process, the cancellation has raised several unanswered questions: Will they have to apply again? Will their earlier applications and document verification records remain valid? Will those whose documents have already been scrutinised receive any relief?Clear guidelines from the commission and the health department are awaited.The decision effectively sends an advanced recruitment exercise back to the starting point. Candidates who have already invested time and effort now face another wait, with the next round dependent on a revised vacancy statement and fresh advertisements.The cancellation concerns teaching positions in govt medical institutions, making its implications wider than the immediate setback for jobseekers. Any prolonged delay could also postpone the availability of additional faculty for medical education and hospital services.However, neither the revised number of vacancies nor a definite schedule for restarting the recruitment process has been specified in the information available.
