Aizawl: The Mizoram government on Friday said the recruitment process for 15 Storekeeper posts under the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) department had encountered a serious technical error in the tabulation of written examination marks. The competent authorities will decide how to proceed with the recruitment process.

The department said it had received permission on December 1, 2025, to fill 15 vacant Storekeeper posts through direct recruitment and issued an advertisement on December 16.

In accordance with government guidelines, the department sought assistance from the Mizoram Public Service Commission (MPSC) in setting the question paper and evaluating the answer scripts.

The written examination was held on April 30 this year. Of the 1,945 candidates who appeared, 1,901 completed the examination.

The MPSC subsequently provided lists of 70 candidates eligible for interviews and 10 candidates under the Ex-Servicemen category.

The government said interviews were conducted by a Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) on October 14, 15 and 16. The marks obtained in the written examination and interviews were combined to prepare the merit list.

The government approved the DPC proceedings on October 23, and the results were published on the same day.

The results showed that 14 candidates were selected and 28 were placed on the panel (waiting list) in the unreserved category, while one candidate was selected and four were placed on the panel under the Ex-Servicemen category.

Appointment orders were issued to all 15 selected candidates on October 27, followed by posting orders on November 10.

Their five-day training began at the Directorate on November 11.

However, the department said it received a communication from the MPSC on Thursday (November 12) informing it of a “serious technical error” in the tabulation of marks supplied to the DPC.

The error reportedly occurred while scanned data from OMR response sheets was being imported into an Excel sheet, resulting in the inadvertent inclusion of invalid roll numbers, the department said.

The department added that the competent authorities would decide how to proceed with the examination results.

Expressing regret over the difficulties caused to candidates, it apologised to everyone affected by the error in the recruitment process.