Overview
- The state government constituted a high-level committee led by Additional Chief Secretary V. Radha that includes DGP Sadanand Date, IT secretary Virendra Singh, animal husbandry secretary N. Ramaswamy and Nashik divisional commissioner Praveen Gedam.
- The panel has been told to visit every revenue division to consult students, college and school administrators and other stakeholders before writing a consolidated report that will form a draft state policy on recruitment exams.
- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis ordered officials to complete the process of applying the Parliament-passed Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Act, 2026 in Maharashtra within a fortnight and to clarify district-level coordination between collectors, police and education officers.
- The government also directed construction of at least 25,000 secure classrooms to stage exams under tighter physical controls and to reduce points of failure such as outsourced paper handling and weak centre oversight.
- Ongoing criminal probes by the CBI, special investigation teams and local police have produced multiple arrests in linked paper‑leak cases, a development that officials say increases urgency for reform but also poses logistical and budgetary challenges for rapid implementation.