jaipur its seldom that a nonadministrative person is given a chance to lead the rajasthan public service commission rpsc however the state government on friday announced the name of dr radhey shyam garg a medical practitioner with a rssbackground as its new chairmanthe nomination of dr garg rashtriya swayamsevak sanghs sarsanghchalak of dholpur district as the new chairman of rpsc came as a surprise for manya nonpolitical figure little known beyond dholpur dr garg was an unexpected choice for the post which in the past had been often held by retired bureaucratsborn in may 1956 garg is sarsanghchalak of the dholpur district of the rss since 1997 and belongs to one of the most prominent and influential families of the district his role as the rss honcho will end when he takes over as the rpsc chairman which he is likely to be on mondayaccording to local residents garg is an active social worker associated with several organisations in dholpur he is also the head of the local unit of the red cross society a surgeon himself he runs a hospital and a school for the mentally challenged in dholpur which is also the home district of chief minister vasundhara raje and her mp son dushyant singh who are members of the erstwhile royal family of dholpur despite being associated with the rss garg is said to share a cordial relationship with the cm gargs brother is associated with the local bjp unitgargs tenure at the rpsc will end in six months when he completes 62 in may the norms make it mandatory for the rpsc chairman to retire at the age of 62 years or after six years whichever is earlierbox hope for the unemployedajmer the nomination of dr radhey shyam garg as the rpsc chairman has come as a relief for hundreds of unemployed youths who are now hopeful about rpsc initiating the recruitment process soonthe process of selection to about 12500 vacancies is pending with the commission while about 10000 new jobs in various services are expected to be announced in the coming months at present the selection of about 9500 second grade teachers pending as well as about 600 posts for college lecturers out of 1040 vacancies the process of examination for 911 posts in ras 2017 and 330 of sis in rajasthan police is also pending similarly the selection for 211 posts in agriculture department and 267 in different departments has also to be completedthe posts have been lying vacant for the past two months since the retirement of shyam sunder sharma a member of the rpsc who was in charge since the retirement of lalit k panwar panwar retired in july 2017