60 posts, 60 selected from Haryana, 50 of them with 100%. Uttarakhand’s youth left watching again. The Gramin Dak Sevak recruitment results in Pithoragarh have stirred controversy once again. Of 65 GDS posts in the district, 60 were filled. All 60 selected candidates are from Haryana, and 50 of them scored 100% in their high school board exams. Selection is based only on Class 10 marks. As Pithoragarh’s Postal Superintendent Ashok Kumar Pathak says, whoever has higher high school marks gets ahead, and Haryana’s candidates are coming out on top. But there’s a problem. Many of these toppers, with 100 in Hindi, are struggling to read and write Hindi. Some can’t even write a basic application. Pithoragarh’s postal department has had to arrange Hindi coaching for them. And it isn’t new. In 2024, over 400 selected dak sevaks refused to join in Uttarakhand, and only about 10% of those selected were local. In Pauri, a Haryana youth with 95 in Hindi couldn’t write “dakghar” correctly. This June in Dharchula, a GDS was moved after villagers complained mail hadn’t been delivered for months, and inspectors found 50 to 60 Aadhaar cards lying undelivered. This isn’t about where anyone comes from. Every young person deserves a fair chance at a job anywhere in India. The problem is a system that picks candidates only on board marks, without checking whether they can actually do the work. The rules even say candidates must know the local language. So who’s checking? Former dayitvadhari Mahendra Lunthi and Hotel Association president Rajendra Bhatt have demanded a probe into how so many students keep scoring 100%, and why such high scorers are applying for a GDS job. A dak sevak in the hills isn’t just delivering letters. They handle pensions, savings and Aadhaar cards for elderly people in remote villages. When the person behind the counter can’t read the language of the people they serve, it’s the villagers who suffer.