THE Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC) is apparently under the influence of the influential elite. Almost all examinations conducted by the SPSC are marred by controversy. The judgment of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Combined Competitive Examinations (CCE), 2013, for instance, speaks volumes about the incompetence and corruption in SPSC. Moreover, the SPSC has been violating the Supreme Court’s directives while conducting CCEs. The SPSC, time and again, has acted against meritocracy. It has been serving the powerful and the influential. Close relatives of powerful families and SPSC officers are recruited through these supposedly ‘competitive’ examinations, while hardworking and competent candidates are left to struggle on their own.