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The Union Public Service Commission today informed the Supreme Court that the civil services exam (prelims) which is scheduled to be conducted on October 4 could not be postponed any further.
Supreme Court asked UPSC to file an affidavit by tomorrow mentioning the reason behind not postponing CSE exams.
Today Supeme Court hearing a plea regarding the postponement of the CSE prelims considering the COVID-19 situations.
Vasireddy Govardhana Sai Prakash Petitioner in the current petition submitted that the UPSC decision to conduct the exam in accordance with the revised calendar violates the rights of the petitioners and those similarly situated, under Article 19 (1) (g) of the Constitution to practice their chosen profession/occupation of serving the public.
Petitioner said seven hours long offline exam will be taken by approximately six lakh aspirants at test centres in 72 cities across the country. The plea said the Civil Services Exam, being a recruitment examination, is altogether different from an academic examination, and in the event of its postponement, there would not be any question of delay or loss of any academic session.
Matter is listed before Court for September 30