UPSC aspirants may get a second chance
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The authorities advised the Supreme Court on Monday that a resolution to grant one other chance for UPSC aspirants, particularly candidates whose final try at cracking the prelims expired in October 2020, is below “active consideration”.
A 3-judge Bench led by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar adjourned the case to January 22.
The court docket was listening to a petition filed by 59 UPSC aspirants, represented by advocate Anushree Prashit Kapadia, who had been both unable to attend the October prelims or handicapped of their preparations as a result of pandemic and ensuing lockdown.
On December 18, they’d argued for a second alternative and corresponding age leisure. They stated their preparations had been crippled by the lockdown and restrictions. Coaching centres had been closed and examine materials was scarce. Many couldn’t even attend the examination.
The Department of Personnel and Training had, on October 26, knowledgeable the Supreme Court that the federal government was contemplating giving last-chance candidates one other shot on the examination.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, for the federal government, had submitted that the difficulty was not adversarial and a resolution can be taken in weeks.
The authorities had referred to a September 30 order of the apex court docket on this regard within the case of Vasireddy Govardhana Sai Prakash versus UPSC.
In September, the court docket had refused to postpone the October prelims however recorded the federal government’s assurance to take an expeditious resolution on granting a second chance for “last-attempters”.
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