Three aspirants, who cleared the UPSC 2021 prelims examination however couldn’t seem in all papers of the primary examination held final month after testing constructive for COVID-19, have approached the Supreme Court in search of an additional try to look within the exams.
The petitioners have sought a path to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to increase them a further try to look within the examination or within the alternate make some association to look in remainder of the papers, which they may not give, earlier than the publication of end result.
While two of the three petitioners needed to go away the primary examination, held from January 7 to 16, in-between after showing in some preliminary papers, the third aspirant couldn’t seem in any of the papers on account of COVID. The plea got here up for listening to on Monday earlier than a bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar.
The bench requested senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayananan, who was showing for the petitioners, to serve the copy of the petition to the standing counsel for the involved.
“Give advance copy. Let the other side come and respond,” the bench mentioned and posted the matter for listening to on March 7. Sankaranarayanan instructed the bench that the UPSC mains examination was held within the second week of January and out of the three petitioners, two of them had appeared in some papers earlier than they had been examined constructive for COVID.
He mentioned the petitioners may have suppressed and lied, however they didn’t.
The petitioners, of their plea filed by advocate Shashank Singh, have mentioned that they had been examined constructive for COVID-19 within the RTPCR take a look at reviews dated January 13, 14 and January 6.
The plea mentioned the petitioners couldn’t give the UPSC mains examination after testing constructive for COVID-19 and owing to the restrictions imposed below the strict quarantine tips of the federal government.
“Also, there was absence of any kind of policy of UPSC which could provide arrangements for such petitioners who were COVID positive during the span of mains examination or before it,” it mentioned.
“The petitioners are approaching this court under Article 32 and seeking a direction to the Respondent/ UPSC to extend them an additional (extra) attempt to appear in the examination or in alternate, make some arrangement to appear in the rest of papers which the petitioners could not give before the publication of result of civil service mains examination 2021,” the plea mentioned.
It claimed that absence of coverage and no association to accommodate COVID-19 constructive petitioners to look within the civil service mains examination 2021 have violated their rights, together with that of below Article 14 (equality earlier than legislation) of the Constitution of India.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
