Not possible to defer civil services exam: UPSC tells Supreme Court

The plea filed by Vasireddy Govardhana Sai Prakash and others on October 4 submitted that the decision of the UPSC 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.

According to the plea this 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.

– With inputs from PTI

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