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The Delhi High Court8217;s direction to UPSC to reveal the cut-off marks in the preliminary examinations to students has been welcomed by the students who started the campaign 25 months back.
8220;Transparency Seekers8221;, as they call the group, was setup by students who felt 8220;cheated8221; after the prelims and interview results. Formed in Delhi in 2005, the group today has 25 members.
Sameer Panda, one of the group members, said, 8220;We filed the application under the Right to Information Act in August 2005 and the result of the fight will hopefully benefit many students who plan to appear for the exams.8221;
Sundarsana Nachiappan, Congress8217;s Rajya Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu and head of a 31-member Parliamentary Committee looking at the reforms in the UPSC examinations, agrees. 8220;It is surely going to benefit the students and help improve the management of the UPSC,8221; he said.
Nachiappan has been working with the committee and meeting students and experts across universities in the country to evaluate the plans. 8220;The concerns are right since the present system has been used for much too long now. The examinations should be conduct on the lines of university examinations and the GMAT.8221;
The Y K Alagh Committee, set up by the UPSC to look into the state of civil services, had made similar recommendations to the commission in 2001.
