By way of PTI
NEW DELHI: The UPSC Monday informed the Excellent Court docket that factor raised in a petition filed by way of 3 aspirants, who had cleared the UPSC 2021 prelims examination however may just now not seem in all papers of the primary examination after checking out certain for COVID-19 and at the moment are in the hunt for an additional try to seem within the checks, is “very difficult”.
The petitioners have sought a path to the Union Public Carrier Fee (UPSC) to increase them an extra try to seem within the examination or within the change make some association to look in remainder of the papers which they might now not give, sooner than the e-newsletter of consequence.
The suggest showing for the UPSC informed the apex court docket that he must take directions and position on document the entire sides sooner than any resolution is taken at the factor.
“I believe this is a matter which may be very, very difficult. I believe I would like directions and position on document the entire sides sooner than your lordships, sooner than any resolution is taken,” the UPSC’s suggest informed a bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and C T Ravikumar.
The bench posted the topic for listening to on March 21 and stated that affidavits be filed by way of the events sooner than the following date.
Whilst two of the 3 petitioners needed to go away the primary examination, held from January 7 to 16, in-between after showing in some preliminary papers, the 3rd aspirant may just now not seem in any of the papers because of COVID.
Throughout the listening to on Monday, senior suggest Gopal Sankaranarayanan, who used to be showing for the petitioners, informed the bench that they’d served the replica of the petition to the suggest for the respondents — the Centre and UPSC.
Whilst in the hunt for two weeks to take directions within the topic, the suggest showing for the fee informed the bench that interviews are slated to start out best in April.
On February 28, the bench had requested the petitioners to serve the replica of the petition to the status suggest for the involved respondents.
The petitioners, of their plea filed thru suggest Shashank Singh, have stated that they have been examined certain for COVID-19 within the RTPCR take a look at reviews dated January 13, 14 and January 6.
The plea has stated the petitioners may just now not give the UPSC mains exam after checking out certain for COVID-19 and owing to the constraints imposed beneath the stern quarantine pointers of the federal government.
“Additionally, there used to be absence of any roughly coverage of UPSC which might supply preparations for such petitioners who have been COVID certain all through the span of mains exam or sooner than it,” it stated.
“The petitioners are coming near this court docket beneath Article 32 and in the hunt for a path to the Respondent/ UPSC to increase them an extra (additional) try to seem within the exam or in change, make some association to look in the remainder of papers which the petitioners may just now not give sooner than the e-newsletter of results of civil provider mains exam 2021,” the plea stated.
It claimed that absence of coverage and no association to deal with COVID-19 certain petitioners to look within the civil provider mains exam 2021 have violated their rights, together with that of beneath Article 14 (equality sooner than regulation) of the Charter of India.