Through PTI
NEW DELHI: The UPSC has advised the Superb Courtroom that there’s no provision for containing re-assessment in case a candidate fails to seem within the take a look at at the scheduled date for any causes, together with ailment or twist of fate incapacitating him to take the examination.
The Union Public Provider Fee (UPSC) has filed a testimony within the apex courtroom which is listening to a plea via 3 aspirants who had cleared the UPSC-2021 prelims examination however may no longer seem in all papers of the primary examination after trying out sure for COVID-19 and at the moment are looking for an additional try to seem within the checks.
The UPSC mentioned that any choice relating to age leisure and compensatory/further try within the civil products and services exam is a “coverage topic” which falls beneath the area of the Division of Group of workers and Coaching (DoP&T).
“The Fee generally holds 13 examinations except for a number of recruitment assessments all through a yr. In appreciate of those examinations, there’s no provision for containing re-assessment in case a candidate(s) fails to seem within the exam at the agenda date(s) for any explanation why together with any ailment/twist of fate incapacitating her or him to take the exam,” it mentioned.
“In previous, the Fee has no longer held any re-assessment beneath equivalent instances,” it mentioned.
The affidavit mentioned the UPSC conducts the civil products and services exam strictly according to the foundations of exam framed once a year via the Govt of India within the DoP&T.
It mentioned through the years, a cycle has developed involving recruitment, coaching and ultimate appointment making sure that the federal government will get its needful manpower on time and any disruption at any level has the potential for frightening all the cycle no longer just for as soon as however more likely to have “cascading results in long run as neatly”.
The Fee mentioned the topic of compensatory/ further try has been adjudicated via the apex courtroom previously towards the plea of hardships confronted via the aspirants because of the COVID-19 pandemic, however the similar was once no longer granted.
It mentioned the civil products and services primary (written) exam 2021 was once effectively carried out at 24 centres (towns/cities) at the agenda dates from January 7, 2022 to January 16, 2022 all over the rustic following due COVID-19 protocols, which failed to mandate making any separate association for COVID inflamed applicants.
The Fee mentioned so as to carry out its constitutional responsibilities to provide manpower to the federal government in a well timed method to fill the vacancies within the a very powerful positions, it’s crucial that the UPSC follows its agenda of examinations that are ready neatly prematurely.
“If the Fee is to make a provision for re-assessment, it’ll hardly ever be imaginable for it to finish its any exam on time. This will likely entail entire derailment of the agenda of post-examination actions of a selected exam however can even have cascading results at the schedules of different ongoing examinations in addition to different checks to practice,” the affidavit mentioned.
“If truth be told, accommodating such requests will result in a chaotic state of affairs the place no exam will also be finished on agenda, because of which vacancies in govt will stay unfilled for an indefinite duration and the aspirants of the Fee’s examinations can even stay in limbo as to when the effects will likely be declared or when the following commercial for recruitment will likely be issued,” the UPSC mentioned.
It mentioned the prayers made within the petition pertain to core facets of eligibility that are neatly delineated within the laws framed via the DoP&T in session with the UPSC.
“Within the instances, DoP&T may be a stake holder within the means of habits of civil products and services examination. In consequence, the perspectives and stand of the DoP&T additionally is also thought to be within the hobby of justice at the problems raised in writ petition,” it mentioned.
The Centre had on Monday advised the apex courtroom that the decision relating to further try to seem within the UPSC exam should be taken via the DoP&T. The highest courtroom is scheduled to listen to the topic on March 25.
Whilst two of the 3 petitioners needed to depart the primary examination, held from January 7 to 16, in-between after showing in some preliminary papers, the 3rd aspirant may no longer seem in any of the papers because of COVID.
The petitioners, of their plea filed via suggest Shashank Singh, have mentioned that they examined sure for COVID-19 within the RTPCR take a look at stories dated January 13, 14 and January 6.
The plea has mentioned the petitioners may no longer take the UPSC mains exam after trying out sure for COVID-19 and owing to the constraints imposed beneath the stern quarantine pointers of the federal government.
“Additionally, there was once absence of any more or less coverage of UPSC which might supply preparations for such petitioners who had been COVID sure all through the span of mains exam or sooner than it,” it mentioned.
“The petitioners are coming near this courtroom beneath Article 32 and looking for a route to the Respondent/ UPSC to increase them an extra (further) try to seem within the exam or in change, make some association to seem in the remainder of papers which the petitioners may no longer give sooner than the e-newsletter of results of civil provider mains exam 2021,” the plea mentioned.
It claimed that absence of coverage and no association to house COVID-19 sure petitioners to seem within the civil provider mains exam 2021 have violated their rights, together with that of beneath Article 14 (equality sooner than legislation) of the Charter of India.