The Supreme Court refused to stay the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) mains examination on June 18. The Court also sets aside the Allahabad High Court order for the re-evaluation of answer sheets of Upper Subordinate Services preliminary exam. The court was hearing an appeal by students seeking stay or cancellation of an Upper Subordinate Services exam conducted by UPPSC.
A vacation bench of Justices Uday Umesh Lalit and Deepak Gupta allowed the appeal of UPPSC against the high court order. This bench dismissed petitions by students who had demanded a stay on the mains examination saying UPPSC has not complied with the high court order.
The bench said,” We allow the appeal of the UPPSC and set aside the high court order. The petitions seeking a stay of mains examination are dismissed.”
The apex court said that the importance of an examination would be lost if courts keep interfering through their power of judicial review with the decisions taken by authorities conducting competitive tests.
The students have alleged in the appeal that answers to several questions asked in UPPSC’s preliminary examination held last year were incorrect. They also said UPPSC has not followed the Allahabad High Court’s March 30 order directing for the re-evaluation of answer sheets of the preliminary test.
In March 30 order, the high court said that candidates found to have qualified the preliminary examination as a result of re-evaluation would be entitled to appear in the mains exam. UPPSC had challenged the high court’s order in Supreme Court. The high court had refused to direct the commission to hold the preliminary examination again and asked for the re-evaluation of answer sheets of all candidates after deleting one question.
The mains examination for the post of Upper Subordinate Services, which was postponed earlier, is now scheduled to be held on June 18. The notification for the same was issued in February 2017 and the preliminary examination was conducted in September 2017.
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