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Supreme Court to consider a petition filed by civil service aspirants seeking an extra attempt in the UPSC exams for those candidates who gave the last attempt in the latest exam held in 2020. @DoPTGoI
has stated no extra chance would be given

#SupremeCourt
#civilservice

Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta had sought an adjournment stating Centre would like to discuss the case and inform #SupremeCourt about the revised stand
#UPSC

Hearing to commence shortly.
#UPSC
#supremeCourt

Bench says matters passed over will be taken up first.

#UPSC
#SupremeCourt
#extraattempt

ASG SV Raju: We are agreeable to it.

#BREAKING: Centre decides to grant ex gratia one time restricted relaxation to be granted to the prospective candidates.

Attempt for CSE Prelims 2020 candidates who had exhausted all attempts and are not age barred

ASG Raju: We are agreeable to give one more attempt but not another year

Supreme Court: Its not a straight yes and there are conditions therein. So let us go through it. Mail it to all advocates. Copies to us to registry.

Adjourned to Monday

Conditions laid down by Centre are:

1. Relaxation, only to the extent of providing one extra attempt for Civil Service Examination (CSE), specifically limited to CSE-2021, may be granted to only those candidates who appeared for CSE-2020 as their last permissible attempt...1/n

2/n..and are otherwise not age-barred from appearing in CSE-2021.

2. No relaxation shall be granted for CSE-2021 to those candidates who have not exhausted their permissible number of attempts or to those candidates who are otherwise age-barred from appearing in CSE-2021 ....

3/n ..as per the prescribed age limits of different categories, or to any other candidate for any other reason whatsoever.

3. This relaxation for the candidates and to the extent as prescribed above, shall be a one-time relaxation only ...

4/n .... and shall apply only for appearing in CSE-2021 and shall not be treated as a precedent.

4. The relaxation provided at Point 1, shall not create any vested right whatsoever or any other purported right on ground of parity or otherwise.

#SupremeCourt

@DebayonRoy

[BREAKING] Civil Service aspirants who appeared for CSE-2020 as their last permissible attempt, will be allowed to give CSE-2021: Centre to SC

reports @DebayonRoy

#UPSC #civilserviceexams #civilservicesaspirants

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