Why UPSC candidates who missed final try cannot be given one other likelihood, SC asks Centre

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The Supreme Court Friday requested the Centre as to why one-time rest can’t be given to civil providers aspirants who couldn’t seem for his or her final try in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic by giving them an additional likelihood. A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari requested Additional Solicitor General SV Raju to apprise it by February 1 on what number of candidate would seem if one-time rest is given and what number of instances it has been performed for the reason that Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) was established.
“It’s just a one-time relaxation and if it has been done before then why not this time”, the bench advised Raju.
The high courtroom requested Centre to not concern any notification for 2021 UPSC examination until February 1 and stated that it was not asking to extend the age-limit of candidates however the request is being made that one-time concession be given to those that have exhausted all their makes an attempt.
Senior advocate Shyam Divan and advocate Anushree Prashit Kapadia appeared for petitioner Rachna and others searching for grant of another likelihood within the UPSC’s civil providers examination to these aspirants who couldn’t seem of their final try in 2020 because of the pandemic.
On Thursday, the highest courtroom had questioned the Centre for submitting an affidavit with out specifying at whose degree the choice was taken for not granting another alternative to UPSC civil providers aspirants who couldn’t seem of their final try in 2020 examination as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
The high courtroom had stated that the affidavit filed earlier than it was not clear about at whose degree this determination was taken and noticed {that a} “routine” affidavit has been filed earlier than it by an under-secretary degree officer.
On January 25, the Centre had advised the apex courtroom that permitting additional try in UPSC civil providers examination to those that couldn’t seem of their final likelihood in 2020 as a result of COVID-19 would create a “cascading effect”, detrimental to the general functioning and degree taking part in discipline obligatory for a public examination system.

In an affidavit filed within the apex courtroom, the Centre had stated that giving an extra try or rest in age for some candidates would quantity to extending differential therapy to equally positioned aspirants on the examination.
“It is due to this fact respectfully submitted that accommodating the current petitioners would create a cascading impact detrimental to the general functioning and degree taking part in discipline essential to be offered in any public examination system,” stated the affidavit, filed by an under-secretary within the Department of Personnel and Training.
The Centre stated, “It may be noted that providing an extra attempt could further have a cascading effect by creating a ground for challenge on part of those candidates who have already appeared for the CS (Preliminary) Examination-2020.”
It had stated a complete of 4,86,952 candidates appeared within the October 4, final yr examination and the UPSC had “left no stone unturned in their pursuit to accommodate for the means and interests of the candidates.”
“It is further submitted that the contention by the petitioners that their preparation was hampered due to the stress caused by the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, does not hold weight as the UPSC had already given extra time to the candidates by postponing the CS (preliminary) examination-2020 from May 31, 2020 to October 4, 2020,” it had stated, including that these situations would have affected each candidate on the examination in the same method.
The affidavit had stated that different non-final try candidates, who undertook the examination “without any murmur of discontent”, can be disadvantageously positioned in future examinations if the reduction prayed for by the petitioners is granted as it will allow huge variety of skilled candidates to take part once more, thereby making the longer term examination excessively aggressive.
The high courtroom on September 30 final yr had refused to postpone the UPSC civil providers preliminary examination, which was held on October 4, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and floods in a number of components of the nation.
However, it had directed the central authorities and the UPSC to contemplate granting an additional likelihood to candidates who in any other case have their final try in 2020, with corresponding extension of the higher age-limit. 
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