The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) told the Supreme Court that the civil services exam scheduled to be held on October 4th, cannot be postponed over the Coronavirus crisis. The Supreme court was hearing a plea seeking the postponement of the civil services exam filed by 20 aspirants from across the country.
The court on Monday asked the UPSC – the central recruiting agency for appointments to and exams for various civil services of the government and to file its affidavit by Tuesday, September 24 and that it will hear the case again on October 23.
The exam, which was earlier scheduled to be held on May 31, was rescheduled to October 4 in lieu of the pandemic.
20 civil services aspirants had approached the Supreme Court, seeking for the crucial exam to be postponed by two to three months due to the pandemic and on September 24. The apex Court had asked advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava, appearing for the petitioners, to serve a copy of the petition to the UPSC and the Centre.
The aspirants said that the civil services exam, being a recruitment examination, is completely different from an academic examination and if postponed, there would not be any delay or loss of any academic session.
