Central Government ready to give another chance to UPSC Aspirants

The central government has agreed to give another chance to the students who appeared for the UPSC exams in the year 2020. ASG Raju also emphasized that the relaxation shall not be treated as a precedent for the future. One extra attempt for Civil Service Examination (CSE), specifically limited to CSE-2021.

The Central Government has agreed to give the New Delhi Central Government another chance to the students who gave the last appearance in the UPSC exam. In the last hearing, the central government had said that it was not in favor of giving another chance to those who gave the last appointment in the UPSC, but after this, in the Supreme Court on Friday, the central government took a U-turn and has agreed to give a chance, but it is conditioned that he should be of age. Additional Solicitor General SV Raju was told by the Central Government on behalf of the Central Government that the Central Government has considered this issue and agreed that the student who gave the last appearance in October 2020, will be given another chance. The central government says that the age limit of such last attentive students should not be exceeded.

In front of Supreme Court Justice Ashok Bhushan, the Additional Solicitor General of the Central Government said that this exemption is for one time and it will not become a law. SV Raju told the court that a one- time exemption is being given to the students who gave the last appearance at the time of Covid and this exemption will be applicable only during the 2021 examination not later than that. Council for the central government said that students of any category will not seek any exemption in the future. The central government presented a note in this regard. The Supreme Court said that we have not got it, we want to read it ourselves because this matter is related to the students. The Supreme Court asked all parties to provide notes and postponed the next hearing for Monday.

On December 18, in the Supreme Court, the central government had said that the Center and the UPSC are considering giving another chance in the UPSC to the candidates affected by the Corona epidemic. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the Supreme Court that the matter was under serious consideration.

On 22 January, the central government told the Supreme Court that last year, applicants who could not appear in the UPSC exam due to Covid were not in favor of giving them another chance. Additional Solicitor General SV, appearing on behalf of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), said that we are not ready to give another chance. On January 29, during the hearing of the UPSC exam aspirants pleading for another chance for the last attendants who were not able to give the exam due to COVID-19. The court had asked additional solicitor general (ASG) SV Raju, who represented the Centre, that when extra attempts had been given in the past in certain exceptional circumstances, the government should consider it this time too.

On 5 February, in the Supreme Court, the Central Government said that Covid-affected students who had given their last attempt last year will be given one more chance.