Civil Services 2020 exams: UPSC, Centre get SC notice on plea seeking postponement of upcoming test

Civil Services 2020 exams: UPSC, Centre get SC notice on plea seeking postponement of upcoming test

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 24) issued discover to the Centre and the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on a plea filed by UPSC aspirants, looking for postponement of the upcoming civil providers examination. The plea has been filed towards conducting of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination on October 4.

The apex court docket sought response from the Centre and the united states on the postponement of civil providers 2020 examinations in view of rising instances of COVID-19 pandemic and floods. The petitioners sought the exams to be postponed for 2 to 3 months in order that the flood/incessant rains go away and COVID-19 curve flattens.

A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna issued notices to UPSC, Centre and posted the matter for listening to on September 28, 2020.

The plea submitted that the choice of the united states to conduct the examination in accordance with the Revised Calendar, violates the rights of the petitioners and people equally located, beneath Article 19 (1) (g) of the Constitution to observe their chosen occupation/occupation of serving the general public.

The plea additional stated that this seven hours lengthy Offline examination, might be taken by roughly six lakh aspirants at test centres in 72 cities throughout the nation.

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By conducting the aforesaid examination throughout India at such perilous time, the united states will put lives of lakhs of younger college students at utmost danger and hazard of illness and dying, it stated, including that the pure calamities like flood, incessant rain, landslides and many others. are prone to immediately have an effect on the life and well being of the aspirants.

Notably, the Indian Civil Service Exam (UPSC IAS examination / UPSC Civils) is performed in three levels:

1. Civil Services Exam (Preliminary)  – Objective Type
2. Civil Services Exam (Main) – Descriptive Type
3. Personality Test / Interview

The means of the civil providers examination from the notification of the preliminary examination to the declaration of the ultimate outcomes takes place roughly inside a 12 months. The candidates who get chosen are recruited and skilled for numerous providers by the Central authorities after which allotted completely different state cadres, as per their choice and rating.

The notification for UPSC Civil Services Exam 2020 was revealed on February 12th, 2020. Aspirants can examine additional particulars on the united states’s official web site.

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