UPSC prelims 2020: UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination to be held on October 4, Supreme Court dismisses petition to defer exam

UPSC Civil Services Prelims Exam 2020: UPSC Civil Services Pre Exam 2020 will be conducted on October 4. The Supreme Court has refused to postpone the UPSC's preliminary examination to be held on October 4 because of the Covid-19 global epidemic. The court asked the Center to consider giving another chance to those who could not take the exam due to the global epidemic, this time is the last opportunity to take the UPSC exam. The court dismissed the petition urging the 2020 UPSC Civil Services Examination to be conducted along with the 2021 examination.

The Supreme Court has accepted the arguments of UPSC. The UPSC had said that postponing the exam would have an impact on next year's exam as well. The UPSC has said that proper arrangements will be made to protect the health of the participants.

During the hearing on the petition filed for postponement of UPSC Civil Service Pre Examination 2020, the Supreme Court has said that the UPSC Pre Examination cannot be postponed. This will also affect other examinations. On the arguments of advocate Anupri Kapadia, the court has said that there is a problem of transportation for candidates coming from rural areas. The court has said that this is not new. This is a problem everywhere.

On the preparation of the examination, the UPSC said that the UPSC has made it mandatory for the test-taking candidates to wear a mask or face cover in the exam. The Commission has said that examinees can also bring sanitizers in transparent bottles. No candidate will be allowed to enter the examination center without a mask. Examiners must follow the rules of Covid-19. They also have to follow social distance on campuses with examination halls/rooms.

 Earlier in the court on Monday, the UPSC said that it is impossible to postpone the exam, as all the logistic arrangements have already been done. Subsequently, a 3-judge bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar asked the UPSC to put this fact in an affidavit and keep it with the arrangements. Let us tell you that a petition has been filed to postpone this examination in the country due to the increasing cases due to the coronavirus epidemic.

Petitioners across the country told the court that examining at this time can pose a threat to both the health and safety of the candidates. Let us tell you that 6 lakh candidates are expected to appear in this offline examination to be held in 72 cities across the country.

Earlier, in response to a petition seeking the postponement of the Civil Services Preliminary Examination, the UPSC on Tuesday filed an affidavit by the Supreme Court stating that it had already spent Rs 50 crore in conducting this examination, if further resumed this examination If avoided, it will cause major loss of government money. The affidavit of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) came before the hearing on Wednesday. Earlier, UPSC had said in the apex court that it is impossible to postpone the examination. The petition filed by the UPSC candidates has demanded the postponement of the examination because of the fast-growing cases of coronavirus in the country and the severe flood situation in many states.

The UPSC has stated in the affidavit that it has postponed several recruitment examinations due to the Covid-19 epidemic. But to fill the important vacancies in government services, it is very important to have the Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2020. The Commission said that it was opposing the demand for postponement of the exam as the maximum postponement could be done till October 4. Exams beyond this cannot be postponed. If the date advances again, the schedule of the Civil Services Main Examination and other recruitment examinations proposed in the year will be affected.

The affidavit filed by UPSC Joint Secretary (Examinations) Raj Kumar states, "Postponement is likely to have not just a bar to the calendar, but its wider side effects in future. Second stage of recruitment examinations other than the Civil Services Main Exam And the interviews are due this year. If the date goes ahead from October 4, then the Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2021 which is to be held on June 27, 2021, will also go ahead.

The Supreme Court on Monday told the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) that the preparations for the Civil Services Preliminary Examination to be held on October 4 because of the rapid increase in the cases of Covid-19 and the flood situation in many parts of the country. I should make him aware till tomorrow. The UPSC opposed the petition filed in the Court for postponing the Civil Services Preliminary Examination despite the situation arising out of the Covid-19 epidemic and floods. A three-member bench of Justice AM Khanwilkar, Justice BR Gavai, and Justice Krishna Murari, while hearing the matter through video conference, asked the UPSC to file an affidavit till Mangalavar. Information about any preparations you have made in a brief affidavit.