Aspirants urge govt to postpone Group-I main exam amid pending legal cases

Candidates who qualified in the Main examination questioned the government as to how it would hold the examination when around 14 cases against the Group - I were pending in the High Court with upcoming hearings before the bench.

Hyderabad: The Group – I aspirants want the Congress government to put off the Main examination scheduled to be conducted from October 21 until all pending legal cases on Group – I are settled in the High Court.

Candidates who qualified in the Main examination questioned the government as to how it would hold the examination when around 14 cases against the Group – I were pending in the High Court with upcoming hearings before the bench.

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A total of 3.02 lakh candidates appeared for the Group – I prelims conducted on June 9. Following the examination, the Telangana Public Service Commission issued a preliminary key, which attracted 6,417 objections from 1,712 candidates. Overall, objections were raised on 13 questions on the final key, the aspirants said.

After releasing the prelims results, the TGPSC selected 31,382 candidates in 1:50 ratio for the Main examination scheduled to be held from October 21 to 27.

Presently, cases are pending on the prelims final key, GO 29, local area and ST reservation in the High Court. While the hearing on final key and GO 29 is scheduled for September 27, cases on horizontal reservation and non-local are expected to be heard on November 7 and 27 respectively.

If the court rules in the favour of candidates after conducting the examination, candidates wonder how the government would implement such directions.

“Hence, we want the government to defer the examination until all legal cases are settled in the court. If not, we will be compelled to take the Main examination again if the court cancels the prelims. Given the extensive syllabus and six papers to write, preparing and appearing for the Main examination is no cake walk,” said an aspirant.