Deadline ends for Civil services exam; aspirants complain of website outage

Civil services aspirants complain of UPSC website outage, as application deadline ends today

Hyderabad: Aspirants complained of website outage, even as the deadline to apply for the Civil Service examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commision (UPSC) came to an end on Tuesday.

The UPSC, which had earlier released a notification for 1,056 posts, had said that the last date to fill the online application is March 5, before 6 pm.

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Many aspirants vented out their anger on the micro blogging site ‘X’ and requested the UPSC to extend the deadline.

UPSC Site down since afternoon. Please extend the deadline by a day or two. #UPSCPrelims2024 #UPSC2024 #UPSCSiteDown @upsc_official pic.twitter.com/qY2IXcd6K8

— Jovita Meryl Regi (@JovitaRegi) March 5, 2024

An aspirant with the user name @JovitaRegi said “UPSC Site down since afternoon. Please extend the deadline by a day or two.” While another user said “If it continues like this then lakhs of youth will be deprived of filling the form. The problem should be fixed as soon as possible and the date should be extended.”

If it continues like this then lakhs of youth will be deprived of filling the form.
The problem should be fixed as soon as possible and the date should be extended.#UPSCPrelims2024 pic.twitter.com/yNdCMnTQVJ

— KK NEHRA (@Krishan88701400) March 5, 2024

Each year UPSC receives more than 10 lakh applications for the civil service exam and a considerable amount of that number comes on the last day.