Revanth Reddy defends GO Ms 29, says even courts support government

The Chief Minister urged aspirants not to fall for the "political traps" set by opposition parties, emphasizing that courts would not accept changes to rules after notifications have been issued. He cited previous instances where exams were canceled by the courts. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Police Duty Meet, he noted that some aspirants had approached the High Court but did not receive any relief.

Hyderabad: Defending the implementation of GO Ms 29 for Group I examinations, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday said Group I aspirants should have raised objections soon after the notification was issued. Had they insisted on calling 1:100 ratio in February itself when the GO was issued, the State government would have considered their pleas.

Asking the aspirants not to fall for “political traps’ of Opposition parties, he said courts would not accept if rules were changed after issuing notifications. There have been instances earlier when courts cancelled exams. Addressing the closing ceremony of the Police Duty Meet here, the Chief Minister said a few aspirants had moved the High Court but did not get relief. Similarly, a few of them had approached the court on the question banks, but the court had supported the key sheet submitted by experts.

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“The appeals by the aspirants were dismissed by the court, which supported the State government on conducting the exams,” Revanth Reddy claimed. Pointing out that the Group I notification was issued in February, he said GO Ms 29 was also issued specifying modalities while GO Ms 55 was cancelled. As per GO Ms 29, there would be no loss in terms of reservation. Accordingly, for 563 posts, nearly 31,000 candidates were selected on merit basis. Notification was issued as per 1:50 ratio and applications were received, scrutinized and preliminary exams were conducted. However, Opposition parties were raising irrelevant arguments and insisting that candidates should be called on a 1:100 ratio, he said.

Stating that GO Ms 55 would have resulted in losses for ST, SC and BC candidates, he said GO Ms 29 would benefit community candidates and protect their reservations. Accusing Opposition parties of trying to derive political mileage from the issue, he said they were instigating the candidates.

Of the 31,000 candidates, already 95 percent had downloaded their hall tickets. The rest should also download the hall tickets and appear for the exams from Monday, failing which a golden opportunity would be missed, he said.The Chief Minister also appealed to the police personnel not to resort to lathi charges or book any cases against the aspirants. If cases were booked, they would create hurdles for them in future, he said and wanted the police to adopt a humanitarian approach.