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Prayagraj, 06 December (HS). In the matter of exchange of answer sheets of the main examination of PCS J 2022 and reduction in marks of the candidates, Allahabad High Court has summoned the answer sheets of the main examination of the petitioners. The court has directed to file these answer sheets in the court in a sealed envelope.
Along with this, the court has said that the marks obtained by the petitioners should be uploaded on the website of the Commission by Saturday 7th December, so that the candidates can have correct information about the marks obtained by them. The order was given by a division bench of Justice SD Singh and Justice D Ramesh while hearing the petitions of Shravan Pandey and dozens of other PCS J candidates.
The petitioners said that despite the answers on their answer sheets being correct, they were either given zero marks or surprisingly very low marks. Some petitioners also claimed that their marks were reduced. The petitioners alleged that their marks were deliberately reduced after the preliminary evaluation. In view of this, the division bench said that in this situation there is a need for judicial evaluation of the answer sheets. The court directed the commission’s counsel to present the answer sheets of the petitioners in a sealed envelope to the court.
In view of the complaint of tampering in the marks obtained by the candidates, the court said that the marks obtained by the petitioners in the written examination and interview should be loaded on the website. Instructions have been given to do this work by Saturday 7th December. The court has directed to hear the case on December 12.
It is noteworthy that, the UP PCS J 2022 main examination was first challenged in the High Court by candidate Shravan Pandey. Alleged that their answer sheets had been tampered with and marks had been changed. On the complaint of Shravan Pandey, the Commission took suo motu steps and re-evaluated the answer sheets. The evaluation revealed tampering with more than 50 copies. After this, many other candidates filed a petition in the High Court and made a similar complaint.
While hearing the matter, the High Court had sought a reply from the Commission. The court also expressed displeasure that the Public Service Commission itself decided to change the final result by excluding two selected candidates and including two candidates in the selection and also sent its recommendation to the state government. The court will now hear this case on December 12.
