Supreme Court dismissed the writ petition on Extra Attempt in UPSC IAS 2021

Supreme Court dismissed the writ petition regarding the extra attempt to all the candidates in UPSC IAS 2021 exam. See details here.

The Supreme Court dismissed the plea for providing extra attempt in the UPSC IAS 2021 exam to all the candidates who do not fulfil the age criteria required for the IAS exam.The Supreme Court (SC) on February 8 reserved his decision about an extra attempt in the UPSC IAS exam 2021. Earlier on the February 6, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Central Government agreed to provide an extra compensatory attempt to all the candidates who had their last attempt in 2020 and fulfil all the eligibility criteria otherwise. The contention of the Centre was that providing an extra attempt to all will have a profound effect on the right to equality for all the other candidates.

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11.05: Supreme Court Bench dismissed the petition

10.45: Supreme Court to pronounce decision at 11 AM

Meanwhile, UPSC released a notice about the IAS 2021 prelims exam dates. The UPSC stated that the IAS prelims 2021 will be conducted on time as per the UPSC exam calendar 2021 released earlier.

The Centre submitted a condition for an extra attempt that the candidate must have had the last attempt last year and he or she must fulfil all the eligibility criteria this year also except the age factor. This extra attempt will be limited to this year only and no compensation of any kind on the count of coronavirus pandemic will be provided after this year.

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The petition for an extra attempt in the IAS 2021 exam was filled soon after the IAS prelims exam last year. The petitioner filed a Pubic Interest Litigation (PIL) for an extra attempt. In the initial hearings, the Centre was reluctant to provide an extra attempt in the IAS exam 2021, but when the SC asked for an affidavit from an appropriate authority, the Centre and UPSC both agreed for an extra attempt with certain conditions.

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