Telangana HC Upholds TSPSC Group-1 Prelims Cancellation
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad: In a setback to the Telangana Public Service Commission, a division bench of the Telangana High Court has dismissed a writ appeal filed by the state government’s official recruiter seeking a direction to set aside a single judge’s order cancelling the Preliminary Examination conducted for the Group-1 posts. The High Court also questioned TSPSC as to when it could take biometric attendance of the 2,83,346 candidates, who appeared for the Group.1 Preliminary exam on October 16, 2022, which was cancelled due to a question paper leak, why it could not put in place the same biometric system when the examination was conducted on June 11, 2023 for the second time. As 503 posts are notified in the Group.1 exam, even if 10 to 15 persons impersonate, they will be the beneficiaries, and the whole object of conducting the examination will be defeated and the candidates, who strived hard will be put to irreparable loss, as per the Supreme Court Judgment in State of Tamil Nadu Vs., G. Hemalatha, which held that the instructions are binding on the Commission as well as the candidates, therefore, the TSPSC could not have dispensed with the biometric Attendance in the exam held on 11-6-2023. The High Court also found fault with the TSPSC for furnishing false information on the number of candidates who appeared for the examination in its two web notes.