August 1 cut-off date for UPSC age limit is unfair: aspirants to CJI
The HinduAt least 15 civil services exam aspirants have written separate letters to Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna alleging that regulations which set August 1 as the cut-off date for determining the maximum age eligibility amounts to a denial of equal opportunity and is discriminatory. Kurup contended that the upper age limit cut-off date of August 1 discriminated among candidates born the same year but a few months or days apart. “I request your immediate and decisive intervention to shift the age eligibility cut-off to January 1, as practised in other government recruitment processes, to ensure fairness and equal opportunity for all aspirants regardless of their birth month,” Mr. Sivagopal wrote. Yash Sharma’s letter to the top judge argued that the cut-off date of August 1 for calculating the maximum age limit was a violation of Article 21 of the Constitution.
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