The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed the plea filed by few candidates seeking postponement of Civil Services Mains Exam 2021 conducted by the Union Public Service Commission.
Hearing the plea, Justice Kameshwar Rao said that the court was not inclined to interfere in the matter and will pass an order on this.
A petition was filed in the High Court demanding postponement of the UPSC mains examination due to the rise in the number of Covid-19 cases, which is to be held from January 7 to January 16.
On behalf of the petitioners, advocate Anushree Kapadia said Covid-19 cases have been increasing continuously. In such a situation, if a student gets infected with Covid-19 then there are high chances that other students can also get infected.
Apart from this, Kapadia said that there are many such rules, guidelines for the candidates which are not appropriate. Not possible for students to practically follow, she added.
Advocate Naresh Kaushik, appearing for UPSC, also submitted before the court that during the prelims examination, across 9 lakh students had appeared but in the main exam, only around 9,000 are appearing.
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Kaushik said that all the preparations for this examination have been completed. We had also arranged for the selection of centers for the examinees, this facility was also used by many students. In such a situation, it would not be right to put the exam on hold, he added.
Kaushik informed the court that the candidates have already downloaded the admits cards and from Friday the exam will begin and supervisors have already reached the centres.
UPSC has also asked the state governments to ensure that no inconvenience is caused to the candidates and examination functionaries.
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Some candidates had filed a petition in the High Court demanding the postponement of these examinations in view of the rapidly increasing cases of Covid-19.