Ahmedabad : Today Gujarat High Court directed GPSC Gujarat Public Service Commission to declare new dates for its mains exam after candidates appealed for revised schedule over demand for preparation time. Some 1,927 candidates had moved a petition in the state high court, seeking six more weeks time to prepare for the mains exam since they were cleared on July 8, 2024, compared to 3,342 candidates who were cleared on March 18, 2024. GPSC had announced 127 vacancies for the posts of DySO Deputy Section Officer and Deputy Mamlatdar in 2023. The preliminary exam for the posts under GPSC was held on October 15, 2023, and the results were declared on March 18, 2024. Answers to 19 questions in that exam were challenged by some candidates, and the final results were declared just 10 days back on July 8, 2024. Subsequent to the updated results, 1,927 candidates were declared successful in the GPSC mains exam.
Also the mains earlier scheduled for July 8 was postponed to July 23. 1,927 candidates plead that only 14 days were left to them to prepare for the crucial mains. Whereas 3342 candidates whose results were declared in March had four months to prepare. The candidates sought at least two months to prepare for the exams. For a fair chance, HC directed GPSC to cancel the mains exam scheduled for July 23-26 and to declare the new exam dates that fall within six weeks from today.Previously, GPSC had made changes to the answers of 20 exams and made 280 amendments including changes or cancellations in the questions. Some 173 options were also changed in the final answer key of the exam announced in 2023-24.
