A Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court consisting of Justices Ravi Nath Tilhari and N. Harinath on Thursday granted a partial stay on the order of Justice Venkateswarlu Nimmagadda (dated March 13, 2024) in the writ petition that challenged the validity of the AP Public Service Commission (APPSC)’s Group-I Mains examination notified in the year 2018.
The Bench stayed the single Judge’s direction to APPSC which was to set aside the list of eligible candidates dated May 26, 2022, while posting the case for further hearing on March 27.
The other directions of Justice Venkateswarlu were to conduct the impugned examination afresh, evaluate the answer papers strictly in accordance with the APPSC Rules and complete the whole process in six months from the date of receipt of the order pronounced on March 13 after being reserved on August 21, 2023.
