Justice P. Madhavi Devi of Telangana High Court on Saturday allowed a writ petition seeking cancellation and re-conduct of the preliminary examination held June 11 for recruitment of Group-I cadre officers.
Three candidates who appeared for the exam moved the HC, contending that the Telangana State Public Service Commission conducted the test without obtaining the biometrics of the candidates appearing for the exam. They also maintained that the OMR (Optical Memory Read) sheets issued to the candidates did not contain the hall ticket number.
The TSPSC did not ‘appear to be careful either in conducting the examination or in correlating the data of the candidates who appeared for the examination..’, the judge said in the verdict. Citing a Supreme Court judgement, the judge said the instructions issued by the TSPSC at the time of issuing notification had to be mandatorily followed by the candidates. “They have the force of the law and have to be complied with strictly,” the judgement said.
