Group 2 exam issue : High Court issued notices to TSPSC

Hyderabad, July 14: The common division bench Hyderabad High Court has issued the notices to the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) over the conduct of Group-2 examinations here on Thursday. The bench has directed TSPSC to file a counter affidavit within three weeks.

Justice M S Ramachandra Rao gave this direction while hearing a Writ petition filed by M Ravinder Goud and 19 others challenging the merit list issued by the TSPSC on June 1 for Group II examination.

Appearing for the petitioners, counsel B Rachna Reddy informed the judge that many irregularities took place in the recruitment process for Group II posts, particularly in relation to the evaluation of OMR answer sheets.

She said despite clear instructions regarding the procedure for filling up OMR answer sheets, many students who had not followed the instructions were selected in the merit list. Also, there was a manual evaluation of the sheets, which is prohibited.

In view of this issue, there are doubts about the authenticity of the merit list and therefore this examination must be scrapped and a new examination conducted, she pleaded.

While 5 lakh members were attended the Group 2 exam, TSPSC has released the list of 3,147 candidates.Some had raised many suspicions on the list.They have requested to the court to cancel and reconduct the Group 2 exam. The judge issued notices and directed the respondents to file a counter affidavit within three weeks.