Patna High court Extends the date of Hearing of BPSC PT Result case

Patna, Nov, 14: Patna high Court again extended the date of hearing of 53-55 case due to technical reason. Court will again hear the matter on November 17.

Earlier BPSC has filed the counter affidavit in which they have altered the questions as per directive of High Court after receiving the expert advice.

Now things will be decided by High court after three days on November 17.

The bench of Justice Tripathi on August 16 had directed BPSC not to conduct the mains of the civil services examination till petitions demanding fresh examination for the preliminary test were disposed of. The court was set to hear the matter today.

Earlier the bench of Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi issued the order while hearing the petitions filed by 54 candidates challenging the BPSC’s decision to announce the results of the preliminary exam after abruptly deleting eight marks from 150.

An advertisement for BPSC preliminary exam was published on January 1, 2011. It invited applications for 53rd to 55th Common Combined (Preliminary) Competitive Examination 2011. The preliminary exam was conducted on April 17. The result was published on July 16.

Many candidates who failed to make it to the list approached the court on the issue. The petitioners said the commission had illegally deleted eight questions out of 150 asked in the exam and declared results on the basis of 142 questions. The petitioners maintained that they would have automatically qualified in the examination if the results were declared on the basis of 150 questions.