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A bench comprising Justices A.S. Boppana and Prashant Kumar Mishra granted relief to two aspirants who were insisted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to only submit their final degrees as proof of educational qualification under Civil Services Examination Rules, 2023. 

A bench comprising Justices C. Hari Shankar and Manoj Jain refused to provide interim relief and disposed of a petition filed by a group of civil services aspirants against the Tribunal's refusal to grant any interim relief. The court ordered the CAT to decide the matter expeditiously, adhering to the principles of natural justice.

The applicants can make an appeal against the rejection of their applications within 10 days. The rejection has to be submitted along with the documentary evidence (original hard copy) or in person to Mr. AK Roy, Under Secretary (CSP). The last date for submitting the rejection is 17th March.

The Last date for making the changes in the application is 28th of February. The USPC Civil Service 2023 application process was started on 1st of February and concluded on 21st of February.  “If any of the applicants wants to make any changes in his/her One Time Registration (OTR) profile during this changing period, then they have to login to the OTR platform and have to do the needful process accordingly,” read a notification in this regard released by the UPSC.

"Number of candidates selected by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Staff Selection Commission (SSC) and Railway Recruitment Boards (RRB) for appointment in the Central government during the last five years is 3,77,802," said Minister of State, Personnel, Jitendra Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

It has been launched on the Commission's website at upsc.gov.in and upsconline.nic.in on a 24 X 7 basis. As per the Commission, the OTR will be quite useful for the candidates as it will not only save them from filling in their basic personal details again for any subsequent examination being conducted by the UPSC, but also eliminate any possibility of submission of incorrect information by them as their basic personal details will be validated by the candidates themselves.

"Now that I have got a chance, I am happy that I will serve the country. I made my second attempt this time as I had to give the paper in Hindi in the first attempt due to the wrong filling of the form, in which I was left behind by just one number. This time I wrote the paper in English and cleared the exam. Papa got very emotional when he came to know and he is coming back to Delhi, I was elated to see the happiness of my parents," she said while talking to IANS.

Shruti Sharma, an alumnus of St. Stephens College and Jawaharlal Nehru University has secured all India Rank 1.  Ankita Agarwal came second, Gamini Singla was the third topper and Aishwarya Verma emerged as the fourth topper. UPSC has recommended names of 685 candidates for appointment. The final result has been published after successful completion of prelims, main and interview rounds.

A total of 6622 candidates with the following Roll Numbers have qualified for being interviewed by the Service Selection Board of the Ministry of Defence, for admission to the course commencing in April 2023, according to Hindustan Times. 

The entrance examination will be held on June 24, 2022, this year. The application form filing started on April 6 and will end soon on April 26 till 6:00 PM. The applications for the same can be withdrawn from May 4 2022 to May 10 at 6:00 PM. All the candidates applying must ensure that they fulfill the required age limit for the exam. They must have a minimum attained age of 21 years and should not exceed 30 years as of August 1, 2022.