The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it is not in favour of one-time relaxation to UPSC exam aspirants who are age-barred, as it will be discriminatory to other candidates.
Scores of petitioners, who had exhausted their attempt in October 2020 exam amid Covid-19, had moved the top court urging it to grant them an extra chance.
Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, representing the Centre, submitted before a bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar that initially the government was not willing to give an extra chance, but it mellowed its stand after a suggestion from the bench.
After a detailed hearing in the matter, the top court reserved its verdict on a plea seeking an extra chance for UPSC aspirants, who exhausted all attempts last October, against the backdrop of mental and physical trauma due to the ongoing pandemic.
“During this pandemic, while everyone had a choice to save their attempt by leaving the exam in 2020 while taking care of their health,…