Monday, October 20, 2014

Union Public Service Commission advises candidates to refrain from filing RTI for results

New Delhi: The constitutional body, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which takes the prestigious IAS exam has advised its candidates not to file RTI applications for knowing their results of civil services preliminary examination.

"The Commission puts up the mark sheets of all candidates who takes the civil services examination. Despite this, candidates file RTI applications to know their results. We have been informing them that mark sheets will be uploaded on our website once the entire selection procedure of this year's exam gets over," a senior official of the UPSC said.

On Tuesday, the results of civil services preliminary examination, 2014 were announced by the commission.

"Candidates are also informed that marks, cut-off marks and answer keys of civil services (preliminary) examination 2014 will be provided only after the entire process of the civil services examination, 2014, is over i.e. after the declaration of the final result. Therefore, no application under RTI Act, 2005 or otherwise will be entertained in this regard," the UPSC has said in a statement.

Out of a total of 4,52,334 candidates, 16,933 have qualified in the civil services preliminary examination. The
Exam was held on August 24 at 2,137 in 59 venues across the country.

Preliminary, main and interview are the three stages which UPSE takes to select candidates for prestigious Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others.

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