Patna: Hearing on the petition filed for re-conducting the preliminary test for 70th Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) exam in Patna High Court has been deferred once again on February 4.
The hearing was postponed owing to the absence of the concerned judge. The petitioners along with other aspirants will have to wait for the fresh date of hearing. Though it is said in the court that the matter might be taken up for the hearing on February 5th.
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The Patna High Court was earlier scheduled to hear the case on January 31. However, it was re-scheduled for hearing on February 4, as Justice Arvind Singh Chandel in whose bench the case was listed was on leave on January 31.
The court was likely to hear the case in the context of affidavits filed by the BPSC and the state government, which are reluctant to provide any succour to the students. The students have been agitating since December 16 for the reconduct of the PT. During the last hearing of the case on January 15, the court had asked the BPSC and the state government to file the counter affidavit.
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Aspirants of the 70th BPSC exam had filed a petition in the Patna High Court, alleging that there were gross irregularities in the conduct of the PT. They had also claimed that the question paper of the examination was out in circulation on social media and hence, they have been asking for its cancellation. Upon hearing the arguments from the aspirants side, the court had directed the BPSC and the state government to file the counter affidavit by January 30.
Candidates are continuously protesting at the Dharna Sthal in Gardanibagh, Patna, demanding cancellation of the examination and re-examination. Although the result of the 70th BPSC PT exam has been released, the protesting candidates are saying that they will continue their fight till the last moment. The students were expecting a major relief after today’s hearing, but once again the matter got stuck, due to which the candidates have got only hope.
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The 70th BPSC PT exam was held on 13 December 2024. A total of 912 examination centers were set up for this. However, due to disturbances in the Bapu Examination Complex in Patna, the examination there was canceled and the examination was conducted again only for that center. Many candidates are expressing displeasure over this and are demanding re-examination in the entire state.
Earlier Anand Legal and Forum Trust of Bihar had filed a petition in the Supreme Court, which rejected the plea. The bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjeev Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar, Justice KV Vishwanathan had in its order said that the Patna High Court had authority to take up the case under Article 226 of the Constitution.
