UPSC to Supreme Court: Will release answer key after prelims

NEW DELHI: After resisting for years the merchandise of the reply cardinal instantly aft the preliminary examination, UPSC has fixed successful to students' demands and told Supreme Court it volition people a provisional reply cardinal aft the exam "to heighten transparency successful its functioning", and volition entertain objections of candidates connected discrepancies successful the exam paper.The declaration was made successful an affidavit filed by UPSC successful Supreme Court connected a batch of petitions by civilian services aspirants from crossed the country. The petitioners, including Vidushi Pandey from Uttarakhand, had moved tribunal seeking that the reply cardinal beryllium released instantly aft the exam and earlier declaration of results, truthful that candidates tin rise objections, and errors tin beryllium corrected connected time. At present, the cardinal is published aft the last examination, astir a twelvemonth aft the preliminary exam, and virtually shuts the doorway connected candidates seeking a remedy for immoderate responsibility successful the question paper. That arsenic a effect of broad deliberation and considering the pious relation assigned to the UPSupreme Court arsenic a law body, the Commission has arrived astatine a conscious and well-considered determination arsenic under:a) Publishing the Provisional Answer key, aft the Preliminary Examination is conducted;b) Representations/objections volition beryllium sought from the candidates who appeared successful the examination.

Each specified representation/objection should beryllium supported by 3 authoritative sources..., the affidavit said. The students person been warring the ineligible conflict for the past 2 years and the committee had astatine archetypal powerfully objected to their plea. It yet relented aft elder advocator Jaideep Gupta, who was appointed by the Supreme Court arsenic amicus curiae, told the tribunal that greater transparency was needed successful the introspection process and suggested that a provisional reply cardinal beryllium published a time aft the introspection and examinees beryllium allowed to record objections to the questions arsenic good arsenic the answers wrong a week.