New Delhi: The Centre Friday told the Supreme Court that it was not in favour of approving one additional opportunity to those civil services aspirants who could not appear in their last effort in the exams conducted by the UPSC in 2015 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar remembered of the submissions of Extra Solicitor General S V Raju, appearing on behalf of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).

We are not all set to provide one more chance.

Offer me the time to file an affidavit last night I got guideline that we are not acceptable, Raju told the bench, which likewise consisted of justices B R Gavai and Krishna Murai.The bench has actually now posted the plea of a civil services aspirant Rachna Singh for hearing on January 25 and asked the Centre to file an affidavit during the duration and serve it to the parties.Earlier, Lawyer General Tushar Mehta had actually informed the bench that the government was considering the problem of giving one more opportunity to those civil services candidates who might not appear in their last effort to crack the UPSC exam.

The leading court, on September 30 last year, had refused to delay the UPSC civil services preliminary exam, which was hung on October 4, due to the fact that of COVID-19 pandemic and floods in several parts of the country.However, it had actually directed the main federal government and the Union Civil Service Commission to consider giving an additional chance to candidates who otherwise have their last attempt in 2020, with corresponding extension of the upper age-limit.

The bench was then informed that an official choice can be taken by the Department of Worker and Training (DoPT) just.