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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has conveyed to the Supreme Court its determination to merchandise provisional reply keys aft the civilian services preliminary examination.
The decision, conveyed to the apex tribunal successful an affidavit, signalled a determination distant from the earlier signifier of publishing keys lone aft the year-long recruitment cycle.
The affidavit, filed successful a petition by Himanshu Kumar, represented by elder advocator Devadatt Kamat and advocates Rajesh G. Inamdar and Shashwat Anand, informed the tribunal that the provisional keys would beryllium released aft the prelims to facilitate candidates to rise representations oregon objections, which would beryllium placed earlier a squad of taxable experts who would behaviour an in-depth information and finalise the reply keys. The last reply cardinal would people beryllium released aft the work of the last results, UPSC said.
The petitioner’s counsel nevertheless responded that the affidavit did not clarify the redressal measures for candidates who appeared successful the CSE 2025 Prelims successful May 2025, wherever nary provisional keys were provided, leaving aspirants uncertain astir retrospective remedies similar re-evaluation oregon objection windows.
This improvement followed an earlier petition filed connected August 11, 2025, erstwhile 28 civilian services aspirants approached the Supreme Court against the UPSC’s “opaque” reply cardinal argumentation for the 2025 civilian services prelims.
Mr. Kamat and Mr. Anand had argued that the “delayed merchandise of reply keys undermined transparency and fairness successful the introspection process”.
A Bench headed by Justice P.S. Narasimha is considering broad guidelines for aboriginal UPSC exams, including timelines for reply cardinal releases and objection processes.
