SC criticizes UP govt services commission for questions with ambiguous set of answers
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has slammed the Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC) for having set certain questions with ambiguous choices as answers for the Revenue Lekhpal examination for 2021-2022 and has directed the Commission to re-evaluate the answer sheets.
The bench consisting of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K Vinod Chandran has also said that the ambiguity in the answers has affected the outcome for over 8,000 candidates who had competed for 8,085 vacancies, reports LiveLaw.
The judges further resolved the ambiguities in three major questions from Booklet Series B.
The question on the location from where Mahatma Gandhi started the Salt Satyagraha gave options of Dandi, Surat, Sabarmati and Pawnar. The bench pointed out that the site of violation of the salt law was Dandi from a purely technical point of view. The official position in considering it the right answer was correct. The judges added that the Satyagraha commenced from Sabarmati, and therefore could also be considered as correct although not technically so. They said that the candidates who opt for either of the above answers should be given full marks.
The bench also gave directions related to the longest national highway in Uttar Pradesh, stating that, as the numbers had changed with time, two answers could be considered correct. Thirdly, it referred to the eligibility of farmers to get subsidy under the solar photovoltaic irrigation pump scheme and clarified that two answers were correct due to the changes in the policy implemented by the government.
The judges chastised the UPSSSC for the ambiguous and unclear questions it had set and stressed that the lapses proved to be highly disadvantageous for the candidates. They also directed the Commission to award appropriate marks to the affected candidates while protecting those who had been selected, to avoid disruption in the recruitment process.
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Chamarajnagar: Wild elephant with injured trunk struggles to drink water from tank; video goes viral
Chamarajnagar: A wild elephant was seen near the Indibasappa Temple on Palar Road on Male Mahadeshwara Hills in Hanur taluk struggling to drink water from a tank as it sustained injuries on its trunk.
A video clip of the elephant trying to drink water from the tank situated near the temple has gone viral on social media.
On learning of the situation of the elephant, many locals expressed sympathy and also shared it widely on various platforms.
The matter was also brought to the notice of the Forest Department officials, with netizens urging the officers to urgently provide medical aid to the wild elephant.
