Odisha PSC to re-conduct OJS prelims on Sep 6

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Aug 21, 2015 at 1:57 PM

Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Cuttack, Aug 21:

A day after it withdrew its review petition in the High Court, the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) today announced it would conduct the preliminary examinations of Odisha Judicial Service (OJS)-2015 on September 6 as per the orders of the court.

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The Commission yesterday withdrew its review petition against the High Court verdict to conduct OJS examination afresh owing to question paper leak. The court had scrapped the OJS Preliminary Examinations-2015 on July 28 this year.

The court had directed the Commission to hold fresh preliminary examinations within six weeks and the main examinations four weeks after the preliminary examinations.

Notably, several OJS aspirants had moved the court seeking scrapping of the examination citing errors in the question papers.