It’s news for IAS aspirants. The Delhi High Court will hear on July 3 a plea challenging the preliminary examination of the Civil Services Examination, 2023 conducted by the UPSC.

This is in response to a petition filed by 17 civil services aspirants. They have in common sought quashing of the Union Public Service Commission Civil Services Preliminary Examination, 2023. 

The petitioners have also demanded that the preliminary test for general studies papers 1 and 2 be re-conducted. When their petitions came for hearing on Thursday, a vacation bench of Justice Manoj Jain put the next hearing on the issue on July 3.

The plea also challenged the press note issued by the UPSC on June 12 declaring the results of the preliminary examination and sought direction to the commission to publish the answer key with immediate effect.