Source – jagran.com
Patna [Jaishankar Bihari]. Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) will accept reapplication for the 65th Joint Competitive Preliminary Examination. On the order of Patna High Court, the application process will be started in the first week of January. Along with the new candidates, the result of the old will also be released in February.
The candidate appealed in the High Court
Controller of Examinations Amarendra Kumar said that Atul Ranjan, the candidate of the 63rd Combined Competition Preliminary Examination in Patna High Court, had appealed for not complying with the Disability Act. The High Court, while hearing the case, issued an order granting disability benefits as per the Act. Guidance has been received from the General Administration Department in this regard.
High court gave this big decision
According to the Disability Act, there is a provision to reserve one per cent seats for vision, deafness, mobility and dementia. Candidates with mental disabilities were not being given benefits in the vacancies of the Commission. Now on the order of the High Court, the Commission will soon accept the fresh application of Mental Disorder and Multiple Disorder candidates. The process of advertisement has been started. The exam is expected in the second fortnight of January. Results of both exams will be released simultaneously.
About 10 questions of 65th PT will be canceled
On October 15, the 65th Joint Preliminary Competition Examination was held at 718 centers in 35 districts of the state. About three lakh candidates participated in it. The commission had targeted to release the result of preliminary examination on 25 December. Experts of the Commission have also submitted their report on objections and objections to the answer-key. According to sources, the committee of experts has recommended to quash about 10 disputed questions. The examination was conducted for 422 posts for more than a dozen departments. Experts have predicted the cutoff of the preliminary examination to be between 100 and 105.