UPSC Mains 2021: Will the exam be postponed due to emerging Covid Cases ?

The Mains Examination of the Civil Services Mains Examination 2021, that was supposed to be A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking postponement of UPSC Civil Services Mains Examination, 2021 scheduled from January 7 to 16th January 2021. The aspirants who have cleared the preliminary round of the examination will appear for the Mains Examination. However the exponential rise in the number of cases triggered by the Omnicron variant has raised some questions regarding conduction of the examination.

The matter was mentioned today by Advocate Anushree Kapadia before a Division Bench led by Chief Justice DN Patel. A permission regarding urgent listing was presented and it has been approved for Urgent Listing tomorrow. The petitioner candidates are the ones who have cleared their prelims examinations have said that there is an imminent risk of them getting infected and also a risk of losing out their valuable attempt to appear in the examination.

The plea states that the conduct of the UPSC CSE 2021 (Mains) Examination in the present schedule, is arbitrary and violative of fundamental rights of the candidates. The argument is that the date of the paper is on 7th anf the Omnicron situation in the country is so unprecedented that the arrangements at the centres is not possible. Even if one candidate is infected from the Virus, they will create a threat for all the other aspirants taking the examination.