Cuttack: The Orissa High Court Friday scrapped the merit list of Assistant Section Officers (ASO) recruitment examination for 796 posts conducted by the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC).
The court has ordered OPSC to publish a new merit list within two months on basis of marks obtained by candidates in the written examination, said a source.
The Assistant Section Officers (ASO) examination was conducted August 27, 2022 and the results were declared November 7, 2022.
A number of applicants had moved Orissa High Court citing irregularities in ASO recruitment process.
According to reports, the dispute centers around the new ‘qualification mark rule’ that the OPSC introduced while publishing the merit list. As per the new rule, a sectional cut-off was implemented, requiring candidates to achieve qualifying marks in each subject.
The candidates objected that the new qualifying mark criterion was introduced later after the written tests and that OPSC had not mentioned this in prior notifications.
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