Hyderabad: Petitioners’ advocates told the High Court on Tuesday that irregularities had marred the conduct of the Group-1 mains examination from the beginning, and accused the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) of enabling them.
They alleged that the commission acted in a way that favoured certain individuals. From hall ticket distribution to the choice of examination centres, and discrepancies in candidate attendance figures, the entire process reflected manipulation, counsel argued. They also pointed to triple evaluations, and said the selection of professors for valuation was part of a deliberate pattern of wrongdoing.
Justice Namavarapu Rajeshwara Rao continued hearing the petitions relating to Group-1 irregularities on Tuesday.
Senior advocate Surender Rao submitted that TSPSC wrote to the Commissioner of Collegiate Education seeking professors for valuation between January 11 and 25. However, information had already reached those professors beforehand, he claimed.
He questioned how English professors could have evaluated answer papers written in Telugu, calling it inexplicable. Another senior advocate, Rachana Reddy, argued that issuing separate hall tickets for prelims and mains was unprecedented in TSPSC history and described it as a blot on its record.
She alleged this was the first sign of malpractice. Rao further stated that after first-stage valuation, answer scripts were handed over with a bundle number to a second examiner, but not to a third, with no basis for such a system. He claimed there was no way to track whether the valuation happened at all.
He added that bundle and serial numbers were known only to select individuals. Arguments will continue on Wednesday.
