In the case of a UPSC

n the case of a UPSC aspirant who qualified the exam and interview stages, but failed to clear the medial test and was accordingly declared temporarily unfit for services, the Supreme Court recently invoked its plenary jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constitution to do complete justice and directed that he be given another opportunity for re-medical test. If he qualifies the same and is appointed, the court directed that his services shall commence from the date of appointment. In arriving at the decision, the bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Pankaj Mithal noted that the petitioner-candidate was scheduled for re-medical test in 2015. However, he missed it due to a presumption that he had lost his chance of selected as a final list of successful candidates came to be published by UPSC prior to his re-medical test. The court also considered that the petitioner was 35 years of age and had exhausted all his attempts.

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