Overview
- The Supreme Court bench led by Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta on Thursday dismissed petitions challenging the Telangana Public Service Commission’s Group-1 hiring and left the High Court’s verdict intact.
- The Telangana High Court’s Division Bench had upheld the Mains results after staying a single-judge order that sought re-evaluation or a fresh test citing glaring lapses.
- Petitioners alleged dual hall tickets, non-transparent centre allocation, opaque evaluation, no moderation, inconsistencies in the English qualifying paper, and bias against Telugu-medium candidates, but courts ruled these were not grounds to scrap the recruitment.
- Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy called the ruling an endorsement of transparent hiring and said it brings relief to candidates who have waited years for secure government work.
- With the litigation closed, Telangana can finalize postings for 563 Group-1 officers, a senior cadre that includes deputy collectors and deputy superintendents of police, which should steady staffing in key administrative roles.