APPSC told to submit marks of Group 1 test

By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, July 15: The AP High Court asked the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission to furnish details of least marks obtained by the candidates in the Group 1 preliminary examinations by Wednesday.
A division bench comprising Justice Ghulam Mohammed and Justice C.V. Ramulu asked the Advocate-General to submit the marks of SC, ST , BC, Open Category besides women candidates.
Mr Baloji Badhavath and 31 others have challenged the orders of the AP Administrative Tribunal on publishing results of examinations conducted by the AP Public Service Commission.
The tribunal passed an order on July 4 upholding the clause of the GO Ms. No. 570, that the number of candidates admitted to the written examinations would be 50 times the total number of vacancies available at the time irrespective of communities.
The court earlier directed the APPSC to furnish the category-wise data of selected candidates for Group 1 main examinations.
Mr S.Ramachandra Rao, senior counsel for the petitioners argued that the category-wise data submitted by the APPSC substantiated the petitioners contention that the APPSC has violated the right to equal opportunity guaranteed under Article 16 of the Constitution.
He said that the commission has selected 924 women candidates instead of selecting 2850 candidates as per 33.33 per cent reservation for women this year.