UPSC allows civil services prelims’ candidates to change exam centres

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has allowed candidates to change ir centres for civil services preliminary examination, scheduled on October 4.

“Keeping in view large number of candidates of civil services (preliminary) examination, 2020 (including Indian Forest Service (preliminary) examination, 2020) and requests received from candidates for changing ir centers, Commission has decided to give an opportunity to m to submit ir revised choice of centre,” UPSC said in a statement on Wednesday.

Besides this, option to change centers for civil services (main) examination, 2020, and Indian Forest Service (main) examination, 2020, is also being me available, it said.

window of submitting revised choice of Centers by candidates will be operational in two phases i.e. 7th-13th July, 2020 (6 PM) and 20th-24th July, 2020 (6 PM) on Commission's website https://upsconline.nic.in.

" candidates are vised to visit website and submit ir choices of centers of above examination, if required," statement said.

request for change will be considered against enhanced capacity intimated by centers for accommodating ditional candidates, it said.

“ candidates may please te that ir requests for change in centers will be considered based on principle of ‘first-apply-first-allot’ basis (which is followed in all examinations of Commission and was mentioned in examination tices of civil services (preliminary) examination, 2020 and Indian Forest Service examination, 2020) and once capacity of a particular centre is attained, same will be frozen,” Commission said.

candidates, who cant get a centre of ir choice due to ceiling, will be required to choose a centre from remaining ones, it said.

Originally, civil services preliminary examination 2020 was scheduled to be held on May 31, but it h to be postponed to October 4, due to coronavirus pandemic.

civil services examination is conducted annually in three sts – preliminary, main and interview -- by UPSC to select officers for Indian ministrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), among ors.

Lakhs of aspirants take examination every year to be part of country's coveted civil services. UPSC has also decided to make a ‘withdrawal window’ available to candidates on Commission’s website during period from 1st-8th August, 2020 to allow m to withdraw ir application from test, statement said.

All terms and conditions of withdrawal of application will be same as have been mentioned in examinations tice issued in February this year, it said.

“Candidates must te that once application has been withdrawn by candidate, it cant be revived in future under any circumstances,” statement ded.