Following postponement of examinations due to the arrest of UPPSC examination controller Anju Katiyar in connection with paper leak case, the Commission for the first time declared the examination calendar for two years simultaneously.
As per the new schedule, UPPSC will conduct the much-awaited Provincial Civil Services (preliminary) examination, 2019, on December 15.
Those clearing the preliminary examination will appear for the main examination which has been rescheduled for April 20 next year. The final results after interviews are expected to be announced in December next year.
The examination, earlier scheduled on October 20, was postponed for an indefinite period after the arrest of Katiyar.
According to the schedule, a total of 14 examinations will be conducted, including six which were postponed after paper leak expose. These include PCS (mains)-2018 (October 18), Government Inter College Exam-2017 for recruitment of lecturers (November 3), programmer grade-B exam-2019 (September 1), programmer grade-II exam-2019 (September 15) and programmer grade-II exam-2019 (October 13).
“The examinations scheduled in 2020 include assistant prosecution officer preliminary exam-2018 (February 16), assistant forest conservator/range forest officer (mains) exam-2018 (February 23) and APO mains exam-2018 (May 16),” said examination controller, UPPSC, Arvind Kumar Mishra.
