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UPPSC RO/ARO prelims 2016 cancelled, check revised test date here

Candidates eagerly waiting for the result from the last three years will now have to appear for the re-exam that will be conducted on May 3, 2020. 

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Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has cancelled the preliminary exam conducted for the post of Review Officer/Assistant Review Officer (RO/ARO) in the year 2016 due to the allegations of paper leak.

Candidates eagerly waiting for the result from the last three years will now have to appear for the re-exam that will be conducted on May 3, 2020.

The exam was held on November 27, 2016. According to the notification, the commission has announced that the re- exam will be conducted on May 3, 2020. The date of the exam is, however, tentative.

UPPSC, secretary, Jagdish said, “Following this, CB-CID was entrusted with the task of probing the paper leak episode. The agency submitted a final report in court on September, 2018. However, special judicial magistrate, CB-CID, quashed the report on January 1, 2020 and directed the agency for re-investigation.”

He said, “In view of the court order, we constituted a two-member panel who recommended that re-investigation will lead to postponement of result for an indefinite period, therefore, it has been decided to cancel the previous papers and hold re-examination. The candidates who had applied need not apply again and those who have registered can take the exam again.”

“The candidates do not have to re- apply to participate in the examination and the commission will conduct all the stages of the examination in a time-bound manner. Candidates can access the official notification for the information on the official website of UPPSC under the Information Bulletin section,” said UPPSC controller of examination Arvind Kumar Mishra.

Around 3.85 lakh candidates have registered for the exam, out of which 2.04 lakh had appeared in the RO/ARO-2016 preliminary exam held in 827 exam centres across 21 districts of UP on November 27, 2016.

However, Hindi question paper with solutions was leaked and circulating in WhatsApp an hour before the exams in the second session. After which an FIR was filed in Hazratganj police station on the orders of a Lucknow court on November 30.

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