Group-I results: HC verdict, a big shock to Revanth

The judgement delivered by the Telangana high court on Tuesday cancelling the results of the Group-I examinations (Mains) conducted by Telangana Public Service Commission (TGPSC) has come as rude shock to the reputation of the Revanth Reddy government.

The high court expressed shock over the way massive irregularities took place in the evaluation of the examination papers, benefitting a few select candidates and shattering the hopes of several candidates who performed well in the examination.

A high court bench headed by Justice Namavarapu Rajeshwar Rao pronounced the judgment after hearing the arguments over a batch of petitions filed by unsuccessful candidates stating that there were glaring lapses in the evaluation of the Mains examination held between October 21 and 27, 2024.

The judge struck down the general ranking list and also the final list of selected candidates.

He directed that the TGPSC conduct a re-evaluation of the answer sheets of the candidates following the Supreme Court’s guidelines or conduct a fresh examination for Mains and complete the entire process within eight months.

If the state government failed to conduct the re-evaluation of answer sheets or fresh examinations within the stipulated eight months period, it would automatically lead to the cancellation of the Mains examinations, the judge said.

There were massive allegations of irregularities in the evaluation of Group-I Mains exam conducted by the TGPSC for filling up of 563 posts. Around 30,000 candidates had appeared in the exam.

The results were announced on March 10, 2025. The TGPSC had also released a general rankings list and a list of selected candidates in April.

Some of the irregularities include issuance of two hall ticket numbers to individual candidates, causing confusion among those who qualified in the preliminary round.

Unqualified evaluators assessed the answer scripts written in Telugu, resulting in a low pass percentage of only 18%, in contrast to 30% among English medium candidates.

Biometric verification was not properly implemented and questioned the TGPSC’s claim that CCTV surveillance was centrally monitored, calling it a suspicious and unverified assertion.