The Tamil Nadu chief minister pointed to the apex court's advice to be lenient in granting an extra attempt under the IAS Regulations of 1955.
Published Feb 08, 2023 | 12:04 AM ⚊ Updated Feb 08, 2023 | 12:04 AM
CM MK Stalin, in a letter to PM Modi, urged the Centre to relax the age limit and grant civil service aspirants an extra attempt. (MK Stalin/Twitter)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday, 7 February, urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider the civil service aspirants’ demand for an extra attempt with corresponding age relaxation.
This is particularly for all those who exhausted their last attempt due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Taking up the issue with Modi via a letter, Stalin said that aspirants of various exams conducted by the Centre — including the civil services examinations — who had exhausted their last attempts due to the pandemic, have been requesting to extend the age limit to appear for the examination as a one-time measure.
The aspirants have been steady in their demands for the past two years now.
“The Parliament Standing Committee has also recommended to consider sympathetically the demand of the Civil Services aspirants and to grant an extra attempt with corresponding age relaxation to all aspirants,” the Tamil Nadu chief minister said in a letter addressed to the prime minister.
கோவிட் பெருந்தொற்று காலத்தில் குடிமைப்பணித் தேர்வுகளை எழுத இயலாமல் போன தேர்வர்களுக்கு வயதுவரம்பினைத் தளர்த்திடக் கோரி மாண்புமிகு பிரதமர் @narendramodi அவர்களுக்கு மாண்புமிகு முதலமைச்சர் @mkstalin அவர்கள் கடிதம் எழுதியுள்ளார். pic.twitter.com/QwDnz1u4Nd
— CMOTamilNadu (@CMOTamilnadu) February 7, 2023
He also pointed to the apex court’s advice, in various cases, to take a lenient view in granting an extra attempt under Regulation 4 of the Indian Administrative Service Regulations, 1955.
“More than 150 Members of Parliament across various parties have supported the cause of the aspirants. Further, in this connection, I wish to point out that in Tamil Nadu, orders have been issued raising the age limit by two years for the aspirants for State Service examinations taking into account the effects of the pandemic,” he said, citing the government order dated 13 September, 2021.
Stalin noted that the Centre has recently granted three years relaxation beyond the respective prescribed upper age limit for all categories of candidates — as a one-time measure — for the recruitment of Constable (General Duty) in the Central Armed Police Forces Examinations 2022, conducted by the Staff Selection Commission.
“This is a one-time relaxation and it will not cause any monetary burden to the exchequer but, at the same time, open a huge opportunity to thousands of youth who are aspiring to join the civil services,” noted Stalin.
“I appeal to you to consider this favourably and do the needful in granting an extra attempt by invoking Regulation 4 of the Indian Administrative Service Regulations, 1955, in view of the Covid-19 pandemic,” he appealed in the letter.
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