OAS mains exam begins, 3,485 candidates appear.

As many as 3,485 students, who qualified the Orissa Administrative Service preliminary examination, appeared at the mains examination which began on Tuesday in five different zones, including13 centres, in the State. The examination will continue until the next hearing of the High Court on June 17.The examination may be held once again, if the court will declare it null and void, said a student. However, the aspirants cannot claim for the results. This has been notified in the notice boards of every examination centre by the Orissa Public Service Commission (OPSC) authorities.
As the case is under res sub-judice before the High Court, no one can demand their result, the Commission mentioned in the notice boards. However, wheher the same thing can be obtained under the prevalent RTI Act, is a matter of question, questioned an aspirant Amit Barik.Notably, the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) had deferred the examinations by three months. But challenging the order of SAT, the Commission had filed a petition before High Court pledging the pre-preparation of the examination to have been completed and abiding by the permission of the High Court, the Commission conducted the examination yet with uncertainty of the announcement of its results.