PRANAV PANDEY vs UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 19 February 2025 Pronounced on: 3 July 2025 + W.P.(C) 10887/2024 & CM APPL. 44872/2024 PRANAV PANDEY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sandeep S. Tiwari and Mr. Nikhil Joshi, Advs. versus UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ravinder Agarwal and Mr. Manish Kumar Singh, Advs. for R-1 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT % 03.07.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. Pranav Pandey, the Applicant in OA 799/2024, preferred before the Central Administrative Tribunal1 has approached this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, challenging judgment dated 21 March 2024, whereby the Tribunal has dismissed the OA. The OA 1 "the Tribunal" hereinafter Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 10887/2024 Digitally Signed By:AJIT Page 1 of 16 KUMAR Signing Date:03.07.2025 12:55:46 2. The Civil Services Examination2, conducted by the Union Public Service Commission3 for entrance into various civil services under the Government of India, consists of written examinations followed by a Personality Test/Interview. The preliminary examination consists of two papers, i.e. Paper I and Paper II. Each Paper carries 200 marks. Paper I relates to General Studies. Paper II is supposed to test the aptitude of the candidate and is, therefore, also referred to as the Civil Services Aptitude Test4. The CSAT is qualifying in nature. In order to qualify for further consideration for selection, a candidate is required to score at least 33% marks in the CSAT. 3. The petitioner was an aspirant for the Civil Services and, therefore, underwent the CSE 2023. He was not successful in getting selected for recruitment to the Civil Services. He, thereupon, instituted OA 799/2024, challenging the q