PRANAV PANDEY vs UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

$~ * 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 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