Allahabad, Dec 11: The Allahabad High Court today quashed the results of Uttar Pradesh combined state upper subordinate (main) examination, 2001 and UP combined state upper subordinate (preliminary) examination, 2002, saying the scaling system adopted by the UP Public Service Commission (UPPSC) was "full of anomalies". The order was passed by a division bench comprising acting Chief Justice G P Mathur and Justice N K Mehrotra on writ petitions filed by one S C Pandey and D P Singh challenging the applicability of the scaling system adopted by the UP Public Service Commission (UPPSC) in preparation of the results of the two examinations.
Quashing the results of the PCS mains examination 2001 and preliminary examination 2002, the court said the scaling system adopted by the UPPSC was full of anomalies.
Calling the scaling system adopted by the commission "defective", the court said a formula by which zero becomes 17 or 18 cannot be said to be a scientific formula as even an ordinary student of mathematics knows that zero multiplied by a million or billion is zero.
Referring to the primary objective of the scaling system - to ensure representation in the state services of candidates having studied different subjects, the court said the contention is not supported by any statutory provision or rule.
The petitioners had moved the court, seeking quashing of the results of the two examinations on the ground that in the process of scaling, the actual marks awarded by the examiners were altered. Subsequently, good marks were reduced and bad were enhanced. Bureau Report