UPSC cancels Khedkar’s IAS candidature

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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Wednesday cancelled the provisional candidature of probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar and debarred her from all future examinations or selections after finding her guilty of acting in contravention of the provisions of the Civil Services Examination Rules...

In a statement, the UPSC said it had thoroughly examined the available data of more than 15,000 finally recommended candidates of the CSEs from 2009 to 2023 i.e. for 15 years with respect to the number of attempts availed by them...

After this detailed exercise, barring the case of Puja Manorama Dilip Khedkar, no other candidate had been found to have availed more number of attempts than permitted under the CSE Rules, it said...

The commission said a show-cause notice was issued to Puja Manorama Dilip Khedkar on July 18 for fraudulently availing attempts beyond the permissible limit in the examination by faking her identity...

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