RO, ARO, UPPSC PCS and UGC NET: Cancellation and postponement of exams puts candidates in zone of despair.

Frequent exam cancellations and postponements amid allegations of question paper leaks have put candidates on the precipice of despair as they lurch from one disappointment to another for no fault of theirs. For some of them, the run of “bad luck” seems unending.

For instance, it’s a hat-trick of woes for Ambedkar Nagar’s Ujjwal Mishra and a double whammy for Lakhimpur Kheri’s Parak Verma after the cancellation of UGC NET exam following allegations that the examination’s integrity has been compromised.

For Mishra, 25, this is yet another instance of an exam getting cancelled due to a paper leak or it being postponed because of unforeseen circumstances.

Hoping to secure a government job, Mishra appeared in the Review Officer (RO)/Assistant Review Officer (ARO) (Preliminary) Examination held in February this year.

“A total of 10,69,725 candidates had applied for the recruitment. But it was cancelled by the U.P. government following a paper leak. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered the cancellation of the RO/ARO (Preliminary) Examination following reports of a paper leak on social media. The CM directed that the exam be conducted again within six months. Now, it was announced that the paper will be held in December,” he said. The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) conducted the UPPSC RO ARO examination.

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Then, Mishra turned his mind towards the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission PCS exam that was to be held on March 17. The exam was rescheduled to July and then to October 27, 2024.

“The exam was expected to be held in July but it was further postponed till October. The commission released the UPPSC PCS Prelims 2024 exam dates on its official website. The UPPSC PCS prelims exam 2024 will be conducted offline at the designated UPPSC exam centres. The UPPSC 2024 admit card is expected to be released in October,” he said.

“Then, I prepared for UGC NET for June and it also got cancelled. Now I will have to prepare for the NET exam again. I want the Union government to cancel the National Testing Agency license and it (the exam) should be conducted by any other recognised agency,” he said.

The UPPSC exam, conducted on February 11, aimed to fill a total of 411 vacancies for the positions of Review Officer (RO) and Assistant Review Officer (ARO) through this recruitment drive.

The Uttar Pradesh Police Constable recruitment exam for 2024, conducted on February 17 and 18, has been cancelled following allegations of a paper leak. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that the re-examination will take place within the next six months.

In addition to the decision to conduct the re-examination, the state government has instructed to provide free transportation facilities to the candidates through the Uttar Pradesh Transport Corporation.