HC Orders Interim Stay On Odisha Civil Services 2021 Results On Divyang’s Plea

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court here has order an interim stay on the announcement of Odisha Civil Services 2021 results.

Hearing a petition filed by a divyang candidate on virtual mode, the  court has asked Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) not to release the results without its permission. “However, the result of the recruitment shall not be published without leave of this Court,” the order stated.

The next hearing on the matter has been posted to the first week of September.

Satish Kumar Panigrahi had moved the HC after he was not allowed to appear in the Personality Test. He sought a direction to the OPSC to allow him to take the test under the PWD category.

The petitioner submitted he was not allowed to appear in the personality test despite having applied under the PWD category along with a disability certificate issued by the medical authority concerned, indicating that he had 40% temporary disability.

According to the provisions in Persons with Disability Act, 2016, quota shall be provided to candidates with 40 per cent permanent disability.

Following which, the HC directed the OPSC to allow him to participate in the ongoing personality test. The state government has also been directed to constitute a medical board to examine the petitioner and produce the medical certificate before the court by the next hearing.