High court kept EWS age limit exemption five years, opposed UPSC

New Duniya Representative, Jabalpur. The couple of Chief Justice of the High Court Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Vivek Jain have upset the age limit of five years to the EWS, remaining adamant on their pre -order. The court sidelined UPSC for giving interim relief in the final phase.

The court said that in the interim order, a clear arrangement has been given that the EWS would be subject to the final decision of the petition under consideration of five years age limit exemption, so Forms of EWS candidates following the interim order to UPSC will be under the age of five years. Should be accepted with. The final hearing of the case is scheduled on 24 February.

At the last minute, the instruction will cause problems in conducting the examination

As soon as the hearing started on Tuesday, the debate was first accelerated by the Union Public Service Commission. The lawyer argued that at the last moment, the High Court will have trouble in the operation of the Civil Services Examination-2025 with the High Court’s five-year age relaxation order.

This is also because the status of EWS is different at the state and center level. On behalf of the Central Government, Deputy Solicitor General Pushpendra Yadav also said that in this way, following interim relief in the final phase will cause problems at other levels including new notifications.

Kapil Sibal said- age limit has been given earlier also

• Senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Manish Singh, on behalf of Aditya Narayan Pandey, a resident of Satna, who were hearing through video conferencing, argued that in the past, the candidates of many examinations have been given relief in age from time to time by UPSC. .
• Therefore, this time there should be no problem in ensuring following the interim order of the High Court. This is also because it will be binding with the final decision of the interim relief petition. The High Court agreed with the argument and made it clear that no change would be made in the pre -interim order.
• Therefore, the UPSC candidates should allow the candidates to appear in the examination by giving a relaxation of five years. The last date for filling the form should not be spoiled due to Tuesday 18 February. If UPSC is putting so much emphasis, the High Court determines the final hearing of this case on 24 February.

What is the matter:

• The High Court in its former interim order had directed the UPSC to accept the applications of the petitioners and other similar nature candidates. The court had also imposed a condition that the results of these candidates who get the benefit of five years of age without permission should not be declared.
• On behalf of the petitioner Satna resident Aditya Narayan Pandey, senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Manish Singh presented the side through VC. He had argued that all other reserved categories SC, ST and OBC are exempted from age limit.
• EWS is also reserved category, so they should also be benefited. This is also because a few days ago, in Secondary and Primary Teacher Selection Examination-2024, EWS candidates were instructed to give the benefit of five years exemption in age limit.
• In fact, the Union Public Service Commission conducted the initial examination on 25 May 2025 for 979 posts and the main examination on 22 August 2025. The Commission has declared the examination schedule on 22 January. Forms are being filled from this day, which can be submitted by 18 February. In case of error in the application form, the candidates will be able to amend from 19 to 25 February.
• The case has been filed on behalf of Pushpendra Dwivedi and others resident of Rewa. Advocates Dheeraj Tiwari and Ishaan Soni appeared on his behalf. He argued that EWS was considered reserved category in Kandika 7.1 and 7.2 of the Rule Book of Teacher Selection Examination, but in Kandika 6.2 where other reserved classes (SC, ST, OBC) were given age exemption. The EWS class was excluded from discount.
• This petition was filed by challenging the constitutionality of the recruitment rule on this. The petition claimed that the age limit to the EWS class is not exempting the age limit of Article-14 equality of the Indian Constitution and Article-16 is a violation of the equality of opportunity in public employment.