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Govt Dismisses Puja Khedkar From IAS After UPSC Cancelled Selection Over Quota Misuse: Report

The central government has discharged former trainee officer Puja Khedkar from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) with immediate effect. This comes over a month after the Union Public Service Commission cancelled her selection after being accused of misusing her Other Backward Classes and disability quota benefits. In an official order dated Septembr 6, the government discharged Khedkar under Rule 12 of IAS (Probation) Rules, 1954, news agency IANS reported. The rules allow the government to discharge a probationer from service in case he or she fails to pass the re-examination or if the Centre is satisfied that a probationer was found to be ineligible for recruitment to the Service or is unsuitable to become a member of the service, among others. Khedkar, who was from the 2023 batch,...

7Sep

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Centre discharges Puja Khedkar from IAS with immediate effect | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The central government has discharged Puja Khedkar from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) with immediate effect. Khedkar has been accused of cheating and wrongly availing Other Backward Classes (OBC) and disability quota benefits to ensure her selection in the service. She has denied all allegations.The Centre, vide order dated September 6, 2024, discharged Khedkar from the Indian Administrative Service under Rule 12 of IAS (Probation) Rules, 1954, with immediate effect.The rules allow the central government to discharge probationers from service if they fail "to pass the re-examination..." or "if the central government is satisfied that the probationer was ineligible for recruitment to the Service or is unsuitable for being a member of the Service", among others.The Union...

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Puja Khedkar Attempted UPSC Exam 12 Times, But Urges Delhi HC To Consider Only 5; Here’s Why

In an affidavit filed with the Delhi High Court on Friday morning, former IAS trainee officer Puja Khedkar urged that seven of her 12 acknowledged attempts to pass the Civil Services entrance exam be disregarded. She requested the Court to only consider five attempts she took under the 'divyang' category. She has also claimed a 47 per cent disability as against the government's 40 per cent benchmark. This comes as the High Court extended Khedkar's interim protection from arrest till September 5. Stressing her claims regarding physical disability, the former IAS probationer, who has been accused of cheating and wrongly availing the OBC and disability quota relief, cited a certificate by a Maharashtra hospital, diagnosing her with an "old ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) tear with left knee...