PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 11 -- Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) chairman Sanjay Shrinet is set to demit office on November 21, potentially leaving the final result of the Provincial Civil Services (PCS)-2025 examination pending at the end of his tenure. The ongoing interview round for short-listed candidates is scheduled to conclude on October 24. However, the declaration of the final result remains uncertain after the Allahabad high court restrained the commission from announcing it until the pending petitions challenging the recruitment process are decided. In its October 1 order, the high court allowed the interview process to continue but barred the UPPSC from declaring the final result in the meantime. The petitions challenge the commission's January 9, 2020, office memorandum, a provision in the PCS-2025 recruitment advertisement and the preliminary examination result declared on December 1, 2025. The petitioners have argued that meritorious candidates belonging to the Other Backward Classes and Economically Weaker Sections, who scored above the unreserved category cut-off, were not considered under the general category. They have sought a revised preliminary result, contending that the existing approach to adjusting reserved-category candidates against unreserved seats affects their eligibility for the next stage of recruitment. Shrinet, appointed UPPSC chairman on May 18, 2021, will complete his tenure upon attaining the maximum permissible age of 62 years, confirm UPPSC officials. One notable administrative change during his tenure was the introduction of the One Time Registration (OTR) system, which enables aspirants to register their details once and use them for multiple recruitment examinations, eliminating the need to repeatedly fill lengthy application forms, they maintain. His tenure, however, was also marked by controversies over examination management and transparency. In the PCS (Judicial)-2022 examination, 21 answer copies were exchanged, prompting the Allahabad high court to pull up the commission. The commission also faced major student agitations during his tenure. In February 2024, aspirants staged protests outside its headquarters in Prayagraj, demanding the cancellation and re-examination of the RO/ARO preliminary examination held on February 11. They alleged a paper leak that triggered a prolonged agitation. Another major agitation erupted in November 2024 when thousands of aspirants, including women, laid siege to the commission's headquarters to protest its decision to conduct the PCS-2024 preliminary and RO/ARO-2023 examinations across multiple days and shifts. The protesters opposed the normalisation formula, arguing that it could compromise fairness and demanded a "one day, one shift" format. The agitation continued for several days before the commission agreed to conduct the PCS-2024 preliminary examination in a single day and decided to review the RO/ARO examination schedule....