Bhubaneswar, Nov. 5 -- The Orissa High Court has asked the Odisha government and the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) to explore the feasibility of holding a special examination for candidates who were genuinely prevented from appearing in the Odisha Civil Services (OCS) Main Examination, 2025, due to the cyclone and subsequent floods in parts of southern Odisha, despite being willing and eligible to take the test.
A Division Bench of Justice S.K. Panigrahi and Justice Murahari Raman, hearing a petition filed by Rashmi Narayan Patnaik, sought detailed reports from the State and the OPSC to ascertain the extent of disruption and the number of candidates affected by the natural calamity.
The Bench observed that candidates prevented f...