Overview

• Justice Namavarapu Rajeshwar Rao set aside the March 10 final marks list and the March 30 general ranking, halting recruitment to 563 posts.
• TGPSC must manually re-evaluate all Mains answer scripts using the Supreme Court-endorsed moderation method from Sanjay Singh v. UPSC or reconduct the Mains within eight months.
• The court cited lack of transparency and deviation from rules, flagging anomalies such as 713 candidates sharing identical scores and stark centre-wise disparities in women’s selections.
• Petitioners pointed to non-Telugu evaluators, hall-ticket and centre-allocation issues, while TGPSC defended a three-examiner, coded evaluation system averaging the top two scores.
• BRS and BJP leaders welcomed the verdict and pressed for probes or a fresh exam, while Congress figures said the Commission will act in the interests of job aspirants.