The Allahabad High Court has intervened in the ongoing selection process for Uttar Pradesh Police Sub-Inspector civil police and equivalent posts, putting an interim stay on the issuance of joining letters to selected candidates. The order was passed by a single judge bench comprising Justice Anees Kumar Gupta during hearings on petitions filed by Shyam Sunder, Kamlesh Yadav and others, along with another plea brought forward by Yash Pandey and 44 other aspirants. The court has scheduled the subsequent hearing for October 5.
Timeline, Examination Turnout, and Selection Milestones
The formal notification for this direct recruitment drive was published on August 12, 2025, attracting a total of 15,75,706 applications across the state. The written examination took place across two shifts daily on March 14 and March 15, witnessing the participation of 10,77,000 candidates. Results of this screening test were declared on May 7, under which 12,733 candidates qualified to advance to the next evaluation stages.
Following subsequent rounds, the recruitment board announced the conclusive final selection list on July 14. Administrative preparations were underway for Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to formally hand over appointment letters to the selected batch before the court intervened.
The Core Dispute: Revised Keys and Rejected Objections
Explaining the grievance before the bench, advocate Sanjay Kumar Yadav pointed out that the recruitment board initially released a provisional answer key on March 23. Complications arose on May 7 when the final answer key was published alongside written test results, revealing altered options for multiple questions. Under the scoring pattern, each question carried a substantial weight of 2.5 marks.
This alteration severely impacted cumulative scores, causing several candidates to fail the threshold by narrow margins. Additionally, certain aspirants who had cleared the written round and attended subsequent stages missed out on the final July 14 merit list by merely one or two marks. Despite candidates submitting formal representations against the revised keys, the recruitment board declined to consider their objections, forcing them to seek judicial remedy. Senior advocate Ashok Khare, advocate Sanjay Kumar Yadav, and Alok Mishra presented arguments on behalf of the petitioners.
