BPSC Prelims Re-Exam To Be Held Across 22 Centres In Patna Under Section 163 Tomorrow — Check Details

Patna Sadar Subdivision Officer Gaurav Kumar has directed to implement Section 163 to maintain law and order amid ongoing protests. It will be effective from 8 AM to 5 PM. 

BPSC Prelims re-examination will be held in Patna on January 4.

Source : PTI

BPSC Re-Examination: The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) will conduct the re-exam of the Combined Competitive Examination for the aspirants of the Bapu Pariksha Parisar centre on January 4 in Patna. 

The BPSC had agreed for a re-exam for the candidates at this centre after reports of alleged irregularities surfaced. Around 12,000 candidates are expected to take the exam on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the protests over the demand for cancellation of the recent Bihar PSC exam intensified on Friday as agitators disrupted rail and vehicular movement in Patna. Police also stopped a few  Left-leaning students' organisations from marching to the CM's residence. 

Earlier, BPSC had conducted the exam for about 12000 candidates at one exam centre, Bapu Pariksha Parisar, and a single magistrate was appointed. However, now these candidates have been divided into 22 centres in Patna. Out of these 22 centres, 15 fall under the Patna Sadar subdivision.

Patna Sadar Subdivision Officer Gaurav Kumar has directed to implement Section 163 to maintain law and order due to the possibility of disruption in the exam amid protests. This order will be effective from 8 AM to 5 PM on January 4. 

Section 163 will be applicable at 15 examination centers located in Patna Sadar subdivision. They include P.N Anglo Sanskrit High School Naya Tola Patna, Ravindra Girls School Plus Two Road Number 2b Rajendra Nagar, Government High Secondary School Chirayatad Patna, Government High Secondary School Phulwari Sharif, Girls Middle School Amla Tola Chitkohra Bazar Patna, K.V Sahay High Secondary School Sherullahpur Sheikhpura Patna, Government Girls High Secondary School Shastri Nagar Patna,

Additionally, section 163 will also be implemented at BN Collegiate High Secondary Plus Two School Bankipur Patna, Bankipur Government Girls High Secondary School Bankipur Golghar Patna, Government Boys High Secondary School Rajendra Nagar, Dwarka High Secondary School Mandari Patna, Kamala Nehru High Secondary Girls School Yarpur Gardanibagh Patna, Mahant Hanuman Sharan High Secondary School Rajapur Mainpura Patna, and Government Boys High Secondary School Shastri Nagar Patna.

The following curbs will be in place at these exam centres under section 163:

• Illegal gathering of five or more persons within a radius of 100 metres around the examination centre
• Any demonstration or procession
• Sit-in with or without arms and lights
• Carrying any kind of weapon, ammunition, explosive material, or axe, cleaver, spear, chhuda or any kind of weapon
• Playing loudspeaker without permission
• Complete ban on opening photocopy machines, printer machines, and cyber cafe shops within 100 meters of the examination center.

Apart from the candidates, people accompanying the aspirants will also be prohibited from keeping and using mobile and smart phones in the area.

However, this rule will not apply to the policemen posted at the examination centre or the personnel engaged in the operation of the examination center.