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UP Police SI Recruitment 2025 Halted by High Court Over Answer Key Dispute
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News18•01-10-2026, 10:17
UP Police SI Recruitment 2025 Halted by High Court Over Answer Key Dispute
- •The Allahabad High Court has temporarily stayed the issuance of appointment letters for UP Police Sub-Inspector Recruitment 2025.
- •The stay is due to a dispute over changes made to answers in the final answer key of the written examination.
- •Over 1.5 million candidates applied, with 1.077 million participating in the written exam conducted on March 14 and 15.
- •Petitioners argued that changes in the answer key affected their scores, causing some to miss qualification by narrow margins.
- •The next hearing for the case is scheduled for October 5, halting the distribution of appointment letters by CM Yogi Adityanath.
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The Allahabad High Court temporarily stayed the issuance of appointment letters due to petitions arguing that certain answers were unlawfully changed between the provisional and final answer keys, which negatively impacted candidates' scores and qualification status.
Justice Anil Kumar Gupta set October 5 as the date for the next hearing of the case regarding the recruitment process.
A total of 1,575,706 applications were received by the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board following the advertisement issued on August 12, 2025.
