UPSC Cancels Candidature Of Puja Khedkar, Bars Her From All Future Exams

"The UPSC has examined the available records carefully and found her guilty of acting in contravention of the provisions of the CSE-2022 Rules. Her provisional candidature for the CSE-2022 has been cancelled and she has also been debarred permanently from all the future Examinations/Selections of the UPSC," said the body.

Puja Khedkar, a probationary IAS officer who secured an all-India rank of 821 in the UPSC exams, is accused of misusing her authority. She is also accused of faking her identity to fraudulently avail herself of attempts beyond the permissible limit in the civil services examination.

"In the backdrop of the case of Ms. Puja Manorama Dilip Khedkar, the UPSC has thoroughly examined the available data of more than 15,000 finally recommended candidates of the CSEs from the year 2009 to 2023 i.e. for 15 years with respect to the number of attempts availed by them. After this detailed exercise, barring the case of Ms.