Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday directed cancellation of the main examination of Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS).

The court also directed the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission to hold the main examination afresh.

A division bench of Justices Justice Janak Raj Kotwal and Justice Sanjeev Kumar also directed  JKPSC to allow candidates numbering 429 who were shortlisted in the first result of the preliminary examination but could not make it to participate in the main examination on the basis of their merit determined in the process of re-evaluation.

“Since the examination in question has been delayed due to litigation, we hope and trust that the appellant would take immediate steps to hold the main examination and complete the whole process culminating into declaration of result without any further wastage of time,” the court said.

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