UPSC CSE 2025: 958 Candidates Still Await Service Allocation
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The 958 candidates recommended by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in the Civil Services Examination 2025 are still waiting to learn whether they will join the IAS, IPS or other services, more than seven months after results were declared on 6 March. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) will not allocate services until the Supreme Court rules on its application about how the court’s March judgment on the OBC creamy layer applies to this batch, PTI reported late on Sunday, 25 October, citing officials.
Foundation Course on Hold for the Batch
Service allocation decides each candidate’s service, cadre and training academy, so the whole batch is waiting. DoPT says allocation is hard to undo once made, which is why it wants the court’s word first. Officials told PTI that the department and training institutes are ready to start the foundation course and that the delay will not affect the batch’s seniority. The LBSNAA foundation course was tentatively due to begin in the last week of August, according to the Centre’s own plea.
What the Court Said on 11 March
In Union of India vs Rohith Nathan, a bench of Justices P S Narasimha and R Mahadevan held five days after the results that parental salary alone cannot decide whether an OBC candidate is in the creamy layer for children of PSU and private-sector employees; the status and category of the parent’s post also count. It dismissed the Centre’s appeals and ordered supernumerary posts to be created within six months for the candidates who had challenged their exclusion. DoPT filed an application on 24 August seeking to allocate the 2025 batch under the old method. On 25 August, Chief Justice Surya Kant said a special bench would hear it, while senior advocate Sanjay Hegde argued it should go to the bench that delivered the ruling.
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No Hearing Date Announced
No hearing date for the special bench has been made public. DoPT has warned of wider effects on OBC reservation, possible claims from earlier batches and disruption to cadre seniority. Its application does not say how many candidates in the 2025 batch would change category under the March ruling. More on Daily Updates.
Source: Supreme Court judgment, Union of India vs Rohith Nathan (11 March 2026). Also based on reporting by PTI via ETV Bharat and Outlook.
Image: ETV Bharat / IANS (file).
