UPSC rejects probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar’s candidature

New Delhi: The UPSC has cancelled the provisional candidature of probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar and barred her from conducting all future examinations/selection.

“The existing records have been carefully examined during which Khedkar has been found guilty of violating the provisions of the CSE-2022 rules,” the UPSC said in a statement.

As a result, his provisional candidature for the Civil Services Examination-2022 has been cancelled and Khedkar has been permanently barred from all future UPSC examinations/selection.

The UPSC said that Puja Khedkar was given a last chance to file her reply by 3.30 pm on July 30 but she could not submit her explanation within the stipulated time.