New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) yesterday said IAS aspirant V Y Manjunath, who allegedly committed suicide over a goof up in the civil services exam results, had not even qualified the preliminary exam held in 2012.
Engineering graduate Manjunath, 24, allegedly committed suicide at Napoklu in Karnataka’s Madikeri district, about 250km from Bangalore, on Saturday. He left Bangalore for Madikeri late on Thursday.
His father, an upper division clerk in the education department, claimed that his son had cleared the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) exam recently, and secured 264th rank in the examination. However, when the final results were out after the interview, Manjunath’s roll number was on the list, but it appeared against someone else’s name.
The commission denied the claims of Manjunath’s father.
According to the UPSC, a candidate by the name of V Y Manjunath, son of Yadav Murthy V P, had applied for civil services (preliminary) examination, 2012.
“He was allotted roll number 538950 and was allotted Bangalore centre for this examination. The candidate had actually appeared from this centre under roll no 538950. However, he failed to qualify in the civil services (preliminary) examination, 2012,” the commission said.
The panel conducts the prestigious examination to select officers of the IAS, Indian Police Service and Indian Foreign Service, among others.
The UPSC said Manjunath, having not qualified the preliminary examination, was not a candidate for the civil services (main) examination and accordingly there was no scope for the alleged goof up linked to his death.
“It is also confirmed from our records that no candidate with this roll number (538950) or with the name (Manjunath) had appeared for the civil services (main) examination or the interview,” the UPSC said.
According to police, Manjunath had reportedly contacted UPSC officials and also written to them seeking clarification over the alleged mix-up in the result. His family claimed he took the extreme step as he was aggrieved over no response.
The UPSC said it had received a fax message May 7, 2013 from one G S Pradeep Kumar claiming to be a friend of Manjunath in which it was said that in the result list announced by the commission the name of B Ashwin was indicated instead of Manjunath against roll number 538745. “No letter or representation was received in the commission from the candidate himself,” the commission said.
The UPSC said that as per the records of the commission B Ashwin, son of K Bhaskaran, and with roll number 538745 was selected by the commission.
IANS
