LUCKNOW, Jan. 15 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has provided the Uttar Pradesh government and the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) a week's time to submit their short counter affidavit ( reply) to a petition challenging the results of the PCS (Combined state/upper subordinate services) preliminary examination, 2025, and the assistant conservator of forests( ACF) preliminary examination 2025.

Justice Manish Mathur passed the order on January 13 on a petition filed by Abhishek Kumar Yadav and 14 other aspirants through their counsel KK Pal. The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court directed to list the case on January 22, 2026 for the next hearing.

The petitioners' counsel submitted that the petitioner...