Dehradun, Dec. 20 -- The state high court has directed the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission (UKPSC) to recompute the results of the judicial services civil judge (junior division) preliminary examination, 2023, after finding error in the evaluation of a question and ambiguity in another. The high court held that the answer provided by the commission for Question 120, relating to the essential conditions of a valid waqf under Muslim law, was incorrect. The bench noted that the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, which came into force before the examination, made it mandatory that a waqf be created by a Muslim, be perpetual in nature and be for religious, pious or charitable purposes. In view of this statutory position, the correct answer was option (d)- "All of the above". A division bench of justice Ravindra Maithani and justice Alok Mahra passed the order while allowing a writ petition filed by Suryansh Tiwari, who had challenged the final result declared by the commission on October 31, 2025. The petitioner had missed the cut-off for the mains examination by a narrow margin and alleged that incorrect answers in the official key and wrongful deletion of a question had cost him crucial marks. The order was reserved on December 9 and delivered on December 18. Abhijay Negi, counsel of the petitioner said Tiwari had appeared in the preliminary examination pursuant to an advertisement issued by the UKPSC on May 16, 2025. He was allotted Question Booklet Series "A" and raised objections to the evaluation of Questions 120, 132, 145 and 158, and to the deletion of Question 129. While the provisional answer key was published on September 4, 2025, a revised key was issued on September 30, followed by the declaration of results a month later. As per the results, the cut-off for the open category was 162.12 marks, while the petitioner secured 161.11 marks, rendering him ineligible for the mains examination scheduled to begin on January 19, 2026....