Hyderabad, July 4 -- Telangana Public Service Commission (TGPSC) refuted allegations of discrepancies in the recent Group-1 exams during a hearing of a judicial probe plea in the High Court.

Appearing for TGPSC, S Niranjan Reddy argued that the allegations of systematic leaks or compromised exam centers lacked credibility and there was no violation of statutory rules or any systemic failure in the conduct of the exam.

Nearly four lakh candidates had appeared for the exam out of which 30,000 were shortlisted for the mains, and 20,161 candidates were finally selected.

Unsuccessful candidates had approached the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the exams; however, the apex court refused and observed that the allegations lacked merit a...