Will proceed with JKAS exam as per schedule: JKPSC Chairman

Srinagar, Dec 06: The Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) will conduct the JKAS (Prelims) examination as per the schedule, Chairman JKPSC clarified on Saturday.

The statement comes hours after the J&K Chief minister Omar Abdullah wrote a letter to Chairman JKPSC requesting him to postpone the forthcoming JKAS exam "by a reasonable duration, in the interest of the students."

Talking to Greater Kashmir, Chairman JKPSC, Arun Kumar Choudhary said they will proceed with the examination.

"We will conduct the exams as per the schedule," he told Greater Kashmir.

Earlier, CM Omar Abdullah expressed concern over the travel chaos caused by the ongoing airline issues, "compounded by the uncertainty resulting from Lok Bhavan’s delay in approving age relaxation, a provision granted multiple times in the past."

In a post on X, Office of J&K CM said Omar Abdullah urged JKPSC to take note of the unprecedented stress on aspirants and consider postponing the exam in the interest of fairness and equal opportunity for all.

However, the Office of J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha responded saying that social media posts with regard to JKPSC exam are "misleading".

"Lok Bhavan had received the file on 2nd Dec, 2025 which was categorically related to Age Relaxation only," Office of the J&K LG posted in X.

The post reads that file was returned the "same day"-, December 2 of 2025, with a query whether "it is logistically possible to conduct exam on December 7, by incorporating modifications in eligibility criteria at such a belated stage."

"Despite lapse of 4 days Lok Bhavan did not receive any response. I fully sympathize with young aspirants. The advertisement notice for the examination was published by the J&K Public Service Commission on 22.08.2025. The exam was notified to be conducted on 07.12.2025 through a notice on 06.11.2025," the post on X reads.