Editor,

A few months back, the Cabinet took the decision to give a one-time upper age relaxation by one year (40), which is a welcome step for the ageing aspirants who have really suffered due to backlog and delays.

However, the government should understand that this age relaxation cannot benefit many aspirants who crossed the age of 41 years before the advertisement. They were preparing in the hope that they would get a chance to appear this year, but again, due to the delay in advertisement, they cannot.

There is an urgent need to rethink the upper age relaxation. We believe that if the upper age limit is considered, it should cover all ageing serious aspirants, or totally abolish the relaxation policy.

Moreover, the recent advertisement for FAO, which has been advertised after a gap of almost 10 years, is abandoning many serious ageing commerce aspirants who were eagerly waiting for this exam. Now they are left with no option other than to quit the exam and leave their future to an unpredictable destiny.

There is also a mismatch between regular and contractual and casual employees in the age relaxation category. Can't the relaxation be made at par with regular government employees once?

This is an earnest request to the government and the APPSC to ponder on the age relaxation. Can't they take the example to the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission and consider raising the upper age limit to 42 or 43 years at least once?

As many genuine aspirants have already lost their chance many times due to loopholes and backlogs, considering the above once can bring some real relief to ageing aspirants.

Hoping our credible government and the APPSC will come out with some positive step in this regard.

Anonymous