Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has taken action against trainee IAS Pooja Khedkar and canceled her provisional candidature. Apart from this, Khedkar has been banned from appearing in any future examination. On the basis of examination of all the documents of Khedkar, UPSC found Khedkar guilty of violating CSE-2022 rules.
UPSC had already indicated this action. Recently UPSC had issued a show cause notice against Pooja Khedkar. In this notice it was asked why Pooja Khedkar’s candidature for Civil Services Examination-2022 should not be cancelled. UPSC had also lodged an FIR in this regard.
Records of 15 years were searched
To investigate the Pooja Khedkar case, UPSC reviewed the data of the last 15 years. After this it came to light that Khedkar’s was the only case in which it could not be ascertained how many times Khedkar had given the UPSC exam. Because every time he had changed not only his name but also the names of his parents. Now in future This cannot happen. For this, UPSC is preparing to further strengthen the SOP.
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What did UPSC say on false certificate?
On the question of submission of false certificates (especially OBC and PwBD categories), UPSC clarified that it only conducts preliminary scrutiny of the certificates. It is checked whether the certificate has been issued by the competent authority or not. Only basic things like the date of the certificate are checked. UPSC clarified that it has neither the authority nor the means to verify the authenticity of thousands of certificates submitted by the candidates.
How Pooja Khedkar came into limelight
Actually, Pooja Khedkar came into limelight for her hobbies and facilities. Pooja Khedkar was accused of demanding facilities to which she was not entitled as a trainee IAS officer. Apart from this, he is also accused of occupying the chamber of a senior officer. It is reported that Pooja Khedkar got red beacon and ‘Maharashtra Government’ plates installed in her personal Audi car.
After this, when the matter was investigated, it was found that he had also used fake documents to get selection in UPSC. After this he was investigated. He was transferred. Many allegations were also made against the parents. The video of Pooja’s mother waving her pistol also went viral.