On the Death of IAS Aspirant Manjunath, UPSC releases clarification on the result

Expressing sorrow and greif on the unfortunate incident of a Civil Service aspirant Shri V.Y. Manjunath reportedly committing suicide, the Commission expresses its heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family.

Here is the whole details of the matter as examined thoroughly by the Commission and the facts of the case as available in its records are as follows:

Shri V Y Manjunath S/o Shri Yadav Murthy VP, had applied for Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2012. He was allotted Roll No. 538950 and was allotted Bangalore Centre for this examination. The candidate had actually appeared from this centre under the Roll No.538950. However, he has failed to qualify in the Civil Services (Prelim.) Examination, 2012. In the result indicating the list of qualified candidates for the CS(P) Exam, 2012 the candidate with Roll No. 538950, viz. Shri V Y Manjunath is not listed in the list of qualified candidates. Hence, Shri V Y Manjunath, having not qualified the CS(P) Examination, 2012, was not a candidate for the Civil Services (Main) Examination and accordingly could not have appeared for the CS(Main) Examination and Interview as claimed in a section of the Press. It is also confirmed from our records that no candidate with this roll number (538950) or with this name (MANJUNATH V Y) had appeared for the CS(Main) Examination or the interview.

The Commission received a fax message on 7/5/2013 from one Shri G S Pradeep Kumar claiming to be a friend of Shri V Y Manjunath in which it has been said that in the result list announced by the Commission the name of Shri B Ashwin against the roll No. 538745 has been indicated instead of Shri. V Y Manjunath. No letter/representation was even received in the Commission from the candidate himself.

It is confirmed that as per the records of the Commission Shri. B Ashwin S/o Shri K. Bhaskaran having roll No. 538745 was a candidate and he has qualified in the CS(P) Exam as well as the CS (Main) Examination, 2012 and is figuring in the list of finally recommended candidates by the Commission. Hence the result announced by the Commission is correct and correctly indicates the name of Mr. B Ashwin having roll No. 538745.