Srinagar/Jammu ~ The JKPSC on Saturday announced that the Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) will proceed as scheduled, despite the tension between the Lok Bhavan and the Omar Abdullah government over demands for age relaxation and calls to postpone the exam.

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had earlier urged the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) to consider postponing the CCE, scheduled on Sunday, in view of the flight cancellations and the “uncertainty” resulting from Lok Bhavan’s “delay” in approving age relaxation for the aspirants.

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, however, said he returned the file the same day with a query about the possibility of holding the examination on the scheduled date if the upper age limit were relaxed.

“The CCE remains on schedule as

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