The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission has decided to conduct the Group-1 preliminary exams on the announced date of September 5.
The decision came in at a meeting held on Tuesday.
According to sources, the decision to stick to the scheduled date came about as APPSC officials felt that since the preliminary exams have already been postponed twice earlier it would be 'incorrect and inconvenient' to put off the date one more time.
The APPSC meeting was called in the aftermath of the Osmania University Students Joint Action Committee activists staging a dharna at Panel Chairman's chamber seeking the postponement of the preliminary exams.
The OUSJAC had sought clarification from the government on the percentage of recruitments from the Telangana region.