Civil Services Notification issued by UPSC

Important

Candidates must Use only the Form Supplied with the Information Brochure. Form should be Purchased from post office only and Not From any other Agency. Do not use Photocopy/Reproduction/Unauthorisedly Printed copy of The form. This will Entail Rejection. Each Form can be used only once and for only one examination.

Note : In case you have any Difficulty in Obtaining the Application Form/Central Recruitment Fee Stamp from any of the Designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices, you should Immediately contact the concerned Postmaster or the UPSC’s "Forms Supply Monitoring Cell" over Phone No. 011-3389366/Fax No. 011-3387310.

The candidates should apply for the examination only after Commission’s Notice for the examination containing all requisite information has been published in the newspapers/Employment News. They should carefully read all the eligibility conditions prescribed for the examination. While filling up application form, they should refer to the instructions given in the Notice.

Last date for receipt of completed applications in UPSC is 6th January 2003. In respect of candidates residing in remote areas/regions specified in para 6 of this Notice whose applications are received by post/speed post, the last date is 13th January, 2003. In case of applications received by hand or courier service, benefit of extended time will not be available, regardless of place of residence of the applicant.

Candidates are advised not to wait till the last date but to submit their application at the earliest so that it reaches the UPSC in time. The UPSC will not be responsible for any postal/Courier delays and all applications received after the above prescribed last date will be summarily rejected.

Candidates are advised to read carefully 'special instructions to candidates' for objective type tests given in Appendix-IV including the procedure regarding filling in the Answer Sheet of objective type tests in the Examination Hall.

UPSC has a Facilitation Counter near ‘C’ gate of its campus. Candidates may obtain any information/clarification regarding their Application/Candidature on working days between 10.00 A.M. to 5.00 P.M. in person or over telephone No. 011-23385271/011-23381125 from this Counter.

F.1/4/2002-E.I.(B): Preliminary Examination of the Civil Services Examination for recruiment to the Services and posts mentioned in Job Kinds(a) below will be held by the Union Public Service Commission at Agartala, Ahmedabad, AIzawl, Allahabad, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai (Madras), Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Dharwar, Dispur (guwahati), Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jorhat, Kochi (cochin), Kohima,Kolkata(Calcutta),Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai (Bombay), Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Pondicherry, Port blair, Raipur, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Sringar, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Tirupati, Udaipur and Vishakhapatnam, on the 18th May, 2003 in accordance with the Rules published by the Department of Personnel & Training in the Gazette in India Extraordinary dated the 7th December, 2002.

The centres and the dates of holding the examination as mentioned above are liable to be changed at the discretion of the commission. While every effort will be made to allot the candidates to the centre of their choice for examination, the commission may, at their discretion allot a different centre to a candidate, when circumstances so warrant. Blind candidates will, However, be required to take the Examination at the any one of six centres, viz. Chennai(Madras), Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata(Calcutta), Lucknow and Mumbai(Bombay) Only. Candidates admitted to the Examination will be informed of the timetable and place or places of examination.

The candidates should note that no request for change of centre will normally be granted. However when a candidate desires a change in centre from the one he had indicated in his Application Form for the Examination, he must send a letter addressed to the Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, giving full justification as to why he desires a change in centre. Such requests will be considered on merits but requests received in the Commission’s Office after 06th February, 2003 will not be entertained under any circumstances nor will such communications be replied to.

2. (A) Services/posts to which recruitment is to be made through the Examination are :

(i) Indian Administrative Service.

(ii) Indian Foreign Service.

ii) Indian Police Service.

(iv) Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’.

v) Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.

(vi) Indian Customs and Central Excise Services Group 'A'

(vii) Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.

(viii) Indian Revenue Service, Group ‘A’.

(ix) Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Non- technical).

(x) Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’.

(xi) Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.

(xii) Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’.

(xiii) Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.

(xiv) Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’.

(xv) Posts of Assistant Security Officer, Group ‘A’ in Railway Protection Force.

(xvi) Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’.

(xvii) Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’.

(xviii) Railway Board Secretariat Service, Group ‘B’. (Section-Officers Grade).

(xix) Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade)

(xx) The Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group ‘B’

(xxi) The Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group ‘B’

(xxii) Pondicherry Civil Service, Group ‘B’

The number of vacancies to be filled on the results of the examination is expected to be approximately 350. The number of vacancies is liable to alteration.

Reservation will be made for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Physically disabled categories in respect of vacancies as may be fixed by the Government.

B. Plan of Examination:

The Civil Services Examination will consist of two successive stages

(i) Civil Services Preliminary Examination (Objective type for the selection of candidates for the Main Examination; and

(ii) Civil Services Main Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various Services and posts noted above.

Applications are now invited for the Preliminary Examination only. Candidates who are declared by the Commission to have qualified for admission to the Main Examination will have to apply again in the detailed application form which would be supplied to them. The Main Examination is likely to be held in October/November, 2003.

Eligibility Conditions:

(i) Nationality

(1) For the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service, a candidate must be a citizen of India.

(2) For other services, a candidate must be either :—

(a) A citizen of India, or

(b) a subject of Nepal, or

(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India. or

(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Srilanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

Provided further that candidates belonging to categories (b), (c) and (d) above will not be eligible for appointment to the Indian Foreign Service.

A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be admitted to the examination but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him by the Government of India.

Age Limits:

style="COLOR: black">(a) A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on 1st August, 2003, i.e. he must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1973 and not later than 1st August, 1982.

(b) The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable:

(i) upto a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.

(ii) upto a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates.

(iii) upto a maximum of five years if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from the 1st January, 1980 to the 31st day of December, 1989.

(iv) upto a maximum of three years in the case of Defence Services personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof:

(v) upto a maximum of five years in the case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1st August, 2003 and have been released (i) on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from 1st August, 2003) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency, or (ii) on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service, or (iii) on invalidment.

(vi) upto a maximum of five years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years Military Service as on 1st August, 2003 and whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and that they will be released on three month's notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment.

(vii) upto a maximum of 10 years in the case of blind, deaf-mute and Orthopaedically handicapped persons.

NOTE I-Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes who are also covered under any other clauses of para 3(ii) (b) above, viz. those coming under the category of Ex-servicemen, persons domiciled in the State of J & K, blind, deaf-mute and orthopadically handicapped etc. will be eligible for grant of cumulative age-relaxation under both the categories.

NOTE II-The term ex-servicemen will apply to the persons who are defined as ex-servicemen in the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1979, as amended from time to time.

Note III-The age concession under para 3(ii) (b) (v) and (vi) will not be admissible to Ex-Servicemen and Commissioned Officers including ECOs/SSCOs who are released on own reguest.

NOTE IV- Notwithstanding the provision of age-relaxation under para 3(ii) (b) (vii) above, a physically handicapped candidate will be considered to be eligible for appointment only if he/she (after such physical examination as the Government or appointing authority, as the case may be, may prescribe) is found to satisfy the requirements of physical and medical standards for the concerned Services/posts to be allocated to the physically handicapped candidates by the Government.

Save as provided above the age limits prescribed can in no case be relaxed.

The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognised by an Indian University as equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a University, which extract must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the Higher Secondary or an equivalent examination certificate.

These certificates are required to be submitted only at the time of applying for the Civil Services (Main) Examination.

No other document relating to age like horoscopes, affidavits, birth extracts from Municipal Corporation, service records and the like will be accepted.

The expression Matriculation/Secondary Examination Certificate in this part of the instruction includes the alternative certificates mentioned above.

NOTE 1:- Candidates should note that only the Date of Birth as recorded in the Matriculation/Secondary Examination Certificate or an equivalent certificate on the date of submission of applications will be accepted by the Commission and no subsequent request for its change will be considered or granted.

Note 2 :- Candidates should also note that once a Date of Birth has been claimed by them and entered in the records of the Commission for the purpose of
admission to an Examination, no change will be allowed subsequently (or at any other Examination of the Commission) on any grounds whatsoever.

Note 3 :- The candidate should exercise due care while entering their date of birth in column 8 of the application form for the Preliminary Examination. If on verification at any subsequent stage, any variation is found in their date of birth from the one entered in their matriculation or equivalent Examination certificate, disciplinary action will be taken against them by the commission under the Rules.

Minimum Educational Qualifications:

The candidate must hold a degree of any of Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University Under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification.

Note I : Candidates who have appeared at an examination the passing of which would render them educationally qualified for the Commission’s examination but have not been informed of the results as also the candidates who intend to appear at such a qualifying examination will also be eligible for admission to the Preliminary Examination. All candidates who are declared qualified by the Commission for taking the Civil Services (Main) Examination will be required to produce proof of passing the requisite examination with their application for the Main Examination failing which such candidates will not be admitted to the Main Examination. The applications for the main examination will be called sometime in the month of July/August, 2003.

Note II: In exceptional cases the Union Public Service Commission may treat a candidate who has not any of the foregoing qualifications as a qualified candidate provided that he has passed examination conducted by the other Institutions, the standard of which in the opinion of the Commission justifies his admission to the examination.

Note III: Candidates possessing professional and technical qualifications which are recognised by Government as equivalent to professional and technical degree would also be eligible for admission to the examination.

Note IV: Candidates who have passed the final professional M.B.B.S. or any other Medical Examination but have not completed their internship by the time of submission of their applications for the Civil Services (Main) Examination, will be provisionally admitted to the Examination provided they submit along with their application a copy of certificate from the concerned authority of the University/Institution that they had passed the requisite final professional medical examination. In such cases, the candidates will be required to produce at the time of their interview original Degree or a certificate from the concerned competent authority of the University/Institution that they had completed all requirements (including completion of internship) for the award of the Degree.

Number of attempts:

Every candidate appearing at the Civil Services Examination, who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted four attempts at the examination.

Provided that this restriction on the number of attempts will not apply in the case of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates who are otherwise eligible.

Provided further that the number of attempts permissible to candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes, who are otherwise eligible, shall be seven.

Note:

1. An attempt at a Preliminary Examination shall be deemed to be an attempt at the examination.

2. If a candidate actually appears in any one paper in the Preliminary Examination, he shall be deemed to have made an attempt at the examination.

3. Notwithstanding the disqualification/cancellation of candidature the fact of appearance of the candidate at the examination will count as an attempt.

(v) Restrictions on applying for the examination:

A candidate who is appointed to the Indian Administrative Service or the Indian Foreign Service on the results of an earlier examination and continues to be a member of that service will not be eligible to compete at this examination.

In case such a candidate is appointed to the IAS/IFS after the Preliminary Examination of Civil Services Examination, 2003 is over and he/she continues to be a member of that service, he/she shall not be eligible to appear in the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2003 notwithstanding his/her having qualified in the Preliminary Examination, 2003.

Also provided that if such a candidate is appointed to IAS/IFS after the commencement of the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2003 but before the result thereof and continues to be a member of that service, he/she shall not be considered for appointment to any service/post on the basis of the result of this examination viz. Civil Services Examination, 2003.

Physical Standards:

Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to Civil Services Examination. 2003 as per guidelines given in Appendix-III of Rules for Examination published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 7th December, 2002.

FEE:

A candidate seeking admission to examination must pay to the Commission a fee of Rs. 50.00 (Rupees Fifty only) through a single Central Recruitment Fee Stamp of requisite denomination. Central recruitment Fee Stamp (NOT postage stamps) may be obtained from the post office and affixed on the application form in the space provided therein. The stamp must be got cancelled from the issuing Post Office with the date stamp of the post office in such a manner that the impression of the cancellation mark partially overflows on the application form itself but within the space provided on the form. The impression of the cancellation mark should be clear and distinct to facilitate the identification of date and the Post Office of issue.

Candidates residing abroad should deposit the prescribed fee in the office of India's High Commissioner, Ambassador or representative abroad as the case may be for credit to account head "051-Public Service Commission-Examination Fees" and attach the receipt with the application.

Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes are not required to pay any fee. No Fee exemption is, However, Available to OBC Candidates and they are required to pay the full-prescribed fee.

Physically handicapped persons are exempted from the payment of fee provided they are otherwise eligible for appointment to the Services/Posts to be filled on the results of this examination on the basis of the standards of medical fitness for these Services/Posts (including any concessions specifically extended to the physically handicapped). A physically handicapped candidate claiming fee concession will be required by the Commission to submit along with their detailed application form, a certified copy of the certificate from a Government Hospital/Medical Board in support of his claim for being physically handicapped.

NOTE: Notwithstanding the aforesaid provision for fee exemption, a physically handicapped candidate will be considered to be eligible for appointment only if he (after such physical examination as the Government or the appointing authority, as the case may be, may prescribe) is found to satisfy the requirements of physical and medical standards for the concerned Services/Posts to be allocated to Physically Handicapped candidates by the Government.

'Postage Stamps' will in no case be accepted in lieu of 'Central Recruitment Fee Stamp'.

Candidates should note that the fee sent through Indian Postal Orders, Bank Draft, Money Order, Crossed Cheque, Currency notes or Treasury Challan etc. will not be accepted by the Commission and such applications will be treated as without fee and will be summarily rejected.

Note I : Applications not accompanied by the prescribed Fee (Unless remission of Fee is claimed) shall be summarily rejected.

Note II : Fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances nor can the fee be held in reserve for any other examination or selection.

Note III : If any candidate who took the Civil Services Examination held in 2002 wishes to apply for admission to this examination, he must submit his application so as to reach the Commission’s Office by the prescribed date without waiting for the results or an offer of appointment.

Note IV : Candidates admitted to the Main Examination will be required to pay a further fee of Rs. 100/- (Rs. one hundred only).

How to Apply:

(a) The UPSC have developed an application form common for all their examinations which will be processed on computerised machines. This application form alongwith an Information Brochure containing general instructions for filling up the form, an acknowledegment card and an envelope for sending the application is obtainable from the designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices throughout the country as of Notice against cash payment of Rs. 20/- (Rupees twenty only). Form should be purchased from the designated Post Offices only and not from any other agency. This form can be used only once and for only one examination. Candidates must use the form supplied with the Information Brochure only and they should in no case use photocopy/reproduction/unauthorisedly printed copy of the Form. Since this form is electronically scannable, due care should be taken to fill up the application form, correctly. While filling up the application form, please refer to detailed instructions given in Appendix-II of this Notice. The candidate should also fill up in the relevant places of the Acknowledgement Card, their Application Form Number (8-digit) and the name of the examination. Affix postage stamp of Rs. 6/- on the Acknowledgement Card. The duly filled in application form and the acknowledgement card should then be mailed in the special envelope supplied with the Information Brochure. You should also write the name of examination viz. "Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2003" on the envelope before despatching it to "Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, New Delhi-110069".

(b) All candidates, whether already in Government Service, or in Government owned industrial undertakings or other similar organisations or in private employment should submit their applications direct to the Commission. If any candidate forwards his application through his employer and it reaches the Union Public Service Commission late, the application, even if submitted to the employer before the closing date, will not be considered.

Persons already in Government service, whether in a permanent or temporary capacity or as workcharged employees other than casual or daily rated employees or those serving under the Public Enterprises are however, required to submit an undertaking that they have informed in writing their Head of Office/Department that they have applied for the Examination.

Candidates should note that in case a communication is received from their employer by the Commission withholding permission to the candidates applying for/appearing at the examination, their applications will be liable to be rejected/candidature will be liable to be cancelled.

NOTE 1 : While filling in his application form, the candidate should carefully decide about his choice for the centre and optional subject for the Examination. More than one application from A candidate giving Different centres and/or optional subjects will not be accepted in any case. Even if a candidate sends more than one completed application the Commission will accept only one application at their discretion and the Commission's decision in the matter shall be final.

If any candidate appears at a centre/optional subject other than the one indicated by the Commission in his Admission Certificate, the papers of such a candidate will not be valued and his candidature will be liable to cancellation.

NOTE-2 : Since These application forms are to be processed in a computerised system, Due care should be taken by the candidates to fill up their application form correctly. Necessary instructions for filling up the form may be seen at appendix II. No column of the Application should be left blank. Incomplete or defective applications shall be summarily rejected. No representation or correspondence regarding such rejection shall be entertained under any circumstances.

Candidates are not required to submit along with their applications any certificate in support of their claims regarding Age, Educational Qualifications, Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Other Backward Classes and Physically handicapped etc. Which will be verified at the time of the Main examination only. The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfil all the eligibility conditions for admission to the Examination. Their admission at all the stages of examination for which they are admitted by the Commission viz. Preliminary Examination, Main (Written) Examination and Interview Test will be purely provisional, subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If on verification at any time before or after the Preliminary Examination, Main (written) Examination and Interview Test, it is found that they do not fulfil any of the eligibility conditions, their candidature for the examination will be cancelled by the Commission.

If any of their Claims is found to be Incorrect, they may render themselves liable to disciplinary action by the Commission in terms of rule 14 of the rules for the civil services examination, 2003 reproduced below :

A candidate who is or has been declared by the Commission to be guilty of :

(i) Obtaining support for his candidature by the following means, namely :–

(a) offering illegal gratification to, or

(b) applying pressure on, or

(ii) impersonating, or

(iii) procuring impersonation by any person, or

(iv) submitting fabricated documents or documents which have been tampered with, or

(v) making statements which are incorrect or false or suppressing material information, or

(vi) resorting to the following means in connection with his candidature for the examination, namely

(a) obtaining copy of question paper through improper means,

(b) finding out the particulars of the persons connected with secret work relating to the examination.

(vii) using unfair means during the examination, or

(viii) writing obscene matter or drawing obscene sketches in the scripts, or

(ix) misbehaving in the examination hall including tearing of the scripts, provoking fellow examinees to boycott examination, creating a disorderly scene and the like, or

(x) harassing or doing bodily harm to the staff employed by the Commission for the conduct of their examinations, or

(xi) violating any of the instructions issued to candidates along with their admission certificates permitting them to take the examination, or

(xii) attempting to commit or as the case may be abetting the commission of all or any of the acts specified in the foregoing clauses;

may in addition to rendering himself liable to criminal prosecution, be liable.

(a) to be disqualified by the Commission from the examination for which he is a candidate and/or

(b) to be debarred either permanently or for a specified period

(i) by the Commission from any examination or selection held by them;

(ii) by the Central Government from any employment under them; and

Provided that no penalty under this rules shall be imposed except after.

(i) giving the candidate an opportunity of making such representation, in writing as he may wish to make in that behalf; and

(ii) taking the representation, if any, submitted by the candidate within the period allowed to him into consideration.

Last date for receipt of applications:

(i) The completed Application Form must reach the Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, New Delhi 110069 on or before 06th January, 2003.

(ii) In respect of applications received only by post (by post/speed post) from the candidates residing in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Lahaul and Spiti District and Pangi Sub-Division of Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands or Lakshadweep or abroad, the last date for receipt of applications is 13th January, 2003. The benefit of extended time will be available only in respect of applications received by post/speed post from the above-mentioned areas/regions. In the case of applications received by hand or through courier service, benefit of extended time will not be available regardless of the place of residence of the applicant.

Candidates who are claiming the benefit of extended time should clearly indicate in column 13 (II) of the application form, the area code of the particular area or region (e.g. Assam, Meghalaya, J&K etc.) where they are residing. In case they fail to do so, the benefit of extended time will not be allowed to them.

NOTE:-(i) Candidates should clearly note that the Commission will in no case be responsible for non-receipt of their application or any delay in receipt thereof on any account whatsoever. No application received after the prescribed last date will be entertained under any circumstances and all the late applications will be summarily rejected. They should therefore, ensure that their applications reach the Commission's Office on or before the prescribed last date.

NOTE:-(ii) Candidates can also deliver their applications personally at the Commission's counter against proper acknowledgement. The Commission will not be responsible for the applications delivered to any other functionary of the Commission.

NOTE:-(iii) Applications received through Couriers or Courier Services of any type shall be treated as having been received "By hand" at the Commission's Counter.

Acknowledgement of applications:

Immediately on receipt of an application from a candidate, the Acknowledgement Card submitted by him alongwith the application form will be despatched to him by the Commission’s office duly stamped in token of receipt of his Application. If a candidate does not receive the Acknowledgement Card within 30 days, he should at once contact the Commission by quoting his Application Form No. (8-digit) and name & year of examination. Candidates delivering the application form in person at the Commission’s Counter will be issued Acknowledgement Card at the Counter itself. The mere fact that a candidate’s application has been acknowledged by the Commission does not mean that his candidature for the examination has been accepted by the Commission. Candidates will be informed at the earliest possible about their admission to the examination or rejection of their application.

Correspondence with the Commission:

The Commission will not enter into any correspondence with the candidates about their candidature except in the following cases:

(i) Every candidate for this examination will be informed at the earliest possible date of the result of his application. Admission certificates, indicating the Roll Nos. will be issued to the candidates who are admitted to the examination. The admission certificate will bear the photograph of the candidate. If a candidate does not receive his admission certificate or any other communication regarding his candidature for the examination three weeks before the commencement of the examination, he should at once contact the Commission. On receipt of such a communication, Admission certificate or a duplicate copy thereto will be issued to the admitted candidate. Information in this regard can also be obtained from the Facilitation Counter located in the Commission’s Office either in person or over phone Nos. 011-3381125/3385271. In case no communication is received in the Commission's office from the candidate regarding non-receipt of his admission certificate atleast 3 weeks before the examination, he himself will be solely responsible for non-receipt of his admission certificate. It may be noted that the Admission Certificate will be issued at the address as photocopied from the application form filled in by the candidate. The candidate should, therefore, ensure that address given by him in the application form is correct and complete with pin code.

No candidate will ordinarily be allowed to take the examination unless he holds a certificate of admission for the examination. On the receipt of Admission Certificate, check it carefully and bring discrepancies/errors, if any, to the notice of UPSC immediately.

The candidates should note that their admission to the examination will be purely provisional based on the information given by them in the application form. This will be subject to verification of all the eligibility conditions by the UPSC.

The mere fact that a certificate of admission to the Examination has been issued to a candidate, will not imply that his candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission or that entries made by the candidate in his application for the Preliminary examination have been accepted by the Commission as true and correct. Candidates may note that the Commission takes up the verification of eligibility conditions of a candidate, with reference to original documents, only after the candidate has qualified for Civil Services (Main) Examination. Unless candidature is formally confirmed by the Commission, it continues to be provisional.

The decision of the Commission as to the eligibility or otherwise of a candidate for admission to the Examination shall be final.

Candidates should note that the name in the Admission Certificate in some cases, may be abbreviated due to technical reasons.

(ii) In the event of a candidate receiving more than one admission certificate from the Commission, he should use only one of these admission certificates for appearing in the examination and return the other(s) to the Commission Office.

(iii) A candidate must see that communications sent to him at the address stated in his application are redirected, if necessary. Change in address should be communicated to the Commission at the earliest opportunity. Although the Commission make every effort to take account of such changes, they cannot accept any responsibility in the matter.

(iv) Candidates are informed that as the Preliminary Examination is only a screening test, no marks sheets will be supplied to successful or unsuccessful candidates and no correspondence will be entertained by the Commission, in this regard.

(v) If a candidate receives an admission certificate in respect of some other candidate on account of handling error, the same should be immediately returned to the Commission with a request to issue the correct AC. Candidates may note that they will not be allowed to take the examination on the strength of an admission certificate issued in respect of another candidate.

Important : All communications to the Commission should invariably contain the following particulars.

1.Name and year of the examination.

2. Application Form Number (8-digit)

3. Roll Number (if received)

4. Name of candidate (in full and in block letters)

5. Complete postal address as given in the application.

N.B. I. Communication not containing the above particulars may not be attended to.

N.B. II. Candidates should also note down their application form number (8 digit) for future reference. They may be required to indicate the same in connection with their candidature for the Civil Services (Main) Examination.

9. Physical Requirements for the Disabled Candidates:- For being considered against the vacancies reserved for them, the physically disabled persons should have disability of Forty per cent (40%) or more. However, such candidates shall be required to meet one or more of the following physical requirements/abilities which may be necessary for performing the duties in the concerned Services/Posts :

Code Physical Requirements

F 1.Work performed by manipulating (with Fingers)

PP 2. Work performed by pulling & pushing

L 3. Work performed by lifting

KC 4. Work performed by kneeling and crouching

B 5. Work performed by bending

S 6. Work performed by sitting (on bench or chair)

ST 7. Work performed by standing

W 8. Work performed by walking

SE 9. Work performed by seeing

H 10. Work performed by hearing/speaking

RW 11. Work performed by reading and writing.

The functional classification in their case shall be, one or more of the following, consistent with the requirements of the concerned Services/Posts :–

Functional Classification

Code Functions

BL 1. both legs affected but not arms

BA 2. both arms affected

a. impaired reach

b. weakness of grip.

BLA 3. both legs and both arms affected.

OL 4. one leg affected (R or L)

a. impaired reach

b. weakness of grip

c. ataxic

OA 5. one arm affected (R or L) - do -

BH 6. stiff back and hips (cannot sit or stoop).

MW 7. muscular weakness and limited physical endurance.

B 8. the blind

PB 9. partially blind

D 10. the deaf

PD 11. partially deaf.

10. Withdrawal of applications:

No request for withdrawal of candidature received from a candidate after he has submitted his application will be entertained under any circumstances.

(Rajkumar Barthwal)
Joint Secretary
Union Public Service Commission

Section I of Civil Services 2003 - Appendix I

Plan of Examination

The competitive examination comprises two successive stages :

(i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examinations (Objective Type) for the selection of candidates for Main Examination; and

(ii) Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various services and posts.

2. The Preliminary Examination will consist of two papers of Objective type (multiple choice questions) and carry a maximum of 450 marks in the subjects set out in subsection (A) of Section II. This examination is meant to serve as a screening test only; the marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Main Examination will not be counted for determining their final order of merit. The number of candidates to be admitted to the Main Examination will be about twelve to thirteen times the total approximate number of vacancies to be filled in the year in the various Services and Posts. Only those candidates who are declared by the Commission to have qualified in the Preliminary Examination in a year will be eligibe for admission to the Main Examination of that year provided they are otherwise eligible for admission to the Main Examination.

3. The Main Examination will consist of a written examination and an interview test. The written examination will consist of 9 papers of conventional essay type in the subjects set out in sub-section (B) of Section II. Also see Note (ii) under para I of Section II (B).

4. Candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the written part of the Main Examination as may be fixed by the Commission at their discretion, shall be summoned by them for an interview for a Personality Test vide sub-section ‘C’ of Section II. However, the papers on Indian Languages and English will be of qualifying nature. Also see Note (ii) under para 1 of Section II (B). The marks obtained in these papers will not be counted for ranking. The number of candidates to be summoned for interview will be about twice the number of vacancies to be filled. The interview will carry 300 marks (with no minimum qualifying marks).

Marks thus obtained by the candidates in the Main Examination (written part as well as interview) would determine their final ranking. Candidates will be allotted to the various Services keeping in view their ranks in the examination and the preferences expressed by them for the various Services and posts.

Section II of Civil Services 2003 - Appendix I

General Instructions (Preliminary as well as Main Examination)

A. Preliminary Examination

The examination will consist of two papers.

Paper I General Studies	150 marks
Paper II One subject to be selected from the list of optional subjects set out in Para 2 below	300 marks
Total :	450 marks

2. List of optional subjects for Preliminary Examination.

Agriculture
Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
Indian History
Law

Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology

Note (i) Both the question papers will be of the objective type (multiple choice questions).

(ii) The question papers will be set both in Hindi and English.

(iii) The course content of the syllabi for the optional subjects will be of the degree level. .

(iv) Each paper will be of two hours duration. Blind candidates will, however, be allowed an extra time of twenty minutes at each paper.

Main Examination

The written examination will consist of the following papers:

Paper I	One of the Indian languages to be selected by the candidate from the Languages included in the Eighth Scheduled to the Constitution.	300 marks
Paper II	English	300 marks
Paper III	Essay	200 marks
Papers IV and V	General Studies	300 marks for each paper
Papers VI, VII, VIII and IX	Any two subjects to be selected from the list of the set out in Each subject will have two papers.	300 marks for each paper

Interview Test will carry 300 marks.

Note (i) The papers on Indian Languages and English will be of Matriculation or equivalent standard and will be of qualifying nature; the marks obtained in these papers will be not counted for ranking.

(ii) The papers on Essay, General Studies and Optional Subjects of only such candidates will be evaluated as attain such minimum standard as may be fixed by the Commission in their discretion for the qualifying papers on Indian Language and English.

(iii) The paper-I on Indian Languages will not, however, be compulsory for candidates hailing from the North-Eastern States of Arunachanl Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland and also for candidates hailing from the State of Sikkim.

(iv) For the Language papers, the script to be used by the candidates will be as under :–

Language	Script
Assamese	Assamese
Bengali	Bengali
Gujarati	Gujarati
Hindi	Devanagari
Kannada	Kannada
Kashmiri	Persian
Konkani	Devanagari
Malayam	Malayalam
Manipuri	Bengali
Marathi	Devanagari
Nepali	Devanagari
Oriya	Oriya
Punjabi	Gurmukhi
Sanskrit	Devanagari
Sindhi	Devanagari or Arabic
Tamil	Tamil
Telugu	Telugu
Urdu	Persian

2. List of optional subjects for Main Examination

Agriculture

Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science

Anthropology

Botany

Chemistry

Civil Engineering

Commerce and Accountancy

Economics

Electrical Engineering

Geography

Geology

History

Law

Management

Mathematics

Mechanical Engineering

Medical Science

Philosophy

Physics

Political Science and International Relations

Psychology

Public Administration

Sociology

Statistics

Zoology

Literature of one of the following languages:

Arabic, Assamese, Bengali, Chinese, English, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Pali, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.

Note (i) Candidates will not be allowed to offer the following combinations of subjects :–

(a) Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration;

(b) Commerce & Accountancy and Management;

(d) Mathematics and Statistics;

(e) Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science.

(f) Management and Public Administration;

(g) Of the Engineering subjects, viz., Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering–not more than one subject.

(h) Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science.

(ii) The question papers for the examination will be of conventional (essay) type.

(iii) Each paper will be of three hours duration. Blind candidates will, however be allowed an extra time of thirty minutes at each paper.

(iv) Candidates will have the option to answer all the question papers, except the language papers viz. Papers I and II above in any one of the languages in cluded in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution or in English.

(v) Candidates exercising the option to answer papers III to IX in any one of the languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution may, if they so desire, give English version within brackets of only the description of the technical terms, if any, in addition to the version in the language opted by them.

Candidates should, however, note that if they misuse the above rule, a deduction will be made on this account from the total marks otherwise accruing to them and in extreme cases, their script(s) will not be valued for being in an unauthorised medium.

(vi) The question papers other than language papers will be set both in Hindi and English.

(vii) The details of the syllabi are set out in Part B of Section III

General Instructions (Preliminary as well as Main Examination):

(i) Candidates must write the papers in their own hand. In no circumstances, they will be allowed the help of a scribe to write the answers for them. However, blind candidates will be allowed to write the examination with the help of a scribe.

Note (1) : The eligibility conditions of a scribe, his/her conduct inside the examination hall and the manner in which and extent to which he/she can help the blind candidate in writing the Civil Services Examination shall be governed by the instructions issued by the UPSC in this regard. Violation of all or any of the said instructions shall entail the cancellation of the candidature of the blind candidate in addition to any other action that the UPSC may take against the scribe.

Note (2): For purpose of these rules the candidate shall be deemed to be a blind candidate if the percentage of visual impairment is 40% or more. The criteria for determining the percentage of visual impairment shall be as follows:

All with corrections Percentage
Better eye Worse eye

Category 0 6/9-6/18 6/24 to 6/36 20%

Category I 6/18-6/36 6/60 to nil 40%

Category II 6/60-4/60                       3/60 to nil 75%
                         or field of
                         vision 10-20º

Category III 3/60-1/60                        F.C. at 1 ft 100%
                         or field of                         to nil
                         vision 10º

Category IV      FC. at 1 ft                        F.C. at 1 ft 100%
                         to nil field of                     to nil field of
                         vision 100º                        vision 100º

One eyed 6/6 F.C. at 1 ft 30%
person to nil

Note (3): For availing of the concession admissible to a blind candidate, the candidate concerned shall produce a certificate in the prescribed proforma from a Medical Board constituted by the Central/State Governments alongwith his application for the Main Examination.

Note (4): The concession admissible to blind candidates shall not be admissible to those suffering from Myopia.

(ii) The Commission have discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects of the examination.

(iii) If a candidate’s handwriting is not easily legible, a deduction will be made on this account from the total marks otherwise accruing to him.

(iv) Marks will not be allotted for mere superficial knowledge.

(v) Credit will be given for orderly, effective and exact expression combined with due economy of words in all subjects of the examination.

(vi) In the question papers, wherever required, SI units will be used.

(vii) Candidates should use only international form of Indian numerals (i.e. 1,2,3,4,5,6 etc.) while answering question papers.

(viii) Candidates will be allowed the use of Scientific (Non-Programmable type) calculators at the conventional (Essay) type examination of UPSC. Programmable type calculators will however not be allowed and the use of such calculators shall tantamount to resorting to unfair means by the candidates. Loaning or interchanging of calculators in the Examination Hall is not permitted.

It is also important to note that candidates are not permitted to use calculators for answering objective type papers (Test Booklets). They should not therefore bring the same inside the Examination Hall.

C. Interview test

The candidate will be interviewed by a Board who will have before them a record of his career. He will be asked questions on matters of general interest. The object of the interview is to assess the personal suitability of the candidate for a career in public service by a Board of competent and unbiased observers. The test is intended to judge the mental calibre of a candidate. In broad terms this is really an assessment of not only his intellectual qualities but also social traits and his interest in current affairs. Some of the qualities to be judged are mental alertness, critical powers of assimilation, clear and logical exposition, balance of judgement, variety and depth of interest, ability for social cohesion and leadership, intellectual and moral integrity.

2. The technique of the interview is not that of a strict cross-examination but of a natural, though directed and purposive conversation, which is intended to reveal the mental qualities of the candidate.

3. The interview test is not intended to be a test either of the specialised or general knowledge of the candidates which has been already tested through their written papers. Candidates are expected to have taken an intelligent interest not only in their special subjects of academic study but also in the events which are happening around them both within and outside their own state or country as well as in modern currents of thought and in new discoveries which should rouse the curiosity of well educated youth.

Appendix-II of Civil Services 2003

General Instructions

1. Candidates must use only the form supplied with the information Brochure purchased from any of the designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices listed target="_blank">Here. Form should be purchased from designated post offices only and not from any other agency. Candidates must use the form supplied with the Information Brochure only and they should in no case use photocopy/reproduction/unauthorisedly printed copy of the Form. The form will NOT be supplied by the Commission’s office.

2. The application form must be filled in by the candidates in their own handwriting. Since this form will be processed on computerised machines, candidates should exercise due care in handling and filling up the application form. They should use HB pencil only to darken the circles. For writing in the boxes, they should use black or black pen.

Since the entries made by the candidates by darkening the circles will be taken into account while processing the applications on computerised machines, they should make these entries very carefully and accurately. Entries in the boxes are meant for confirmatory purposes and these should also, therefore, be made correctly. There should be no variation between the entries made by the candidate by darkening the circles and those written in the accompanying boxes.

3. Candidates should ensure that the signatures appended by them in all the places viz. in their application form, Attendance List etc. and in all the correspondence with the Commission, should be identical and there should be no variation of any kind. If any variation is found in the signatures appended by him at different places, his candidature will be liable to be cancelled by the Commission.

4. No change in the entries made in original application form will be allowed under any circumstances.

5. The candidates are advised in their own interest to ensure that the applications reach the Commission’s Office on or before the closing date. Applications received in the Commission’s Office after the closing date will not be considered.

6. While filling in his application form, the candidate should carefully decide about his choice for the centre and optional subject for the examination. More than one application from a candidate giving different centres and/or optional subjects will not be accepted in any case. Even if a candidate sends more than one completed application, the Commission will accept only one application at their discretion and the Commission’s decision in the matter shall be final.

7. On the Acknowledgement Card, the candidates should write their application form No. (as printed below the bar code on the form) and the name of examination viz. "Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2003". They should also write clearly and legibly their mailing address on the Acknowledgement Card. A postage stamp of Rs. 6/- should be affixed on the card. The Acknowledgement Card should not be stapled or pinned or tagged or pasted with the Application Form.

Eligibility Conditions (in brief)

(i) Age limits :

Prescribed age-limits are 21-30 years as on 1st August, 2003 for all the services/posts (Upper age limit relaxable for SCs/Sts, OBCs and certain other categories as specified in Para 3(ii) of Notice).

(ii) Educational Qualifications :

Degree of a recognised University or equivalent. (Para 3(iii) of Notice).

(iii) No. of permissible attempts :

Four (Seven attempts for OBCs and no limit for SCs/STs/ (Para 3 (iv) of Notice).

(iii) Fee :

Rs. 50/- (Rupees fifty only) (No fee for SCs/STs/Physically Handicapped only).

Instructions to candidates for filling up the Application Form for the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2003.

Side 1 of Application Form

Column 1 : Examination for which applying

Darken the circle against "CSP", in the box pertaining to Name of examination, write CSP starting from the first box on the left. Also write 2003 in the boxes meant for year of examination. Candidates are advised to ensure that the name of Examination viz. CSP is correctly written by them in the box. Any error in this regard may result in rejection of their application form.

Column 2 : Fee

If you have paid the requisite fee of Rs. 50/- (Rupees fifty only), darken circle 1 and write 1 in the box; or

If you have not paid the fee and are claiming fee remission as SC, ST or Physically Handicapped, darken circle 2 and write 2 in the box.

N.B. : Fee is payable only in the form of Central Recruitment Fee Stamp, as per instructions against Column 12.

Column 3 : (I) Whether Physically Handicapped?

If you are not a physically handicapped person, darken circle 1 for No and write 1 in the box; or

If you are a physically handicapped person, darken circle 2 for yes and write 2 in the box.

(II) If yes, indicate category

Fill up this Column only if your answer to Column 3(I) is yes.

If you are Orthopaedically handicapped, darken circle 1 and write 1 in the box; or

If you are Blind, darken circle 2 and write 2 in the box; or

If you are Deaf-Mute, darken circle 3 and write 3 in the box.

Column 4 : Community

If you belong to SC, darken circle 1 and write 1 in the box; or

If you belong to ST, darken circle 2 and write 2 in the box; or

If you belong to OBC, darken circle 3 and write 3 in the box; or

If you belong to General Category (Others), darken circle 4 and write 4 in the box.

Note 1 : Candidates belonging to OBCs but coming in the Creamy Layer and thus not being entitled to OBC reservation should indicate their community as General Category (Others) Code No. 4".

Note 2 : Candidates belonging to neither SC, ST, nor OBC communities should write Code No. 4 (General Category) against the Column for Community and not leave it blank.

Note 3 : No change in the community status indicated by a candidate in his/her application form for the Preliminary Examination will ordinarily be allowed by the Commission at a subsequent stage.

Column 5 : Sex

If you are Male, darken circle 1 and write 1 in the box; or

If you are Female, darken circle 2 and write 2 in the box;

Column 6 : Nationality

If you are an Indian national, darken circle 1 and write 1 in the box; or

If you are not an Indian national, darken circle 2 and write 2 in the box.

Column 7 : Name of the candidate

For filling up this column, first write in the boxes your full name (in English) in capital letters exactly as recorded in your Matriculation/High School/Secondary or equivalent examination certificate. Write a single letter in a box. Leave a box blank between any two parts of the name. Then darken the corresponding circle below each letter. Do not darken a circle below a blank box. Do not overshoot the boxes. Abbreviate name only if necessary. Do not use any prefix such as Shri, Kum., Dr. etc with your name.

See sample filled up form in the information brochure for guidance.

Column 8 : Date of Birth

Darken the appropriate circles for the day, month and year of your birth as recorded in your Matriculation/High School/Secondary or equivalent examination certificate. Then write in the boxes using numerals 01 to 31 for day; numerals 01 to 12 for month and the last two digits for the year of birth.

See sample filled up form in the information brochure for guidance.

Column 9 : Father’s Name

Write your father’s name (in English) in capital letters. Write a single letter in each box. Leave a box blank between any two parts of the name. Do not use any prefix such as Shri, Dr, etc.

Column 10 : Address

Write your complete mailing address including your name in English capital letters or Hindi within the box provided for the purpose. Also write the PIN Code therein. Write with black or black ball pen only. Do not write outside the box. Please note that this address will be photocopied as such in all letters to be sent to you and therefore, it should be very clearly and legibly written. If you make any mistake in writing the address, cover the whole box with an exact sized white paper slip and rewrite your address on that.

Column 11 : Photograph

Paste firmly in the space provided your recent photograph of 4 cm. x 5 cm. size (preferably in black & white). Do not staple the photograph. Photograph should neither be signed by you nor it should be got attested.

Column 12 : Space for CRF Stamp

Fee to be paid for the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination is Rs. 50/- (Rupees fifty only). SC/ST and Physically Handicapped candidates are not required to pay any fee. No fee exemption is however available to OBC candidates and they are required to pay the prescribed full fee.

Fee is payable only through Central Recruitment Fee Stamp (Not postage stamps). No other mode of payment is acceptable. Obtain only one single CRF Stamp of Rs. 50/- denomination from the post office and paste it firmly within the box. After pasting the CRF Stamp on the form, get it cancelled from the post office of purchase in the space provided. Do not staple the CRF Stamp.

Side 2 of Application Form

Column 13 : (I) Are you residing in a remote area or abroad

If you are residing in a remote area specified in Para 6 of the Notice of the Examination or abroad, darken circle 1 against Yes and write 1 in the box; or

If you are not residing in a specified remote area/abroad, darken circle 2 against No and write 2 in the box.

N.B. : Candidates residing in a remote area specified in the Notice of the Examination or abroad are entitled to one week’s additional time for submission of application form.

(II) If yes, indicate area code :

Darken the appropriate circles for the area code as given below and then write the same code in the boxes.

AREA CODE FOR REMOTE AREAS AND ABROAD
Area	Code	Area	Code
Assam	01	Jammu & Kashmir	09
Meghalaya	02	Lahaul and Spiti District and Pangi Sub Division of Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh	10
Arunachal Pradesh	03
Mizoram	04
Manipur	05
Nagaland	06	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	11
Tripura	07	Lakshadweep	12
Sikkim	08	Abroad	13

Column 14 : Examination Centre Code

Choose the Examination Centre from the list given below where you wish to appear and its code. Darken the appropriate circles and then write the same code in the boxes. Do not indicate more than one Centre.

List of centres of Examination
Centre	Code	Centre	Code	Centre	Code
Ahmedabad	01	Shillong	16	Ranchi	41
Allahabad	02	Shimla	17	Gangtok	42
Bangalore	03	Srinagar	18	Kohima	43
Bhopal	04	Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum)	19	Imphal	44
Mumbai (Bombay)	05	Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum)	19	Agartala	45
Kolkata (Calcutta)	06	Pondicherry	20	Jorhat	46
Cuttack	07	Kochi (Cochin)	24	Aizawl	47
Delhi	08	Lucknow	26	Itanagar	48
Dispur (Guwahati)	09	Jammu	34	Raipur	49
Hyderabad	10	Chandigarh	35	Tirupati	50
Jaipur	11	Panaji (Goa)	36	Vishakhapatnam	51
Chennai (Madras)	12	Port Blair	37	Udaipur	52
Nagpur	13	Aurangabad	38	Sambalpur	53
Dehradun	14	Dharwar	39	Bareilly	54
Patna	15	Madurai	40

Column 15 : Educational Qualification Code

Codes prescribed for educational qualification are as follows :

Code Educational qualification

01 If you have already passed the degree or equivalent Examination;

02 If you have appeared/appearing at the degree or equivalent Examination;

Choose the correct code applicable in your case and darken the appropriate circles. Write the same code in the boxes.

Column 16 : (I) Whether claiming age relaxation

If you are claiming age relaxation, darken circle 1 for Yes and write 1 in the box; or

If you are not claiming age relaxation, darken circle 2 for No and write 2 in the box.

(II) If Yes, indicate category code

Fill up this Column only if your response to Column 16(I) is Yes.

Darken the appropriate circles for category code given below and then write the same code in the boxes.

Category - Codes for Claiming Age Relaxation

(Refer Para 3(ii) (b) of Commission’s Notice published in the Employment News/Rozgar Samachar)

Code No.	Category	Extent of Age Relaxation Permissible
01	SC and ST	5 years
02	OBC	3 years
03	Blind, deaf-mute and Orthopaedically handicapped persons.	10 years
04	Blind, deaf-mute and Orthopaedically handicapped persons+ SC/ST	15 years
05	Blind, deaf-mute and Orthopaedically handicapped persons+ OBC	13 years
06	Defence Services Personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof.	3 years
07	Defence Services Personnel (as against Code No. 06) + SC/ST	8 years
08	Defence Services Personnel (as against Code No. 06) + OBC	6 years
09	Ex-Servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/ SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1st August, 2003 and have been released (i) on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from 1st August, 2003) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency; or (ii) on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service; or (iii) on invalidment.	5 years
10	Ex-Servicemen including Commissioned officers and ECOs/SSCOs(as against Code No. 09) + SC/ST	10 years
11	Ex-Servicemen including Commissioned officers and ECOs/SSCOs(as against Code No. 09) + OBC	8 years
12	ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service as on 1st August, 2003 and whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and that they will be released on three months notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment.	5 years
13	ECOs/SSCOs (as against Code No. 12) + SC/ST	10 years
14	ECOs/SSCOs (as against Code No. 12) + OBC	8 years
16	Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1st January, 1980 to31st December, 1989.	5 years
17	Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of J & K (as against Code No. 16) + SC/ST	10 years
18	Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of J & K (as against Code No. 16) + OBC	8 years

Columns 17 to 18 :

Candidates applying for the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination are not required to fill any of these columns. They should, therefore, leave these columns blank.

Column 19 : Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination.

(I) Optional subject

Choose any one optional subject from the list given below and see its code. Darken the appropriate circles and then write the same code in the box. Do not indicate more than one optional subject.

List of Optional Subjects


Subject	Code	Subject	Code
Agriculture	01	Mechanical Engineering	13
Botany	02	Philosophy	14
Chemistry	03	Physics	15
Civil Engineering	04	Political Science	16
Commerce	05	Psychology	17
Economics	06	Sociology	18
Electrical Engineering	07	Zoology	19
Geography	08	Statistics	20
Geology	09	Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science	21
Indian History	10	Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science	21
Law	11	Public Administration	22
Mathematics	12	Medical Science	23

(II) No. of attempts already made?

Write the number of attempts already made by you in the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination in the boxes and darken the appropriate circles. If no attempt has been made by you earlier darken circles ‘00’ and write ‘00’ in the boxes.

Columns 20 to 22 :

Candidates appearing for the Civil Services (Priliminary) Examination are not required to fill any of these columns. They should, therefore, leave these Columns blank.

Column 23 : Declaration

The candidate must read the declaration carefully before signing. In Sub-para (i), the candidates must fill up the Examination Notice number viz. 04/2003 and date of publication of Notice in Employment News/Rozgar Samachar viz., 07.12.2002 in the spaces provided before the asterisk marks.

Column 24 : Signature of candidate

Make your usual signature in black or black ball pen within the box provided. Your signature must not overflow or touch the border of the box provided. Do not merely write your name in capital letters in place of signature. Unsigned applications will be rejected.

Also write the place and date of signing the form in the spaces provided for the purpose.

Verify the following before mailing the application

1. That you have used the application form purchased from the designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices only.

2. That you have filled in all the relevant columns of the application form by blackening the appropriate circles and also writing the corresponding code(s) in boxes. It may be carefully checked that there is no varation between the entries made by you by darkening the circles and those written in the accompanying boxes.

3. That you have affixed your recent photograph preferably in black & white (unsigned and unattested) in column 11 of the application form.

4. That in case you are required to pay fee, you have affixed a single Central Recruitment Fee Stamp of Rs. 50/- denomination in column 12 of the application form and have got it cancelled from the Post Office

5. That you have signed in column 24 of the application form.

6. That only one application form and one acknowledgement card is being mailed in the envelope supplied to you with the Brochure and no other enclosure is attached therewith.

7. That you have written the name of examination viz., "Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2003" on the envelope meant for despatch of application form and acknowledgement card.

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