UPSC Civil Services Main Exam 2015: Instructions to Candidates
UPSC Civil Services Main Exam 2015: Instruction to Candidates
1. The Main Examination in the scheme of the Civil Services Examination, 2015 for the services and posts mentioned in preamble to the Rules will be held from 18th December, 2015. The detailed Time Table of Examination will be made available along with the e-Admit Card
UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES OF CIVIL SERVICES (MAIN) EXAMINATION, 2015
2. The Main Examination will be held at following Centres:-
Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Allahabad, Bangaluru, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Dehradun Delhi, Dispur (Guwahati), Hyderabad, Jaipur, J ammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla and Thiruvananthapuram.
In the interest of coordinated and secured logistics, the Commission may not operate Centres where the number of candidates is very low. In such cases, the Commission may allot nearest Centres to the candidates. The decision of the Commission in this regard will be final and no further correspondence will be entertained from candidates.
3. The Centres and the dates of holding the Main Examination as mentioned above are liable to be changed at the discretion of the Commission. While every effort will be made to allot the candidate to the Centre of his choice, the Commission may, at their discretion allot a different Centre or a new Centre that may be opened when circumstances so warrant.
4. (i) Candidate seeking admission to the Civil Services (Main) Examination must apply to Under Secretary (CSM), Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110069 in the prescribed application form after duly filling in information Online and thereafter, further submit the printed copy of the Online application to the Commission. No deviation in online application and printed copy to be submitted will be allowed under any circumstances.
(ii) Candidates are also advised that the hard copy of the DAF to be submitted by them should be printed on single/one sided page.
(iii) The printout of the complete application form must reach the Under Secretary (CSM), Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi- 110069 on or before Friday, 2oth November, 2015, 5:00 PM.
Application can also be delivered at Union Public Service Commission counter by hand. The Commission will not be responsible for the application delivered to any other functionary of the Commission.
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.-Applications received through Couriers or Courier Services of any type shall be treated as having been received 'By hand' at the Commission's Counter.
NO REQUEST FOR WITHDRAWAL OF CANDIDMURE RECEIVED FROM A CANDIDPJEAFTER HE / SHE HAS SUBMITTED HIS/ HER APPLICPAION WILL BE ENTERDAINED.
5 FEE :
Candidates applying (excepting Female/ SC / ST/ PH candidates who are exempted from payment of fee) for Civil Services (Main) Examination are required to pay a fee of Rs.200/- (Rupees Two Hundred only) either by depositing the money in any Branch of SBI by cash, or by using Net Banking facility of SBI / State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur/ State Bank of Hyderabad / State Bank of Mysore /State Bank of Patiala/ State Bank of Travancore or by using Visa/Master Credit/Debit card.
Applicants who opt for "Pay by Cash" mode should print the system generated Pay-in-slip during filling of payment mode of Detailed Application Form and deposit the fee at the counter of SBI Branch on the next working day only. "Pay by Cash" mode will be deactivated at 23.59 hours of 12th November,2015 i.e. one day before the closing date; however applicants who have generated their Pay-in-Slip before it is deactivated may pay at the counter of SBI Branch during banking hours on the closing date. Such applicants who are unable to pay by cash on the closing date i.e. during banking hours at SBI Branch, for reasons, whatsoever, even if holding valid pay-in-slip will have no other offline option but to opt for available Online Debit/ Credit Card or Internet Banking payment mode on the closing date i.e. till 23.59 hours of 13th November.2015.
For the applicant in whose case payments details have not been received from the bank, they will be treated as fictitious payment cases and a list of all such applicants shall be made available on the Commission's website within two weeks after the last day of submission of Online Detailed Application Form. These applicants shall also be intimated through e-mail to submit copy of proof of their payment to the Commission at the address mentioned in the e-mail. The applicant shall be required to submit the proof within 10 days from the date of such communication either by hand or by speed post to the Commission. In case, no response is received from the applicant, their application shall be summarily rejected and no further correspondence shall be entertained in this regard.
All female candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes Physically Handicapped categories 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 Disabled 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 disabled). A physically disabled candidate claiming age relaxation/fee concession will be required by the Commission to submit along with his/her Detailed Application Form, a self-certified copy of the certificate from a Government Hospital/ Medical Board in support of his / her claim for being physically disabled as per norms. NOTE : Notwithstanding the aforesaid provision for age relaxation/ fee exemption, a physically disabled candidate will be considered to be eligible for appointment only if he / she (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 Disabled candidates by the Government.
NOTE I :APPLICATIONS WITHOUT THE PRESCRIBED FEE (UNLESS REMISSION OF FEE IS CLAIMED) SHALL BE SUMMARILY REJECTED.
NOTE ll : Fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances nor can the fee be held in reserve for any other examination or selection.
6. Candidates are advised to read carefully the Rules of the Examination which include the detailed scheme of the examination, as published in the Govt. of India Gazette (Extraordinary) dated 23rd May, 20l5 (copy can be downloaded from UPSC website). They should note that no correspondence will be entertained by the Commission from candidates to change any of the entries made in the application form. They should, therefore, take special care to fill up the application form correctly. No column of the application form should be left blank.
Candidates should note that under no circumstances will they be allowed to change in Centre, Optional Subject, Indian Language paper (Paper-A) and Medium of Examination they have indicated in their filled online CS(P) application form.
If any candidate appears,-
(i) at a centre other than the one indicated by the Commission in his e.Admit Card; or
(ii) in an optional subject other than the one indicated by the Commission in his e.Admit Card; or
(iii) in an Indian language paper other than the one indicated by the Commission in his e.Admit Card papers of such a candidate will not be valued, and the candidature will be liable to cancellation.
7. The receipt of the hard copy/ printout of the final DAF shall be acknowledged electronically by sending email by the Commission. Online application or which is incomplete or is incorrectly filled in or gives wrong code numbers in any of the columns is liable to be rejected
8. Every candidate for this examination will be informed at the earliest possible regarding date of the receipt of his /her application. If, however, a candidate does not receive from the Union Public Service Commission a communication confirming receipt of his / her application two weeks before the commence of the examination, he / she should at once contact the Commission, web-upsc@nic.in or 011-23385271. Failure to comply with this provision will
deprive the candidate of any claim to consideration.
Candidates admitted to the examination will be given e-Admit Card which they will have to download from the Commission’s website and which will permit them to take the examination. On obtaining the e-Admit Card, a candidate should check it carefully to ensure that the particular printed on the e-Admit Card are correct. In case, there is any mistake in the e-Admit Card should be brought to the Commission with a request to issue the correct e- Admit Card. Candidates may note that they will not be allowed to take the examination on the strength of e-Admit Card issued in respect of another candidate.
9. Candidates are required to specify clearly in Col. 21 of the Application Form their order of preference for various Services / posts for which they would like to be considered for appointment in case they are recommended for appointment by the Commission.
For example, if Indian Administrative Service is his first preference he should write against “Indian Administrative Service”. Similarly, if Indian Police Service is his /her third preference, he should write against Indian Police Service”.
Important: No box should be left blank.
(1) A Candidate shall be required to mandatorily indicate order of preferences only for those services participating in the Civil Services Examination for the year, for which he is interested to be allocated to, in the application form for main examination.
(2) In case of recommendation of his name by UPSC for service allocation, the candidate shall be considered for allocation to one of those services by the Government for which he shall indicate his preference subject to fulfillment of other conditions. No change in preferences of services once indicated by a candidate would be permitted.
(3) A candidate who wishes to be considered for Indian Administrative Service or Indian Police Service shall be required to indicate in his application form for the Main Examination his order of preferences for various State cadres for which he would like to be considered for allotment in case he is appointed to the Indian Administrative Service or Indian Police Service and no change in preference of cadre once indicated by a candidate would be permitted.
Note 1 : The candidate is advised to be very careful while indicating preferences for various services or posts. In this connection, attention is also invited to clause (i) of rule 19.
Note 2 : The candidates are advised to visit Department of Personnel and Training website www.persmin.nic.in for information or details about service allocation/ cadre allotment, service profile.
Note 3 : A candidate who wishes to be considered for Indian Administrative Service or Indian Police Service shall be very careful while indicating preferences for various cadres. The candidate is advised to indicate all the cadres in the order of preference in his Detailed Application form which is to be filled in case of his selection for the Civil Services (Main) Examination. In case he does not give any preference for any cadre it will be assumed that he does not have a specific preference for any cadre.
Note 4 : If he is not allotted to anyone of the cadres for which he has indicated preference, he shall be allotted to any of the remaining cadres in which there are vacancies after allocation of all the candidates who can be allocated to those cadres in accordance with their preferences. 10. Candidates who wish to be considered for IAS/ IPS shall be required to indicate in col. 20 of the application form for the Main Examination their order of preference for various State Cadres separately for IAS and IPS.
11. The information earlier given by candidates in the application form for the Preliminary Examination will be cross-checked with the information given by them in the application form for the Main Examination. If there are any serious discrepancies, candidates are liable to be refused admission to the Main Examination in such cases.
12. The Roll No. of the candidate for the Main Examination will be the same as the Roll Number given to him / her for the Preliminary Examination.
13. Attention is invited to Notes I and IV under Rule 7 of the Rules for the Civil Services Examination 2015. All candidates who are declared qualified by the Commission for taking the Civil Services (Main) Examination should produce the proof of passing the requisite qualifying Examination alongwith their application for the Main Examination failing which such candidates will not be admitted to the Main Examination and their candidature will be cancelled.
Note :-Candidates who have passed the final professional MBBS 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 alongwith their application a copy of the certificate from the concerned authority of the University/lnstitution 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.
14. Persons in Government service whether in a permanent or temporary capacity or as work charged employees other than casual or daily rated employees or those serving under Public Enterprises are required to submit an undertaking (as in the Declaration printed in the Application Form) that they have informed in writing their Head of Office/ Department that they have applied for the Examination.
15. 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.
16. A candidate appearing in the examination should also bring with him/ her to the examination hall extra copies of the photograph similar to the one affixed on the application form. Photocopies of the photographs are not acceptable.
17. A candidate who claims to belong to one of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes or the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) should submit in support of his / her claim an Self Attested / certified copy of a certificate in the form given below from the District Officer or the Sub-Divisional Officer or any other Officer as indicated below, of the district in which his / her parents (or surviving parent) ordinarily reside, who has been designated by the State Government concerned as competent to issue such a certificate. If both his / her parents are dead, the officer signing the certificate should be of the district in which candidate himself/ herself ordinarily resides otherwise than for the purpose of his / her own education.
(A) The form of certificate to be produced by Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes
candidates applying forappointment to posts under the Government of India.
This is to certify that Shri / Shrimati / Kumari * ................................ son / daughter* of. ................................ of village / town* ................................ in district / Division *.....................
of the State / Union Territory * ................................................................belongs to the caste / tribe* which is recognized as Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe* under.-
the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950@.
the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950@.
the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) (Union Territories) Order, 1951@.
the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Union Territories) Order, 1951@.
[as amended by the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes List (Modification) Order, 1956; the Bombay Reorganization Act, 1960; the Punjab Reorganization Act, 1966; the State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970; and the North Eastern Areas (Reorganization) Act, 1971 and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976, the State of Mizoram Act, 1986 the State ofArunachal Pradesh Act, 1986 and the Goa, Daman and Diu (Reorganization) Act, 1987.]
the Constitution (J ammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Caste Order, 1956(@.
the Constitution (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1959 as amended by the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Act, 1976.
the Constitution (Dadra and N agar Haveli) Scheduled Castes Order,1962.@
the Constitution (Dadra and N agar Haveli) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1962.@
the Constitution (Pondicherry) Scheduled Castes Order, 1964.@
the Constitution (Uttar Pradesh) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1967.@
the Constitution (Goa, Daman and Diu) Scheduled Castes Order, 1968.@
the Constitution (Goa, Daman and Diu) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1968.@.
the Constitution (Nagaland) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1970.@
the Constitution (Sikkim) Scheduled Castes Order, 1978.@
the Constitution (Sikkim) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1978.@
the Constitution (J ammu & Kashmir) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1989.@
the Constitution (SC) Order (Amendment) Act, 1990.@
the Constitution (ST) Order (Amendment) Act, 199 1
the Constitution (ST) Order (Second Amendment) Act, 1991.@
the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 2002.@
the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Act, 2002.@
the Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Amendment)Act, 2002.@
The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders (Second Amendment)Act,2002.@
%2. Applicable in the case of Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes persons Who have migrated from one State / Union Territory Administration to another.
This certificate is issued on the basis of the Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes certificate* issued to Shri/ Shrimati*......................................father/mother of .............. Shri/ Shrimati/Kumari* ................... of village/ town* ....................................... in District / Division* ..................................... of the State/Union Territory* ................................................ who belongs to the caste / tribe*which is recognised as a Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe* in the State / Union Territory.......................issued by the ...................................... dated .................................
3. Shn/Shrimati /Kumari* ............................................. and /or* his/her* family ordinarily reside(s) in village/. town* ....................................................................... of District / Division* ................................... of the State/Union Territory* of ................................................
Signature..................
Designation...............
(With Seal of Office)
Place: ..............................
State/Union Territory ...................................
Date .....................................
Please delete the words which are not applicable.
Please quote specific Presidential order.
Delete the paragraph which is not applicable.
NOTE: The term "Ordinarily reside(s)" used here will have the same meaning as in Section 20 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950.
List of authorities empowered to issue Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe/ OBC Certificates.
(i) District Magistrate / Additional District Magistrate / Collector / Deputy Commissioner/Additional Deputy Commissioner/Deputy Collector/1st Class Stipendiary Magistrate / ...Sub-Divisional Magistrate /Taluka Magistrate/ Executive Magistrate / Extra Assistant Commissioner. (...not below the rank of 1st Class Stipendiary Magistrate).
(ii) Chief Presidency Magistrate /Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate /Presidency Magistrate.
(iii) Revenue Officers not below the rank of Tehsildar.
(iv) Sub Divisional Officer of the area where the candidate and / or his family normally resides.
(B) The form of certificate to be produced by Other Backward Classes candidates applying for appointment to posts under the Government of India.
This is to certify that Shri/Shrimati/Kumari* ................................................... son/daughter* of Shri ........................................................... of Village/town*..........................in District/Division*
............................................. of the State/Union Territory * ......................................... belongs to
the ........................... community which is recognised as a backward class under,-
@Government of India, Ministry of Welfare Resolution No. 12011/ 68/ 93-BCC(C) dated 10th September, 1993 published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part I, Section I, No. 186 dated the 13th September, 1993.
@Government of India, Ministry of Welfare Resolution No. 12011/9/94-BCC dated 19-10-94, published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part I, Section I, No. 163 dated 20-10-1994.
@Government of India, Ministry of Welfare Resolution No. 12011 / 7/95-BCC dated 24-5-95, published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part I, Section I, No. 88 dated 25-5- 1995.
@Government of India, Ministry of Welfare Resolution No. 1201 1 / 96 / 94-BCC dated 9th March, 1996 published in Gazette of India Extraordinary Part I, Section I, N 0. 60 dated 1 1th March, 1996.
@Government of India, Ministry of Welfare Resolution No. 12011 / 44/ 96-BCC dated 6th December, 1996 published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part I, Section I, No. 210 dated 11th December, 1996.
@Government of India, Ministry of Welfare Resolution No. 12011 / 13 / 97-BCC dated 3rd December, 1997 published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-I, Section-I, N 0. 239 dated the 17th December, 1997.
@Government of India, Ministry of Welfare Resolution No. 12011/99/94-BCC dated the 11th December, 1997 published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part I, Section I, No. 236 dated the 12th December, 1997.
@Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Resolution No. 12011/68/ 98-BCC dated the 27th October, 1999 published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part I, Section I, No.24 1 dated the 27th October, 1999.
@Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Resolution NO. 120 11/ 88 / 98-BCC dated the 6th December, 1999 published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part I, SectionI, No.270 dated thedh December, 1999.
@Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Resolution No. 12011/36/99-BCC dated the 4th April, 2000 published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part I, Section I, No. 71 dated the 4th April, 2000.
@Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Resolution No. 1201 1/ 44/ 99-BCC dated the 2lst September, 2000 published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part I, Section I, No. 2 10 dated the 2 lst September, 2000.
@Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Resolution NO. 12015/ 9 / 2000-BCC dated the 6th September, 200 1 published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part I, Section I, No. 246 dated the 6th September, 2001.
@Government of India. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Resolution No. 1201 1/l/2001-BCC dated 19th June, 2003 published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part I, Section I, No. 151 dated 2oth June, 2003.
@Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Resolution No. 1201 1/ 4/ 2002-BCC dated 13th January, 2004 published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part I, Section I, No.9 dated 13th January, 2004.
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