Combined Medical Services Examination 2016: Full Details

UPSC CMS Combined Medical Services Examination 2016: Full Detail

Examination Notice No.06/2016-CMS

Dated 05.03.2016

(Last date for submission of applications: 01.04.2016)

COMBINED MEDICAL SERVICES EXAMINATION, 2016

IMPORTANT

1. Candidates to ensure their eligibility for the examination:

The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfil all eligibility conditions for admission to the Examination. Their admission at all the stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions.

Mere issue of e-Admit Card to the candidate will not imply that his candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission.

Verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original documents is taken up only after the candidate has qualified for Interview/Personality Test.

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2. How to Apply

Candidates are required to apply online by using the website www.upsconline.nic.in Brief instructions for filling up the online Application Form have been given in the Appendix-II. Detailed instructions are available on the above mentioned website.

3. Last Date for submission of Applications:

The online Applications can be filled upto 01st April, 2016 till 11.59 pm after which the link will be disabled.

4. The eligible candidates shall be issued an e-Admit Card three weeks before the commencement of the examination. The e-Admit Card will be made available in the UPSC website [www.upsc.gov.in] for downloading by candidates. No Admit Card will be sent by post. All the applicants are required to provide valid and active E-mail i.d. while filling up Online Application form as the Commission may use electronic mode for contacting them.

5. Penalty for wrong answers:

Candidates should note that there will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong answers marked by a candidate in the Objective Type Question Papers.

6. The written examination for Combined Medical Service for two objective papers will be conducted in Computer based mode. A demo module for Computer based mode of this examination will be available on UPSC website www.upsc.gov.in at the time of the launching of eAdmit Card.

7. FACILITATION COUNTER FOR GUIDANCE OF CANDIDATES:

In case of any guidance/information/clarification regarding their applications, candidature etc. candidates can contact UPSC’s Facilitation Counter near Gate ‘C’ of its campus in person or over Telephone No.011- 23385271/011-23381125/011-23098543 on working days between 10:00 hrs and 17:00 hrs.

8. Mobile Phones banned:

(a) Mobiles phones, Bluetooth or any other communication devices are not allowed inside the premises where the examination is being conducted. Any infringement of these instructions shall entail disciplinary action including ban from future examinations.

(b) Candidates are advised in their own interest not to bring any of the banned items including mobile phones/pagers or any valuable/costly items to the venue of the examination, as arrangements for safekeeping cannot be assured. Commission will not be responsible for any loss in this regard.

No.14/1/2015-E.I(B) : A combined examination for recruitment to the services and posts mentioned in para 2 below will be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission on the 12th June, 2016 in accordance with the Rules published by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (Dept. of Health) in the Gazette of India dated the 05th March, 2016.

Centres of Examination : [Click to view]

2. (a) The Services/Posts to which recruitment is to be made and the approximate number of vacancies to be filled are given below :-

I	Assistant Divisional Medical Officer in the Railways -	600
II	Assistant Medical Officer in Indian Ordnance Factories Health Services -	46
III	Junior Scale Posts in Central Health Services -	250
IV	General Duty Medical Officer Gr-II in East Delhi Municipal Corporation, North Delhi Municipal Corporation and South Delhi Municipal Corporation	97
V	General Duty Medical Officer in New Delhi Municipal Council -	16

The number of vacancies to be filled on the results of this examination is being finalised.

The services/posts identified for PH Categories for Combined Medical Services Examination 2016 is as under:-

(i) 18 (Eighteen) Vacancies of Assistant Divisional Medical Officer in the Railways are reserved for Physically Handicapped candidates belonging to Locomotor Disability or Cerebral Palsy having functional classification BL, OL, OA.

(ii) One Vacancy of Assistant Medical Officer in Indian Ordnance Factories Health Service is reserved for P.H. Candidates having fenetiance Classification OA, OL.

(iii) 3 (Three) Vacancies of Junior Scale Posts in Central Health Services are reserved for Physically Handicapped (PH) category i.e. the orthopedically handicapped candidates having disability in OL (One Leg), OA (One Arm) and BL (Both Legs).

(iv) 3 (Three) GDMO Gr-II in East Delhi Municipal Corporation/North Delhi Municipal Corporation/ South Delhi Municipal Corporation are reserved for Physically Handicapped candidates belonging to Locomotor Disability/Cerebral Palsy having functional Classification OA,OL.

(v) ) NIL vacancy of General Duty Medical Officer in New Delhi Municipal Council are shown for Physically Handicapped candidates.

3. Conditions of Eligibility : [Click to view]

(I) Nationality : [Click to view]
(II) Age Limit : [Click to view]
(III) Educational Qualification : [Click to view]
(IV) Physical and Medical Standards : [Click to view]

4. APPLICATION FEE : [Click to view]

5. How to Apply : [Click to view]

6. Last date for submission of applications:

The Online Application can be filled upto 01st April, 2016 till 11.59 p.m., after which the link will be disabled.

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7. Correspondence with Commission:

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

(i) The eligible candidates shall be issued an e-Admit Card three weeks before the commencement of the examination. The e-Admit Card will be made available in the UPSC website [www.upsc.gov.in] for downloading by candidates. No Admit Card will be sent by post. For Downloading the eAdmit Card the candidate must have his/her vital parameters like RID & Date of Birth or Roll No. (if received) & date of birth or name, father's name & Date of Birth available with him/her.

If a candidate does not receive his/her e-Admit Card or any other communication regarding his/her candidature for the examination three weeks before the commencement of the examination, he/she should at once contact the Commission.

Information in this regard can also be obtained from the Facilitation Counter located in the Commissions office either in person or over phone Nos. 011-23385271/011-23381125/011-23098543. In case no communication is received in the Commission's Office from the candidate regarding non-receipt of his/her e-Admit Card at least two weeks before the examination, he/she himself/herself will be solely responsible for non-receipt of his/her e-Admit Card. No candidate will ordinarily be allowed to take the examination unless he/she holds an e- Admit Card for the examination. On the receipt of e-Admit Card, candidates should check it carefully and bring discrepancies/errors if any, to the notice of UPSC immediately.

The mere fact that an e-Admit Card to the Examination has been issued to a candidate, will not imply that his/her candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission or that entries made by the candidate in his/her application for the 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 interview/Personality Test on the results of the Computer based 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 e-Admit Card in some cases, may be abbreviated due to technical reasons.

(ii) In the event of a candidate downloading more than one Admit Card from the Commission's website, he/she should use only one of these Admit Card for appearing in the examination.

(iii) Candidates must ensure that their e-mail ids given in their application are valid and active as the Commission may use electronic mode of communication while contacting them.

(iv) A candidate must see that communications sent to him/her at the address stated in his/her 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.

(v) If a candidate receives an e-Admit Card in respect of some other candidate, the same should be immediately brought to the Commission's notice 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 an e-Admit Card 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. Registration ID (RID)

3. Roll Number (if received)

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

5. Complete postal address as given in the application.

6. VALID AND ACTIV E-MAIL I.D.

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

N.B.: (ii) If a letter/communication is received from a candidate after an examination has been held and it does not give his/her full name and Roll number, it will be ignored and no action will be taken thereon.

NB. (iii) Candidates are strongly advised to keep a printout or soft copy of their online application for future references

8. For being considered against the vacancies reserved for them, the physically handicapped person 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:-

The functional classification shall be as under consistent with the requirements of the concerned Services/Posts:

CODE PHYSICAL REQUIRMENTS

F. 1. Work performed by manipulating (with Fingers)

PP 2. Work performed by pulling and 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

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)

a. impaired reach.

b. weakness of grip.

c. ataxic.

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

9. Withdrawal of applications:

NO REQUEST FOR WITHDRAWAL OF CANDIDATURE RECEIVED FROM A CANDIDATE AFTER HE/SHE HAS SUBMITTED HIS APPLICATION WILL BE ENTERTAINED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

10. The form and manner of communication of the result of the examination to individual candidates shall be decided by the Commission in their discretion and the Commission will not enter into correspondence with them regarding the result.

11. Subject to other provisions contained in this Notice, successful candidates will be considered for appointment on the basis of the order of merit assigned to them by the Commission and preferences expressed by them for various posts.

12. Success in the examination confers no right to appointment unless Government are satisfied after such enquiry as may be considered necessary that the candidate having regard to his/her character and antecedents is suitable in all respects for appointment to the service.The appointment will be further subject to the candidate, satisfying the appointing authority of his/her having satisfactorily completed the compulsory rotating internship.

13. A candidate must be in good mental and bodily health and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the discharge of his/her duties as an officer of the Service. A candidate, who after such physical examination, as Government or the appointing authority, as the case may be, may prescribe, is found not to satisfy these requirements, will not be appointed.

14. No person -

(a) who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living; or

(b) who having a spouse living has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person shall be eligible for appointment of service; provided that the Central Government may if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and there are other grounds for so doing exempt any person from the operation of this rule.

15. The details regarding (a) Scheme and Syllabi of the examination, (b) Instructions/Guidelines for filling up the application form, (c) Special Instructions to the candidates for objective type tests and (d) Brief particulars of the services to which recruitment is made are given in Appendix I, II, III and IV of this notice respectively.