Employment News 11 - 17 February 2012 www.employmentnews.gov.in 21 Union Public Service Commission EXAMINATION NOTICE NO. 04/2012-CSP DATED 11.02.2012 (LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS : 05.03.2012) CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION, 2012 (Commission's website - http://www.upsc.gov.in) F. No. 1/4/2011-E.I(B) : Preliminary Examination of the Civil Services Examination for recruitment to the Services and Posts mentioned below will be held by the Union Public Service Commission on 20th May, 2012 in accordance with the Rules published by the IMPORTANT Department of Personnel & Training in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 4th February, 2012. 1. CANDIDATES TO ENSURE THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR THE (i) Indian Administrative Service. EXAMINATION: (ii) Indian Foreign Service. (iii) Indian Police Service. The Candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill (iv) Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’. all eligibility conditions for admission to examination. Their admission to (v) Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. all the stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to (vi) Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), Group ‘A’. satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. (vii) Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. Mere issue of admission certificate to the candidate will not imply that his/ (viii) Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’. her candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission. (ix) Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Admin- istration). Commission take up verification of eligibility conditions with reference to (x) Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’. original documents only after the candidate has qualified for Interview/ (xi) Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. Personality Test. (xii) Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’. (xiii) Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group 'A'. 2. HOW TO APPLY: (xiv) Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’. Candidates are required to apply Online by using the website http:// (xv) Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’ www.upsconline.nic.in Detailed instructions for filling up online (xvi) Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’. applications are available on the above- mentioned website. Brief Instructions (xvii) Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’. for filling up the "Online Application Form" given in Appendix-II. (xviii) Indian Trade Service, Group 'A' (Gr. III). (xix) Indian Corporate Law Service, Group "A". 3. LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS : (xx) Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade). The online Applications can be filled up to 5th March, 2012 till 11.59 (xxi) Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & PM after which the link will be disabled. Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group 'B'. 4. The eligible candidates shall be issued an e-Admission Certificate (xxii) Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group 'B'. three weeks before the commencement of the examination. The e- (xxiii) Pondicherry Civil Service, Group 'B'. Admission Certificate will be made available in the UPSC website (xxiv) Pondicherry Police Service, Group 'B'. [www.upsc.gov.in] for downloading by candidates. No Admission u The number of vacancies to be filled on the result of the examination is expected to Certificate will be sent by post. be approximately 1037. The number of vacancies may undergo change. 5. PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS: u Reservation will be made for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes. Sched- uled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Physically Disabled Categories in re- Candidates should note that there will be penalty (negative marking) for spect of vacancies as may be fixed by the Government. wrong answers marked by a candidate in the Objective Type Question Note I : The list of services participating in the Civil Services Examination, 2012 is Papers. tentative. 6. FACILITATION COUNTER FOR GUIDANCE OF CANDIDATES: Note II : Services identified suitable for Physically Disabled Categories alongwith In case of any guidance/information/clarification regarding their applications, respective functional classification and physical requirements are given below :- candidature etc. candidates can contact UPSC’s Facilitation Counter Sl Name of the Category(ies) *Functional *Physical near gate ‘C’ of its campus in person or over Telephone No. 011-23385271/ No. Service for which Classification requirements 011-23381125/011-23098543 on working days between 10.00 hrs and 17.00 identified hrs. 1. Indian (i) Locomotor BA, OL, OA, S, ST,W, 7. MOBILE PHONES BANNED: Administrative disability BH, MW SE, H, RWT (a) Mobile phones, pagers or any other communication devices are not allowed Service (ii) Visual LV inside the premises where the examination is being conducted. Any impairment infringement of these instructions shall entail disciplinary action including (iii) Hearing PD ban from future examinations. impairment (b) Candidates are advised in their own interest not to bring any of the banned 2. Indian Foreign (i) Locomotor OA, OL, OAL S, ST, W, RW, items including mobile phones/pagers to the venue of the examination, as Service disability C,MF,SE arrangement for safe-keeping cannot be assured. (ii) Visual LV impairment 8. Candidates are advised not to bring any valuable/costly items to the (iii) Hearing HH Examination Halls, as safe-keeping of the same cannot be assured. impairment Commission will not be responsible for any loss in this regard. 3. Indian Revenue (i) Locomotor OL, OA S, ST,W, BN,L CANDIDATES ARE REQUIRED TO APPLY ONLY THROUGH ONLINE MODE Service disability, SE,MF, RW,H,C NO OTHER MODE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS IS ALLOWED (Customs & (ii) Hearing HH Central Excise, impairment Sl Name of the Category(ies) *Functional *Physical Gr. 'A') No. Service for which Classification requirements 4. Indian P&T (i) Locomotor OA, OL, OAL, S, W, SE, RW, identified Accounts & disability BL C Finance Service, (ii) Visual LV 7. Indian Revenue (i) Locomotor OA, OL, OAL, S,ST,W,SE, Service (I.T.), disability BL RW,C Gr. 'A' impairment (iii) Hearing HH Gr. 'A' (ii) Hearing HH impairment impairment 8. Indian Ordnance (i) Locomotor OA, OL, OAL S,ST,W,BN,RW, 5. Indian Audit & (i) Locomotor OA, OL, OAL S, ST,W,BN, Factories disability SE,H,C Accounts disability SE,RW,H,C Service, Gr. 'A' (ii) Visual LV Service, Gr. 'A' (ii) Visual LV impairment impairment (iii) Hearing HH (iii) Hearing HH impairment impairment 9. Indian Postal (i) Locomotor OA, OL, OAL, S, ST, W, BN, 6. Indian Defence (i) Locomotor OA, OL, OAL, S, ST, W, BN, Service, Gr. 'A. disability BL RW, SE, H, C Accounts disability BL SE, RW, C (ii) Visual B, LV impairment Service, Gr. 'A' (ii) Visual LV impairment (ii) Hearing HH impairment (iii) Hearing HH impairment Contd..... "Government strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply." 22 www.employmentnews.gov.in Employment News 11 - 17 February 2012 Sl Name of the Category(ies) *Functional *Physical (B) PLAN OF EXAMINATION : of physical disability attributable to Military No. Service for which Classification requirements The Civil Services Examination will con- Service, or (iii) on invalidment. identified sist of two successive stages (vide Ap- (vi) Upto a maximum of five years in the 10. Indian Civil (i) Locomotor OA, OL, OAL, S,ST,W,SE, pendix I Section-I below). case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed Accounts disability BL RW,H,C (i) Civil Services Preliminary Examination an initial period of assignment of five years Service, Gr. 'A' (ii) Visual LV (Objective type) for the selection of candi- Military Service as on 1st August, 2012 impairment dates for the Main Examination; and and whose assignment has been ex- (iii) Hearing HH (ii) Civil Services Main Examination (Writ- tended beyond five years and in whose impairment ten and Interview) for the selection of can- case the Ministry of Defence issues a cer- 11. Indian Railway (i) Locomotor OA, OL, OAL, S,ST,W,SE, didates for the various Services and posts tificate that they can apply for civil employ- Accounts disability BL RW, H,C noted above. ment and that they will be released on three months notice on selection from the date Service, Gr. 'A' (ii) Visual LV Applications are now invited for the Pre- impairment of receipt of offer of appointment. liminary Examination only. Candidates who (iii) Hearing HH are declared by the Commission to have (vii) upto a maximum of 10 years in the impairment qualified for admission to the Main Exami- case of blind, deaf-mute and 12. Indian Railway (i) Locomotor OA, OL S,ST,W,BN, nation will have to apply online again, in orthopaedically handicapped persons. Personnel disability SE,RW,H,C the Detailed Application Form which would NOTE I: Service, Gr. 'A' (ii) Visual B, LV impairment be made available to them. The Main Ex- Candidates belonging to the Scheduled (iii) Hearing HH amination is likely to be held in October/ Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and the impairment November, 2012. Other Backward Classes who are also cov- 13. Indian Railway Locomtor OA S,ST, W, SE, RW 3. ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS : ered under any other clauses of para 3(ii) Traffic Service disability OL H, C (i) Nationality (b) above, viz. those coming under the cat- Group 'A' egory of Ex-servicemen, persons domi- (1) For the Indian Administrative Service 14. Indian Defence (i) Locomotor OA, OL S,ST,W,BN, ciled in the State of J & K, blind, deaf-mute Estates Service disability MF,PP,KC, and the Indian Police Service, a candidate and orthopaedically handicapped etc. will Gr. 'A' (ii) Blindness or LV SE,RW,H,C must be a citizen of India. Low Vision be eligible for grant of cumulative age-re- (2) For other services, a candidate must be (iii) Hearing HH laxation under both the categories.