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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-18092025-266240
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2025/BHADRA 27, 1947
No. 607]
6204 GI/2025
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(Department of Personnel and Training)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 17th September, 2025
RULES
G.S.R. 675(E).— The rules for the Combined Section Officers' (Grade ‘B') Limited Departmental
Competitive Examination for the year 2025, to be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission, for making
additions in the Select Lists for the Section Officers' (Grade 'B') of the Services mentioned below, are, published
herewith, with the concurrence of the Ministries concerned, for general information.
Category I
Section Officers' Grade of the Central Secretariat Service.
Category II
Section Officer Grade of the General Cadre of the Indian Foreign Service, Branch 'B'
Category III
Section Officers' Grade of the Railway Board Secretariat Service
Category VIII
Section Officers' Grade of the Intelligence Bureau.
Category X
Section Officers in Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service
Category XI
Assistant Director/Section Officers/Manager Gr.I in Employees' State Insurance Corporation
1. The number of persons to be selected for inclusion in the Select List for each grade/service will be specified in
the Notice issued by the Commission. Final Selection of the candidates under different categories shall be decided and
results declared inter alia based on the guidelines issued by the Department of Personnel & Training vide O.M. No.
36012/2016/2019-Estt (Res.) dated 12.04.2022 subject to final outcome of the Civil Appeal No. 629 of 2022 arising
out of SLP (C) NO. 30621/2011.
In respect of Category II (Section Officer Grade of the General Cadre of IFS 'B'), the appointment/seniority
of candidates to Section Officer Grade will be subject to any judicial directive/judgement having a bearing upon the
recruitment/seniority in the Section Officer Grade of the General Cadre of IFS 'B'.
In respect of Category – III (i.e the Section Officers' Grade of RBSS), the seniority list of Assistant Section
Officers' Grade is under challenge, the result of Category-III (i.e the Section Officers Grade of RBSS) for the year
2025 would be provisional subject to the outcome of O.A. No.215/2022, before the Hon'ble Central Administrative
Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi, and revision of seniority list of Assistant Section Officers (ASOs') Grade of
RBSS, if any.
2. The examination will be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission in the manner prescribed in
Appendix to these Rules. The dates on which and the places at which the examination will be held shall be fixed by
the Commission and informed separately by the Commission.
3. Permanent or regularly appointed temporary Officers of the Grade and Services mentioned in column 1 below
who on the crucial date of eligibility (as mentioned below) satisfy the conditions regarding length of service and
educational qualification etc. mentioned in column 2 shall be eligible to appear at the examination for the respective
categories of service mentioned in column 3.
Crucial dates of eligibility
1st July, 2025 for 2025 Examination
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+------------+
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
+=============================================================+=============================================================+============+
| Assistant Section Officers' Grade of the Central Secretariat | Not less than 5 years' approved Service and shall also have | Category I |
| Service and Personal Assistants' Grade (Stenographers Grade | earned at least four Annual Performance Appraisal Reports in| |
| C) of the Central Secretariat Stenographers' Service | the Assistant Section Officers' Grade of the Central | |
| | Secretariat Service or Personal Assistants' grade of the | |
| | Central Secretariat Stenographers' Service. Personal | |
| | Assistants of CSSS shall possess a Bachelor's Degree from a | |
| | recognised University or equivalent. | |
| | | |
| | "Subject to separate orders being issued before last date of | |
| | the application, Direct Recruit Assistant Section Officers | |
| | of 2019 batch of Central Secretariat Service are allowed to | |
| | appear in the examination with 04 year of approved service | |
| | and 03 APARs in the Assistant Section Officer Grade." | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+------------+
| Assistant Grade of the General Cadre, Personal Assistant | Not less than 5 years approved service and shall also have | Category II|
| Grade of the Stenographers' Cadre and Cypher Assistant | earned at least 4 Annual Performance Appraisal Reports in the| |
| Grade of the Cypher sub-cadre of the Indian Foreign Service,| Assistant Grade of the General Cadre/Cypher Assistant Grade| |
| Branch 'B' | of the Cypher Cadre/Personal Assistant Grade of the | |
| | Stenographers' Cadre. Further, candidates should possess a | |
| | Bachelor's degree from a recognized University and should | |
| | have completed such mandatory training programme(s) as may | |
| | be prescribed by the Ministry of External Affairs. | |
| | | |
| | "Subject to separate orders being issued before last date of | |
| | the application, Direct Recruit Assistant Section Officers | |
| | and Personal Assistants of 2019 batch of Indian Foreign | |
| | Service Branch 'B' are allowed to appear in the examination."| |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+------------+
| Assistant Section Officers' Grade of Railway Board | Not less than 5 years' approved and continuous Service in the| Category III|
| Secretariat Service and Grade C/ Personal Assistants' Grade | Assistant Section Officers' Grade of the Railway Board | |
| of the Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers' Service. | Secretariat Service or in the Grade II/Grade C/Personal | |
| | Assistants' Grade of the Railway Board Secretariat | |
| | Stenographers' Service or in both as the case may be. | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+------------+
| Assistant Grade of IB/ Stenographers' Service Grade II of IB| i)Permanent and regularly appointed Assistant Section | Category VIII|
| | Officers: or | |
| | | |
| | ii) Stenographers Grade-II (Personal Assistants) of the | |
| | Intelligence Bureau possessing a Bachelor's Degree from a | |
| | recognised university, | |
| | | |
| | with not less than five years' approved service and shall also| |
| | have earned at least four Annual Performance Appraisal | |
| | Reports. | |
| | | |
| | "Subject to separate orders being issued before last date of | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+------------+
application, Direct Recruit Assistant Section Officers of 2019
batch of Intelligence Bureau are allowed to appear in the
examination."
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+------------+
| Assistant Section Officer in AFHQ Civil Service | Not less than 5 years' approved and continuous service in the| Category X |
| | Assistant Section Officer grade of the Armed Forces | |
| | Headquarters Service. | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+------------+
| Employees in the grade of Social Security Officer/Manager | The employees in the Grade of Social Security | Category XI|
| Grade-II/Superintendent | Officer/Manager Grade-II/Superintendent with two years | |
| | regular service in pay band-2, Rs. 9300-34800 with grade pay| |
| | of Rs. 4600/- . | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+------------+
Provided that in the case of a candidate (except a candidate appearing for Category I and Category II) who
had been appointed to the Grades mentioned in column 1 above on the result of a Competitive Examination, including
a Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, such an examination should have been held not less than 5 years
before the crucial date and he/she should have rendered not less than 4 years approved and continuous service in that
grade on the crucial date.
Note 1 - Permanent or regularly appointed officers of the Grades and Services mentioned in Column 1 above who are
on deputation to ex-cadre posts for a specified period with the approval of the competent authority will be eligible to
be admitted to the examination, if otherwise eligible and the service rendered by them during the period of deputation
will qualify towards the length of service mentioned in column 2.
This, however, does not apply to the officers of the Grades and Services mentioned in Column 1 above who have
been appointed to ex-cadre posts or to another Service on "transfer" (whether they have a lien or not) in their
respective Grades and Services referred to in Column 1.
Note 2 - Assistant Section Officers of the Central Secretariat Service and Stenographers of the Central Secretariat
Stenographers' Service who have opted for appointment to the Indian Foreign Service, Branch 'B' and have been
appointed to any Grade of that Service in pursuance of such option shall not be eligible for admission to the
examination for Category I.
Note 3 - Assistant Section Officers of the Central Secretariat Service and Stenographers of the Central Secretariat
Stenographers' Service who are on deputation to the Indian Foreign Service, Branch 'B' shall not be eligible for
admission to the examination for Category II.
Note 4. All the candidates expecting to complete the requisite eligibility as above on crucial date can apply for the
examination.
4. After the notification of the rules of the examination in the Gazette of India by the Department of
Personnel & Training and publication of Notice of Examination by the Commission, a candidate shall have to
fill in the application form on-line on the website of the Commission and the hard copy of the same be routed,
through proper channel, after due verification/authentication of the information furnished by the candidate in
his/her application form from his/her service records by the cadre unit concerned, to the Cadre Controlling
Authority of the participating service concerned for determination of the eligibility of the candidate and
onward transmission of the application of the eligible candidate to the Commission. The Scrutiny of the
application for determining eligibility of a candidate, with reference to the eligibility conditions stipulated in
these rules, shall be done by the Cadre Controlling Authority of the participating service concerned. to
5. Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 4, the decision of the Commission with regard to acceptance, or
otherwise, of the application of a candidate, for admission to the Examination, shall be final.
6. No candidate will be admitted to the examination unless he holds certificate of admission from the Commission.
7. 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
с. Blackmailing, or threatening to blackmail any person connected with the conduct of the examination;
or
ii. impersonation, or
iii. procuring impersonation by any person, or
iv. submitting fabricated document or documents which have been tampered with, or
V. uploading irrelevant photos in the application form in place of actual photo/signature.
vi. making statements which are incorrect or false or suppressing material information, or
vii. 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;
с. influence the examiners; or
viii. being in possession of or using unfair means during examination, or
ix. writing obscene matter or drawing obscene sketches or irrelevant matter in the script(s), or
Χ. misbehaving in the examination hall including tearing of the scripts, provoking fellow examinees to boycott
examination, creating a disorderly scene and the like; or
xi. harassing or doing bodily harm to the staff employed by the Commission for the conduct of their
examination, or
xii. being in possession of or using any mobile phone, (even in switched off mode), pager or any electronic
equipment or programmable device or storage media like pen drive, smart watches etc. or camera or
Bluetooth devices or any other equipment or related accessories either in working or switched off mode
capable of being used as a communication device during the examination; or
xiii. violating any of the instructions issued to candidates along with their Admission Certificates permitting them
to take the examination, or
xiv. 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 held under this Rules for which he/she 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
с. to disciplinary action under the appropriate rules. Provided that no penalty under this rule 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.
8. Any person who is found by the Commission to be guilty of colluding with a candidate(s) in committing or
abetting the Commission of any of the misdeeds listed at the clauses (i) to (xiii) above render himself liable to action
in terms of the clause (xiv).
9. (i) After the examination, candidates shall be considered for vacancies for the year 2025 subject to their eligibility
for the year and will be arranged by the Commission in the order of merit as disclosed by the aggregate marks finally
awarded to each candidate subject to qualifying standards for each paper/part of the examination as decided by the
Commission.
Category wise merit lists for inclusion in the Select List will be based on the number of vacancies and
candidate's merit and fulfilment of all other eligibility conditions. The Commission reserves the right to fix minimum
qualifying standards for any or all stage(s) or paper(s) of the Examination.
Vacancies remaining unfilled in the year 2025 due to non-availability of suitable/qualified candidates will be
carried forward to the next Vacancy year for Category I, III, VIII and XI. In case of candidates appearing for Category
II, only vacancies reserved for SC/ST/Person with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) Category candidates remaining
unfilled in the year due to non-availability of selected/qualified candidates will be carried forward to the next
examination.
(ii) The final selection of the candidates including candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled
Tribes for inclusion in the Select List for each category will be decided based on the guidelines issued by the
Department of Personnel & Training vide OM 36012/16/2019-Estt. (Res.) dated 12.04.2022 subject to the final
outcome of the Civil Appeal No. 629 of 2022 arising out of SLP(C) No. 30621/2011.
(iii) The final selection of the PwBD candidates for inclusion in the Select List for each category will be decided based
on the guidelines issued by the Department of Personnel & Training vide OM 36012/01/2020-Estt. (Res.-II) dated
17.05.2022.
(iv) The final result is prepared on the basis of the following methods:
(A) Rounding Off Marks:
Marks obtained by the candidates shall be rounded off up to two decimal digits, at all stage(s) of the examination,
by applying the standard rounding off principle, wherever applicable. Accordingly, while applying the Tie Breaking
Principles, the rounded off marks up to two decimal digits shall be considered for resolving all tie cases.
(B) Tie Breaking Principles:
a) If the marks in the aggregate (Final Marks) are equal, the candidate securing more marks in the written total will
be ranked higher;
b) If the marks at (a) above are equal, the candidate securing more marks in “Paper-II : Procedure of Practice in the
Govt. of India Secretariat and attached Offices and General Financial and Service Rules duly taking into account
the requirement of relevant categories of services” and “Paper-III : Noting and Drafting, Precis Writing" put
together will be ranked higher;
c) If the marks at (a) and (b) above are also equal, then the candidate securing more marks in "Paper-III, i.e.,
Noting & Drafting, Precis Writing” will be ranked higher.
d) If the marks at (a), (b), (c) above are also equal, then the candidate younger in age will be ranked higher; and
e) In cases where a tie persists even after applying the above tie breaking principles, it will be resolved at the
discretion of the Commission.
Note: - Candidate should clearly understand that this is a competitive and not a qualifying examination. The number
of persons to be included in Select List on the result of the examination is entirely within the competence of
Government to decide. No candidate will therefore have any claim for inclusion in the Select List on the basis of his
performance in this Examination as a matter of right.
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. Success in the examination confers no right to selection unless Government are satisfied after such enquiry as
may be considered necessary, that the candidate, having regard to his conduct in service, is eligible and suitable in all
respects for selection:
Provided that the decision as to ineligibility for selection in the case of any candidate recommended for
selection by the Commission shall be taken in consultation with the Commission.
12. A candidate who after applying for admission to the examination or after appearing at it, resigns his
appointment or otherwise quits the service or severs his connection with it or whose services are terminated by his
Department or who is appointed to an ex-cadre post or to another Service on ‘transfer' (whether they have a lien or
not) in the Assistant Section Officers' Grades of the Central Secretariat Service/Railway Board Secretariat
Service/AFHQ Civil Service/I.B./ or any post in the Indian Foreign Service, Branch 'B' will not be eligible for
appointment on the result of this examination.
This, however, does not apply to a person who has been appointed on deputation to an ex-cadre post with the
approval of the competent authority.
[F. No. 06/01/2025-CS.I(P)]
J. ASHOK KUMAR, Jt. Secy.
APPENDIX
The examination shall be conducted according to the following plan:-
Part I
(a) Written examination carrying maximum of 500 marks in the subjects as shown in para 2 below.
Part II
Evaluation of record of service carrying a maximum of 100 marks of candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying
marks in the written examination as may be fixed by the Commission in their discretion (for categories I, II, III, VIII,
X,and XI);
Note 1: Marks obtained in evaluation of record of service (i.e. APARs of the officers available to the Assessment
Board at the time of its meeting) will be counted for ranking. Once the APARs have been evaluated by the
Assessment Boards, no request for its reassessment will be entertained under any circumstances including a change in
APAR grading, etc. at a subsequent date.
Note 2: There shall be a minimum of 40% (forty percent) marks in the evaluation of record of service. Therefore, such
candidates who obtain less than 40% (forty percent) marks in the evaluation of record of service will not be
considered for ranking.
2. The subjects, in which the candidates competing for different categories of services will be required to take the
written examination, will be as follows:--
+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+----------+
| Paper No. | Subject | Type of | Max. | Duration |
| | | Paper | Marks | |
+============+=====================================================================================================+============+===========+==========+
| 1 | General Studies & General Knowledge of Constitution of India and Machinery of Government, Practice | Objective | 150 | 2 Hrs. |
| | and Procedures in Parliament and Knowledge of RTI Act, 2005. | | | |
+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+----------+
| 2 | Procedure and Practice in the Govt. of India Secretariat and attached offices and General Financial | Objective | 150 | 2 Hrs. |
| | and Service Rules duly taking into account the requirement of relevant categories of services. | | | |
+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+----------+
| 3 | Noting and Drafting, Precis writing | Subjective | 200 | 3 Hrs. |
+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+----------+
| | Evaluation of record of Service | | 100 | |
+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+----------+
| | Total Marks | | 600 | |
+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+----------+
3. Penalty for wrong answers (in Objective Type Papers)
THERE WILL BE PENALTY (NEGATIVE MARKING) FOR WRONG ANSWERS MARKED BY A
CANDIDATE IN THE OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION PAPERS.
(i) There are four alternatives for the answer to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been
given by the candidate, one third of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.
(ii) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers
happens to be correct and there will be same penalty as above for that question.
(iii) If a question is left blank, i.e., no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
4.Syllabi for the Examination will be as shown in the schedule.
5. Candidates are allowed the option to answer the Noting and Drafting, Precis Writing paper either in Hindi
(Devanagari) or in English. All the three question papers/test booklets will be set both in Hindi and English.
Note1: Candidates desirous of exercising the option to answer the Noting and Drafting, Precis Writing paper in Hindi
(Devanagari) should indicate their intention to do so in relevant column of on-line Application Form; otherwise it
would be assumed that they would answer the aforesaid paper in English. The option once exercised shall be treated
as final and no request for alteration in the said column shall be entertained.
Note 2: Candidates exercising the option to answer the paper in Hindi (Devanagari) may, if they so desire, give
English version within brackets of the description of the technical terms, if any, in addition to the Hindi version.
Note 3: If a medium other than the one indicated by the candidate in the application form is used to write the answer
in the examination, the paper of such candidates will not be evaluated.
6. (i) Candidates must write the papers in their own hand. In no circumstances will they be allowed the help of a scribe
to write the answers for them. However, the Persons with Benchmark Disabilities in the categories of blindness,
locomotor disability (both arm affected – BA) and cerebral palsy will be eligible for the facility of scribe, if desired by
the person. In case of other category of Persons with Benchmark Disabilities as defined under section 2 (r) of the
RPWD Act, 2016, such candidates will be eligible for the facility of scribe on production of a certificate to the effect
that the person concerned has physical limitation to write, and scribe is essential to write examination on behalf, from
the Chief Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon/Medical Superintendent of a Government Health Care institution as per
proforma at Annexure-I.
Further, for persons with specified disabilities covered under the definition of Section2(s) of the RPwD Act, 2016 but
not covered under the definition of Section2(r) of the said Act, i.e. persons having less than 40% disability and having
difficulty in writing will be eligible for the facility of scribe subject to production of a certificate to the effect that
person concerned has limitation to write and that scribe is essential to write examination on his/her behalf from the
competent medical authority of a Government healthcare institution as per proforma at Annexure – III.
(ii) The candidates have discretion of opting for their own scribe or request the Commission for the same. The details
of scribe i.e. whether own or the Commission's and the details of scribe in case candidates are bringing their own
scribe, will be sought at the time of filling up the application form online as per proforma at Annexure-II (for
candidates having 40% disability or more) and Annexure-IV (for candidates having less than 40% disability and
having difficulty in writing).
(iii) The qualification of the Commission's scribe as well as own scribe will not be more than the minimum
qualification criteria of the examination. However, the qualification of the scribe should always be matriculate or
above.
(iv) The Persons with Benchmark Disabilities in the category of blindness, locomotor disability (both arms affected-
BA) and cerebral palsy will be eligible for Compensatory Time of twenty minutes per hour of the examination. In case
of other categories of Persons with Benchmark Disabilities, such candidates will be eligible for this facility on
production of a certificate to the effect that the person concerned has physical limitation to write from the Chief
Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon/Medical Superintendent of a Government Health Care institution as per proforma at
Annexure-I.
Further, for persons with specified disabilities covered under the definition of Section 2(s) of the RPwD Act, 2016 but
not covered under the definition of Section 2(r) of the said Act, i.e. persons having less than 40% disability and having
difficulty in writing will be eligible for compensatory time subject to production of a certificate to the effect that
person concerned has limitation to write from the competent medical authority of a Government healthcare institution
as per proforma at Annexure-III.
(v) Facility of Scribe and/or Compensatory time to eligible candidates will be provided, if desired by them.
Note (1) : The eligibility conditions of a scribe and the conduct of scribe inside the examination hall and the manner
in which and extent to which the scribe can help the eligible candidates (as defined above) in writing the SOs (Gr.B)
LDCE 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 Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD)
candidate in addition to any other action that the UPSC may take against the scribe.
Note (2) : The criteria for determining the percentage of visual impairment shall be as follows :—
+--------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| Better eye Best | Worse eye Best | Per Cent | Disability category |
| Corrected | Corrected | Impairment | |
+====================+=====================+=====================+=====================+
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
+--------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| 6/6 to 6/18 | 6/6 to 6/18 | 0% | 0 |
+--------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| | 6/24 to 6/60 | 10% | 0 |
+--------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| | Less than 6/60 to | 20% | I |
| | 3/60 | | |
+--------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| | Less than 3/60 No | 30% | II (One eyed person)|
| | Light Perception | | |
+--------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| 6/24 to 6/60 | 6/24 to 6/60 | 40% | III a (low vision) |
+--------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| Or Visual field less than 40 up to 20 degree around | Less than 6/60 to 3/60 | 50% | III b (low vision) |
| centre of fixation or heminaopia involving macula | | | |
+----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+------------+--------------------+
| | Less than 3/60 to No Light Perception | 60% | III c (low vision) |
+----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+------------+--------------------+
| Less than 6/60 to 3/60 Or | Less than 6/60 to 3/60 | 70% | III d (low vision) |
+----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+------------+--------------------+
| Visual field less than 20 up to 10 degree around centre | Less than 3/60 to No Light Perception | 80% | III e (low vision) |
| of fixation | | | |
+----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+------------+--------------------+
| Less than 3/60 to 1/60 Or | Less than 3/60 to No Light Perception | 90% | IV a (Blindness) |
+----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+------------+--------------------+
| Visual field less than 10 degree around centre of | | | |
| fixation | | | |
+----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+------------+--------------------+
| Only HMCF | Only HMCF | 100% | IV b (Blindness) |
+----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+------------+--------------------+
| Only Light Perception, No Light perception | Only Light Perception, No Light perception | | |
+----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+------------+--------------------+
Note (3): The concession admissible to blind candidates shall not be admissible to those suffering from Myopia.
7. Appearance of candidates in all the three papers is a must for qualifying in the examination. The Commission has
the discretion to fix minimum qualifying marks in any or all the subjects of the examination.
8. Marks will not be allotted for mere superficial knowledge.
9. Deduction upto 5% of the maximum marks in the written subject will be made for illegible handwriting.
10. Credit will be given for orderly, effective and exact expression combined with due economy of words in the
subjective paper.
11. Candidates should use only international form of Indian numerals (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 etc.) while answering Paper -
III.
Annexure-I
Certificate regarding physical limitation in an examinee to write
This is to certify that, I have examined Mr./Ms./Mrs. ................................................................................
(name of the candidate with benchmark disability), a person with ................................................................................
(nature and percentage of disability as mentioned in the certificate of disability), S/o/D/o
.................................................. a resident of ..................................................... (Village/District/State) and to state
that he/she has physical limitation which hampers his/her writing capabilities owing to his/her disability.
Signature
Chief Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon/
Medical Superintendent of a Government Health Care Institution.
Note: Certificate should be given by a specialist of the relevant stream/disability (eg. Visual Impairment-
Ophthalmologist, Locomotor disability-Orthopaedic specialist/PMR).
Annexure-II
Letter of Undertaking for Using Own Scribe
(To be filled by the candidates online to the Commission)
I ........................................................................ a candidate with ........................................................................
(name of the disability) appearing for the ........................................................................ (name of the
examination) bearing Roll No. ........................ at ........................................................................ (name of the centre) in the
District ........................................................................ (name of the State). My qualification is ....................................................
I do hereby state that (name of the scribe) will provide the service of scribe/reader/lab assistant for the
undersigned for taking the aforesaid examination.
I do hereby undertake that his qualification is. ........................ In case, subsequently it is found that his/her qualification
is not as declared by the undersigned and is beyond my qualification, I shall forfeit my right to the post and claims
thereto.
(Signature of the candidate with Disability)
Place :
Date :
Annexure-III
Certificate for person with specified disability covered under the definition of Section 2(s) of the RPwD Act,
2016 but not covered under the definition of Section 2(r) of the said Act, i.e. persons having less than 40%
disability and having difficulty in writing
This is to certify that, we have examined Mr./Ms./Mrs. ........................................................................ (name of
the candidate), S/o / D/o ........................................................................ (Vill/PO/PS/District/State), aged ........................ yrs, a person with
........................................................................ (nature of disability/condition), and to state that he/she has limitation which hampers
his/her writing capability owing to his/her above condition. He/she requires support of scribe for writing the
examination.
2. The above candidate uses aids and assistive device such as prosthetics & orthotics, hearing aid (name to be
specified) which is /are essential for the candidate to appear at the examination, with the assistance of scribe.
3. This certificate is issued only for the purpose of appearing in written examinations conducted by recruitment
agencies as well as academic institutions and is valid upto ........................ (it is valid for maximum period of six
months or less as may be certified by the medical authority)
Signature of medical authority
+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| (Signature & Name) | (Signature & Name) | (Signature & Name) | (Signature & Name) | (Signature & Name) |
+====================================+=====================================================+===================================+===================================+====================================================================================================+
| Orthopaedic/PMR Specialist | Clinical psychologist/ Rehabilitation Psychologist | Neurologist (if available) | Occupational therapist (if available)| Other Expert, as nominated by the Chairperson (if any) |
| | (Rehabilitation Psychologist)/Psychiatrist / Special Educator| | | |
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Place:
Date:
Annexure-IV
Letter of Undertaking by the person with specified disability covered under the definition of Section 2(s) of the
RPwD Act, 2016 but not covered under the definition of Section 2(r) of the said Act, i.e. persons having less
than 40% disability and having difficulty in writing
I. ........................................................................ a candidate with ........................................................................
(name of disability/condition) appearing for the ........................................................................ (name of the
examination) bearing Roll No........................ at ........................................................................ (name of the centre) in the
District ........................................................................ (name of the state). My educational
qualification is ....................................................
2. I do hereby state that ........................................................................ (name of the scribe) will provide the service of scribe
for the undersigned for taking the aforementioned examination.
3. I do hereby undertake that his qualification is ........................ In case, subsequently it is found
that his qualification is not as declared by the undersigned and is beyond my qualification. I shall forfeit my right to
the post or certificate/diploma/degree and claims relating thereto.
(Signature of the candidate)
Place:
Date:
SCHEDULE
Syllabi for examination
WHERE KNOWLEDGE OF THE RULES, ORDERS, INSTRUCTIONS ETC. IS REQUIRED, CANDIDATES
WILL BE EXPECTED TO BE CONVERSANT WITH AMENDMENTS ISSUED UP TO THE DATE OF
NOTIFICATION OF THIS EXAMINATION.
PAPER - I
The paper will cover subjects of interest and importance in the present day. Questions will be set to test
knowledge of the broad salient features of the Five Year Plans, Indian Economy and major Developmental Schemes
as also intelligence awareness of current affairs both national and international.
A broad knowledge of the following aspects will also be expected:
i. The principles of the Constitution of India
ii. Rules of procedure and Conduct of Business in LokSabha and RajyaSabha
iii. The organization of the machinery of the Govt. of India, Designation and allocation of subjects between
Ministries, Departments and Attached & Subordinate Offices and their relation inter se.
iv. RTI Act, 2005.
PAPER - II
This paper is intended to be intensive and detailed test in methods and procedure of work in the Government of
India Secretariat and attached offices. Detailed knowledge of General Financial and Service Rules viz., Conduct
Rules, Leave Rules, TA Rules etc. will be tested. A list of Reference Books (which are however not exhaustive) are
recommended:-
(for Category I, VIII and XI)
1. Manual of office procedure (latest edition)
2. Notes on office procedure issued by the Institute of Secretarial Training and Management.
3. Handbook of orders regarding use of Hindi for official purpose of the Union issued by the Ministry of Home
Affairs. (for Category I only)
4. Fundamental and Supplementary Rules (A.G.P.&T's compilation, Chaudhury's compilation, Swamy's
compilation).
5. The Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules.
6. The Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules.
7. The Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules.
8. Central Civil Service (Leave) Rules.
9. Compilation of the General Financial Rules, (Revised and Enlarged).
10. Delegation of Financial Power Rules.
11. Intelligence Bureau Standing Orders (for Category VIII only).
(for Category II)
1. Manual of office procedure (latest edition).
2. Notes on office procedure issued by the I.S.T.M.
3. Handbook of orders regarding use of Hindi for official purpose of the Union issued by the Min. of Home
Affairs.
4. Fundamental and Supplementary Rules (A.G.P. & T's compilation, Chaudhury's compilation, Swamy's
compilation).
5. The Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules.
6. The Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules.
7. Compilation of the General Financial Rules (Revised and enlarged).
8. Delegation of Financial Power Rules.
9. Indian Foreign Service (PLCA) Rules.
10. Financial Powers of Government of India's Representatives abroad.
11. Assisted Medical Attendance Schemes.
12. Indian Foreign Service (Conduct and Discipline) rules.
(for Category III)
1. Manual of Office Procedure issued by the Min. of Railways (Railway Board).
2. Handbook of orders regarding use of Hindi for official purpose of the Union issued by the Min. of Home
Affairs.
3. Indian Railway Admn. and Finance (excluding Chapters V, VI, VIII & IX).
4. Indian Railway Financial Code Vol. I (excluding Chapter II and VI).
5. Indian Railway Establishment Code Vol. I.
6. The Railway Services (Conduct) Rules, 1966.
7. The Railway Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rule, 1968.
(for Category X)
1. Manual of office procedure (latest edition).
2. Notes on office procedure issued by the Institute of Secretarial Training and Management.
3. Handbook of orders regarding use of Hindi for official purpose of the Union issued by the Ministry of Home
Affairs.
4. Fundamental and Supplementary Rules (A.G.P.&T's compilation, Chaudhury's compilation, Swamy's
compilation).
5. The Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules.
6. The Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules.
7. The Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules.
8. Central Civil Service (Leave) Rules.
9. Financial Regulations Part I (Revised Edition).
PAPER – III
Candidates are required to prepare notes and drafts on specific problems and précis from a passage.
Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064
and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.