UPSC ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS

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

(c) a subject of Bhutan, or

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

(e) a person of Indian origin who has mi-grated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, 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 per-son in whose favour a certificate of eligibil-ity has been issued by the Government of India.

Provided further that candidates belong-ing to categories (b), (c) and (d) above will not be eligible for appointment to the In-dian Foreign Service.

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

(ii) Age Limits :

(a) A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on 1st August, 2012, i.e. he/she must have been born not ear-lier than 2nd August, 1982 and not later than 1st August, 1991.

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

(i) upto a maximum of five years ifa candi-date belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.

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

(iii) upto a maximum of five years if a can-didate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the pe-riod 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 dis-abled 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 Commis-sioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1st August, 2012 and have
been released (i) on completion of assign-ment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from 1st August, 2012) 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, 2012 and whose assignment has been ex-tended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a cer-tificate that they can apply for civil employ-ment and that they will be released on three months 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 cov-ered under any other clauses of para 3(ii) (b) above, viz. those coming under the cat-egory of Ex-servicemen,  persons domi-ciled in the State of J & K, blind, deaf-mute and orthopaedically handicapped etc. will be eligible for grant of cumulative age-re-laxation under both the categories.

NOTE II:

The term ex-servicemen will apply to the persons who are defined as ex-service-men 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 request.

NOTE IV:

Not with standing the provision of age-re-laxation under para 3 (ii) (b) (vii) above, a physically disabled candidate will be con-sidered to be eligible for appointment only if he/she (after such physical examination
as the Government or appointing author-ity, as the case may be, may prescribe) is found to satisfy the requirements of physi-cal and medical  standards for the con-cerned Services/posts to be allocated to
the physically disabled 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 Commis-sion is that entered in the Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognised by an Indian Uni-versity 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 sub-mitted only at the time of applying for the Civil Services (Main) Examination.

No other document relating to age like horo-scopes, affidavits, birth extracts from Mu-nicipal Corporation, service records and the like will be accepted. The expression Matriculation/Secondary Examination Certificate in this part of the instruction includes the alternative certifi-cates 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 as on the date of submission of applications will be ac-cepted by the Commission and no sub-sequent 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 Com-mission 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 the online Application Form for the Prelimi-nary 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 Exami-nation certificate, disciplinary action will
be taken against them by the Commis-sion under the Rules.

(iii) Minimum Educational Qualifica-tions :

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 Uni-versity Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification.

NOTE I :

Candidates who have appeared at an ex-amination the passing of which would ren-der 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 quali-fied by the Commission for taking the Civil Services (Main) Examination will be re-quired to produce proof of passing the req-uisite 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, 2012.

NOTE II :

In exceptional cases the Union Public Ser-vice Commission may treat a candidate who has not any of the foregoing qualifications as a qualified candidate provided that he/ she has passed  examination conducted by
the other Institutions, the standard of which in the opinion of the Commission justifies his/her 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 pro-fessional 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 admit-ted to the Examination provided they sub-mit 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 compe-tent authority of the University/Institution that they had completed all requirements (in-cluding completion of internship) for the award of the Degree.

(iv) Number of attempts :

Every candidate appearing at the exami-nation who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted four attempts at the examination. Provided that this restriction on the num-ber of attempts will not apply in the case of
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 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. The re-laxation will be available to the candidates who are eligible to avail of reservation ap-plicable to such candidates.

Provided further that a physically handi-capped will get as many attempts as are available to other non-physically handi-capped candidates of his or her commu-nity, subject to the condition that a physi-cally handicapped candidate belonging to the General Category shall be eligible for seven attempts. The relaxation will be avail-able to the physically handicapped candi-dates who are eligible to avail of reserva-tion applicable to such candidates.

NOTE :

(i) An attempt at a Preliminary Examina-tion shall be deemed to be an attempt at the Examination.

(ii) If a candidate actually appears in any one paper in the Preliminary Examination, he/she shall be deemed to have made an attempt at the Examination.

(iii) Notwithstanding the disqualification/ cancellation of candidature, the fact of ap-pearance of the candidate at the examina-tion will count as an attempt.

(v) Restrictions on applying for the ex-amination :

A candidate who is appointed to the Indian Administrative  Service or the Indian For-eign Service on the results of an earlier examination and continues to be a mem-ber 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 Examina-tion of Civil Services Examination, 2012 is over and he/she continues to be a mem-ber of that service, he/she shall not be eli-gible to appear in the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2012 notwithstanding his/her having qualified in the Preliminary Exami-nation, 2012.

Also provided   that if such a candidate is appointed to IAS/IFS after the   commence-ment of the Civil Services (Main) Exami-nation, 2012 but  before the result thereof and continues to be a member of that ser-vice, 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, 2012.

(vi) Physical Standards :

Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to Civil Services Examination, 2012 as per guidelines given in Appendix-III of Rules for Examination published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 4th February, 2012.