Notification-Indian Forest Service Examination, 2010
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No. F. 13/2/2009-EI(B):
A competitive examination for recruitment to the
Indian Forest Service will be held by the Union Public Service Commission
commencing on the 10th July, 2010 in accordance with the Rules published by the
Ministry of Environment and Forests in the Gazette of India dated the 20th Feburary, 2010.
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AGARTALA |
GANGTOK |
PANAJI (GOA) |
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AHMEDABAD |
HYDERABAD |
PATNA |
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AIZAWL |
IMPHAL |
PORT BLAIR |
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ALLAHABAD |
ITANAGAR |
RAIPUR |
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BANGALORE |
JAIPUR |
RANCHI |
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BAREILLY |
JAMMU |
SAMBALPUR |
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BHOPAL |
JORHAT |
SHILLONG |
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CHANDIGARH |
KOCHI |
SHIMLA |
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CHENNAI |
KOHIMA |
SRINAGAR |
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CUTTACK |
KOLKATA |
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM |
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DEHRADUN |
LUCKNOW |
TIRUPATI |
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DELHI |
MADURAI |
UDAIPUR |
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DHARWAD |
MUMBAI |
VISHAKHAPATNAM |
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DISPUR |
NAGPUR |
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The centres and the date of holding the examination as mentioned above are
liable to be changed at the discretion of the commission. While every effort
will be made to allot the candidates to the centre of their choice for
examination, the commission may, at their discretion, allot a different centre
to a candidate when circumstances so warrant. Candidates admitted to the
examination will be informed of the time table and place or places of
examination.
The candidates should note that no request for change of centre will normally
be granted. However, when a candidate desires a change in centre from the one
he/she had indicated in his/her Application form for the Examination, he/she
must send a letter addressed to the Secretary, Union Public Service Commission
giving full justification as to why he/she desires a change in centre. Such
requests will be considered on merits but requests received in the Commission’s
Office after 21st April, 2010 will not be entertained under any circumstances
nor will such communications be replied to.
2. The number of vacancies to be filled on the results of the examination is
expected to be approximately 84. The number of vacancies is liable to
alteration.
Reservation will be made for candidates belongings to Scheduled Castes,
Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in respect of vacancies as may be
fixed by the Government. However, no reserved post for physically disabled
categories has been identified by the M/o Environment & Forest.
(i) Nationality:
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
intention of permanently settling in India. or
(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Srilanka,
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 ca-tegories (b), (c), (d) and (e)
shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued
by the Government of India.
A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be
admitted to the examination but the offer of appointment may be given only after
the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him 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 July, 2010, i.e. he must have been born not
earlier than 2nd July, 1980 and not later than 1st July, 1989.
(b) The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable :–
(i) upto a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled
Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.
(ii) upto a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to
Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable
to such candidates.
(iii) upto a maximum of five years if a candidate had ordinarily been
domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 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
disabled 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
Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years
Military Service as on 1st July, 2010 and have been released (i) on
completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be
completed within one year from 1st July, 2010) 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 of Military Service
as on 1st July, 2010 and whose assignment has been extended beyond five
years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that
they can apply for civil employment and that they will be released on three
month's 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, the Scheduled Tribes and
the Other Backward Classes who are also covered under any other clauses of para
3(ii) (b) above, viz. those coming under the category of Ex-servicemen, persons
domiciled in the State of J & K, blind, deaf-mute and orthopadically handicapped
etc. will be eligible for grant of cumulative age-relaxation under both the
categories.
NOTE II-The term ex-servicemen will apply to the persons who are defined as
ex-servicemen 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- Notwithstanding the provision of age-relaxation under para 3(ii) (b)
(vii) above, a physically disabled candidate will be considered to be eligible
for appointment only if he/she (after such physical examination as the
Government or 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 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 Commission is that entered in the
Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate
recognised by an Indian University 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.
No other document relating to age like horoscopes, affidavits, birth extracts
from Municipal Corporation, service records and the like will be accepted.
The expression Matriculation/Secondary Examination Certificate in this part
of the instruction includes the alternative certificates 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
on the date of submission of applications will be accepted by the Commission and
no subsequent 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 Commission for the purpose of
admission to an Examination, no change will be allowed sub- sequently (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 column 8 of the application form. 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 Examination certificate, disciplinary action
will be taken against them by the commission under the Rules.
(iii) Minimum Educational
Qualifications:
The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree with at least one of the subjects
namely Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology,
Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor’s degree in
Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering 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 University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or
possess an equivalent qualification.
Note I : Candidates who have appeared at an examination the passing of which
would render 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
this examination. Such candidates will be admitted to the examination if
otherwise eligible but their admission would be deemed to be provisional and
subject to cancellation, if they do not produce proof of having passed the
requisite examination along with the detailed application which will be required
to be submitted to the Commission by the candidates who qualify on the result of
the written part of the examination.
Note II : In exceptional cases the Union Public Service 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.
(iv) Number of attempts:
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Every candidate appearing at the Examination, who is otherwise eligible,
shall be permitted four attempts at the examination.
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The restriction is effective from the examination held in 1984.
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Provided that this restriction on the number of attempts will not apply in
the case of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates who are otherwise
eligible.
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Provided further that the number of attempts permissible to candidates
belonging to Other Backward Classes, who are otherwise eligible, shall be seven.
Note 1–A candidate shall be deemed to have made an attempt at the examination
if he actually appears in any one or more papers.
Note 2–Notwithstanding the disqualification/cancellation of candidature the
fact of appearance of the candidate at the examination will count as an attempt.
(v) Physical Standards:
Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for
admission to Indian Forest Service Examination, 2010 as per regulations given in
Appendix-III of the rules for the Indian Forest Service Examination, 2010
published in Gazette of India dated 20th February, 2010.
1. CANDIDATES TO ENSURE THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EXAMINATION:
The Candidates applying for the examination should ensure that
they fulfill all eligibility condition for admission to
examination. Their admission at all the stages of the examination
will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed
eligibility conditions
Mere issue of admission certificate to the candidate will not
imply that his/her candidature has been finally cleared by the
Commission.
Commission take up verification of eligibility conditions with
reference to original documents only after the candidate has
qualified for interview/Personality Test.
2 APPLICATION FORM :
(a) The Commission proposes to make available online application
submission for Indian Forest Service Examination 2010 from 27th
February 2010 to 15th March 2010 for which a separate notice is to
be issued.
(b) Candidates who wish to apply offline must apply in the
Common application form devised by the Commission for its
examinations, which can be purchased from the designated Head post
Offices/Post Offices (specified in Appendix-III of the Notice)
throughout the country against cash payment of Rs. 20/- (Rupees
Twenty Only). Each such Form can be used only once and only for one
examination.
In case of any difficulty in Application Forms
from the designated HPOs/POs, the candidates should immediately
contact the concerned post Master or UPSC's "FORMS SUPPLY MONITORING
CELL" over Telephone No. 011-23389366/FAX No. 011-23387310.
Candidates are advised to read carefully the "Instructions for
filling up the Application form"given in Appendix-II of this Notice.
3. LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS :
All offline applications must reach the "Secretary, Union
Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi
- 110069" either by hand or by Post/Speed Post or by Courier, on or
before the 22nd March, 2010.
The candidate should note that applications will be
received by hand only one at a time at the designated counter(s) and
not in bulk till 5 PM only.
However, in respect of candidates residing abroad or in
certain remote localities specified in Para 6 of this Notice the
last date for receipt of applications by Post/Speed Post only (not
by Hand or by Courier) is 29th March, 2010.
4. 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 'C' gate of its campus in person or over
Telephone No. 011-23385271/FAX No. 011-23381125/011-23098543 on
working days between 10.00 hrs to 17.00 hrs.
5. Mobile Phone Not Allowed:
(a) Mobile phones, pagers 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 item including mobile phones/pagers to the
venue of the examination, as arrangement for safekeeping can not be
assured.
6. Candidates are advised not to bring any valuable/costly items
to the Examination Halls, as safe keeping of the same cannot be
assured. Commission will not be responsible for any loss in this
regard.
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