Eligibility Criteria for
Civil Service
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 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 categories (b), (c), (d)
and (e) shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of
eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
Provided further that candidates belonging to categories (b),
(c) and (d) above will not be eligible for appointment to the
Indian Foreign Service.
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.
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, 2004, i.e.
he must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1974 and not
later than 1st August, 1983.
(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 August, 2004 and
have been released (i) on completion of assignment (including
those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year
from 1st August, 2004) 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, 2004 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 and
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 reguest.
Note IV- Notwithstanding the provision of age-relaxation
under para 3(ii) (b) (vii) above, a physically handicapped
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 handicapped 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.
These certificates are required to be submitted only at the time
of applying for the Civil Services (Main) Examination.
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
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 column 8 of the
application form for the Preliminary 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 Examination certificate, disciplinary action will
be taken against them by the commission under the Rules.
Minimum Educational Qualifications :
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 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
the Preliminary Examination. All candidates who are declared
qualified by the Commission for taking the Civil Services (Main)
Examination will be required to produce proof of passing the
requisite 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,
2004.
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 has passed examination conducted by the other Institutions,
the standard of which in the opinion of the Commission justifies
his 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 professional
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
admitted to the Examination provided they submit 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
competent authority of the University/Institution that they had
completed all requirements (including completion of internship)
for the award of the Degree.
Restrictions on applying for the examination :
A candidate who is appointed to the Indian Administrative
Service or the Indian Foreign Service on the results of an
earlier examination and continues to be a member 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 Examination of Civil Services Examination, 2006 is
over and he/she continues to be a member of that service, he/she
shall not be eligible to appear in the Civil Services (Main)
Examination, 2006 notwithstanding his/her having qualified in
the Preliminary Examination, 2006.
Also provided that if such a candidate is appointed to IAS/IFS
after the commencement of the Civil Services (Main) Examination,
2006 but before the result thereof and continues to be a member
of that service, 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, 2006.
Attempts
A candidate is permitted 4 attempts at the
examination. There is no restriction on the number of attempts
for scheduled caste candidates but Other Backward Classes have
seven attempts. If a person appears in the Preliminary Exam or
even appears in one paper, it is counted as an attempt. One
should make up one's mind before applying and taking an attempt
and only a serious attempt should be made.
Physical Standards :
Candidates must be physically fit according to physical
standards for admission to Civil Services Examination. 2004 as
per guidelines given in Appendix-III of Rules for Examination
published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 29th
November, 2003.
Physical Requirements for the Disabled Candidates:- For being
considered against the vacancies reserved for them, the
physically disabled persons 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 :
Code Physical
Requirements
F 1.Work performed by manipulating (with Fingers)
PP 2. Work performed by pulling & 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.
The functional classification in their case shall be, one or
more of the following, consistent with the requirements of the
concerned Services/Posts :–
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) - do -
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.