Wednesday 20 January 2016

Eligibility Criteria For Civil Services Exams

(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
intention of permanently settling in India, or
(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated 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
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/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, of the year in which he/she is appearing for
the Preliminary Examination (i.e. a candidate appearing for the preliminary
examination of the year 2011 should be between 21-30 years of age as on 01st
August, 2011) i.e. he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1981
and not later than 1st August, 1990.
(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, 2011 and have been released (i) on
completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be
completed within one year from 1st August, 2011) 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, 2011 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
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.

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