IFS Exam 2012-Notification-Exam Centres

(LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS: 14.05.2012)

INDIAN FOREST SERVICE EXAMINATION, 2012

F. N o . 1 3 / 2 / 2 0 11 - E I (B) :  A  competitive examination for recruitment  to the Indian Forest Service will be held by the Union Public Service Commission commencing from the 14^th  July, 2012 in accordance with the Rules published by the Ministry of Environment and Forests in the Gazette of India dated the  14^th  April, 2012.  The examination will be held at the following Centres:

AGARTALA

GANGTOK

PANAJI (GOA)

AHMEDABAD

HYDERABAD

PATNA

AIZAWL

IMPHAL

PORT BLAIR

ALLAHABAD

ITANAGAR

RAIPUR

BANGALORE

JAIPUR

RANCHI

BAREILLY

JAMMU

SAMBALPUR

BHOPAL

JORHAT

SHILLONG

CHANDIGARH

KOCHI

SHIMLA

CHENNAI

KOHIMA

SRINAGAR

CUTTACK

KOLKATA

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

DEHRADUN

LUCKNOW

DELHI

MADURAI

TIRUPATI

DHARWAD

MUMBAI

UDAIPUR

DISPUR

NAGPUR

VISHAKHAPATNAM

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. Blind candidates will, however, be required to take the examination at any one of the seven   centres   viz .   Chennai,   Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Dispur and Mumbai.  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 would be granted.

2. The number of vacancies to be filled on   the   results   of   the   examination   is expected to be approximately 85. The number of vacancies is liable to alteration.  Reservation will be made for candidates

belonging   to   Scheduled   Castes , Scheduled   Tribes ,   Other   Backward Classes   and   Physically  Handicapped Categories in respect of vacancies as may be fixed by the Government.

Note : The decision of the Government ( Ministry   of   Environment   & Forests), with regard to identification and resultant break-up of posts ,   reserved   for   PH categories ,   is   still   awaited. However, it is informed that in IFoS Exam, 2011, the post were available for visually challenged and hearing impaired candidates.

A candidate will be eligible to get   the benefit of community reservation only in case the particular caste to which the candidates belongs is included in the list of reserved communities issued by the Central   Government.     If   a   candidate indicates in his/her Application Form for Indian Forest Service Examination that he/ she belongs  to General  Category but subsequently writes to the Commission to change his/her category, to a reserved one, such request shall not be entertained by the Commission.

While the above principle will be followed in general, there may be a few cases where  there was a  little gap  (say 2-3 months )   between   the   issuance   of   a Government   Notification   enlisting   a particular community in the list of any of the reserved communities and the date of submission of the application by the candidate.  In such cases the request of change of community from general   to reserved   may   be   considered   by   the Commission on merit.

The closing date fixed for the receipt of the application will be treated as the date for determining the OBC status (including that of creamy layer) of the candidates.