UPSC Exam: SCRA Exam 2013 Notification issued

UPSC issues SCRA Exam 2013 Notification

SPECIAL CLASS RAILWAY APPRENTICES' EXAMINATION, 2013

(LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS: 12.11.2012)

No. 5/1/2012-EI(B): An examination for selection of candidates for appointment as Special Class Apprentices in Mechanical Department of Indian Railways will be held by the Union Public Service Commission on 20th January, 2013 in accordance with the Rules published by the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) in the Gazette of India dated the 13th October, 2012 at the following centres :

AGARTALA            GANGTOK             PANAJI (GOA)

AHMEDABAD        HYDERABAD        PATNA

AIZAWL                  IMPHAL                 PORT BLAIR

ALLAHABAD         ITANAGAR             RAIPUR

BANGALORE        JAIPUR                  RANCHI

BAREILY                JAMMU                   SAMBALPUR

BHOPAL                JORHAT                SHILLONG

CHANDIGARH     KOCHI                   SHIMLA

CHENNAI              KOHIMA                 SRINAGAR

CUTTACK             KOLKATA              THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

DEHRADUN         LUCKNOW           TIRUPATI

DELHI                    MADURAI              UDAIPUR

DHARWAR            MUMBAI                 VISHAKHAPATNAM

DISPUR                 NAGPUR              

The centres and the date of holding the examination as mentioned above are liable to be changed at the discretion of the Commission. Applicants should note that there will be a ceiling on the number of candidates allotted to each of the Centres, except Chennai, Delhi, Dispur, Kolkatta and Nagpur. Allotment of Centres will be on the “first-apply-first-allot” basis, and once the capacity of a particular Centre is attained, the same will be frozen. Applicants, who cannot get a Centre of their choice due to ceiling, will be required to choose a Centre from the remaining ones. Applicants are, thus, advised that they may apply early so that they could get a Centre of their choice.

NB: Notwithstanding the aforesaid provision, Commission reserve the right to change the Centres at their discretion if the situation demands.

Candidates admitted to the examination will be informed of the time table and place or places of examination. Candidates should note that no request for change of centre will normally be granted.

2. The approximate number of vacancies, to be filled on the results of the examination is 42.

Note: One vacancy is reserved for physically challenged candidates belonging to Orthopaedically Handicapped having functional classifications OA.

The number of vacancies mentioned above is liable to alteration.

Reservation will be made for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Physically Disabled categories in respect of vacancies as may be fixed by the Government.

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 SCRA Examination that he/she belongs to General Category but subsequently writes to the Commission to change his/her catergory, 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.