UPSC Exam-Geologist Exam 2012-Eligibility Conditions

3. ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS:

(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 the 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 or East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or from Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above 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/her by the Government of India.

(II) Age Limits : A candidate for this examination must have attained the age criteria as prescribed below:-

(a) (i) For Geologist [Group A] and Assistant Geologist Gr. I [Gr.B] in the Geological Survey of India, Ministry of Mines:- Must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age  of 32 years on 1st August, 2012 i.e. he/ she must have been born not earlier than 2^nd August 1980 and not later than 1st August 1991.

(ii) For Jr. Hydrogeologist (Scientist B) (Group A) in Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources:-

Must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 35

years on 1st August, 2012 i.e. he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1977 and not later than 1st August, 1991.

(iii) For Asstt. Hydrogeologist (Group B) in Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources:- Must have attained  the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on 1st August, 2012 i.e. he/she must have been born not  earlier than 2nd August, 1982 and not later than 1st August, 1991.

NB: Candidates should ensure that they meet the age eligibility criteria for each post mentioned above for which they are applying.

(b) The upper age limit will be relaxable upto a maximum of 7 years in the case of Government servants, if they are employed in a Department mentioned in Column I below and apply for the corresponding post mentioned in column.II.

Column I	Column II
Geological Survey of India	(1) Geologist Group “A” (2) Assistant Geologist Grade-I Group 'B'
Central Ground Water Board	(1) Jr. Hydro- geologists (Scientist “B”), Group “A” (2) Assistant Hydrogeologists Group “B”

c) The upper age limit prescribed above will be further relaxable as follows:

(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 candidate 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, 2012 and have been released (i) on completion

of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within

one year from 1st August, 2012) 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 5 years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have  completed an initial period of assignment of 5 years Military Service as on 1st August, 2012 and whose assignment has been extended beyond 5 years and in whose  case the Ministry of Defence issue a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and that they will be released on 3 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)(c) above, viz. those coming under the category of Ex- Servicemen, persons domiciled in the State of J & K, physically 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 (Reemployment  in Civil Service and Posts)

Rules, 1979, as amended from time to time.

NOTE III- The age concession under Para 3(II)(c)(v) and (vi) will not be admissible to  Ex-servicemen and Commissioned Officers including ECOs/SSCOs, who are released on their own request.

NOTE IV- Notwithstanding the provision of age-relaxation under para 3(II)(c)(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 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 after the declaration of the result of the written part of the 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/Higher Secondary Examination Certificate in this part of the instruction includes the alternative certificate mentioned above.

NOTE I: - Candidates should note that only the Date of Birth as recorded in the Matriculation/Higher Secondary Examination Certificate or an equivalent certificate as 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 II:- 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 ground whatsoever.

NOTE III: - The candidates should exercise due care while entering their date of birth in online application form for the 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.

N.B. - (i) The candidature of a person who is admitted to the examination under the age concession mentioned in para 3(II)(b) above, shall be cancelled, if after submitting his/her application, he/she resigns from service or his/her services are terminated by his/her department/ office, either before or after taking the  examination. He/she will, however, continue to be eligible if he/she is retrenched from the service or post after submitting the application.

(ii) A candidate who, after submitting his/ her application to his/her department is

transferred to other department/office will be eligible to compete under departmental age concession for the post(s), for which he/she would have been eligible, but for his/her transfer, provided his/her application, duly recommended, has been forwarded by his/her parent Department.

(iii) Minimum Educational Qualification

(i) For Geologists Gr ‘A’ and Assistant Geologist Grade-I Group 'B' in Geological Survey of India

(a) Master’s degree in Geological Science or Geology or Applied Geology or Geo- Exploration or Mineral Exploration or Engineering Geology or Marine Geology or Earth Science and Resource Management or Oceanography and Coastal Areas Studies or Petroleum  Geosciences or Geochemistry from a University incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or an

educational institution established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed university under section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956)

Note : Master’s degree in respective discipline means the post graduate degree or post graduate diploma of minimum two years duration after graduation from aforesaid University or Institute in the respective discipline, whether be it an integrated course or otherwise.

(b) Candidates who have appeared at the final examinations of the minimum educational qualification specified in clause (a) of this paragraph, passing of which shall render them eligible to appear at the relevant year Examination, but have not been informed of the result, may also apply for admission to the Examination and in such case his or her admission to the relevant year Examination shall be provisional and subject to obtaining minimum educational qualification specified in clause (a) of this paragraph.

(c) A candidate who is otherwise qualified but who possesses the Master’s degree specified in clause (a) of this paragraph from a foreign University approved by the Government may also be admitted to the Examination by the Commission.

(ii) For Junior Hydrgeologists (Scientist B), Group ‘A’ and Assistant Hydrgeologists Group ‘B’ in Central Ground Water Board.

Master’s degree in Geology or Applied Geology or Marine Geology from a University incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational Institutes established by an act of Parliament or declared to be

deemed as Universities under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956; or

(b) Master’s degree in Hydrogeology from a recognised University. Note : Candidate possessing common qualifications in (i) (a) & (ii) (a) can apply for both the categories.

NOTE I- A candidate who has appeared at an examination, the passing of which would render him/her educationally qualified for this examination but has not been informed of the result, may apply for admission to the examination. A candidate who intends to appear at such a qualifying examination may also apply. 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 qualifying

examination along with the detailed application form which will be required to be submitted by the candidates who qualify on the result of the written part of the examination.

NOTE II- In exceptional cases the Commission may treat a candidate who does not possess any of the qualifications prescribed in this rule, as educationally qualified provided that he/she has passed examinations conducted by other institutions, the standard of which in the opinion of the Commission, justifies his/ her admission to the examination.

NOTE III- A candidate who is otherwise eligible but who has taken a degree from a foreign University which is not recognised by Government may also apply to the Commission and may be admitted to the examination at the discretion of the

Commission.

(IV) PHYSICAL STANDARDS:

Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to Geologists’ Examination, 2012 as per Regulations given in Appendix-II of the rules for the Geologists’ Examination, 2012 published in Gazette of India dated 15th September, 2012.