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 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. 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, 2013, i.e. he must have
been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1983 and not later than 1st
August, 1992.
(b) The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable:–
(i) Up to a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a
Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.
(ii) Up to 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) Up to 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
personneldisabled 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 August, 2013 and have been released (i) on completion of
assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one
year from August, 2013) 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 of Military
Service as on August, 2013 and whose assignment has been extended beyond five
years and in whose case the Ministry of Defense 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, the Scheduled Tribes and the ther 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-servicemenin 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 request.
NOTE IV- Notwithstanding the
provision of age-relaxation under para 3(ii) (b) (vii) above, a physically
disabled 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
disabled 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
recognized 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 Indian Forest Service (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 the Online Application Form. 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.
(iii)
MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree with at least one of
the subjects namely Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany,
Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a
Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering 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
Indian Forest Service (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 Indian Forest Service Main Examination.
The applications for the Main Examination will be called sometime in the month
of August, 2013 through on-line mode.
Note II : In addition, the candidates
who possess qualification equivalent to those specified in Rule 7 will be
required to produce a certificate from University incorporated by an Act of the
Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established
by an Act of the Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under
Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 clarifying that the degree
is at par with the Bachelor’s degree specified in Rule 7 along with their application
for the main Examination failing which such candidate will not be admitted to
the Main Examination.
Note III : 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/she has
passed examination conducted by the other Institutions, the standard of which
in the opinion of the Commission justifies his/her admission to the examination.
(iv) NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS :
Every candidate appearing at the Examination, who is otherwise
eligible, shall be permitted four attempts at the examination. The
restriction is effective from the examination held in 1984. Provided that this
restriction on the number of attempts will not apply in the case of Scheduled
Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates who are otherwise eligible. Provided
further that the number of attempts permissible to candidates belonging to Other
Backward Classes, who are otherwise eligible, shall be seven. Provided further
that a physically handicapped will get as many attempts as are available to
other non- physically handicapped candidates of his or her community, subject
to the condition that a physically handicapped candidate belonging to the General
Category shall be eligible for seven attempts. The relaxation will be
available to the physically handicapped candidates who are eligible to avail of
reservation applicable to such candidates.
NOTE :
(i)
An attempt at a Preliminary
Examination shall be deemed to be an attempt at the Examination. (ii) If a
candidate actually appears in any one paper in the Preliminary Examination, as a
candidate for the Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, he/she shall be
deemed to have made an attempt at the Examination. (iii) Notwithstanding the
disqualification/cancellation of candidature the fact of appearance of the
candidate at the examination will count as an attempt.
(v) PHYSICAL STANDARDS :
Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards
for admission to Indian Forest Service Examination, 2013 as per regulations
given in Appendix- III of the rules for the Indian Forest Service
Examination, 2013 published in Gazette of India dated 5th March, 2013.
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