6. Last date for receipt of applications :
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(i) The completed application form
must reach the Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House,
New Delhi 110069 on or before 21st May, 2007.
(ii) In respect of applications received only by post (by post/speed
post) from the candidates residing in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh,
Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Lahaul and
Spiti District and Pangi Sub-Division of Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh,
Andaman and Nicobar Islands or Lakshadweep or abroad, the last date for receipt
of applications is 28th May, 2007. The benefit of extended time will
be available only in respect of applications received by post/speed post
from the above mentioned areas/regions. In the case of applications received by
hand or through courier service, benefit of extended time will not be available
regardless of the place of residence of the applicant.
Candidates who are claiming the benefit of extended time should
clearly indicate in column 13 (II) of the application form, the area code of the
particular area or region (e.g. Assam, Meghalaya, J&K etc.) where they are
residing. In case they fail to do so, the benefit of extended time will not be
allowed to them.
NOTE I : Candidates
should clearly note that the Commission will in no case be responsible for
non-receipt of their application or any delay in receipt thereof on any account
whatsoever. No application received after the prescribed last date will be
entertained under any circumstances and all the late applications will be
summarily rejected. They should, therefore, ensure that their applications reach
the Commission's Office on or before the prescribed last date.
NOTE II : Candidates can also deliver their applications personally
at the Commission's counter. The Commission will not be responsible for the
applications delivered to any other functionary of the Commission.
NOTE III : Applications received through Couriers or Courier
Services of any type shall be treated as having been received "By
hand" at the Commission's Counter.
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7. Acknowledgement of applications :
Immediately on receipt of an application from a candidate, the
Acknowledgement Card submitted by him alongwith the application form will be
despatched to him by the Commission’s office duly stamped in token of receipt
of his Application. If a candidate does not receive the Acknowledgement Card
within 30 days, he should at once contact the Commission by quoting his
Application Form No. (8-digit) and name & year of examination. Candidates
delivering the application form in person at the Commission’s Counter will be
issued Acknowledgement Card at the Counter itself. The mere fact that a
candidate’s application has been acknowledged by the Commission does not mean
that his candidature for the examination has been accepted by the Commission.
Candidates will be informed at the earliest possible about their admission to
the examination or rejection of their application.
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8. Correspondence with the
Commission/Army/Naval/Air Head Quarters.
The Commission will not enter into any correspondence with the
candidates about their candidature except in the following cases:
(i)
Every candidate for this examination will be informed at the earliest
possible date of the result of his application. Admission certificates,
indicating the Roll Nos., Centre and the Courses to which admitted will be
issued to the candidates who are admitted to the examination. The admission
certificate will bear the photograph of the candidate. If a candidate does not
receive his admission certificate or any other communication regarding his
candidature for the examination three weeks before the commencement of
the examination, he should at once contact the Commission. On receipt of such a
communication, Admission certificate or a duplicate copy thereto will be issued
to the admitted candidate. Information in this regard can also be obtained from
the Facilitation Counter located in the Commission’s Office either in person
or over phone Nos. 011-23381125/011-23385271/011-23098543.
In case no communication is
received in the Commission’s Office from the candidate regarding non-receipt
of his admission certificate atleast 3 weeks before the examination, he
himself will be solely responsible for non-receipt of his admission Certificate.
It may be noted that the Admission Certificate will be issued at the address as
photo-copied from the application form filled in by the candidate. The candidate
should, therefore, ensure that the address given by him in the application form
is correct and complete with pin code.
No candidate will ordinarily be
allowed to take the examination unless he holds a certificate of admission for
the examination. On receipt of Admission Certificate, check it carefully and
bring discrepancies/errors, if any, to the notice of UPSC immediately.
The courses to which the candidates are admitted will be according to
their eligibility as per age and educational qualifications for different
courses and the preferences given by the candidates.
The candidates should note that their admission to the examination will
be purely provisional based on the information given by them in the application
form. This will be subject to verification of all the eligibility conditions by
the UPSC.
(ii)
In the event of a candidate receiving more than one admission certificate
from the Commission, he should use only one of these admission certificates for
appearing in the examina-tion and return the other(s) to the Commission’s
Office.
(iii)
If a candidate receives an admission certificate in respect of some other
candidate on account of handling error, the same should be immediately returned
to the Commission with a request to issue the correct Admission Certificate.
Candidates may note that they will not be allowed to take the examination on the
strength of an Admission Certificate issued in respect of another candidate.
(iv)
The decision of the Commission as to the acceptance of the application of
a candidate and his eligibility or otherwise for admission to the Examination
shall be final.
(v)
Candidates should note that the name in the Admission Certificate in some
cases, may be abbreviated due to technical reasons.
(vi)
A candidate must see that communications sent to him at the address
stated in his application are redirected, if necessary. Change in address should
be communicated to the Commission at the earliest opportunity. Although the
Commission make every effort to take account of such changes, they cannot accept
any responsibility in the matter.
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Important :
All
communications to the Commission/Army Head-quarters
should invariably contain the following particulars.
1. Name and year of the examination.
2.
Application Form Number (8-digit)
3. Roll Number (if received)
4. Name of candidate (in full and in block letters)
5.
Complete postal Address as given in the application with telephone number, if
any.
N.B. : (i) Communications not containing the above particulars may not be
attended to.
N.B. (ii) If a letter/communication is received from a candidate after an
examination has been held and it does not give his full name and Roll number, it
will be ignored and no action will be taken thereon.
N.B.
(iii) Candidates recommended by the Commission for interview by the Services
Selection Board who have changed their addresses subsequent to the submission of
their application for the examination should immediately after anouncement of
the result of the written part of the examination notify the changed address
also to Army Headquarters, alongwith unstamped self-addressed envelope, A.G’s Branch, Rtg. CDSE
Entry section,
for males and SSC Women Entry Section for Women candidates
West Block-3, Ground
Floor, Wing 1, Ramakrishnapuram, New Delhi-110066 in case of IMA/SSC first
choice candidates and Naval HQ (R&R Section), Room No. 204, ‘C’ Wing,
Sena Bhawan, New Delhi-110011 in case of Navy first choice candidates, and PO 3
(A)Air HQS. ‘J’ Block, Room No. 17, Opp. Vayu Bhawan, Motilal Nehru Marg,
New Delhi-110011 in case of Air Force first choice candidates. Failure to comply
with this instruction will deprive the candidate of any claim to consideration
in the event of his not receiving the summon letter for interview by the
Services Selection Board. Candidates whose names have been recommended for
interview by the Services Selection Board should address enquiries or requests,
if any relating to their interview direct to the Army Headquarters, A.G’s
Branch, Rtg. CDSE Entry, West Block 3, Ground Floor, Wing 1, Ramakrishnapuram,
New Delhi-110066 in case of candidates having IMA or OTA as their first choice
and PO3 (A)/Air Headquarters, ‘J’ Block, Room No. 17, Opp. Vayu Bhawan,
Motilal Nehru Marg, New Delhi-110011 in the case of candidates having Air Force
as first choice and Naval HQ (R&R Section), Room No. 204, ‘C’ Wing, Sena
Bhawan, New Delhi-110011 in the case of candidates having Navy as first choice.
Candidates
are requested to report for SSB interview on the date intimated to them in the
call up letter for interview. Requests for postponing interview will only be
considered in very genuine circumstances and that too if it is administratively
convenient for which Army Headsquarters/Air Headquarters/Naval HQ will be the
sole deciding authority. Such requests should be sent to Selection Centre/SSB
from where the call for SSB interview has been received.
N.B.-
In case
a candidate does not get the interview call for SSB interview for IMA by 4th
week of February, 2008 and by 4th week of April,
2008 for OTA, he/she should
write to Army Headquarters/Rtg. CDSE Entry, (SSC Women Entry for SSC
Non-Tech) West Block III, Ramakrishnapuram, New
Delhi-110066 or contact on telephone No. 26173215 regarding non-receipt of the call-up letter.
For
similar query by the Navy/Air Force candidates, having first choice as given
ibid, should write to Naval Hqrs. or Air Hqrs. as mentioned in N.B. III (in case
of non-receipt of call by 4th week of February, 2008).
(vii)
Original certificates submission of– Those candidates who qualify in
the SSB interview will be required to submit their original certificates
alongwith two attested copies thereof in support of educational qualification at
Services Selection Centre after SSB interview. Those appearing for Degree
Examination will be required to submit their certificates by 15th
May, 2008 (1st August, 2008 in the case of SSC only). Instructions for the same will be
given at SSB. Original certificates will be returned back after verification.
Certified true copies or photostat copies of the certificates will not be
accepted in any case.
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9.
Announcement of the Results of the Written Examination, Interview of qualified
candidates, announcement of final results and admission to the training courses
of the finally qualified candidates.
The Union Public Service Commission shall prepare a list of candidates who obtain the minimum qualifying marks in the written examination as fixed by the Commission in their discretion.
Candidates who are declared successful in the written exam will be detailed for intelligence and personality test at the Service Selection Board based on their preference, by the respective service HQ. Results of the test conducted by the Service Selection Board will hold good for all the courses [i.e. Indian Military Academy (DE) Course, Dehradun, Naval Academy Goa Course, Air Force Academy (Pre Flying) Course Hyderabad and SSC (NT) Course at OTA Madras] for which the candidate has qualified in the written exam, irrespective of the service HQ conducting it.
Two-stage selection procedure based on Psychological Aptitude Test and Intelligence Test has been introduced at Service Selection Boards. All the candidates will be put to stage one test on first day of reporting at Selection Centres. Only those candidates who qualify at stage one will be admitted to the second stage/remaining tests and all those who fail to pass stage one, will be returned back. Only those candidates who qualify at stage two will be required to submit photocopy each of:- (i) Matriculation pass certificate or equivalent in support of date of birth. (ii) Bachelors Degree/Provisional Degree Alongwith mark sheets of all the years/semesters in support of educational qualification.
Candidates
will appear before the Services Selection Board and undergo the test there at
their own risk and will not be entitled to claim any compensation or other
relief from Government in respect of any injury which they may sustain in the
course of or as a result of any of the tests given to them at the Services
Selection Board whether due to the negligence of any person or otherwise.
Candidates will be required to sign a certificate to this effect on the form
appended to the application.
To
be acceptable, candidates should secure the minimum qualifying marks separately
in (i) written examination and (ii) SSB test as fixed by the Commission in their
discretion. The candidates will be placed in the order of merit on the basis of
the total marks secured by them in the written examination and in the S.S.B.
tests. The form and manner of communication of the result of the examination to
individual candidates shall be decided by the Commission in their discretion and
the Commission will not enter into correspondence with them regarding the
result.
Success
at the examination confers no right of admission to the Indian Military Academy,
Naval Academy, Air Force Academy or the Officers’ Training Academy as the case
may be. The final selection will be made in order of merit subject to medical
fitness and suitability in all other respects and number of vacancies available.
Note: Every candidate for the Air Force and Naval Aviation is given Pilot Aptitude Test only once. The Grade secured by him at the first test will therefore hold good for every subsequent interview at the Air Force Selection Board. Those who failed Indian Navy Selection Board/Pilot Aptitude Battery Test earlier and those who habitually wear spectacles are not eligible for Air Force.
Test/Interview at Air Force Selection Boards for those
candidates who apply for Air Force through more than one source:-
There
are three modes of entry into F (P) course viz. CDSE/NCC/Airmen. Candidates who
apply for the Air Force through more than one source will be tested/interviewed
at the Air Force Selection Boards only once for Air Force. Common candidates who fail in INSB/PAB tests as an NCC or Airmen
candidate will be called again for OLQ testing for Army/Navy/OTS only if it is
found that they have applied through CDS Exam. Candidates who qualify in
the written examination for IMA (D.E) Course and/or Navy (S.E) Course and/or Air
Force Academy course irrespective of whether they have also qualified for SSC
Course or not will be detailed for SSB test in February to
April, 2008 and
candidates who qualify for SSC Course only will be detailed for SSB tests in April,
2008
to June, 2008.
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10.
Disqualification for Admission to the Training Course : Candidates
who were admitted to an earlier course at the National Defence Academy, Indian
Military Academy, Air Force Academy, Naval Academy, Goa, Officers’
Training Academy, Chennai but were removed there from on disciplinary ground will
not be considered for admission to the Indian Military Academy, Naval Academy,
Air Force Academy or for grant of Short Service Commission in the Army.
Candidates
who were previously withdrawn from the Indian Military Academy for lack of
officer-like qualities will not be admitted to the Indian Military Academy.
Candidates
who were previously selected as Special Entry Naval Cadets but were withdrawn
from the National Defence Academy or from Naval Training Establishments for lack
of Officer-like qualities will not be eligible for admission to the Indian Navy.
Candidates
who were withdrawn from Indian Military Academy, Officers’ Training Academy,
NCC and Graduate course for lack of Officer-like qualities will not be
considered for grant of Short Service Commission in the Army.
Candidates
who were previously withdrawn from the NCC and Graduates’ course for lack of
Officer-like qualities will not be admitted to the Indian Military Academy.
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11.
Restrictions on Marriage during Training in the Indian Military Academy or in
the Naval Academy or in the Air Force Academy : Candidates
for the Indian Military Academy Course or Naval Academy Course or Air Force
Academy Course or Women Candidates joining Officers Training Academy must undertake not to marry until they complete their full
training. A candidate who marries subsequent to the date of his/her application
though successful at this or any subsequent examination will not be selected for
training. A candidate who marries during training shall be discharged and will
be liable to refund all expenditure incurred on him by the government.
No
Male candidate for the Short Service Commission course (a) who has entered into or
contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living or (b) who having a
spouse living has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person shall be
eligible for admission to the Officers’ Traning Academy/grant of Short Service
Commission. Provided that the Central Government may, if satisfied that such
marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such persons and
the other party to the marriage and there are other grounds for so doing exempt
any person from the operation of this rule.
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12.
Other restrictions during training in the Indian Military Academy or in the
Naval Academy or in the Air Force Academy : After
admission to the Indian Military Academy or the Naval Academy or the Air Force
Academy, candidates will not be considered for any other commission. They will
also not be permitted to appear for any interview or examination after they have
been finally selected for training in the Indian Military Academy or the Naval
Academy or the Air Force Academy.
13.
No request for withdrawal of candidature received from a candidate after he has
submitted his application will be entertained under any circum-stances.
(V.P.
SINGH)
Joint
Secretary
Union Public Service Commission