MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME
IMPLEMENTATION
RULES
No.11013/1/2010-ISS : The
rules for a competitive examination to be held by the Union Public Service
Commission in 2010 for the purpose of filling up of vacancies in Grade IV of the
following services are published with the concurrence of the Ministry of
Finance, Deptt. of Economic Affairs for general information :
The Indian Economic Service, and
The Indian Statistical Service.
2.
The number of vacancies to be filled on the result of the examination
will be specified in the Notice issued by the Commission.
Reservation will be made for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Cases,
the Scheduled Tribes, the Other Backward Classes and Physically Disabled
categories in respect of vacancies as may be fixed by the Government of India.
3.
The examination will be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission
in the manner prescribed in Appendix I to these rules.
The dates on which and the places at which the examination will be held
shall be fixed by the Commission.
4.
A candidate may compete for any one of the Services only viz. the Indian
Economic Service or the Indian Statistical Service, for which he/she is eligible
in terms of the Rules.
5.
A candidate must be either :
a citizen of
a subject of
a subject of
a Tibetan refugee who came over to
a person of Indian origin who has migrated
from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the
United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or 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.
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(a) A candidate for
admission to this examination must have attained the age of 21 years and must
not have attained the age of 30 years on 1st January, 2010, i.e. he/she must
have been born not earlier than 2nd January, 1980 and not later than
1st
January, 1989.
(b) The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable : -
(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 candidates 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 has ordinarily been domiciled
in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from
(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 January,
2010 and
have been
released (i)
on completion
of assignment
(including those
whose assignment
is due to be completed within one year from
(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 1st January, 2010 and whose assignment has been
extended beyond five 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 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 1 : Candidates belonging to the
Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes who are
also covered under any other clauses of Rule 6(b)
above, viz. those coming under the category of Ex-servicemen, persons
domiciled in the State of J & K, blind, deaf-mute and orthopaedically
handicapped etc. will be eligible for grant of cumulative age-relaxation under
both the categories.
Note 2 :
The term ex-servicemen will apply to the persons who are defined as
Ex-servicemen in the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Civil Services and Posts)
Rules, 1979, as amended from time to time.
Note 3 : The age concession under
Rule 6(b) (v) and (vi) will not be admissible to Ex-Servicemen and Commissioned
Officers including ECOs/SSCOs, who are released on their own request.
Note 4: Notwithstanding the provision of
age-relaxation under Rule 6(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 Service 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
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.
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 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
application 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 ground whatsoever.
7.
A candidate for the Indian Economic Service must have obtained a
Post-graduate Degree in Economics/Applied Economics/Business
Economics/Econometrics and a candidate for the Indian Statistical Service must
have obtained a Post-graduate Degree in Statistics/ Mathematical
Statistics/Applied Statistics from a University incorporated by an Act of the
Central or a State Legislature in India or other educational Institutes
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 a foreign
University approved by the Central Government from time to time.
NOTE 1: Candidate who have appeared at an
examination, the passing of which would render them eligible to appear at this
examination, but have not been informed of the result, may apply for
admission to the examination. Candidates who intend 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 2: In exceptional cases, the Union
Public Service Commission may treat a
candidate who has none of the foregoing qualifications as a qualified candidate
provided that he/she has passed examinations conducted by the other
Institutions, the standard of which in the opinion of the Commission, justifies
his/her admission to the examination.
NOTE 3: A candidate who is otherwise
qualified but who has taken a degree from a foreign University which is not
recognized by the Govt. may also apply to the Commission and may be admitted to
the examination at the discretion of the Commission.
8.
Candidates must pay the fee prescribed in the Commission’s Notice.
9.
All candidates in Government Service, whether in a permanent or in
temporary capacity or as work-charged employees, other than casual or
daily-rated employees or those serving under Public Enterprises will be required
to submit an undertaking that they have informed in writing their Head of
Office/Department that they have applied for the examination.
Candidates should note that in case a communication is received from
their employer by the Commission withholding permission to the candidates
applying for/appearing at the examination, their application will be liable to
be rejected/candidature will be liable to be cancelled.
10.
The decision of the Commission with regard to acceptance of the
application of a candidate and his/her eligibility or otherwise for admission to
the examination shall be final.
The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they
fulfill all the eligibility conditions for admission to the examination. Their
admission at all the stages of examination for which they are admitted by the
Commission viz. Written Examination and Interview Test will be purely
provisional, subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions.
If on verification, at any time, before or after the Written Examination
or Interview Test, it is found that they do not fulfill any of the eligibility
conditions; their candidature for the examination will be cancelled by the
Commission.
11.
No candidate will be admitted to the examination unless he/she holds a
certificate of admission from the Commission.
12.
A candidate who is or has been declared by the Commission to be guilty of
:-
(i)
obtaining support for his/her candidature by any means, or
(ii) impersonating,
or
(iii) procuring
impersonation by any person, or
(iv) submitting
fabricated documents or documents which have been tampered with, or
(v) making
statements which are incorrect or false or suppressing material information, or
(vi)
resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with
his/her candidature for the examination, or
(vii)
using unfair means during the examination, or
(viii) writing irrelevant matter
including, obscene language or pornographic matter in the script(s), or
(ix) misbehaving in any other manner
in the examination, or
(x) harassing
or doing bodily harm to the staff employed by the Commission for the conduct of
their examination, or
(xi) being
in possession of or using mobile phone, pager or any electronic
equipment or device or any other equipment capable of being used as a
communication device during the examination, or
(xii) violating any of the instructions issued to
candidates along with their Admission Certificates permitting them to take the
examination, or
(xiii) attempting to commit or as the case may be abetting the commission of
all or any of the acts specified in the foregoing clauses,
may in addition to rendering himself/herself liable
to criminal prosecution, be liable -
(a)
to
be disqualified by the Commission from the examination for which he/she is a
candidate; and/or
(b)
to
be debarred either permanently or for a specified period -
(i)
by the Commission from any examination or selection
held by them;
(ii)
by the Central Government from any employment under
them; and
(c)
if
he/she is already in service under Government to disciplinary action under the
appropriate rules.
Provided that no penalty under these rules shall be
imposed except after -
(i)
giving
the candidate an opportunity of making such representation, in writing as he/she
may wish to make in that behalf; and
(ii)
taking
the representation, if any, submitted by the candidate within the period allowed
to him/her into consideration.
Provided that candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled
Tribes or the Other Backward Classes may be summoned for viva-voce by the
Commission by applying relaxed standards if the Commission is of the opinion
that sufficient number of candidates from these communities are not likely to be
summoned for viva-voce on the basis of the general standard in order to
fill up the vacancies reserved for them.
(ii)
Candidates belonging
to any of the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes or the Other Backward
Classes may, to the extent of the number of vacancies reserved for the Scheduled
Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes, be recommended by
the Commission by a relaxed standard, subject to the fitness of these candidates
for appointment to the Service(s).
15. The prescribed qualifying standards will be relaxable at the discretion of the Commission at all the stages of examination in favour of physically disabled candidates in order to fill up the vacancies reserved for them. In case, however, the physically disabled candidates get selected on their own merit in the requisite number at the qualifying standards fixed by the Commission for General, SC, ST and OBC category candidates, extra physically disabled candidates i.e. more than the number of vacancies reserved for them, will not be recommended by the Commission on the relaxed standards.
16. The form and manner of communication of result of the examination to individual candidates shall be decided by the Commission at their discretion and the Commission will not enter into correspondence with them regarding the result.
17. Success in the examination confers no right to appointment unless Government are satisfied after such enquiry as may be considered necessary, that the candidate having regard to his/her character and antecedents is suitable in all respects for appointment to the Service(s).
18. A candidate must be in good mental and bodily health and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the discharge of his/her duties as an officer of the service. A candidate, who after such medical examination as Government or the appointing authority, as the case may be, may prescribe, is found not to satisfy these requirements, will not be appointed. Any candidate called for the Personality Test by the Commission may be required to undergo Part I of the medical examination and the candidates, who are declared finally successful on the basis of this examination, may be required to undergo Part II of the medical examination. The details of Part I and II of the medical examination are given in the Appendix III to these Rules. No fee shall be payable to the Medical Board by the candidate for the medical examination except in the case of appeal.
Note: - In order to prevent disappointment, candidates are advised to have themselves examined by a Government Medical Officer of the standing of a Civil Surgeon, before applying for admission to the examination. Particulars of the nature of medical test to which candidates will be subjected before appointment and of the standards required are given in Appendix III to these Rules. For the disabled Ex-Defence Service personnel the standards will be relaxed consistent with the requirements of the Services.
19. For being considered against the vacancies reserved for them, the physically disabled persons should have disability of forty per cent (40%) or more. However, such candidates shall be required to meet one or more of the following physical requirements/abilities which may be necessary for performing the duties in the concerned Service :-
CODE
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
F
1.
Work performed by manipulating (with Fingers).
PP
2.
Work performed by pulling and pushing
L
3.
Work performed by lifting.
KC
4.
Work performed by kneeling and Crouching.
B
5.
Work performed by bending.
S
6.
Work performed by sitting (on bench or chair)
ST
7.
Work performed by standing.
W
8.
Work performed by walking.
SE
9.
Work performed by seeing.
H
10.
Work performed by hearing/speaking.
RW
11.
Work performed by reading and writing.
The functional classification in their case shall be, one or more of the
following, consistent with the requirements of the concerned Services –
FUNCTIONAL
CLASSIFICATION
CODE
FUNCTIONS
BL
1.
Both legs affected but not arms.
BA
2.
Both arms affected –a)
impaired reach
(b)
weakness of grip.
BLA
3.
Both legs and both arms affected.
OL
4.
One leg affected (R or L)
(a)
impaired reach
(b)
weakness of grip
(c)
ataxic
OA
5.
One arm affected (R or L)
(a)
impaired reach
(b)
weakness of grip
(c)
ataxic
BH
6.
Stiff back and hips (cannot sit or stoop)
MW
7.
Muscular Weakness and limited physical endurance
B
8.
The blind
PB
9.
Partial blind
D
10.
The deaf
PD
11.
Partial deaf
20.
No person --
(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 appointment to service(s).
Provided that the Central Government may, if satisfied that such marriage
is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the other
party to the marriage and there are other grounds for so doing exempt any person
from the operation of this rule.
21.
Brief particulars relating to the Service(s) to which recruitment is
being made through this examination are stated in Appendix –II.
Arvind
Kumar, Jt. Secy.