55th Annual Report 2004-05

The Union Public Service Commission have the privilege to present before the President their Fifty-Fifth Report as required under Article 323(1) of the Constitution.

This Report covers the period from April 01, 2004 (Chaitra 12, 1926 Saka) to March 31, 2005 (Chaitra 10, 1927 Saka).

CONTENTS

LIST OF APPENDICES

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

CONTENTS

		Page No.
	LIST OF APPENDICES	vi
	LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS	viii
	COMPOSITION OF THE COMMISSION DURING THE YEAR 2004-05	ix
1.	EXECUTIVE SUMMARY	1
2.	BRIEF HISTORY AND WORKLOAD OVER THE YEARS	3
3.	RECRUITMENT BY EXAMINATIONS	7
4.	DIRECT RECRUITMENT BY INTERVIEW	13
5.	RECRUITMENT RULES, SERVICE RULES AND MODE OF RECRUITMENT	19
6.	PROMOTIONS AND DEPUTATIONS	21
7.	REPRESENTATION OF SC, ST AND OBC CANDIDATES AND PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED CANDIDATES	25
8.	DISCIPLINARY CASES	29
9.	DELAYS IN IMPLEMENTING ADVICE OF THE COMMISSION	31
10.	NON-ACCEPTANCE OF COMMISSION’S ADVICE BY THE GOVERNMENT	33
11.	MISCELLANEOUS	45
12.	ACKNOWLEDGEMENT	47
13.	APPENDICES	49

LIST OF APPENDICES

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I	PROFILES OF HON’BLE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION	49
II	RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE COMMISSION – A: RELATING TO SUITABILITY OF CANDIDATES/ OFFICIALS	54
III	RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE COMMISSION – B: RELATING TO RECRUITMENT RULES, SERVICE MATTERS	54
IV	RECRUITMENT BY EXAMINATIONS – DETAILS OF RECOMMENDATIONS MADE DURING THE YEAR 2004-05 FOR CIVIL POSTS/ SERVICES	55
V	RECRUITMENT BY EXAMINATIONS – DETAILS OF RECOMMENDATIONS MADE DURING THE YEAR 2004-05 FOR DEFENCE POSTS/ SERVICES	56
VI	EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE COMMISSION IN THE YEAR 2004-05	57
VII	EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE COMMISSION DURING 2003-04 BUT COMPLETED IN THE YEAR 2004-05	58
VIII	DIRECT RECRUITMENT BY INTERVIEW – DETAILS OF POSTS FOR WHICH REQUISITIONS WERE RECEIVED AND RECOMMENDATIONS MADE DURING THE YEAR 2004-05	59
IX	SERVICES COVERED BY EXAMINATIONS HELD DURING THE YEAR 2004-05	60
X	PRESIDENTS OF PERSONALITY TEST BOARDS FOR VARIOUS EXAMINATIONS	62
XI	STATEMENT SHOWING THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES WHO APPEARED IN CIVIL SERVICES (MAIN) EXAMINATION, 2003 AND 2004 WITH LITERATURE OF AN INDIAN LANGUAGE/ FOREIGN LANGUAGE AS AN OPTIONAL SUBJECT	63
XII	COMPARATIVE STATEMENT SHOWING THE MEDIUM OF WRITING OF EXAMINATION (INDIAN LANGUAGES/ ENGLISH) OF CANDIDATES WHO APPEARED IN CIVIL SERVICES (MAIN) EXAMINATIONS, 2003 AND 2004	64
XIII	CIVIL SERVICES (MAIN) EXAMINATION, 2003: QUALIFICATION, OPTIONAL SUBJECT, COMMUNITY, AGE AND GENDER-WISE DISTRIBUTION OF CANDIDATES	70
XIV	CIVIL SERVICES (MAIN) EXAMINATION 2003: LIST OF UNIVERSITIES/ INSTITUTIONS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF RECOMMENDED CANDIDATES FROM THEM AND LIST OF UNIVERSITIES/ INSTITUTIONS BASED ON SUCCESS RATIO OF THEIR CANDIDATES	79
XV	ENGINEERING SERVICES EXAMINATION, 2003: QUALIFICATION, COMMUNITY, DISCIPLINE, AGE AND GENDER-WISE ANALYSIS OF CANDIDATES	84
XVI	ENGINEERING SERVICES EXAMINATION 2003: LIST OF UNIVERSITIES/ INSTITUTIONS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF RECOMMENDED CANDIDATES FROM THEM AND LIST OF UNIVERSITIES/ INSTITUTIONS BASED ON THE SUCCESS RATIO OF THEIR CANDIDATES	90
XVII	STATEMENT SHOWING THE NUMBER OF ENGINEERING, MEDICAL, SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL AND NON-TECHNICAL POSTS FOR WHICH REQUISITIONS WERE RECEIVED DURING THE YEAR 2004-05	93
XVIII	STATEMENT SHOWING THE NUMBER OF ENGINEERING, MEDICAL, SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL AND NON-TECHNICAL POSTS FOR WHICH ADVERTISEMENTS WERE MADE DURING THE YEAR 2004-05	94
XIX	LIST OF POSTS IN WHICH REQUISITIONS WERE CANCELLED/ MODIFIED AFTER ADVERTISEMENT DURING THE YEAR 2004-05	95
XX	STATISTICAL BREAK-UP OF ENGINEERING POSTS FOR WHICH THE COMMISSION CONDUCTED RECRUITMENT DURING THE YEAR 2004-05	96
XXI	STATISTICAL BREAK-UP OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL POSTS FOR WHICH THE COMMISSION CONDUCTED RECRUITMENT DURING THE YEAR 2004-05	97

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XXII	STATISTICAL BREAK-UP OF NON-TECHNICAL POSTS FOR WHICH THE COMMISSION CONDUCTED RECRUITMENT DURING THE YEAR 2004-05	98
XXIII	STATISTICAL BREAK-UP OF MEDICAL POSTS FOR WHICH THE COMMISSION CONDUCTED RECRUITMENT DURING THE YEAR 2004-05	99
XXIV	LIST OF CASES FOR WHICH SUITABLE CANDIDATES COULD NOT BE FOUND DURING THE YEAR 2004-05	100
XXV	BULK RECRUITMENT CASES FINALISED DURING THE YEAR 2004-05	105
XXVI	CADRES WHERE NO SELECT LIST OF 2004 WAS REQUIRED TO BE PREPARED – NIL VACANCY/ NONE ELIGIBLE	106
XXVII	PROMOTIONS TO ALL INDIA SERVICES – MEETINGS HELD DURING THE YEAR 2004-05	107
XXVIII	REVIEW MEETINGS HELD AS A RESULT OF COURT ORDERS	108
XXIX	SELECTION COMMITTEE MEETINGS NOT HELD DURING 2004-05	109
XXX	MINISTRIES/ DEPARTMENTS WHO DID NOT FORWARD HALF-YEARLY RETURNS OF AD-HOC APPOINTMENTS MADE TO GROUP ‘A’ AND GROUP ‘B’ POSTS/ SERVICES DURING THE YEAR 2004-05	111
XXXI	AD-HOC APPOINTMENTS TO GROUP ‘A’ AND ‘B’ POSTS/ SERVICES IN THE MINISTRIES/ DEPARTMENTS WHICH CONTINUED BEYOND A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR DURING THE YEAR 2004-05 AND REPORTED TO THE COMMISSION THROUGH HALF YEARLY RETURNS	113
XXXII	STATEMENT SHOWING MINISTRY/ DEPARTMENT-WISE BREAK-UP OF VACANCIES RESERVED FOR SC/ ST OFFICERS AND THE NUMBER OF SC/ ST OFFICERS RECOMMENDED FOR APPOINTMENT AGAINST RESERVED/ UNRESERVED VACANCIES BY THE DEPARTMENTAL PROMOTION COMMITTEES FOR THE YEAR 2004-05	123
XXXIII	LIST OF POSTS RESERVED FOR SC/ ST/ OBC CANDIDATES FOR WHICH NO SUCH CANDIDATE APPLIED DURING THE YEAR 2004-05	124
XXXIV	SC/ ST/ OBC CANDIDATES RECOMMENDED AGAINST UNRESERVED VACANCIES THROUGH DIRECT RECRUITMENT BY INTERVIEW DURING THE YEAR 2004-05	125
XXXV	DISCIPLINARY CASES DEALT WITH DURING THE YEAR 2004-05	128
XXXVI	MINISTRY-WISE DETAILS OF THE ADVICE TENDERED BY THE COMMISSION IN DISCIPLINARY CASES	129
XXXVII	STATEMENT SHOWING CASES WHERE OFFERS OF APPOINTMENT TO RECOMMENDED CANDIDATES WERE DELAYED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF RECOMMENDATION (POSITION AS ON MARCH 31, 2005)	131
XXXVIII	STATEMENT SHOWING THE NUMBER OF CASES WHERE THE RECRUITMENT RULES WERE NOT NOTIFIED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PERIOD OF DELAY (POSITION AS ON MARCH 31, 2005)	133
XXXIX	POSTS/ SERVICES EXCLUDED FROM THE PURVIEW OF THE COMMISSION SINCE THE ISSUE OF THE UPSC (EXEMPTION FROM CONSULTATION) REGULATIONS ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1958	136
XL	CADRE AND GROUP-WISE STAFF STRENGTH AND DETAILED BREAK-UP OF STAFF STRENGTH OF POSTS OF THE COMMISSION	137
XLI	STATEMENT SHOWING RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COMMISSION DURING THE YEAR 2004-05	141
XLII	LIST OF FORMER CHAIRMEN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION	143

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

Admn.	Administration
AIS	All India Services
AN	Afternoon
APFC	Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner
APR	Applicants to Post Ratio
B.E.	Bachelor of Engineering
B.Sc.(Engg)	Bachelor of Science (Engineering)
B.Tech	Bachelor of Technology
CAT	Central Administrative Tribunal
CCS (CCA)	Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules
CE	Chief Engineer
CPWD	Central Public Works Department
CSSS	Central Secretariat Stenographers Service
CVC	Central Vigilance Commission
D/o	Department of
Deptt.	Department
DOP&T	Department of Personnel & Training
DoT	Department of Telecommunication
DPC	Departmental Promotion Committee
E.S.I.C.	Employees’ State Insurance Corporation
ER	Examination Reforms
FN	Forenoon
GEOL	Geologists’ Examination
GM	General Manager
Govt.	Government
Gr.	Group
IAS	Indian Administrative Service
IES	Indian Economic Service
IFoS	Indian Forest Service
IFS	Indian Foreign Service
IO	Inquiry Officer
IPoS	Indian Postal Service
IPS	Indian Police Service
ISS	Indian Statistical Service
Lakh	A cardinal number = 1,00,000 used as a unit of measurement
M.A.	Master of Arts
M.Com.	Master of Commerce
M.E.	Master of Engineering
M.Sc.(Engg)	Master of Science (Engineering)
M.Tech.	Master of Technology
M/o	Ministry of
Misc.	Miscellaneous
MOS	Member of Service
MR	Ministry Representative
NCT	National Capital Territory
N.F.S	None Found Suitable
No.	Number
NSCS	Non State Civil Service
OBC	Other Backward Classes
OL	Official Language
Recom	Recommended
Rectt.	Recruitment
Retd.	Retired
RPR	Recommendation to Post Ratio
RS & A	Research, Statistics & Analysis
SC	Scheduled Caste
SCRA	Special Class Railway Apprentices
SCS	State Civil Service
SLP	Special Leave Petition
ST	Scheduled Tribe
UD & PA	Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation
UR	Un-reserved
UTs	Union Territories
Vig.	Vigilance
w.e.f.	with effect from
yrs	years

COMPOSITION OF THE COMMISSION

April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005

1.	Shri Mata Prasad	Chairman	Demitted office on 4.1.2005 (AN)
2.	Dr. S.R. Hashim	Chairman	Assumed office w.e.f. 4.1.2005 (AN)
3.	Dr. S.R. Hashim	Member	Upto 4.1.2005 (FN)
4.	Ms. Arundhati Ghose	Member	Demitted office on 2.9.2004
5.	Dr. (Smt.) Prakashwati Sharma	Member	Demitted office on 7.2.2005
6.	Shri Gurbachan Jagat	Member
7.	Shri B.N. Navalawala	Member
8.	Shri Subir Dutta	Member
9.	Prof. D.P. Agrawal	Member
10.	Air Marshal (Retd.) Satish Govind Inamdar	Member
11.	Ms. Parveen Talha	Member	Assumed office on 30.9.2004 (AN)
12.	Dr. Bhure Lal	Member	Assumed office on 14.10.2004 (AN)
13.	Ms. Chokila Iyer	Member	Assumed office on 1.2.2005 (AN)

A brief write-up on the profiles of the Chairman and Members is at Appendix-I.

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