Engineering Services Examination 2010

Kochi, Jan 30, 2010: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has invited applications for Engineering Services Examination 2010. The examination commencing on 26th June, 2010 is meant for recruitment to the Services/posts in Engineering services and will be held at AGARTALA, AHMEDABAD, AIZWAL, ALIGARH, ALLAHABAD, BANGALORE, BAREILLY, BHOPAL, CHANDIGARH, CHENNAI, CUTTACK, DEHRADUN, DELHI, DHARWAR, GUWAHATI, GANGTOK, HYDERABAD, IMPHAL, ITANAGAR, JAIPUR, JAMMU, JORHAT, KOCHI , KOHIMA, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MADURAI, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PANAJI, PATNA, PORT BLAIR, RAIPUR, RANCHI, SAMBALPUR, SHILLONG, SHIMLA, SRINAGAR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, TIRUPATI, UDAIPUR and VISHAKHAPATNAM .

Recruitment on the basis of results of this examination will be made to the Services/posts under the following categories:  Category I - Civil Engg, Category II - Mechanical Engg, Category III - Electrical Engg and Category IV - Electronics & Telecommunication Engg.

The number of vacancies to be filled on the results of the examination is expected to be approximately 434 including 10 PH vacancies. Reservations will be made for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Physically Disabled Categories in respect of vacancies as may be fixed by the Government of India.

CATEGORY  I   -   CIVIL ENGINEERING

Group A Services/Posts

(i) Indian Railway Service of Engineers., (ii) Indian Railway Stores Service (Civil Engg Posts). (iii) Central Engg Service. (iv) Indian Defense Service of Engineers (Civil Engg Posts). (v) Indian Ordinance Factories Services (Engg Branch) (Civil Engg Posts) (vi)  Central Water Engg (Gr. 'A') Service (Civil Engg Posts). (vii) Central Engg Service (Roads) Group-A (Civil Engg Posts). (viii) Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil) in P&T Building Works (Gr'A') Service

CATEGORY II - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Group A Services/Posts

(i) Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (ii) Indian Railway Stores Service (Mechanical Engg Posts) (iii) Central Water Engg (Gr. 'A') Service (Mechanical Engg Posts) (iv) Central Power Engg Service (Mechanical Engg Posts) (v)  Indian Ordinance Factories Service (vi) Indian Naval Armament Service (Mechanical Engg Posts) (vii) Asst Exe. Engineer  Group 'A' (Mech. Engg Posts) in the Corps of EME (viii) Asst Naval Store Officer Grade I (Mech.Engg Posts) in Indian Navy (ix) Central Electrical & Mechanical Engg Service (Mechanical Engg Posts) (x)  Asst Exe Engineer (Group A) in the Geological Survey of India (xi) Indian Inspection Service, Gr.'A' (Mechanical Engg Posts) (xii)  Indian Supply Service, Gr.'A' (Mechanical Engg Posts) (xiii) Indian Defense Service of Engineers (Mechanical Engg Posts) (xiv)  Central Engineering Service (Roads), Gr.'A' (Mech. Engg Posts)

CATEGORY III - ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Group A Services/Posts

(i) Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (ii) Indian Railway Stores Service (Electrical Engg Posts) (iii) Central Electrical & Mechanical Engg Service (Electrical Engg Posts) (iv) Indian Naval Armament Service (Electrical Engg Posts) (v) Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Engg Branch) (Electrical Engg. Posts) (vi) Central Power Engg Service (Electrical Engg Posts) (vii) Indian Defence Service of Engineers (Electrical Engg Posts)(viii)  Asst Exe. Engineer Group A (Electrical Engg Posts) in the Corps of E.M.E. (ix)  Asst Naval Store officer Grade I (Electrical Engg Posts) in Indian Navy (x) Indian Supply Service, Gr.'A' (Electrical Engg Posts).

CATEGORY IV - ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

Group A Services/Posts

(i) Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (ii) Indian Railway Stores Service (Tele-communication/Electronics Engg Posts) (iii) Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Engg Branch) (Electronics Engg Posts) (iv) Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics Engg Posts) (v) Central Power Engg Services (Electronics & Telecommunication Engg Posts) (vi) Asst Exe. Engineer Group ‘A’ (Electronics & Tele. Engg Posts) in E.M.E. (vii) Engineer (GCS-Gr."A")  in Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing/Monitoring  Organisation; M/o Communication and Information Technology (D/o Telecommunication) (viii)  Asst Naval Stores officer Grade I (Electronics & Tele Engg Posts) in Navy (ix) Indian Inspection Service, Gr.'A' (Electronics & Telecom Engg Posts) (x) Indian Supply Service, Gr.'A' (Electronics & Telecom Engg Posts). (xi) Indian Telecommunication Service, Group 'A'

Eligibility

(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 Indian 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 by the Government of India.

Age Limits

(a) A candidate for this examination must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on the 1st August, 2010 i.e. he must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1980 and not later than 1st August, 1989.

(b) The upper age-limit of 30 years will be relaxable upto 35 years in the case of Government servants of the following categories, if they are employed in a Department/Office under the control of any of the authorities mentioned in column 1 below and apply for admission to the examination for all or any of the Service(s)/Posts mentioned in column 2, for which they are otherwise eligible.

(i) A candidate who holds substantively a permanent post in the particular Department/Office concerned. This relaxation will not be admissible to a probationer appointed against a permanent post in the Department/Office during the period of his probation.

(ii) A candidate who has been continuously in a temporary service on a regular basis in the particular Department/Office for at least 3 years on the 1st August, 2010.

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 and that 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 along with the detailed applications which will be required to be submitted by the candidates who qualify on 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/Secondary Examination Certificate in this part of the instruction includes the alternative certificates mentioned above.

* 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.

* 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.

* CANDIDATES SHOULD EXERCISE DUE CARE WHILE ENTERING THEIR DATE OF BIRTH IN COLUMN 8 OF THE 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.

Minimum Educational Qualification

For admission to the examination, a candidate must have:

(a) obtained a degree in Engineering from a University 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 Universities under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956; or

(b) passed Section A and B of the Institution Examinations of the Institution of Engineers (India); or

(c) obtained a degree/diploma in Engineering from such foreign University/College/ institution  and under such conditions as may be recognised by the Government for the purpose from time to time, or

(d) passed Graduate Membership Examination of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (India); or

(e) passed Associate Membership Examination Parts II and III/Sections A and B of the Aeronautical Society of India; or

(f) passed Graduate Membership Examination of the Institution of Electronics and Radio Engineers, London held after November, 1959.

Provided that a candidate for the post of Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics Engineering Posts and Engineer Group 'A' in Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing/Monitoring Organisation) may possess any of the above qualifications or the qualification mentioned below namely:-

M.Sc. degree or its equivalent with Wireless Communication, Electronics, Radio Physics or Radio Engineering as a special subject.

* A candidate who has appeared at an examination the passing of which would render him 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 alongwith the detailed applications which will be required to be submitted by the candidates who qualify on the result of written part of the examination.

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

* A candidate who is otherwise qualified 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.

Physical standards

Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to Engineering Services Examination 2010 as per guidelines given in Appendix-II of the rules for the Engineering Services Examination 2010 published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary  dated 30th January, 2010.

FEE

A candidate seeking admission to Examination must pay to the Commission a fee of Rs. 100.00 (Rupees One hundred only) through a single Central Recruitment Fee stamp of the requisite denomination. Central Recruitment Fee Stamp (NOT postage stamps) must be obtained from the post office and affixed on the application form in the space provided therein. The stamp may be got cancelled from the issuing Post Office with the date stamp of the post office in such a manner that the impression of the cancellation mark partially overflows on the application form itself but within the space provided on the form. The impression of the cancellation mark should be clear and distinct to facilitate the identification of date and the Post Office of issue.

Candidates residing abroad should deposit the prescribed fee in the office of India’s High Commissioner, Ambassador or representative abroad as the case may be for credit to account head "051-Public Service Commission-Examination Fees" and attach the receipt with the application.

HOW TO APPLY

(a) The Commission proposes to make available online application submission for Engineering Services Examination 2010 from 6th February to 22nd February 2010 for which a separate notice is to be issued.

(b) The UPSC have developed an application form common for all their examinations which will be processed on computerised machines. This application form along with an Information Brochure containing general instructions for filling up the form, an acknowledgement card and an envelope for sending the application is obtainable from the designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices throughout the country as listed in Appendix-III of Notice against cash payment of Rs. 20/- (Rupees twenty only).

Form should be purchased from the designated Post Offices only and not from any other agency. This form can be used only once and for only one examination. Candidates who wish to apply offline must use the form supplied with the Information Brochure only and they should in no case use photocopy/reproduction/unauthorisedly printed copy of the Form.

The candidate should also fill up in the relevant places of the Acknowledgement Card, their Application Form Number (8-digit) and the name of the Examination. The applicants are required to affix the postage stamp of Rs. 6/- on the Acknowledgement Cards and send the same alongwith application form to UPSC.  If an applicant fails to affix the postage stamp of requisite amount his acknowledgement card will not be despatched and Commission will not be responsible for non-receipt of acknowledgement card by the applicant. The duly filled in application form and the acknowledgement card should then be mailed in the special envelope supplied with the Information Brochure. The candidate should also write the name of Examination viz. "Engineering Services Examination, 2010" on the envelope before despatching it to "Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, New Delhi-110069".

APPLICATION FORM 

The Commission proposes to make available online application submission for Engineering Services Examination 2010 from 6th February to 22nd February 2010 for which a separate notice is to be issued.

Candidates who wish to apply offline must apply in the common application form devised by the Commission for its examinations, which can be purchased from the designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices throughout the country against cash payment of Rs. 20/- (Rupees Twenty Only). Each such Form can be used only once and only for one examination.

In case of any difficulty in Application Forms from the designated HPOs/POs, the candidates should immediately contact the concerned Post Master or UPSC's "FORMS SUPPLY MONITORING CELL" over Telephone No. 011-23389366/FAX No. 011-23387310.  Candidates are advised to read carefully the "Instructions for filling up the Application form" given in Appendix .

ALL FEMALES CANDIDATES AND CANDIDATES BELONGING TO SC/ST/PH CATEGORIES ARE EXEMPTED FROM PAYMENT OF FEE. NO FEE EXEMPTION IS, HOWEVER, AVAILABLE TO OBC CANDIDATES AND THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PAY THE PRESCRIBED FEE IN FULL.

CANDIDATES SHOULD NOTE THAT THE FEE SENT THROUGH BANK DRAFT, INDIAN POSTAL ORDERS, MONEY ORDER, CROSSED CHEQUE, CURRENCY NOTES OR TREASURY CHALLAN ETC. WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY THE COMMISSION AND SUCH APPLICATIONS WILL BE TREATED AS WITHOUT FEE AND WILL BE SUMMARILY REJECTED.

CANDIDATES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ALONG WITH THEIR APPLICATIONS ANY CERTIFICATES IN SUPPORT OF THEIR CLAIMS REGARDING AGE, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, SCHEDULED CASTES/SCHEDULED TRIBES/OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED etc.

Candidates are requested to keep ready the attested copies of the following documents for submission to the Commission soon after the declaration of the results of the written Examination which is likely to be declared in the month of December, 2010.

1. Certificate of Age., 2. Certificate of Educational Qualification., 3. Certificate in support of claim to belong to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Classes, where applicable., 4. Certificate in support of claim for age/fee concession, where applicable.

LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF OFFLINE APPLICATIONS

The completed offline application form must reach the Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, New Delhi-110069 on or before 2nd March, 2010. In respect of offline 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 Lashadweep or aboard, the last date of receipt of applications is 9th March, 2010. 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 can also deliver their applications personally at the Commission’s counter against proper acknowledgement. The Commission will not be responsible for the applications delivered to any other functionary of the Commission.

Applications received through Couriers or Courier Services of any type shall be treated as having been received "By hand" at the Commission’s Counter.

Every candidate for this examination will be informed at the earliest possible date about the status of his application. Admission certificates, indicating the Roll Nos. 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 one month 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. 011-23381125/23385271/23098543. In case no communication is received in the Commission’s office from the candidate regarding non-receipt of his admission certificate at least 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.

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 examination and return the other(s) to the Commission’s Office.

All offline applications must reach the "Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi - 110069" either by hand or by Post/Speed Post or by Courier, on or before the 2nd March, 2010. However, in respect of candidates residing abroad or in certain remote localities specified in Para 6 of this Notice the last date for receipt of applications by Post/Speed Post only (not by Hand or by Courier) is 9th March, 2010.

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