- #1: UPSC age/attempt relaxation: DoPT elaborates further:
- Unofficial notes about age/attempt limit
- Q. what about IFoS exam?
- Q. What about JK residents and Ex-Servicemen?
- Q. Do Central service employees get additional age/attempt relaxation?
- Q. What counts as attempt?
- Q. When is the age counted? 1st August or 1st January?
- Q: is this age/attempt limit also valid for 2015, 2016, 2017? or is it only for 2015?
- Q. Creamy LAYER OBC = General = 6 attempts & 32 years
- Q: Changing category in between exams = permitted
- Q. Jat reservation in UPSC exam
- Non-cream layer jat outside those 9 states= General
- #2: Indian Engineering Service
- #3: NDA/NA Exam-I 2013 cutoffs
#1: UPSC age/attempt relaxation: DoPT elaborates further:
Feb 2014: Government approved two extra attempt for all categories in IAS/IPS exam (click me). But that notification was creating some confusion.
March 2014: now Department of Personnel and training (DoPT) issued a separate circular to elaborate the matter further. click me for the circular
Moral of that story circular is following:
General category
before | AFTER | |
attempt limit | 4 | 4+2 = 6 years |
age limit | 30 years | 30+2=32 years |
OBC category
before | AFTER | |
attempt limit | 7 | 7+2=9 |
age limit | 33 | 33+2=35 years |
SC/ST category
before | AFTER | |
attempt limit | unlimited | unlimited |
age limit | 35 | 35+2=37 years |
PH category
PH candidate from | before | AFTER | |
PH from General/OBC category | attempt limit | 7 | 7+2=9 |
age limit | 40 |
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PH from SC/ST category | attempt limit | unlimited | unlimited |
age limit | 40 | SC/ST PH: 35+12=47 years |
Unofficial notes about age/attempt limit
These are not given in the official circular, but frequently asked by readers. So Iām replying these based on the previous trend/system/rules of UPSC.
Q. what about IFoS exam?
Q. does this relaxed age/attempt limit also applicable in Indian forest services (IFoS) exam?
Ans. No. This relaxation only applies to Civil service exam (IAS/IPS).
Forest service (IFoS) is a separate exam- its age/attempt limit is counted separately. Only the preliminary exam of IAS and IFoS are common. Therefore, we should continue assuming that IFoS age/attempt=old system remains. (unless UPSC notification changes it on 17th May 2014.)
Q. What about JK residents and Ex-Servicemen?
Ans. Since the circular is silent about them. We can assume the old system continues for them. However, every JK and Ex-serviceman can also be classified under Gen/OBC/SC-ST/PH. and therefore benefits / gets hurts accordingly (depends on how UPSC interprets it!). For example:
Before | after | |
J&K resident (SC/ST) | 30+10=40 |
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I believe in view point #1. Letās wait for the notification on 17th May.
Q. Do Central service employees get additional age/attempt relaxation?
Ans.
- No, for the IAS/IPS (Civil service exam).
- Yes, for CAPF (Assistant commandant exam)
Q. What counts as attempt?
- Appearing in the preliminary exam, count as attempt.
- Meaning, in past, if you had filled up the UPSC application form, but you remained ABSENT in the preliminary exam=> then it doesnāt count as attempt.
- If you wrote the preliminary exam, it counts as attempt. ā Irrespective of whether you passed or failed.
Q. When is the age counted? 1st August or 1st January?
- Traditionally, UPSC civil service exam counted the age on 1st august of the given year.
- In Indian Engineering service exam, they count age on 1st January. But UPSC still silent on whether theyāll follow the same model for IAS/IPS exam or not? RTIs donāt reveal anything.
- So until any change is officially notified (on 17th May 2014), we should assume that for IAS/IPS (Civil service exam) exam, the Age limit is counted on 1st August.
- Meaning, as a general category candidate if you want to appear in 2014ās exam, YOU must not have crossed the 32 years on 1st August 2014.
Q: is this age/attempt limit also valid for 2015, 2016, 2017? or is it only for 2015?
Ans. I donāt know. And RTI is unlikely to reveal anything. Most likely the DoPT and UPSC will reply that āCPIO cannot predict the future course of action.ā
Anyways, official notification of UPSC, will come on 17th May 2015. Hopefully that should throw some light. [This scenario is similar to optional subjects- no one knows when itāll be removed from the mains exam, we can only come up with conspiracy theories.]
Q. Creamy LAYER OBC = General = 6 attempts & 32 years
- From above table, you can see OBC gets 9 attempts and 35 years.
- But that applies only to non-creamy layer OBC.
- It doesnāt apply to creamy layer OBC.
- for age/attempt limit: the creamy layer OBC is treated as General category candidate (meaning 6 attempt, 32 years).
In other words,
OBC type | age limit | attempt limit |
non-creamy layer | 35 | 9 |
creamy layer | 32 | 6 |
How/why? Well observe the following screenshot of 2013ās application form. The UPSC form is designed in such way that creamy layer has to tick āGeneralā category.
I repeat again, to claim OBC reservation benefit in UPSC, you need TWO certificates:
- OBC caste certificate
- Non-creamy layer certificate.
- Non creamy layer status depends on your parentsā income and property.
- It doesnāt depend on your income/property
- It doesnāt depend on your husband/wifeās income/property.
- If your mom/dad is government employee then INCOME criteria doesnāt apply. (e.g. if dad is class3 employee, then it doesnāt matter whether he gets 6 lakhs or 7 lakhs. Youāre still non-cream layer. For more, read this PDF file click me)
Q: Changing category in between exams = permitted
Q. I had applied as general category in xyz yearās exam. But for 2014, I want to apply as OBC/SC/ST candidate. Is this permissible?
Ans. Yes. As long as youāve the necessary documents. example, candidate gives 2012ās exam as gen and 2013ās as OBC.
Q. Jat reservation in UPSC exam
Q. This week (March 2014), cabinet cleared the file. So itāll take some weeks before gazette notification is released. Only after that, local tehsildar/SDM/collector office will start issuing certificates. Can I claim reservation in in UPSC?
Ans. Youāve to keep two things in mind:
#1: closing date in normal circumstances:
- In UPSC exams, The closing date fixed for the receipt of the application is be treated as theĀ date forĀ determining theĀ OBCĀ status (including that of creamy layer) of the candidate.
- For 2014: UPSC prelim application starts from 17 May 2014 and ends at 16 June 2014.
- So, 16/06/2014 is the closing date.
#2: closing date in extra-ordinary circumstances:
(quoting UPSC notification from 2013): There may be a few cases where there was a little gap (say 2-3 months) between the issuance of a Government Notification enlisting a particular community in the list of any of the reserved communities and the date of submission of the application by the candidate. In such cases the request of change of community from general to reserved may be considered by the Commission on merit. In case of a candidate unfortunately becoming physically disabled during the course of the examination, the candidate should produce valid documents to enable the Commission to take a decision in the matter on merit.
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Non-cream layer jat outside those 9 states= General
OBC list is always āState-wiseā. Cabinet has cleared OBC status only for the jats of nine states viz.Ā Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.
Meaning only the (non-creamy layer) Jats of those states will get OBC age/attempt benefit.
Consider this hypothetical situation:
A Jat candidate, who originally belongs to Madhya Pradesh but currently living in Delhi for last few months, to study in a coaching class. = No, he doesnāt get OBC reservation UNLESS he can prove that he is a domicile of Delhi. Meaning, he needs to show birth certificate, proof-of-resident/ration card/lightbill/phone bill etc.
If I recall correctly, Delhi sarkaar wants domicile proof that you/your parents are living in Delhi since 1993, only then you can get OBC certificate.
Moral of the story: you must have two certificates.
- OBC certificate (depends on state.)
- non-creamy layer certificate (depends on your parentsā income/property. BUT for government servent parents- it doesnāt depend on income but rank.)
Moving to the next topics:
#2 and #3 are based on RTI reply filed by Mr.Prashant Kumar.
#2: Indian Engineering Service
Q1. Can an engineer from Computer Science/Information technology eligible to sit in the exam? if yes, then under which subject (out of the four available) they may apply?
Q2. if a computer science candidate gets selected in another subject (Electrical, etc) is there any preference given to the Electrical candidate or all must be considered equal?
UPSC replies for Q1 and Q2:
The rules of ESE-2014 are yet to be finalized. However as per the rules of 2013, degree in engineering in any steam is essential educational qualification for appearing in the engineering service examination. A candidate may apply for the admission to the examination in respect of any one of the four categories of the services/posts viz. civil engineering or mechanical engineering or electronic engineering or electronics and telecommunication engineering.
Q3. Is there any provision or discussion over inclusion of Computer Science/ IT as one of the subjects in Engineering Service Exam in the coming years?
UPSC replies:
Query is hypothetical in nature and hence does not qualify as information as defined under section 2/F of the RTI act, 2005
Q4. What is the total time from Pre-Exam to Joining for a candidate in Engineering Service?
UPSC replies:
there is no such specific timeframe between the conduct of exam and joining of the candidate. It varies from year to year
Q5. How many Computer Science/IT students have applied and got selected in Engineering Service Exam 2011 and 2012?
UPSC replies:
The information regarding the qualification of candidates is neither compiled nor maintained in the manner asked for in the application. As such the information cannot be provided.
#3: NDA/NA Exam-I 2013 cutoffs
Q1. Please provide the cutoff marks for all categories in the NDA 2013 exam?
NDA stage | marks secured by last candidate |
written stage | 333/900 |
final stage | 698/1800 |
Q2. Is the NDA cutoff paper-wise or overall?
UPSC replies: There is no separate paper wise cutoff in this exam.
Ref: scanned copy of UPSC RTI reply to Mr.Prashant Kumar.
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