SCHEDULE – II

CHAPTER – I

PROCEDURE FOR HOLDING COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION UNDER THE MANIPUR CIVIL SERVICES COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION RULES, 2005.

The Manipur Public Service Commission will hold combined Competitive Examination for the purpose of filling vacancies in the Services/Posts specified in Schedule-I in consultation with the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Personnel Division), Government of Manipur. The concerned Administrative Department will indicate the vacancies available and those likely to be available in the current year under direct recruitment quota to the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Personnel Division), Government of Manipur by the 1^st of January every year.

The Examination will be conducted by the Manipur Public Service Commission in the manner and with the Syllabus/Syllabi as prescribed in Section-I, Section-II and Section-III.

The dates on which and the place at which the Preliminary Examination and the Main Examination will be held, shall be fixed/notified by the Commission.

A candidate shall be required to indicate in the Application Form for the Main Examination, his/her order of preference for various Services/Posts for which he/she would like to be considered for appointment in case he/she is recommended for appointment by the Manipur Public Service Commission.

Note: The candidates should be very careful while indicating preference for various Services/Posts. Attention is also invited to para-16 of this Schedule. In case no preference is given for any Service/Post, he/she will be allotted to any of the remaining Services/Posts in which there are vacancies after allocation of all the candidates who can be allotted to a Service/Post in accordance with their preference.

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 Caste, Scheduled Tribes and other backward classes in respect of the vacancies as may be fixed by the Government, keeping in view the rules/instructions on reservation of the Government.

No candidate who is otherwise eligible will be permitted more than 4(four) attempts at the Examination provided that this restriction on number of attempts will not apply in the case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes who are otherwise eligible.

Provided further that the number of attempts permissible to candidates belonging to other Backward Classes, who are otherwise eligible, shall be seven.

Note:  An attempt at any Preliminary Examination, notwithstanding the disqualification/cancellation of candidature (if applicable), will count as an attempt at the Examination.

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS:

(i)   A candidate must be a citizen of India .

(ii) A candidate shall not be less than 21 years and more than 30 years on the 1^st of July of the year in which the Examination is advertised by the Commission with upper age relaxable by 5 years in the case of the candidates belonging to ST & SC and 3 years in the case of candidates belonging to O.B.C.

Note : The upper age limit may be relaxed at the discretion of the Government.

            The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in Matriculation/High School Leaving Certificate 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 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 only at the time of applying for Combined Competitive (Main Examination).

            No other document relating to age like horoscopes, affidavits, birth extracts from Municipal Corporation, Service records and the like, will be accepted.

(iii) A candidate must hold a degree of any of the Universities 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 a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or possess an equivalent qualification.

Note:1   Candidates, who have appeared at an examination the passing of which would  render them educationally qualified for the examination but have not been informed of the result as also the candidates who intend to appear at such a qualifying examination will also be eligible for admission to the Preliminary Examination.

All candidates, who are declared qualified by the Commission for taking Combined Competitive Examination will be required to produce proof of passing the requisite examination along with their application for the Main Examination failing which candidates will not be admitted to the Main Examination.

Note:2  Candidates possessing professional and technical qualifications which are recognized by the Government as equivalent to professional and technical degree would also be eligible for admission to the Examination.

Note:3   Candidates who have passed the final professional MBBS or any other Medical Examination but have not completed their Internship by the time of submission of their application for Combined Competitive Examination (Main) Examination, will be provisionally admitted to the Examination provided they submit along with their application a copy of certificate from the concerned authority of the University/Institution that they had passed the requisite final professional medical examination. In such cases, the candidates will be required to produce at the time of their interview, original degree or a certificate from the concerned competent authority for the University/Institution that they had completed all requirements (including completion of Internship) for award of the Degree.

7.         A candidate who has been appointed to the Manipur Civil Services Grade –II on the results of an earlier examination before the commencement of the Examination/after the Preliminary Examination/before the Main Examination/after the commencement of Main Examination but before the result thereof, and continues to be member of the service, will  not be eligible to compete at the Preliminary examination/not be eligible to appear at the Main Examination/not be considered for appointment on the basis of new examination, as the case may be.

8.         Candidates must pay the fees as notified by the Commission.

9.         All candidates in Government service whether in a permanent or in a temporary capacity or in work-charged establishment, other than casual or daily rated employees or those serving under Public Enterprises/Bank and other such bodies will be required to state in the appropriate space of the application that they have informed in writing their employer/controlling authority that they have applied for the Examination. Candidates should note that in case a communication is received from their employer/Controlling authority by the Commission withholding permission to the candidates applying for appearing at the Examination, their applications will be rejected/candidature will be liable to be cancelled.

10.              No candidate will be admitted to the Preliminary/Main Examination unless he/she holds a certificate of admission from the Commission for that purpose.

11.              The decision of the Commission as to the eligibility or otherwise of a candidate for admission to the Examination shall be final. If on verification at any time before or after the Preliminary Examination, Main Examination and Interview, it is found that a candidate does not fulfill any of the eligibility conditions, his/her candidature for the Examination will be cancelled by the Commission.

12.       A candidate who is, or has been, declared by the Commission to be guilty of :-

(i)           Obtaining support for his candidature by the following means, namely :-

(a) offering illegal gratification to, or

(b) applying pressure on, or

(c) blackmailing, or threatening to blackmail any person connected with the  conduct of the examination, 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 statement which are incorrect or false or suppressing information, or

(vi)       resorting to the following means in connection with his/her candidature for the examination, namely :-

(a)   obtaining copy of question paper through improper means,

(b)   finding out the particulars of the persons connected with secret work relating to the examination.

(c)   Influencing examiners, or

(vii)     using unfair means during the examination, or

(viii)   writing obscene matter during or drawing obscene sketches in the scripts, or

(ix)       misbehaving in the examination hall including tearing of the scripts, provoking  fellow examinees to boycot examination, creating a disorderly scene and the like, or

(x)         harassing or doing bodily harm to the staff employed by the Commission for the conduct of their examination, or

(xi)       violating any of the instructions issued to candidates along with their admission certificates permitting them to take the Examination, or

(xii)     attempting to commit or as the case may be, abetting commission of all or any of the acts specified in the foregoing clauses

may, in addition to rendering himself 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 whether permanently or for a specific 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 rule 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.

13.             Candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the Preliminary Examination as may be fixed by the Commission at their discretion shall be admitted to the Main Examination; and candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the Main (Written) Examination as may be fixed by the Commission at their discretion shall be summoned by them for an interview for personality test.

Provided that the candidates belonging to SC/ST may be summoned for interview/personality test as stated above by the Commission by applying relaxed standard in the Preliminary as well as in the Main Examination(Written) if it is found by the Commission that sufficient number of candidates from these communities are not likely to be summoned for interview on the basis of general standard to fill up the vacancies reserved for them.

Provided further that the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes who have been recommended by the Commission without resorting to any relaxations/concessions in the eligibility or selection criteria, at any stage of the examination, shall not be adjusted against the vacancies reserved for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.

Provided also that the  candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes who appeared in the examination by resorting to any relaxations/concessions in the eligibility or selection criteria, at any stage of the examination, shall be adjusted against the vacancies reserved for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes even if such candidates are in the merit list.

14.       After the interview, the candidates will be arranged by the Commission in order of merit as disclosed by the aggregate marks finally awarded to each candidate in the Main Examination (Written Examination and Interview put together) and in that order as many candidates as are found to be qualified by the Commission at the Examination shall be recommended for appointment by the Commission keeping in view the number of vacancies.

Provided that the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes may be recommended by the Commission by a relaxed standard, subject to the fitness of these candidates for selection to the services/posts.

Provided further that the Commission may prepare a waiting list of candidates, not exceeding 10% of the notified vacancies. Such waiting list will be considered only when the selected candidates do not accept the offer for appointment or otherwise. No candidate in the waiting list shall be appointed to any post/vacancy outside the notified vacancies.

15.       The form and manner of communication of the results 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 results.

16.       On receipt of the merit list as mentioned at para 14 above, the Government will make allocation to the services/posts. Due consideration will be made at the time of making allocation on the results of the Examination to the preferences indicated by a candidate for various services/posts at the time of his/her application. The appointment to various services/posts will be governed by the rules & regulations in force as applicable to the respective services/posts at the time of recruitment.

Provided that a candidate who has accepted the allocation to a service/post on the basis of an earlier examination shall be eligible, on the basis of current examination, to be allocated only to those service(s)/Post(s) which is higher in order of preference indicated in his/her application form for the examination on the basis of which he/she had been allocated to a service/post.

17.       Success in the examination confers no right to an 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/post.

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 services/posts. The Medical Examination and the certificate thereof shall be as prescribed in Appendix-I of these Rules.

19.       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 services/posts.

Provided that the State Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal laws applicable to such person and other party to the marriage and that there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.

 (S. Sunderlal Singh)

Special Secretary,

Department of Personnel,
Government of Manipur.