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CENTRAL POLICE FORCES (ASSISTANT COMMANDANTS) EXAMINATION, 2011
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No.11/3/2010-E1(B) : The Union Public
Service Commission will hold a Written
Examination on 09th October, 2011 for
recruitment of Assistant Commandants
(Group A) in the Central Police Forces
(CPF) viz. Border Security Force (BSF),
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF),
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF),
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). The
Examination will be held in accordance
with the Rules for the Examination
published by Ministry of Home Affairs
in the Gazette of India dated 18th June,
2011. The date of holding the
examination as mentioned above is
liable to be changed at the discretion of
the Commission.
The tentative number of vacancies to
be filled on the results of the
examination is as follows :
(i) BSF 111
(ii) CRPF 213
(iii) CISF 015
(iv) ITBP 036
(v) SSB 122
Total 497
The number of vacancies mentioned
above is liable to alteration.
Reservation will be made for candidates
belonging to Scheduled Castes,
Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward
Classes in respect of vacancies as may
be fixed by the Government.
2. CENTRES OF
EXAMINATION :
The Examination will be held at the
following Centres :
AGARTALA GANGTOK PANAJI (GOA)
AHMEDABAD HYDERABAD PATNA
AIZAWAL IMPHAL PORT BLAIR
ALLAHABAD ITANAGAR RAIPUR
BANGALORE JAIPUR RANCHI
BAREILLY JAMMU SAMBALPUR
BHOPAL JORHAT SHILLONG
CHANDIGARH KOCHI SHIMLA
CHENNAI KOHIMA SRINAGAR
CUTTACK KOLKATA THIRUVANANDEHRADUN
LUCKNOW THAPURAM
DELHI MADURAI TIRUPATI
DHARWAD MUMBAI UDAIPUR
DISPUR NAGPUR VISHAKHAPATNAM
The Centres as mentioned above are
liable to be changed at the discretion of
the Commission. While every effort will
be made to allot the candidates to the
Centre of their choice for the
Examination, the Commission may, at
their discretion allot a different Centre
to a candidate, when circumstances so
warrant. Candidates admitted to the
Examination will be informed of the
timetable and place or places of
Examination.
The candidates should note that no
request for change of Centre would
normally be granted. However, when a
candidate desires a change in Centre
from the one he/she had indicated in
his/her Application Form for the
Examination, he/she must send a letter
addressed to the Controller of
Examination, Union Public Service
Commission, giving full justification as
to why he/she desires a change in
centre. Such requests will be
considered on merits but requests
received in the Commission’s Office
after 17th August, 2011 will not be
entertained under any circumstances
nor will such communications be replied
to.
3. ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS :
(I) Nationality : No person who is not a
citizen of India shall, except with the
consent of the Central Government
signified in writing be appointed or
employed under these Rules.
Provided that nothing contained in these
rules shall debar the appointment,
enrolment or employment of a subject
of Nepal or Bhutan under these rules.
(II) Sex : Both Male and Female
candidates are eligible for appointment
to the post of Assistant Commandants
in CRPF, CISF and SSB. However, for
appointment to the post of Assistant
Commandants in BSF and ITBP only
Male candidates are eligible.
Explanation – A female, candidate,
even if her name is there in the list of
successful candidates as declared by
UPSC, may not be appointed if she does
not get allocated to CRPF, CISF or SSB
on the basis of merit and choice
indicated by successful candidates.
(III) Age Limits :
(a) A candidate must have attained the
age of 20 years and must not have
attained the age of 25 years on 1st
August, 2011, i.e. he/she must have
been born not earlier than 2nd August,
1986 and not later than 1st August,
1991.
(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 for
Civilian Central Government Servants
in accordance with the existing
instructions of the Central Government.
Ex-Servicemen will also be eligible for
this relaxation. However the total
relaxation claimed on account of
Government Service will be limited to
five years.
(iv) upto a maximum of five years if a
candidate had ordinarily been domiciled
in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during
the period from 1st January, 1980 to
the 31st day of December, 1989.
Note I : Candidates belonging to the
Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled
Tribes and the Other Backward Classes
who are also covered under any other
clause of Para 3(III)(b) above, viz. those
coming under the category of Civilian
Central Government Servants/ Ex-
Servicemen and persons domiciled in
the State of Jammu & Kashmir, will be
eligible for grant of cumulative agerelaxation
under both the categories.
Note II : 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 III : The term “Civilian Central
Government Servants” in Para 3
(III)(b)(iii) above will apply to persons
who are defined as “Government
Servants” in the Central Civil Services
(Classification, Control and Appeal)
Rules, 1965 as amended from time to
time.
UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
IMPORTANT
1. CANDIDATES TO ENSURE THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EXAMINATION:
The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all eligibility
conditions for admission to the Examination. Their admission at all the stages of the
examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility
conditions.
Mere issue of admission certificate to the candidates will not imply that his/her
candidature has been finally cleared by the commission.
Commission take up verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original
documents only after the candidate has qualified for Interview/Personality Test.
2. How to apply:
(a) Candidates are required to apply online only by using the website http://
www.upsconline.nic.in Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are
available on the abovementioned website. However candidates residing in certain
remote areas specified in Para 6 of this Notice, may also apply through offline
mode, by using the New Common Application Form (Form-E) being used for
examinations conducted by the Commission. This form can be purchased from the
designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices (specified in Appendix III of the Notice)
throughout the country against cash payment of Rs. 30/- (Rupees Thirty only). Each
such Form can be used only once and only for one examination.
In case of any difficulty in obtaining 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. 23387310. It may be noted that all offline applications, if any, received from
candidates residing in normal areas/abroad, shall be summarily rejected by the
Commission. The option of offline application is available only to candidates
residing in specified remote areas.
(b) Candidates are advised to read carefully the instructions for filling up the Online
Application Form given in Appendix-II (A) and instructions for Offline Applications
given in Appendix II (B) of this notice.
3. LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS :
(a) Online (From all candidates)
The online Applications can be filled upto 18th July 2011 till 11.59 PM after which
the link will be disabled.
(b) Offline (From candidates residing in specified remote areas only)
All Offline Applications from candidates residing in Remote Areas only specified in
para 6 of this Notice must reach the “Controller of Examinations, Union Public
Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110069” by
Post/Speed Post only by 25th July 2011. Candidates should note that no application
will be received by Hand or by Courier.
4. PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS: (In Objective Type Question Paper):
Candidates should note that there will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong
answers marked by a candidate in the Objective Type Question Paper.
5. FACILITATION COUNTER FOR GUIDANCE OF CANDIDATES :
In case of any guidance/information/clarification regarding their applications,
candidature etc. candidates can contact UPSC’s Facilitation Counter near Gate ‘C’
of its campus in person or over Telephone No. 011-23385271 /011-23381125 /011-
23098543 on working days between 10.00 hrs. and 17.00 hrs.
6. Mobile Phones Banned:
(a) Mobile phones, pagers or any other communication devices are not allowed
inside the premises where the examination is being conducted. Any infringement
of these instructions shall entail disciplinary action including ban from future
examinations.
(b) Candidates are advised in their own interest not to bring any of the banned
items including mobile phones/pagers to the venue of the examination, as
arrangement for safe-keeping can not be assured.
7. Candidates are advised not to bring any valuables/costly items to the
Examination Halls, as safe-keeping of the same cannot be assured. Commission
will not be responsible for any loss in this regard.
Candidates are required to apply only through Online mode (except candidates
residing in remote areas specified in para 6 of this Notice who have the option of
applying through offline or online mode.
“Government strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply”
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passed an examination conducted by
the other Institutions, the standard of
which in the opinion of the Commission
justifies his/her admission to the
examination.
NOTE III : Candidates possessing
professional and technical qualifications
which are recognised by Government
as equivalent to professional and
technical degree would also be eligible
for admission to the examination.
V. Restriction on reappearance of
candidates finally selected/
recommended earlier:
A candidate who has been finally
selected on the basis of an earlier
examination to the post of Assistant
Commandants in any of the forces
participating in the Central Police Forces
(Assistant Commandants) Examination
will not be eligible to appear at a
subsequent examination for recruitment
of Assistant Commandants in the
participating CPFs.
VI. Physical Standards :
Candidates must meet the prescribed
Physical and Medical Standards for
admission to Central Police Forces
(Assistant Commandants), Examination
2011 specified in Appendix-VI of the
Notice.
VII. Possession of NCC ‘B’ or ‘C’
Certificates :
Possession of NCC ‘B’ or ‘C’
Certificate will be a desirable
qualification. These qualifications
will be given consideration at the
time of Interview/ Personality Test
only.
4. FEE :
(a) Candidates applying Online
(excepting Female/SC/ST candidates
who are exempted from payment of fee)
are required to pay a reduced fee of
Rs.100/- (Rupees One Hundred Only)
either by remitting the money in any
Branch of SBI by cash, or by using net
banking facility of SBI or by using Visa/
Master Credit/Debit Card.
(b) Candidates residing in remote areas
specified in para 6 of this notice who
may apply Offline through Common
Application Form (Form-E) are
required to pay a fee of Rs.200/-
(Rupees Two Hundred only) through
a single Central Recruitment Fee Stamp.
All female candidates and
Candidates belonging to Scheduled
Castes/Scheduled Tribes are not
required to pay any fee. No fee
exemption is, however, available to
OBC Candidates and they are
required to pay the prescribed fee,
in full.
The Central Recruitment Fee Stamp of
requisite denomination (NOT postage
stamps) may be obtained from the post
office and affixed on the Application
Form in the space provided therein.
The stamp must 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 should note that the fee
sent through Indian Postal Orders,
Bank Draft, Money Order, Crossed
Cheque, Currency Notes, Treasury
Challan, Postage Stamps etc. will not
be accepted by the Commission and
such applications will be treated as
without fee and will be summarily
rejected.
NOTE I : APPLICATIONS NOT
ACCOMPANIED BY THE
PRESCRIBED FEE (UNLESS
REMISSION OF FEE IS CLAIMED)
SHALL BE SUMMARILY REJECTED.
NOTE II : FEE ONCE PAID SHALL
NOT BE REFUNDED UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES NOR CAN THE
FEE BE HELD IN RESERVE FOR ANY
OTHER EXAMINATION OR
SELECTION.
5. HOW TO APPLY :
(a) Candidates are required to apply
Online using the link http://
www.upsconline.nic.in Detailed
instructions for filling up Online
Applications are available on the above
mentioned website.
(b) Candidates residing in certain
Remote Areas specified in Para 6 of
this Notice can exercise the option of
applying through offline mode also by
using the Common Application Form
(Form-E) being used for examinations
conducted by the Commission. 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.30/
- (Rupees Thirty 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 fill up in the relevant places of
the Acknowledgement Card, their
Application Form Number 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 along with
application form to UPSC. If an
applicant fails to affix the postage stamp
of requisite amount, his/her
acknowledgment 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.
Candidates should also write the name
of the examination viz. “Central Police
Forces (Assistant Commandants)
Examination, 2011” on the envelope
before despatching it to “Controller of
Examination, Union Public Service
Commission, Dholpur House,
Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110069”.
Candidates should note that all Offline
Applications from remote areas will
be received by Post/Speed Post only
and no application will be received by
Hand or by Courier.
(b) All candidates, whether already in
Government Service, Government
owned industrial undertakings or other
similar organisations or in private
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/Secondary
Examination Certificate in this part of
the instructions includes the alternative
certificates mentioned above.
NOTE 1 : Candidates should 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.
NOTE 2 : The candidate should exercise
due care while entering their Date of Birth
in respective column of the Application
Form for the Examination. 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 by the Commission under the
Rules.
(IV) Minimum Educational
Qualifications : A candidate must hold
a Bachelor’s degree of 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 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
Commission’s examination but have not
been informed of the results as also the
candidates who intend to appear at such
a qualifying examination in the year
2011 will also be eligible for admission
to the examination. Such candidates
will be admitted to the examination if
otherwise eligible but the admission
would be deemed to be provisional and
subject to cancellation if they do not
produce proof of having passed the
requisite examination along with the
Detailed Application Form which will
be required to be submitted to the
Commission by the candidates who
after qualifying on the result of the
written part of the examination are
also declared qualified in the Physical
Standards/Physical Efficiency Tests
and Medical Standards Tests.
NOTE II : In exceptional cases the
Union Public Service Commission may
treat a candidate who has not any of
the foregoing qualifications as a qualified
candidate, provided that he/she has
employment should submit their
applications direct to the Commission.
Persons already in Government service,
whether in permanent or temporary
capacity or as work-charged employees
other than casual or daily rated
employees or those serving under the
Public Enterprises are however, required
to inform 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.
NOTE 1 : While filling in his/her
Application Form, the candidate should
carefully decide about his/her choice
for the Centre for the Examination. More
than one application from a candidate
giving different centres will not be
accepted in any case. Even if a
candidate sends more than one
completed application the Commission
will accept only one application at their
discretion and the Commission’s
decision in the matter shall be final.
If any candidate appears at a centre
other than the one indicated by the
Commission in his/her Admission
Certificate, the papers of such a
candidate will not be evaluated and his/
her candidature will be liable to
cancellation.
NOTE 2 : Since the Common Application
Forms are to be processed in a
Computerised System, due care should
be taken by the candidates to fill up their
Application Form correctly. Necessary
instructions for filling up the Common
Application Form may be seen at
Appendix-II (B). Incomplete or defective
applications shall be summarily
rejected. No representation or
correspondence regarding such rejection
shall be entertained under any
circumstances.
NOTE 3 : Candidates are not required
to submit along with their applications
any certificate in support of their claims
regarding age, educational
qualifications, Scheduled Castes/
Scheduled Tribes/Other Backward
Classes etc. which will be verified by
the Commission at the time of
Personality Test/Interview.
The candidates applying for the
examination should ensure that they
fulfil 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, Physical and
Medical Standards Tests and
Physical Efficiency Test (PET) and
Interview/Personality 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, Physical and Medical
Standards Tests, Physical Efficiency
Test (PET) and Interview/Personality
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.
If any of their claim is found to be
incorrect, they will render themselves
liable to disciplinary action by the
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Commission in terms of Rule 14 of the
Rules for the Central Police Forces
(Assistant Commandants) Examination,
2011 reproduced below :
A candidate who is or has been declared
by the Commission to be guilty of :
(i) Obtaining support for his/her
candidature by the following means,
namely :-
(a) offering illegal gratification to, or
(b) applying pressure on, or
© 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 statements which are
incorrect or false or suppressing
material 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,
© influencing the examiners, or
(vii) using unfair means during the
examination, or
(viii) writing obscene matter or drawing
obscene sketches in the scripts, or
(ix) misbehaving in the examination hall
including tearing of the scripts,
provoking fellow examinees to boycott
examination, creating disorderly scene
and the like, or
(x) harassing or doing bodily harm to
the staff employed by the Commission
for the conduct of their examinations,
or
(xi) being in possession of or using any
mobile phone, pages 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
© 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.
6. LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT
OF APPLICATIONS :
(a) Online:
The Online Applications can be filled
upto 18th July, 2011 till 11.59 PM after
which the link will be disabled.
(b) However, 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
and Lakshadweep have the option to
apply offline. For these candidates, if
applying, the last date for receipt of
applications is 25th July, 2011. All
candidates applying offline should note
that the Offline Applications will be
accepted only by Post/Speed Post
from the Post Offices located in the
Specified Remote Areas.
Candidates who are claiming the benefit
of extended time should clearly indicate
in column 13 of the Application Form,
the area code (Please refer to Appendix
II of this Notice) of the particular area
of region (e.g. Assam , Meghalaya, J&K
etc.) where they are residing. In case
they fail to do so, the benefit of extended
time will not be allowed to them.
NOTE : Candidates should clearly note
that the Commission will in no case be
responsible for non-receipt of their
application or any delay in receipt
thereof on any account whatsoever. No
application received after the prescribed
last date will be entertained under any
circumstances and all the late
applications will be summarily rejected.
They should therefore, ensure that their
applications reach the Commission’s
Office on or before the prescribed last
date.