UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
NOTICE( 15th September, 2012): COMBINED SECTION OFFICERS/STENOGRAPHERS’ (GRADE-‘B’/GRADE-I) LIMITED DEPARTMENTAL COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION, 2009, 2010 AND 2011
No. F. 9/2/2011-E.I (B)- In supersession of the Commission’s Notice dated 01.10.2011 notifying the above examination
for the year 2009 which was postponed, a Combined Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for additions in the
Select Lists for the Section Officers’ Grade and Stenographers’ Grade I/Grade ‘B’ of the Services mentioned in Para 2
below will be held by the Union Public Service Commission commencing on the 15
th
December, 2012 at CHENNAI,
DELHI, KOLKATA MUMBAI and NAGPUR in accordance with the Rules published by the Department of Personnel and
Training in the Gazette of India dated the 15
th
September, 2012.
THE CENTRES AND THE DATES OF HOLDING THE EXAMINATION 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 TIME
TABLE AND PLACE OR PLACES OF EXAMINATION. IT MAY BE NOTED THAT CANDIDATES APPLYING
FOR STENOGRAPHERS (GRADE-B/GRADE-I) CATEGORIES ARE TO TAKE THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION
AND SHORTHAND TEST FROM DELHI CENTRE ONLY.
2. The services to which recruitment is to be made on the results of the examination are given below. However, since the
number of vacancies to be filled in various categories has not yet been finalized by the concerned cadre controlling
authorities, no indication can be made in this notice at this stage.
Category I Section Officers’ Grade of the Central Secretariat Service
Category II Sections Officers’ Grade (Integrated Grade II & III) of the General Cadre of the Indian Foreign
Service, Branch ‘B’
Category III Section Officers’ Grade of the Railway Board Secretariat Service
Category IV Grade ‘A’ &’B’ merged of the Central Secretariat Stenographers’ Service
Category V Grade I of the Stenographers’ Cadre of the Indian Foreign Service, Branch ‘B’
Category VI Grade ‘A & ‘B’ merged of the Armed Forces Headquarters Stenographers’ Service
(Not participating for the year 2009)
Category VII Grade ‘B’ of the Railway Board Secretariat Stenographer’s Service
Category VIII Section Officers’ Grade of the Intelligence Bureau
Category IX Section Officers’ Grade of the Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service
(Not participating for the years 2010 and 2011)
3. A candidate who is eligible for more than one year of examination or for two Categories of Service ( c.f.
Rule 3) and wishes to compete for both, need fill in only one application.
N.B. - Candidates must indicate clearly in their applications the Category/Categories for which they are
competing. Candidates competing for two Categories should specify in their application the two categories in
the order of preference. No request for addition/alteration in the preferences already indicated by a candidate
in his application will be entertained by the Commission.
4. LAST DATE
FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATION :
The candidates will have to fill in their application form online on UPSC website (www.upsc.gov.in). Detailed
instructions to fill up the online application will be available on UPSC website. A printed copy of the submitted
online application is required to be routed through their Head of Department/Head of Office to the Commission.
The online applications can be filled by the applicants from 15
th
September, 2012 to 15
th
October, 2012 (till 11.59
p.m.), after which the link will be disabled. The last date for receipt of printed copy of the application in the
Commission through proper channel is 29
th
October, 2012. The completed printed copy of the application form
duly verified/certified by concerned Head of Department/Office must reach the Under Secretary (E-VI), Union
Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110069 on or before the prescribed date.
e-Admission Certificates of the admitted candidates to this examination
will be uploaded on the UPSC website (www.upsc.gov.in) three weeks
before the date of commencement of this examination and can be
downloaded by the eligible candidates. No paper admission certificate
will be issued by the Commission. Candidates shall not be admitted to
the examination unless he/she holds a downloaded e-admission
certificate. Candidates are required to fill in their valid and active
e-mail id in their online application form as Commission may use
electronic modes for contacting them.
NOTE : Only those candidates whose printed copy of online application is forwarded by their Head of
Department/Office will be considered for admission to this Examination.
They should further 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 for receipt of printed copy of the application in
the Commission through proper channel, will be entertained under any
circumstances and all the
late applications will be summarily rejected. They should, therefore,
ensure that after verifying the relevant entries and completing the
endorsement at the end of the application form, their applications are
forwarded by their Department or Head of Office, so as to reach the
Commission’s Office on or before the prescribed last date.
