Rules of CSS Exam

“In pursuance of Section 7-A read with section 10 of the FPSC Ordinance, 1977, Chairman FPSC with the approval of the Federal Government has made, in supersession of Competitive Examination Rules, 2007, the following rules for regulating the conduct of the Competitive Examination, 2008”
No. F. 2/1/2008-CSS-I.—The Competitive Examination, 2008 will be held by the Federal Public Service Commission, with effect from 15th March, 2008 for recruitment to posts in BS-17 for the following Groups/Services under the Federal Government
1. Commerce & Trade Group
2. Customs & Excise Group
3. District Management Group
4. Foreign Service of Pakistan
5. Income Tax Group
6. Information Group
7. Pakistan Audit & Accounts Service
8. Police Service of Pakistan
9. Postal Group
10. Railways (Commercial & Transportation) Group
11. Military Lands & Cantonment Group
Places of the Examination
i. The examination will be held simultaneously at Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Multan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Abbottabad, D.I. Khan, Muzaffarabad, Gilgit & Skardu, depending on the number of applicants for each centre.
ii. The Commission reserves the right to finally decide the place where the candidates would be examined or interviewed.
iii. The Competitive Examination comprises the following :—
a. Written Examination,
b. Medical Test,
c. Psychological Test; and
d. Viva Voce.
Rules for admission to the Examination
3. The examination will be conducted by the Federal Public Service Commission in accordance with the following Rules, subject to such changes as may be decided by the Government before finalising appointments on the basis of this examination.
Qualifications / Age Limits
4. (i) A candidate for admission to the examination must have attained the age of 21years and must not have attained the age of 28 years on 1st January, 2008 (candidates born earlier than 2nd January, 1980 and later than 1st January, 1987 will not be eligible).
Age Relaxation
(ii) The upper age limit will be relaxed by two years up to the age of 30 years in respect of :—
a. the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Buddhist Community subject to production of a certificate (Annex-A of Application Form) to be issued by Political Agent/DCO/ District Magistrate in support of their claim.
b. the candidates belonging to the recognized Tribes who are permanent residents of the areas mentioned-below and whose families have been living in these areas. Such candidates must
attach a certificate (Annex-B of Application Form) to be issued by Political Agent/DCO/District Magistrate in support of their claim :—

1. Balochistan.
2. Tribal Areas of D.I. Khan and Peshawar Divisions (including former Frontier States of Dir, Swat, Chitral and Amb).
3. Former excluded (Baluch) area forming part of the Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur Districts.
4. Former Tribal Areas of Mardan and Hazara Divisions.
5. Upper Tanawal Area of Hazara Division.
c. the candidates who are permanent residents of Azad Kashmir Territory, subject to submission of a certificate (Annex-C of Application Form) to be issued by Kashmir Affairs Division, Government of Pakistan.
d. the candidates who are permanent residents of Northern Areas including Gilgit, Diamir, Baltistan, Ghizar and Ghanche, subject to submission of a certificate (Annex-B of Application
Form) to be issued by the Political Agent/DCO/ District Magistrate.
e. the candidates who are disabled namely, physically impaired, hearing/speech impaired (deaf & dumb) and visually impaired (blind), subject to submission of certificate of disability issued by the competent authority designated for the purpose by the Federal/Provincial Government.
(iii) In the case of in Service Government Servants, Contract employees, including the Government servants of AJ&K, who possess a minimum of two years continuous Government service as on first January, 2008, the upper age limit is relaxable by two years up to the age of 30 years, subject to submission of Departmental Permission Certificate from the competent authority.
Employees of Nationalised Banks, State Bank of Pakistan, WAPDA, Regulatory Authorities, Autonomous bodies and other semi autonomous bodies are not entitled to age relaxation.
Date of Birth
(iv) The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the following documents:
a. Matriculation Certificate;
b. Secondary or Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate;
c. Certificate of birth from the Principal/Headmaster of the School from where a candidate has passed his/her GEC, ‘O’ level or equivalent examination, showing the date of birth in the School Admission Register;
d. In case of Christian candidates, Baptismal or birth registration certificate.
(v) The decision as to which certificate is acceptable for the purpose of date of birth rests with the Commission.

(vi) Once a date of birth has been claimed and accepted by the Commission for the purpose of admission to an examination, no change will be allowed at a subsequent examination or selection.

(vii) The applications of Government Servants will also be governed by the Government Servants (Application for Services and Posts) Rules, 1966 except that the chances will be allowed
irrespective of the provisions of the Government Servants (Application for Services and Posts) Rules, 1966.

(viii) The relaxation in age limits prescribed in paragraph 4 (ii) and (iii) above shall be permitted up to the maximum period of an individual concession and not by the total period of the concessions taken together, if admissible in any case.
Education
5. (i) A candidate must hold at least a Second Class or Grade “C” Bachelor’s degree in any faculty of one of the Pakistani Universities or an equivalent degree or comparable educational qualifications of a foreign University recognized by Higher Education Commission, Islamabad.

(ii) A candidate who has obtained a Third Division (or ‘D’ grade) in his/her Bachelor’s Degree will be eligible for the Examination in cases where he/she has obtained a higher Division in Master’s Degree.

(iii) The decision as to which foreign degrees or comparable educational qualifications are equivalent to corresponding Pakistani degree rests solely with the Commission.
Nationality
6. (i) The candidate for the examination must be a citizen of Pakistan or a person deriving his/her nationality from the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

(ii) A Woman candidate who is otherwise eligible can also compete in the examination.

(iii)
a. Seats earmarked for prescribed provincial/regional quotas shall be allocated to candidates on the basis of the domicile certificate issued by the competent authority in accordance with the law and the rules.
b. A candidate who has acquired the citizenship of Pakistan by registration under the Pakistan
Citizenship Act and the Rules made thereunder should attach to the application the certificate
(attested copy thereof) of citizen-ship. A candidate who has not been registered as a citizen of Pakistan but claims that he/she should be deemed to be citizen of Pakistan under the Pakistan Citizenship Act should submit proof to the effect that he/ she fulfills the conditions on the basis of which he/she claims to be deemed as a citizen of Pakistan. A candidate who derives his/her nationality from the State of Jammu and Kashmir should attach to the application a certificate issued by the Kashmir Affairs Division in support of his/her claim.
c. Only those candidates shall be considered for vacancies reserved for Azad Jammu and Kashmir whose application forms for the Competitive Examination are accompanied by the domicile certificate alongwith Permanent Residence Certificate, issued by the Kashmir Affairs Division, of that territory. No such certificates shall be accepted at any later stage.
d. The domicile once claimed and accepted by the Commission for the purpose of admission to an
examination, no change will be allowed at a subsequent examination or selection.
e. The domicile claimed by a candidate and accepted by the Government at the time of entry into Government service shall be treated as final throughout his/her service career and no subsequent change in his/ her domicile will be recognised for the purpose of terms and conditions of his/her service including his/her allocation and liability to transfer.
Cut Off Date
The cut off date for determining the eligibility of the candidate in terms of age, qualifications, domicile,
etc., is 1st January, 2008.
(iv) A candidate who has married a person who is not a citizen of Pakistan shall not be eligible for appointment provided that a person who marries an Indian national with the prior permission of Government may be regarded as eligible for appointment.

(v) A candidate having dual nationality must surrender his/her Foreign nationality and inform the Government before joining Civil Services Academy.
General
7. (i) A candidate must satisfy the Federal Public Service Commission that he/she is suitable in all respects for employment under the Government.

(ii) No candidate will be admitted to the examination who does not hold a certificate of admission from the Commission.

(iii) The decision of the Commission as to the eligibility or otherwise of a candidate for admission to the examination shall be final.

(iv) Candidates are cautioned that if an application which is not signed and or is received incomplete or wrongly filled in and is not accompanied with any of the documents mentioned in para 11 of the Instructions to Candidates it will be rejected.

(v) Caution:—A candidate who knowingly furnishes any particulars which are false, or suppresses material information, or attempts to influence the Commission, or officers or members of the staff of the Commission, or tries to obtain support for his/her candidature by improper means, or deliberately submits forged certificates, or tampers with the entries in his/her age, educational and other certificates, or misbehaves in the examination hall or uses unfair means/copying, or is found guilty
of misconduct during examination/medical, Viva Voce Tests and uses filthy and unethical language in the Answer Book(s) during written examination, may be disqualified for this and/or subsequent examinations/selections held by the Commission or criminally prosecuted and debarred from employment under Government.

(vi) Acandidate who, even after his appointment, is found to have knowingly furnished any articulars which are false, or to have suppressed material information will be liable to dismissal from Service.

(vii) Certificates of age and educational qualifications in which any entry is overwritten, altered, erased, mutilated or tampered with in any way or the genuineness of which is otherwise doubted will be liable to be impounded till such time as the Commission considers it necessary.

(viii) Answer Books in all the subjects of examination are secret documents and cannot, therefore, be permitted to be seen by the candidates or their representatives nor re-examination of answer books/scripts is allowed under any circumstances. A candidate desirous of getting of his/her marks, awarded by the examiners re-counted may submit his/her request for the purpose, within one month from the date of issue of result card/marks sheet alongwith a Treasury Challan of Rs. 200/- per paper as fee for re-counting of marks only. Thereafter, no such request will be entertained.

(ix) The Answer books of the Candidates will be retained in the office of the Federal Public Service Commission for one year only and thereafter the same will be destroyed. Candidates are, therefore, cautioned that any query relating to their Answer books should be made within the specified period, thereafter, no request in this regard will be entertained.

(x) The candidates are cautioned that wrong selection of subjects will lead to rejection under para 7 (iv). Change of optional subjects is not allowed.

(xi) Grace marks are not allowed.
Submission of Application
8. (i) A candidate seeking admission to the examination must apply to the Federal Public Service Commission, Islamabad on the prescribed form of application and the same must reach the Commission on or before the closing date. No extra time is allowed for postal transit, etc.

(ii) Government servants who fulfill the conditions laid down in these rules are eligible for admission to the examination if permitted by the competent authority in their departments or offices. However, an advance copy of the Application may be submitted before the closing date to avoid rejection. Candidates who join Government service after submitting their applications for admission to the examination should also submit the Departmental permission immediately thereafter.

(iii) Armed Forces candidates to route their applications through proper channel of their Services. Applications not routed through proper channel will be rejected. Similarly the released/retired personnel should produce a clearance certificate from Military Secretary Branch for employment in civil services of Pakistan. However, an advance copy of the Application may be submitted before the closing date to avoid rejection.

(iv) A candidate who after submitting such Departmental permission, joins Civil Service Academy or is transferred to another Department, should also obtain the permission of that Department and submit the same to the Commission as soon as possible.

(v) A candidate who has left Government service should submit with his/her application the original as well as a copy of his/her discharge/service certificate. A candidate who has been dismissed from Government or semi Government Service will not be eligible for admission to the examination.

(vi) Number of Attempts:—A candidate may avail three chances of the examination if he/she is otherwise eligible.
Explanation:—
i. A candidate shall be deemed to have attempted at the examination if he/she actually appears in any one or more papers and even if he/she tendered blank Answer Book/Sheet.
ii. Acandidate who has received and read the Question Paper will not be allowed to leave his/her seat or exam hall without marking his/her attendance and until half the time is over.
(vii) If a candidate who took the Competitive Examination 2007 wishes to apply for admission to the 2008 he/she must submit an application by the prescribed date without waiting for the result of 2007. If subsequently it is not necessary for him/her to take the 2008 written examination his/her examination fee will not be refunded.

(viii) No plea that an application form or any document has been lost or delayed in the post will be entertained.

(ix) The maximum number of candidates to be admitted to this examination may, at the discretion of Government, be limited to such number as Government may decide. If a limit is imposed and the number of candidates exceeds that limit, the Commission shall select from amongst the applicants those who shall be admitted to the examination, and, in doing so, shall have regard to the suitability of the applicants and to adequate representation of the Provinces/Areas of Pakistan as well as of the various age concessions.
Subject of Examination
9. The subjects for the competitive examination will be as given in Appendix I.
Fees
10.
a. Candidates must pay Rs. 1000/- as Application fee as prescribed in Appendix-II, deposited in State Bank/National Bank of Pakistan, under the account head “C-02101-Organs of State Exam Fee” (FPSC Receipt)
b. No claim for refund of any fee will be entertained nor can the fees paid be held in reserve for another examination or selection.
Qualifying Marks
11.
i. The Commission with prior approval of the Government may fix qualifying marks in any or all of the subjects of the examination but a candidate who fails to secure at least 40% marks in any compulsory subject, 33% marks in any of the optional subjects, 50% marks in the Aggregate and 100 marks at the Viva Voce Test, will be considered to have failed and will not be eligible for appointment.
ii. Candidates qualifying the written examination will be called for Medical, Psychological Tests and Viva Voce.
12. From the marks assigned to candidates in each subject, such deductions will be made as the Commission may consider necessary in order to ensure that no credit is allowed for merely superficial knowledge “Candidates who obtain less than 40% marks in any of the Compulsory subjects and 33% marks in any of the optional subjects will not be given credit in that subject”.

13. If any candidate’s handwriting is not easily legible, a deduction will be made on this account from the total marks otherwise accruing to him/her. In case of illegible handwriting zero marks will be awarded on this account. Marks will be deducted for irrelevance.

14. Credit will be given for orderly, effective and exact expression combined with due economy of words in all subjects of Examination. Answers to questions in excess of the required number shall not be marked nor taken into account. The marking will be in order of consecutive answers.

15. If any candidate writes his/her Roll No. (except in the space provided for this purpose on the cover of the answer book) or writes his/her name or makes any distinguishing mark at any place in his/her answer book and/or additional Answer Books, he/she shall be awarded Zero marks in that paper, besides any other punishment which the Commission may decide to award.

16. Candidates must use blue or black ink only in their Answer Book otherwise Zero marks shall be awarded.

17. (i) CANDIDATES WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE EXAMINATION PROVISIONALLY AT THEIR OWN RISK SUBJECT TO THEIR BEING FOUND ELIGIBLE IN ALL RESPECTS. ON DETAILED SCRUTINY OF THE APPLICATIONS AFTER THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION IS OVER, IF ANY CANDIDATE IS FOUND INELIGIBLE IN ANY RESPECT UNDER RULES FOR THE EXAMINATION HIS/HER CANDIDATURE WILL BE CANCELLED REGARDLESS OF THE FACT WHETHER HE/SHE HAS APPEARED IN THE EXAMINATION OR QUALIFIED THEREIN.

Note: To avoid frustration, the candidates are advised in their own interest to make sure before appearing at the examination that they fulfill all the requirements of the rules, relating to the examination.

(ii) Representation against Rejection:—Representation against rejection of candidature, if so desired, may be submitted (with full justification & authentic proof/supporting documents if any) to the Commission within thirty (30) days of the issuance of the rejection letter. Representation will be entertained only if accompanied with a Treasury receipt of Rs. 100/-. The Commission will decide the representation after allowing an opportunity of personal hearing to the candidates at his/her own expenses.

(iii) Review Petition:—Review petition against rejection of representation, if so desired, may be submitted to the Commission within fifteen days of the rejection of representation. Review petition will be entertained only if accompanied with a Treasury Receipt of Rs. 100/-. The decision of the Commission on the review petition shall be final.
Medical Test
18. (i) All candidates except disabled must be in good mental and bodily health and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the discharge of their duties. The candidates who (after such medical examination as Government or the appointing authority, as the case may be, may prescribe) are found not to satisfy these requirements, will not be appointed.

(ii) Disabled candidates in the categories of physically impaired, hearing/speech impaired (deaf & dumb) and visually impaired (blind) are allowed to compete for Competitive Examination against four Occupational Groups/ Services viz: (a) Commerce & Trade Group (b) Pakistan Audit & Accounts Service (c) Information Group & (d) Postal Group in the following manners:
1. Disabled candidates viz visually impaired (Blind), Physically impaired, hearing/speech impaired (Deaf & Dumb) will be provided helper such as Writer, if so requested by them in their application forms.
2. Extra time viz 15 minutes per hour will be allowed to the visually impaired (Blind) candidates. Request of Computer literate candidates for provision of computer equipment etc. to attempt question papers will be entertained. Examination for such candidates will be held at Islamabad only. However, no TA/DA etc. will be admissible.
Note : Disabled candidates must submit a certificate of disability issued by the competent authority designated for the purpose by the Federal/Provincial Government.
(iii) Candidates who qualify in the written examination will be medically examined by the Medical Boards constituted for the purpose. If any candidate remains absent twice in his/her Medical examination, his/her candidature will automatically stand rejected and no appeal in this regard will be entertained. However, his/her chance will be considered as consumed.

(iv) In order to prevent disappointment, candidates are advised to have themselves examined by a Government Medical Officer of the standing of a Civil Surgeon before applying for admission to the examination. Particulars of the nature of the medical test to which candidates will be subjected before appointment and of the standards required are attached with the Rules as Annex “B”.
Psychological Test
19. All candidates called for Viva Voce will be required to undergo Psychological Test, comprising written tests and group tasks. Such tests are designed to assess abilities, attitude and personality characteristics of the candidates with special regard to their aptitude for the Civil Services. Separate marks are not awarded for the Psychological assessment. However, 300 marks assigned to Viva Voce also reflect the performance on Psychological Test. Candidates must bring their National Identity Cards and two copies of recent photographs when summoned for Psychological test, and Viva Voce. If a candidate remains absent in the Psychological Test, he/she will not be allowed to appear for Viva Voce.
Viva Voce 300 Marks
20. Viva Voce:—Each candidate who qualifies the written part of the exam. will be interviewed by a Board who will have before them a record of his/her career, both academic and extra-mural. He/she will be asked questions on matters of general interest. The object of the interview is to assess his/her suitability for the services for which he/she is entered and in framing their assessment the Board will attach particular importance to the moral and ethical qualities of the candidates, his/her intelligence and alertness of mind, his/her vigour and strength of character and his/her potential qualities of leadership. The Board will take into consideration his/her extra-mural activities such as sports, debates, hobbies, etc., and their effect on his/her physique and character, in assessing his/her merit.

21. All candidates are expected to have basic knowledge regarding Islam and Pakistan. Questions will be asked in the Interview on these subjects. Persons securing less than pass marks in these subjects will not be considered for appointment to Government jobs, irrespective of their proficiency in other fields. However, the Non-Muslim candidates will not be asked any question regarding Islam.
Vacancies
22. The approximate number of vacancies in BS-17 to be filled on the results of this examination will be announced later. The Government, however, reserves the right to fill a smaller or larger number of vacancies than that announced.
Appointments
23. (i) Subject to the Recruitment policy explained in Appendix-III of these Rules, candidates securing the highest places on the combined results of the written Examination, Psychological assessment and Viva Voce Tests and eligible for appointment will be appointed upto the number of vacancies available. No candidate will, however, be considered for appointment to any of the Groups/Services for which he/she has been declared “not suitable” by the Commission at the time of Viva Voce Test.

(ii) When total marks of more than one candidate are equal, the one who gets more marks in viva voce is treated as higher in merit. If marks in viva voce are also equal, the one who gets more marks in compulsory subjects is treated as higher in merit. If marks in compulsory subjects are also equal the one who is older in age is treated as higher in merit.

24.
(i) Success in the examination confers no right to appointment. Appointments will be made only after the Government is satisfied, after such enquiry as may be necessary, that the candidate is suitable in all respects for appointment to the Public Service and subject to the availability of vacancies.
(ii) “CANDIDATES WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THOSE GROUPS/SERVICES ONLY WHICH THEY INDICATE IN THE APPLICATION FORM. NO CANDIDATE WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THE GROUPS/SERVICES WHICH HE/SHE WILL NOT MENTION IN THE FORM. CANDIDATES WILL HOWEVER, BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO REVISE THEIR CHOICE OF OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS AT THE TIME OF THE VIVA VOCE TEST. PREFERENCES SO REVISED AT THE TIME OF VIVA-VOCE TEST SHALL BE TREATED AS FINAL AND NO SUBSEQUENT CHANGE WILL BE ALLOWED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THE CANDIDATES MAY OPT FOR A GROUP/SERVICE IRRESPECTIVE OF THE FACT WHETHER THERE IS A VACANCY THEREIN OR NOT”.
25. The Commission reserves the right to change the schedule of the examination as well as to cancel any paper/papers or the entire Competitive Examination without assigning any reason.

26. The Government reserves the right to allocate a candidate against any Group/Service irrespective of his/her preferences, in the public interest. No appeal against the decision of the
Government will be entertained.

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