UPSC notification 2018: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has decided to incorporate a new rule for candidates who wish to apply for the Civil Services Examination, 2018 and the Indian Forest Service Examination, 2018. It is important that the candidates who wish to appear for the IFS examination or the Civil service Examination this year go through this new rule before filling in the application form for either of the two entrance examinations. This new rule has been added to the existing ones as the Department of Personnel and Training has decided to insert Rule 6(b)(vii) and amend Note-I and Note-III of Rule 6 of the Rules of Civil Services Examination, 2018.

According to the release, the government is now extending the age relaxation to the candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu and Kashmir during the period from the 1st day of January, 1980 to the 31st day of December, 1989. Candidates can take a note at the changes made in the existing rule here-

Civil Services Examination, 2018

Age – Limit: Para 3(ii)(b)(vii) may be read as given below in addition to the provisions made in the Age-Limit in Notice No. 4/2018-CSP of Civil Services Examination, 2018.

(vii) up to a maximum of five years if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu and Kashmir during the period from the 1st day of January, 1980 to the 31st day of December, 1989.

Note – I of 3(ii)(b)(vii) may be read as given below in place of the Note – I of 3(ii)(b) of the Age-Limit in Notice No. 4/2018-CSP of Civil Services Examination, 2018.

Note I—Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes who are also covered under any other clauses of Rule 6(b) above, viz. those coming under the category of Exservicemen, persons domiciled in the State of J & K , (a) blindness and low vision; (b) deaf and hard of hearing; (c) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy; (d) autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness; and (e) multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (d) including deaf-blindness etc. will be eligible for grant of cumulative age-relaxation under both the categories.

Indian Forest Service Examination, 2018

Age – Limit: Para 3(ii)(b)(vii) may be read as given below in addition to the provisions made in the Age-Limit in Notice No. 5/2018-IFoS of Indian Forest Service Examination, 2018.

(vii) up to a maximum of five years if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu and Kashmir during the period from the 1st day of January 1980 to the 31st day of December 1989

Note – I of 3(ii)(b)(vii) may be read as given below in place of the Note – I of 3(ii)(b) of the Age-Limit in Notice No. 5/2018-IFoS of Indian Forest Service Examination, 2018.

NOTE I – Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes who are also covered under any other clauses of para 3(ii)(b) above, viz. those coming under the category of Ex-servicemen, persons domiciled in the State of J & K, Low Vision, Hearing Impaired (Partially deaf) and Locomotor disability (sub-category: Leprosy cured and Acid attack) person etc. will be eligible for grant of cumulative age-relaxation under both the categories.