Rules to Apply

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, ISLAMABAD
RULES FOR COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2011 FOR RECRUITMENT TO
THE POSTS OF ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, SECTION OFFICER, PROJECT MANAGER
(BS-17) AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICER (BS-16) IN GILGIT-BALTISTAN SECRETARIAT.

  1. General Instructions
    1. Places of Examination: The Examination will be held simultaneously at Islamabad, Gilgit and Skardu Centres. The Examination will also be held at Karachi Centre if sufficient number of candidates apply to appear at Karachi.
    2. The Commission however, reserves the right to finally decide the places where the candidates would be examined or interviewed.
    3. The Combined Competitive Examination shall comprise the following:-
      Written Examination = 900 Marks
      Viva Voce = 300 Marks
      The Examination will be conducted by the Federal Public Service Commission in accordance with these Rules, subject to such changes as may be decided by the Competent Authority before finalizing appointments on the basis of this Examination.
  2. AGE:-
    1. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER AND SECTION OFFICER:-
      Minimum = 21 Years
      Maximum = 33 Years
    2. PROJECT MANAGER AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICER:-
      Minimum = 21 Years
      Maximum = 30 Years
  3. Date of Birth:
    1. The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the following documents.
      1. Matriculation certificate which clearly states the date of Birth;
      2. In case a candidate who possesses GCE ‘O’ level or equivalent certificate which does not contain the date of Birth, the School Leaving Certificate alongwith Birth Certificate issued by the Hospital/Municipal Committee as an authentic proof of date of Birth will be accepted.
    2. 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 subsequent Examinations or selections.
  4. AGE RELAXATION:
    1. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER AND SECTION OFFICER:-
      By five years in case of Government Servants including contract employees who have rendered a minimum of two years continuous Government Service on the closing date.
    2. PROJECT MANAGER AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICER:-
      1. By three years for the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Buddhist Community and residents of Gilgit-Baltistan.
      2. By five years in case of Government Servants including contract employees who have rendered a minimum of two years continuous Government Service on the closing date.
      3. Note: Both male and female are eligible for all the posts. 
  5. EDUCATION
    1. A candidate must hold at least a Bachelor’s degree in any faculty of one of the recognized Pakistani Universities or an equivalent degree or comparable educational qualifications of a foreign University. (the candidate must have acquired the requisite qualification on or before the closing date.
    2. The decision as to which foreign degrees or comparable educational qualifications are equivalent to corresponding Pakistani degree rests solely with the Commission.
  6. NATIONALITY
    1. The candidates must be the residents of Gilgit-Baltistan holding domiciliary status thereof. The candidates are required to submit a certificate from the Deputy Commissioner in support of their claim (Annex-B).
    2. The domicile once claimed and accepted by the Commission for the purpose of admission to an Examination, no change will be allowed at subsequent Examinations or selections.
    3. 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 recognized for the purpose of terms and conditions of his/her service including his/her allocation and liability to transfer.
    4. A candidate who has married a foreign national shall not be eligible for appointment provided that a person who has married an Indian National with the prior permission of the Government may be regarded as eligible for appointment.
  7. GENERAL
    1. The determining the eligibility of the candidates in terms of age, qualification, etc. is on the closing date.
    2. A candidate must satisfy the Federal Public Service Commission that he/she is suitable in all respects for employment under the government.
    3. No candidate will be admitted to the Examination who does not hold a certificate of admission from the Commission.
    4. The decision of the Commission as to the eligibility or otherwise of a candidate for admission to the Examination shall be final.
    5. 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 documents mentioned in para 11 of the “Instructions to Candidates” will be rejected.
    6. Caution: A candidate who knowingly furnishes any particular which is false or suppresses material information or attempts to influence the Commission, officers or members of the staff of the Commission or to obtain support for his/her candidature by improper means, or deliberately submits forged certificates or tampers with the entries in his/her age and educational certificates, or misbehaves in the examination hall or uses unfair means or found guilty of misconduct during Medical and Viva Voce Tests or uses filthy and unethical language in the Answer Book may be disqualified for this and/or subsequent examinations/selections held by the Commission or criminally prosecuted and debarred from employment under the Government.
    7. A candidate who even after his appointment, is found to have knowingly furnished any particular which is false, or to have suppressed material information will be liable to dismissal from service.
    8.  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 considered it necessary.
    9. 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 his/her marks, awarded by the examiners re-counted may submit his/her request for the purpose, within thirty days of 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.
    10. 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.
    11. Disabled Candidates viz visually impaired (Blind), physically impaired, hearing/speech (deaf and dumb) will be provided helper such as Writer, if so requested by them.
    12. Extra time of 15 minutes per hour will be allowed to the visually impaired (Blind) candidates.
    13. The disabled candidates seeking assistance to attempt the papers will appear at Islamabad Centre only.
    14. Grace Marks are not allowed.
    15. The candidates whose candidature are rejected by the Commission will not be issued Detailed Marks Certificate.
    16. Representation against rejection:-
      Representation against rejection of candidature, if so desired, may be submitted 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 candidate. The candidate has to appear for personal hearing at FPSC, Headquarters, Islamabad or FPSC, Provincial Offices at his/her own expense.
    17. Review Petition:-
      Review petition against rejection of representation, if so desired, may be submitted to the Commission within fifteen (15) 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.
  8.  SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION
    1. 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. Any application sent through mail on or before the closing date shall be acceptable if received in the Commission office within three working days of the closing date.
    2. If the time is short, a candidate is allowed to Fax the first page of his/her Application Form duly signed only to FPSC, Headquarters, Islamabad on Fax Nos. 051-9213386 & 051-9203410. All such Faxes will be treated as provisionally accepted Applications. He/She is, however, bound to submit his/he original application along with all necessary documents within 10 days from the closing date, failing which his/her candidature is liable to be rejected.
    3. 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. No Government servant shall be eligible to apply without the permission in writing of his/her department/office as the case may be, and such permission must accompany the Application. However, an advance copy of Application Form may be sent directly to the Commission in order to avoid delay. Candidates who join Government service after submitting their applications for admission to the Examination should also submit the Departmental permission immediately thereafter.
    4. Armed Forces candidates route their applications through proper channel of their services. Applications not routed through proper channel will be rejected.
    5. A candidate who after submitting such departmental permission is transferred to another department should also obtain the permission of that department and submit the same to the Commission as soon as possible.
    6. 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.
    7. No plea that an application form or letter concerning such form, has been lost or delayed in the post, will be entertained.
  9. SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATON
    1. The subjects for the Examination are given in Appendix-I. Detailed syllabus is given in Appendix-II
  10. APPOINTMENT 
    1. Success in the Examination confers no right to appointment. Appointment will be made only after the Government is satisfied, after such inquiry as may be necessary, that the candidate is suitable in all respects for appointment to the Public Service.
    2. The Commission reserves the right to change the schedule of the Examination as well as to cancel any paper papers or the entire Combined Competitive Examination without assigning any reason.
    3. Candidates will be considered for those posts only which they indicate in the application form. No candidate will be considered for the post which he/she will not mention in the form. Candidates will however, be given a chance to revise their choice of posts 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.
    4. This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority.