Haryana Government has declared its Group-A posts eligible for recommendation to the Union Public Service Commission for selection to the Indian Administrative Service as per the eligibility criteria of the Indian Administrative Service (Appointment by Selection) Regulation, 1997.
An order to this effect has been issued by the Chief Secretary, Mr. Sanjeev Kaushal. According to the regulation, “the State Government shall consider the case of a person not belonging to the State Civil Service but serving in connection with the affairs of the State who is of outstanding merit and ability and holds a gazetted post in a substantive capacity.
The officer should have completed not less than 8 years of continuous service under the state government on the first day of January of the year in which his case is being considered in any post that has been declared equivalent to the post of Deputy Collector in the State Civil Service and should propose the person for consideration by the Committee. The number of persons proposed for consideration by the committee shall not exceed five times the number of vacancies proposed to be filled during the year.”
In another notification issued by the Chief Secretary here, there will be five options, i.e., A, B, C, D, and E, available in each question of the Haryana Civil Services Examination (Executive Branch). If a candidate is attempting a question, he or she will have to darken the appropriate circle (A, B, C, or D), and if he or she is not attempting a question, he or she will have to darken the E circle. If none of the circles is darkened, one-fourth of a mark (0.25) shall be deducted. If any candidate does not darken any of the five circles in more than 10% of the questions, he will be disqualified.
In another notification issued by the Chief Secretary, the Aadhaar Authentication Service has been made mandatory for one-time registration on the portal at http://onetimeregn.haryana.gov.in for the candidates applying for the Common Eligibility Test of Group-C and Group-D posts.
