Assam Public Service Commission (Procedure and Conduct of Business) Rules, 2010

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    "title": "Assam Public Service Commission (Procedure and Conduct of Business) Rules, 2010",
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            "content": "(b) Board means a Board constituted by the Commission for the purpose of holding viva-voce test or interview of the candidates.\n(c) Chairperson means a person appointed as such under Article 316(1) and includes any Member appointed under Article 316(1) of the Constitution of India to perform the duties of the Chairperson.\n(d) Member means a person appointed as Member of the Commission under Article 316(1) of the Constitution of India and includes the Chairperson.\n(e) Commission means the Assam Public-Service Commission.\n(f) Committee means a committee constituted by the Commission from among its Members including any other member co-opted for the purpose.\n(g) Government means the Government of Assam.\n(h) Governor means the Governor of Assam.\n(i) Office means the office of the Commission.\n(j) Order of Distribution of work means order of distribution of work among officers and staff as approved by the Commission from time to time.\n(k) Officer means the Secretary, Principal Controller of Examinations, Deputy Secretary, Controller of Examinations, Under Secretary, Asstt. Controller of Examination, Senior Research Officer/Research Officer, Asstt. Research Officer, P.S./Stenographer Grade-I, Finance & Accounts Officer and Superintendent of the Commission.\n(l) Secretary means the Secretary of the Commission as appointed from time to time.\n(m) Principal Controller means the Principal Controller of Examinations of the Assam Public Service Commission who shall be in overall control, supervision, conduct and management of all examinations of the Commission.\n(n) Controller means the Controller of Examinations of the Commission, who shall act under the overall guidance and supervision of the Principal Controller of Examinations.\n(o) Presiding Member means Member who presides over the meetings of the Commission in absence of the Chairperson.\n(p) The seniority of a member shall be determined by the date and time of his/her joining in the Assam Public Service Commission.\n(q) Staff means members of the staff other than officers.\nChapter-II\nProcedure for Transaction of Business-\n3.\n4.\n5.\n6.\n7.\n8.\n(i) If at any meeting, the Chairperson or any individual Member expresses divergent opinion and unanimity cannot be reached, the opinion of the majority shall be the opinion of the Commission. In the event of an equal division of votes, the Chairperson shall have a casting vote.\n(ii) If a Member proposes discussion on any specific matter/question, it shall be circulated before it is placed on the agenda of the next meeting of the Commission.\n9.\n10.\n(i) The Commission may refer any matter to an individual or to a Committee consisting of Members and such other persons, if any, as the Commission may appoint for consideration and report to it.\n11.\n12.\n13.\n14.\n15.\n16.\n17.\n(ii) The business of the Commission specified in the Schedule at Annexure \"A\" shall be transacted by the Chairperson, Member or Committee, as the case may be, specified against such business and the business so transacted shall be deemed to have been transacted by the Commission.\n(iii) The business of the Commission other than specified in the Schedule shall be transacted by the Chairperson or such other Members or Member as nominated by the Chairperson.\n(iv) For convenient and expeditious transaction of its business, the Commission may constitute a Committee or Committees from among its members for performance of any specific work.\n18.\n(ii) Decision of the Committee shall, except in matters in respect of which the Commission has otherwise directed, be subject to approval of the Commission.\nChapter-III\nProcedure for Direct Recruitment-\n19.\n20.\n21.\n(ii) Single member or Multiple-member Boards may be constituted taking into consideration the grade, status and importance of the post in respect of which the selection is to be made.\n(iii) Ordinarily a Single Board either with a Single Member or multiple Members shall be constituted for selection to a particular post or posts. But where the number of candidate is large or posts are of different grade and discipline, the Chairperson may constitute more than one Board for the purpose.\n(iv) Where more than one Multiple-member Boards are constituted, the constitution of the Boards may be changed by rotation as often as the Commission thinks proper.\n22.\n23.\n24.\n(ii) If a Member of a Multiple-members Board is unable to attend or has to leave the Board during the course of its sitting and an alternative arrangement can not be made, the other remaining Members, as the case may be, may hold or continue to hold the interview and the proceedings of the Board shall not be vitiated only on the ground that the Member was absent from the sitting of the Board.\n25.\n26.\n27.\n28.\n(i) Generally, following proportion shall be maintained for short-listing eligible candidates for interview:\nNo. of posts advertised\nProportion of candidates for interview\n1 to 5\n6 times\n6 to 10\n5 times\n11 and more\n4 times\n(ii) In case of single post like Director, Principal of an Institution, Head of Deptt. etc., no short-listing/weeding out shall be necessary.\n(iii) The Commission may also hold written examination for short-listing of candidates for interview.\n29.\n30.\n(i) 50% on academic/professional qualification/service experience relevant to the post/preferential qualification.\n(ii) 50% for subject knowledge and general bearing. Out of this, 20% shall be for subject knowledge and the remaining 30% for general bearing.\n31.\nChapter-IV\nCombined Competitive Examination:\n32.\n33.\n34.\n35.\n36.\n37.\n38.\n39.\n40.\n41.\n42.\n43.\n44.\n45.\n(a) Original Treasury receipt depositing prescribed application/examination fees\n(b) Certificate of Age issued by the respective Boards/Universities in the HSLC/HSSLC or equivalent examination.\n(c) Certificates and Mark Sheets of all educational qualifications from HSLC onwards\n(d) Caste Certificate for candidates belonging to SC/STP/STH/OBC/MOBC issued by appropriate authority.\n(e) Certificate and Identity Card issued by the competent authority in respect of Physically Handicapped candidates.\n(f) Two copies of recent passport size Photographs duly signed by the candidates.\n46.\n(a) Under Age\n(b) Over Age\n(c) Under Qualified\n(d) Application without signature of the candidate\n(e) Not applied in the prescribed application form of the Commission\n(f) Treasury receipt not submitted along with the application and not stated in appropriate column\n(g) Fees deposited through wrong Head of Account/IPO/Bank Draft etc.\n(h) Optional subject not mentioned in the application form properly or optional subject not mentioned at all.\n(i) News paper cutting of application form\n(j) Candidates debarred by the UPSC or State PSCs\n(k) Photograph not pasted with the application form\n(l) Treasury Receipt deposited after last date of submission of application form\n(m) Application received after the last date fixed for receipt of application. However, candidates applying through proper channel shall be allowed 15 (fifteen) days more time for receipt of application.\n(n) The rejected candidates will be informed stating the grounds for rejection of their candidature.\n47.\n48.\n(b) The Commission shall prepare calendar for particular examination indicating the various schedules and stages.\n(c) Panel lists of paper setters, examiners, tabulators, moderators and scrutinizers are to be prepared and approved by the Commission before commencement of any examination. The Chairperson will select these persons out of this list/panel only. For preparation of the panel list, head of the concerned Department/Controller of examinations of all Universities of the State and Principal of leading colleges will be requested well ahead of the examination to submit names of approved in-service teachers, having experiences of examining degree scripts and reliability to the Commission for each subject. The Commission, however, may also utilize the expertise of retired College/University teachers who had a proven track record in these areas.\n(d) Guidelines to the paper setters, moderators and scrutinizers will be provided by the Commission.\n49.\n(a) The Secretary shall subject to approval of the Chairperson prepare a list of the persons suitable to be appointed as invigilators and supervisors and shall appoint them as such, provided that invigilators of the out station centres may be appointed by the supervisors concerned in consultation with the representatives of the Commission deputed for the purpose.\n(b) The Commission may request the concerned Deputy Commissioner to appoint one Govt. Observer not below the rank of ADC of the concerned district. But his keeping watch should not disturb/obstruct the conduct of examination or disturb the supervisor in any way. A report from the Govt. Observer may also be obtained on the conduct of the examination,\n50.\n(i) Obtaining support for his candidature by unfair means,\n(ii) Impersonation,\n(iii) Procuring impersonation,\n(iv) Submitted fabricated documents or documents which have been tampered with,\n(v) Making false, or incorrect statements or suppressing material information,\n(vi) Resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his candidature for the examination,\n(vii) Using unfair means during the examination,\n(viii) Writing irrelevant matter, including obscene language or pornographic matter in the script,\n(ix) Misbehaving in the examination hall,\n(x) Harassing or doing bodily harm to the supervisory officer/invigilators/staff employed by the Commission for the conduct of their examination, or to any other examinee,\n(xi) Violating any of the instructions issued to the candidates in their admission certificate/call letter,\n(xii) Attempting to commit all or any of the acts, specified in the foregoing clauses, may render him liable\n(a) for criminal prosecution, or\n(b) to be disqualified by the Commission from the examination for which he/she is a candidate, or\n(c) to be debarred permanently or for a specific period by the Commission from any examination or selection held by them. provided that no penalty under this rule shall be imposed except after:\n(i) giving the candidate an opportunity of making such representation 111 writing as he wishes to make in that behalf, and\n(ii) taking the representation if any, submitted by the candidate within the period allowed to him into consideration,\n51.\n52.\n53.\n54.\n55.\n56.\n57.\n58.\n59.\n60.\n61.\n62.\n63.\n64.\n65.\n66.\n67.\n68.\n(a) Candidate securing more marks in compulsory papers and Interview/Personality Test put together is to be ranked higher;\n(b) In cases where the marks mentioned at (a) above are equal, then the candidate securing more marks in the compulsory papers is to be ranked higher;\n(c) In case where (a) and (b) above are the same then the candidate senior in age is to be ranked higher.\n69.\n70.\n(i) The used answer scripts shall be preserved atleast for six months from the date of declaration of results\n(ii) In case of candidates whose results are challenged in the Court, their scripts shall be preserved till the final disposal of the case or cases.\n(iii) When the scripts are destroyed, it shall be done so in presence of the Secretary and the Principal Controller of Examinations in the office premises and records of such matters shall be maintained.\n(iv) The Commission shall not entertain any request for re-examination of answer scripts from candidates or from any other person.\nChapter-V\n71.\n72.\n73.\nChapter-VI\n74.\nChapter-VII\n75.\n76.\nNote. - 'Papers' do not mean examination paper and 'information' does not mean-\nNote.\n(i) information regarding marks obtained by candidates in written examination before the interview for the posts or services\n(ii) Code Roll numbers rug)\n(iii) Any information regarding examiners entrusted for evaluation of scripts.\nChapter-VIII\n77.\n78.\n79.\nAnnexure-A\nAnnexure-A\nSchedule\n( See Rule-17)\nSpecification of business (1)\nSpecification of business (1)\nAllocation (2)\nAllocation (2)\nI-General\nI-General",
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            "content": "Chairperson\n3.. Co-ordination of Commission's work including\n\t\t\t\tconvening of the meetings of the Commission",
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            "content": "As per Rule 21\nIV. Appointments\nIV. Appointments",
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        "Act ID": "Last Updated 13th February, 2020 [ass363]",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. 165PSC/RR-1/87-88, dated 2.8.2010",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2010",
        "Short Title": "Assam Public Service Commission (Procedure and Conduct of Business) Rules, 2010",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
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