INDIAN FOREST SERVICE EXAMINATION, 2022
EXAMINATION NOTICE NO.06/2022-IFoS
MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: A candidate must hold a Bachelor’s
degree with at least one of the subjects namely Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science,
Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor’s
degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering of any of Universities incorporated by an
Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions
established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under
Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent
qualification.
AGE LIMITS :
(a) A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age
of 32 years on 1st August, 2022, i.e. he must have been born not earlier than 2nd
August, 1990 and not later than 1st August, 2001.
(b) The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable:-
(i) upto a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a
Scheduled Tribe.
(ii) upto a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward
Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates.
(iii) upto a maximum of three years in the case of Defence Services personnel disabled in
operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and
released as a consequence thereof:
(iv) upto a maximum of five years in the case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned
Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on
1st August, 2022 and have been released;
(i) on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be
completed within one year from 1st August, 2022) otherwise than by way of
dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency, or
(ii) on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service, or
(iii) on invalidment.
(v) upto a maximum of five years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an
initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service as on 1st August, 2022 and
whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry
of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and that they will
be released on three month’s notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of
appointment.
(vi) up to a maximum of 10 years in the case of Persons with Benchmark Disabilities viz. (a)
low vision; (b) Partially deaf; (c) locomotor disability (Sub-category : leprosy cured and
acid attack victims only).
The number of vacancies to be filled on the results of the examination is expected
to be approximately 151.
NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS :
Every candidate appearing at the Examination, who is otherwise eligible, shall be
permitted six attempts at the examination.
Provided that this restriction on the number of attempts will not apply in the case of
Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates who are otherwise eligible.
Provided further that the number of attempts permissible to candidates belonging to
Other Backward Classes who are otherwise eligible, shall be nine.
Provided further that a person with benchmark disability will get as many attempts as
are available to other candidates who do not belong to person with benchmark
disability of his or her community, subject to the condition that a person with
benchmark disability belonging to the General and EWS Category shall be eligible for
nine attempts.. The relaxation will be available to the persons with benchmark
disability who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates.
FEE
Candidates applying (excepting Female/SC/ST/PwBD candidates who are exempted
from payment of fee) for Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination are required to pay a
fee of Rs.100/- (Rupees One Hundred only) either by depositing the money in any
Branch of SBI by cash, or by using net banking facility of State Bank of India or by
using Visa/Master/RuPay Credit/Debit card
LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS :
The Online Applications can be filled upto 22th February, 2022 till 18.00 Hours
WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION:
The online Applications can be withdrawn from 01.03.2022 to 07.03.2022 till
6.00 PM after which the link will be disabled.
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