The Jharkhand Combined civil Services Examination(2nd Amendment)Rules-2023.dated:-31-01-2026

No. 762 सत्यमेव जयते THE JHARKHAND GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY 30 AGRAHAYAN 1945 (S) RANCHI, THURSDAY 21 DECEMBER, 2023 Department of Personnel, Administrative Reforms & Rajbhasha NOTIFICATION 19th December, 2023 The Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Examination (2nd Amendment) Rules, 2023 Notification No. 11/Lo. Se. Aa. -01-03/2020 (Part) ka.7119-In exercise of the power conferred by the proviso to the Article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Jharkhand, hereby enacts the following rules:- The Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Examination (2nd Amendment) Rules, 2023 Short title, extent and commencement:- (a) These rules may be called the "The Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Examination (2nd Amendment) Rules, 2023" (b) These shall extend to the whole State of Jharkhand. (c) These rules shall come into force from the date of their publication in the State official Gazette. Rule -6 (i) of "The Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Examination Rules, 2021 (as amended vide the 1 Amendment)" is as follows:- "A candidate should have completed a minimum age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 35 years on the following month from the date of publication of advertisement of the examination under these rules."

Jharkhand Gazette (Extraordinary), Thursday, 21st December, 2023 shall be substituted as below:- "A candidate should have completed a minimum age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 35 years on the I day (First day) of the month of August in the year of the publication of advertisement of the examination under these rules." Rule -17 of "The Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Examination Rules, 2021 (as amended vide the 1s Amendment)" is as follows:- "17(i) Candidates who obtain minimum qualifying marks of 40% in aggregate shall only be considered by the Commission while preparing the selection list for Main Examination and for preparing the merit list for the purpose of Interview Test. However the minimum qualifying marks shall be relaxable as per following criteria:- S1. Category Minimum Qualifying Marks No Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes and Females 32% Extremely Backward Classes (Annexure-I) 34% Backward Classes (Annexure-II) 36.5% Primitive Tribal Group 30% Economically Weaker Section (EWS) 40% (ii) Marks obtained in Main (Written) Examination Paper 'I' Language (General Hindi and General English) which is only qualifying in nature will not be added to the aggregate marks for calculation of percentage of marks, or for preparation of merit list for Interview Test or for preparation of final merit list. The adequate number of candidates to be admitted to the Main Examination will be approximately 15 (fifteen) times the total number of advertised vacancies to be filled in the year of the various Services and posts provided they are otherwise eligible but in the said range all those candidates irrespective of category who secure the same percentage of marks as may be fixed by the Commission for any lowest range will be admitted to the Main Examination. Provided further that if adequate number of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Extremely Backward Classes (Annexure-I)/ Backward Classes (Annexure-II)/Economically Weaker Section are not available amongst the candidates to be declared qualified for admission to the Main Examination, the commission shall reduce the cut off marks for them till adequate number of candidates belonging to these categories are declared qualified for the Main Examination but the reduced cut off marks shall not be less than the minimum marks mentioned in sub-rule (i)"

(i) Jharkhand Gazette (Extraordinary), Thursday, 21l December, 2023 shall be substituted as below:- "17. General provisions related to Preliminary, Main Examination and preparation of final merit list:- Candidates who obtain minimum qualifying marks of 40% in aggregate shall only be considered by the Commission while preparing the selection list for Main Examination and for preparing the merit list for the purpose of Interview Test. However the minimum qualifying marks shall be relaxable as per following criteria:- SI. Category Minimum Qualifying Marks No Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes and Females 32% Extremely Backward Classes (Annexure-I) 34% Backward Classes (Annexure-II) 36.5% Primitive Tribal Group 30% Economically Weaker Section (EWS) 40% D (ii) Marks obtained in Main (Written) Examination Paper 'I' Language (General Hindi and General English) which is only qualifying in nature will not be added to the aggregate marks for calculation of percentage of marks, or for preparation of merit list for Interview Test or for preparation of final merit list (iii) Such candidates belonging to any reserved category who avail the benefits of any relaxation/ reservation at any stage of the examination will be adjusted against the vacancies of their respective reserved category." Rule -18 of "The Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Examination Rules, 2021 (as amended vide 1"Amendment)" is as follows:- "(i) Candidates belonging to any of the reserved category and selected on the standards fixed for unreserved candidates shall not be adjusted against the reserved category vacancies. (ii) Whenever candidates belonging to reserved category avail the benefits of relaxation of age, minimum qualifying marks fixed for reserved candidates appearing in examination at any stage then such candidates would be adjusted against the vacancies of a reserved category."