Union Public Service Commission - Combined Defence Services Examination (II) 2007

7. Acknowledgement Of Applications:

Immediately on receipt of an application from a candidate, the Acknowledgement Card submitted by him alongwith the application form will be despatched to him by the Commission’s office duly stamped in token of receipt of his Application. If a candidate does not receive the Acknowledgement Card within 30 days, he should at once contact the Commission by quoting his Application Form No. (8-digit) and name & year of examination. Candidates delivering the application form in person at the Commission’s Counter will be issued Acknowledgement Card at the Counter itself. The mere fact that a candidate’s application has been acknowledged by the Commission does not mean that his candidature for the examination has been accepted by the Commission. Candidates will be informed at the earliest possible about their admission to the examination or rejection of their application.

8. Correspondence With The Commission/Army/Naval/Air Head Quarters:

The Commission will not enter into any correspondence with the candidates about their candidature except in the following cases:

i) Every candidate for this examination will be informed at the earliest possible date of the result of his application. Admission certificates, indicating the Roll Nos., Centre and the Courses to which admitted will be issued to the candidates who are admitted to the examination. The admission certificate will bear the photograph of the candidate. If a candidate does not receive his admission certificate or any other communication regarding his candidature for the examination three weeks before the commencement of the examination, he should at once contact the Commission. On receipt of such a communication, Admission certificate or a duplicate copy thereto will be issued to the admitted candidate. Information in this regard can also be obtained from the Facilitation Counter located in the Commission’s Office either in person or over phone Nos. 011-23381125/011-23385271/011-23098543. In case no communication is received in the Commission’s Office from the candidate regarding non-receipt of his admission certificate atleast 3 weeks before the examination, he himself will be solely responsible for non-receipt of his admission Certificate. It may be noted that the Admission Certificate will be issued at the address as photo-copied from the application form filled in by the candidate. The candidate should, therefore, ensure that the address given by him in the application form is correct and complete with pin code.

No candidate will ordinarily be allowed to take the examination unless he holds a certificate of admission for the examination. On receipt of Admission Certificate, check it carefully and bring discrepancies/errors, if any, to the notice of UPSC immediately.

The courses to which the candidates are admitted will be according to their eligibility as per age and educational qualifications for different courses and the preferences given by the candidates.

The candidates should note that their admission to the examination will be purely provisional based on the information given by them in the application form. This will be subject to verification of all the eligibility conditions by the UPSC.

ii) In the event of a candidate receiving more than one admission certificate from the Commission, he should use only one of these admission certificates for appearing in the examina-tion and return the other(s) to the Commission’s Office.

iii) If a candidate receives an admission certificate in respect of some other candidate on account of handling error, the same should be immediately returned to the Commission with a request to issue the correct Admission Certificate. Candidates may note that they will not be allowed to take the examination on the strength of an Admission Certificate issued in respect of another candidate.

iv) The decision of the Commission as to the acceptance of the application of a candidate and his eligibility or otherwise for admission to the Examination shall be final.

v) Candidates should note that the name in the Admission Certificate in some cases, may be abbreviated due to technical reasons.

vi) A candidate must see that communications sent to him at the address stated in his application are redirected, if necessary. Change in address should be communicated to the Commission at the earliest opportunity. Although the Commission make every effort to take account of such changes, they cannot accept any responsibility in the matter.

Important: All communications to the Commission/Army Head-quarters should invariably contain the following particulars.

1. Name and year of the examination.
2. Application Form Number (8-digit)
3. Roll Number (if received)
4. Name of candidate (in full and in block letters)
5. Complete postal Address as given in the application with telephone number, if any.

Note: i) Communications not containing the above particulars may not be attended to.

Note: ii) If a letter/communication is received from a candidate after an examination has been held and it does not give his full name and Roll number, it will be ignored and no action will be taken thereon.

Note: iii) Candidates recommended by the Commission for interview by the Services Selection Board who have changed their addresses subsequent to the submission of their application for the examination should immediately after anouncement of the result of the written part of the examination notify the changed address also to Army Headquarters, alongwith unstamped self-addressed envelope, A.G’s Branch, Rtg. CDSE Entry section, for males and SSC Women Entry Section for Women candidates West Block-3, Ground Floor, Wing 1, Ramakrishnapuram, New Delhi-110066 in case of IMA/SSC first choice candidates and Naval HQ (R&R Section), Room No. 204, ‘C’ Wing, Sena Bhawan, New Delhi-110011 in case of Navy first choice candidates, and PO 3 (A)Air HQS. ‘J’ Block, Room No. 17, Opp. Vayu Bhawan, Motilal Nehru Marg, New Delhi-110011 in case of Air Force first choice candidates. Failure to comply with this instruction will deprive the candidate of any claim to consideration in the event of his not receiving the summon letter for interview by the Services Selection Board. Candidates whose names have been recommended for interview by the Services Selection Board should address enquiries or requests, if any relating to their interview direct to the Army Headquarters, A.G’s Branch, Rtg. CDSE Entry, West Block 3, Ground Floor, Wing 1, Ramakrishnapuram, New Delhi-110066 in case of candidates having IMA or OTA as their first choice and PO3 (A)/Air Headquarters, ‘J’ Block, Room No. 17, Opp. Vayu Bhawan, Motilal Nehru Marg, New Delhi-110011 in the case of candidates having Air Force as first choice and Naval HQ (R&R Section), Room No. 204, ‘C’ Wing, Sena Bhawan, New Delhi-110011 in the case of candidates having Navy as first choice.

Candidates are requested to report for SSB interview on the date intimated to them in the call up letter for interview. Requests for postponing interview will only be considered in very genuine circumstances and that too if it is administratively convenient for which Army Headsquarters/Air Headquarters/Naval HQ will be the sole deciding authority. Such requests should be sent to Selection Centre/SSB from where the call for SSB interview has been received.

Note: In case a candidate does not get the interview call for SSB interview for IMA by 4th week of February, 2008 and by 4th week of April, 2008 for OTA, he/she should write to Army Headquarters/Rtg. CDSE Entry, (SSC Women Entry for SSC Non-Tech) West Block III, Ramakrishnapuram, New Delhi-110066 or contact on telephone No. 26173215 regarding non-receipt of the call-up letter.

For similar query by the Navy/Air Force candidates, having first choice as given ibid, should write to Naval Hqrs. or Air Hqrs. as mentioned in N.B. III (in case of non-receipt of call by 4th week of February, 2008).

vii) Original certificates submission of– Those candidates who qualify in the SSB interview will be required to submit their original certificates alongwith two attested copies thereof in support of educational qualification at Services Selection Centre after SSB interview. Those appearing for Degree Examination will be required to submit their certificates by 15th May, 2008 (1st August, 2008 in the case of SSC only). Instructions for the same will be given at SSB. Original certificates will be returned back after verification. Certified true copies or photostat copies of the certificates will not be accepted in any case.

Union Public Service Commission - Combined Defence Services Examination (I) 2007