The Commission shall consider all applications received and shall select such candidates as possess necessary qualifications mentioned in this Rule, but if the number of candidates to be admitted to the examination is unduly large the Commission may fix a limit in any particular year as to the number of candidates who may be admitted to the examination and if the number of candidates exceeds the limit so fixed, the Commission may make a preliminary selection of candidates to be admitted to the written examination on the basis of their academic records :Provided that no member of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes who is eligible under these Rules shall be excluded from appearing at the written examination.
