Section 4 in The Indian Forest Service (Appointment by Competitive Examination) Regulations, 1967
4. Conditions of eligibility.
- In order to be eligible to compete at the examination, a candidate must satisfy the following conditions, namely :(1)Nationality. - He must be a citizen of India or must belong to such categories of persons as may from time to time be notified in this behalf by the Central Government.(2)[ Age. - He must have attained the age of 21, and not attained the age of 30 on the first day of July of the year in which the examination is held] [Substituted by G.S.R. 676 (E), dated 13th November, 1998 (w.e.f. 13-11-1998).] ;Provided that the upper age limit may be relaxed in respect of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and such other categories of persons as may from time to time be notified in this behalf by the Central Government by general or special orders to the extent and subject to the conditions notified in respect of each category :Provided further that the upper age limit may be relaxed in respect of a person who was directly recruited to the gazetted cadre of the State Forest Service and had put in less than 4 years service, including 2 years training for diploma course in the Forest Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dum, on the 1st July, 1966, to such extent and for such periods as the Central Government may by order specify :[Provided also that the upper age limit shall be raised to 31 years for the candidates appearing at the examination to be conducted by the Commission in 1990.] [Substituted by G.S.R. 140 (E), dated 16th March, 1990.](3)Educational qualification. - He must hold a Bachelor's degree with at least one of the subjects, namely, Botany, Chemistry, Forestry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics and Zoology, or a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, or in [* * *] [Omitted by M.H.A. Notification No. 4/70/68 (1)-A.I.S. (IV), dated 25th July, 1969.] Engineering of any University incorporated by an Act of the Central or of the State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as Universities under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956), or a foreign University approved by the Central Government from time to time, or possess a qualification which has been recognised by the Central Government for the purposes of admission to the examination :Provided that in exceptional cases the Commission may treat a candidate not possessing the qualifications prescribed herein as qualified if-(a)he has passed an examination conducted by any other institution of a standard which, in the opinion of the Commission justifies, has admission to the examination, or(b)he has taken one or more degrees by passing an examination in any one or more subjects aforesaid from a foreign university which is not approved by the Central Government.Explanatory MemorandumA degree in Forestry or Statistics has been included as one of the educational qualifications for admission to the Indian Forest Service examination to be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission in the year 1988. The 'Notice' for the ensuing examination has been issued on this basis by the Union Public Service Commission.Correspondingly, the 'Rules' governing the conduct of the above examination have also been notified on the same basis, by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The Gazette notifications of the 'Notice' and 'Rules' for the examination have been published in the Gazette on the 30th January, 1988.
