Section 15 in The U.P. Lower Subordinate Forest Service Rules, 1980
15. Procedure for direct recruitment.
(1)For the purpose of recruitment, there shall be constituted a Selection Committee comprising :(i)Appointing authority.(ii)Two officers not below the rank of Assistant Conservator of Forests to be nominated by the Conservator of Forest having jurisdiction.(2)The Selection Committee shall scrutinise the applications and require the eligible candidates to appear in a written test.Note. - The syllabus and procedure for written test is given in Appendix B.(3)After the marks obtained by the candidates in the written test have been tabulated, the Selection Committee shall have regard to the need for securing due representation of the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and others under Rule 6, call for interview such number of candidates as, on the result of the written examination, have come up to the standard fixed by the committee in this respect. The marks awarded to each candidate in the interview shall be added to the marks obtained by him in the written test.(4)The Selection Committee shall prepare a list of candidates in order of merit, as disclosed by the aggregate of marks obtained by them in the written test and interview. If two or more candidates obtain equal marks the candidate obtaining higher marks in the written test shall be placed higher. The number of the names in the list shall be larger but not larger by more than 25 per cent of the vacancies.
