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UPSC Announces Final Results of Combined Section Officers’ (Grade ‘B’) Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, 2024

UPSC Announces Final Results of Combined Section Officers’ (Grade ‘B’) Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, 2024

Based on the results of the written part of the Combined Section Officers’ (Grade ‘B’) Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, 2024 held by the UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION in January, 2025 and evaluation of service records in June, 2025, the following are the category-wise lists of candidates, in order of merit, who have been recommended for inclusion in the Select List year 2024 of the Services mentioned below:-

Category

Service

I

Section Officers’ Grade of the Central Secretariat Service

 

II

Section Officer Grade of the General Cadre of the Indian Foreign Service, Branch ‘B’

III

Section Officers’ Grade of the Railway Board Secretariat Service

VIII

Section Officers’ Grade of the Intelligence Bureau

 

X

Section Officers in Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service

 

 

2.   2.0  The number of vacancies reported together with the candidates recommended are as under:-

Category

Community

Vacancy

Number of candidates recommended

I

General

244

 

241

 

SC

 

39

 

39

 

ST

23

 

23

 

Total

306

{including   03 PwBD-1, 05 (02+03 backlog) PwBD-2,  03 PwBD-3 and 08 (03+05 backlog) PwBD-4&5}

303

(including   07 PwBD-1, 06 PwBD-2,  03 PwBD-3 and Nil PwBD-4&5)

II

General

 

33

 

32

SC

Nil

Nil

ST

 

02

02

Total

35

{including   01 PwBD-1 and  01 backlog PwBD-3}

34

{including   Nil PwBD-1 and  01  PwBD-3}

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III

General

31

 

30

SC

04

04

ST

Nil

Nil

Total

35

{including  01 PwBD-2 and  01  PwBD-3}

34

{including   01 PwBD-2 and  Nil PwBD-3}

VIII

General

17

16

SC

06

06

ST

03

03

Total

26

{including   01 PwBD-1, 01 backlog PwBD-2, 01 backlog PwBD-3 and 01 backlog PwBD 4 & 5}

25

{including   Nil PwBD-1, Nil PwBD-2, Nil PwBD-3 and Nil PwBD 4 & 5}

X

General

16

16

SC

02

02

ST

01

01

Total

19

(including 01-PwBD-3)

19

(including 01-PwBD-3)

 

3.0     Result of 03 candidates (02 General and 01 PwBD-3) in Category-I have been kept withheld.

4.1     Final Selection of the candidates under different categories shall be decided and results declared inter-alia based on the guidelines issued by the Department of Personnel & Training vide O.M. No. 36012/2016/2019-Estt (Res.) dated 12.04.2022 subject to final outcome of the Civil Appeal No. 629/2022 arising out of SLP (C) No. 30621/2011 and SLP No. 31288/2017.

4.2    In respect of Category – III (i.e. the Section Officers’ Grade of the Railway Board Secretariat Service),the seniority list of Assistant Section Officers’ grade is under challenge, the result of Category-III (i.e. the Section Officers’ Grade of RBSS) for the years 2024 would be provisional subject to the outcome of the pending court cases (O.A.s No.114/2022 and 215/2022), before the Hon’ble Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi, and revision of seniority list of Assistant Section Officers (ASOs’) Grade of RBSS, if any.

5.0     Union Public Service Commission has a ‘Facilitation Counter’ near Examination Hall Building in its Campus. Candidates may obtain any information/clarification regarding their results on working days between 10:00 A.M. and 05:00 P.M. in person or over Telephone Nos. 011-23385271 and 011-23381125 from this Counter. The result shall also be available on the UPSC Website i.e. www.upsc.gov.in. The marks shall be made available on the website within fifteen days from the date of declaration of result.

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