Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) on Wednesday has announced Written CSS Competitive Examination 2023 for the interested candidates who wanted to prove their mettle in challenging field of civil service of the country that offers a thrilling job experience in multi-faceted domains. According the official sources from FPSC, the interested candidates may apply online well before 14th November 2022. However, they may also deposit hardcopy of online application form along with requisite documents.
All candidates who have qualified MCQ Based Preliminary Test (MPT) for CSS CE-2023 and intend to appear in written part of CSS Competitive Examination, 2023 may furnish online application to FPSC by 14 November, 2022. The written part of CSS Written Competitive Examination-2023 will commence from 1st February, 2023 on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the examination will be held in 19 cities as mentioned vide Rule 3 (3) of CE Rules. 2019, while the number of vacancies will be filled on the basis of CSS Written Competitive Examination-2023 will be announced later. As per eligibility criteria, only MPT CE-2023 qualifiers can appear in written part of CSS CE-2023.
The candidates must have at least second Division Bachelor’s degree. The age must be between 21 and 30 years, while two years age relaxation is admissible to categories specified in Rule-6 of CSS Competitive Examination Rules 2019 available on FPSC website. The cutoff date for determining the eligibility of the candidate in terms of age, qualification, domicile etc. is 31″ December, 2022. The official sources further informed that the candidates shall be admitted to the examination provisionally at their own risk subject to their being found eligible in all respects.
On detailed scrutiny of the applications after the announcement of result of the written examination, if any candidate is found ineligible in any respect under these rules his candidature shall be cancelled and rejected regardless of the fact whether he has appeared in the examination or qualified therein. To avoid inconvenience, candidates shall ensure before applying that they fulfill all requirements of the rules, relating to the CSS Competitive Examination, it added. Sharing the details of procedure to apply, the interested candidates were asked to deposit examination fee of Rs.2200/- before 14th November 2022 in the nearest Govt.
Treasury/State Bank of Pakistan, National Bank of Pakistan under the account head “C02101-Organs of State Exam fee (FPSC Receipt) vide challan form available on website. The candidates were asked to submit online application to FPSC by 14th November, 2022 available at FPSC website. They were also intimate to choose optional subjects in terms of Appendix-I of CSS CE Rules, 2019, choose examination centre carefully, while the subsequent changes in optional subjects and Examination Centre will not be allowed. They must duly signed hard copy of online application along with Original Treasury Receipt and attested copies of Matric certificate, Intermediate certificate, Graduation certificate, degrees, CMC, domicile etc.
