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UPSC Rules for Disciplinary action by commission

Rule 11 of the Rules for Engineering Services Examination, 2006 notified in the Gazette of India extraordinary dated 14th January, 2006

A candidate who is or has been declared by the Commission to be guilty of:

(i) obtaining support for his candidature by any means; or

(ii) impersonating; or

(iii) procuring impersonation by any person; or

(iv) submitting fabricated documents or documents which have been tampered with; or

(v) making statements which are incorrect or false or suppressing material information; or

(vi) resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his candidature for the examination; or

(vii) using unfair means during the examination; or

(viii) writing irrelevant matter including obscene language or pornographic matter in the script(s); or

(ix) misbehaving in any other manner in the examination hall; or

(x) harassing or doing bodily harm to the staff employed by the Commission for the conduct of their examinations; or

(xi)  being in possession of or using any cellular/mobile phone/pager or any other electronic equipment or device or any other equipment capable of being used as a communication device during the examination.

(xii) violating any of the instructions issued to candidates along with their admission certificate permitting them to take the examination; or

(xiii) attempting to commit or as the case may be abetting the commission of all or any of the acts specified in the foregoing clauses, may in addition to rendering himself liable to criminal prosecution, be liable—

(a) to be disqualified by the Commission from the examination for which is a candidate; and/or

(b) to be debarred either permanently or for a specified period—

(i) by the Commission from any examination or selection held by them;

(ii) by the Central Government from any employment under them; and

(c) if he is already in service under Government to disciplinary action under the appropriate rules.

Provided that no penalty under this rule shall be imposed except after—

(i) giving the candidate an opportunity of making such representation in writing as he may wish to make in that behalf, and

(ii) taking the representation if any submitted by the candidate, within the period allowed to him into consideration.