Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 20: Divisional Commissioner, Jammu Dr. Pawan Kotwal, today held a detailed meeting with Police, District Administration and Venue Supervisors for finalizing arrangements with regard to the conduct of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination scheduled to be held on 23.08.2015.
Apart from Danish Rana, IGP Jammu, Simrandeep Singh, Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Rajeev Pandey, SP Jammu, Supervisors of 14 venues attended the meeting.
Instructions with regard to frisking of candidates with the help of male and female police personnel, providing of scribes for visually handicapped/LDCP candidates, granting of additional time for the LDCP candidates, seating arrangements, dispatch of examination material, receipt and opening of question papers, provision of electricity, water supply and cleanliness of venue / examination halls were given.
The Divisional Commissioner also instructed that no candidate be allowed to enter the examination hall after 10 minutes of the commencement of the examination. No functionary has any discretion in this regard as per the directions of Union Public Service Commission. The candidates in this regard have already been informed by the UPSC to be present at the venue well in time so that they do not miss the exam. Similarly no candidate should be allowed to leave the examination hall until expiry of full allotted time for the paper.
No candidate should be allowed to enter the examination hall with any electronic gadget, mobiles, Bluetooth, calculator etc. Any electronic gadget brought by the candidate will be seized and kept outside the premises and no official of Police or college administration will be responsible for the safety of the gadget. Any loss of mobile etc, if brought to the venue will be the sole responsibility of the candidate.