PCS (Prelims) at 1,505 centres in 31 districts on October 24

PRAYAGRAJ: The Prayagraj district has the highest number of registered candidates for the Combined State /Upper Subordinate Services (Preliminary)-2021, commonly known as PCS (Preliminary)-2021, and Assistant Conservator of

Forests (ACF)/Regional Forest Officer (RFO) Preliminary Examination-2021 set to be held across the state on October 24.

A total of 6,91,173 candidates have applied for 538 posts of PCS and 16 ACF/RFO that are on offer.

The preliminary exam would be held by the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) in two shifts from 9.30 am to 11.30 am and 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm, informed Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission secretary Jagdish.

Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission has set up a total of 1,505 examination centres in 31 districts of Uttar Pradesh for the exams, with Prayagraj alone having 133 centres for 60,886 candidates. Likewise, there were 55,131 candidates registered to appear in the recruitment exam in Lucknow, he added.

Other districts where Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission will be conducting the preliminary exam include Agra, Aligarh, Basti, Bulandshahr, Etawah, Ghazipur, Hardoi, Jyotibaphule Nagar, Maharajganj, Mainpuri, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Shahjahanpur, Azamgarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Ayodhya, Ghaziabad, Jaunpur, Jhansi and Kanpur Nagar, besides Barabanki,

Meerut, Moradabad, Rae Bareli, Varanasi, Sitapur, Mirzapur and Mathura.

Earlier in January, the commission had announced that it planned to conduct the Combined State/Upper Subordinate Services (Preliminary) Examination-2021 along with Assistant Conservator of Forest (ACF)/Range Forest Officer (RFO) Preliminary Exam-2021 on June 13 and June 20, respectively.

But the exams had to be postponed due to the second wave of corona.

Earlier, the number of posts was 400 but later they were increased by 138 more, including 52 posts of sub divisional magistrates (SDMs).

Every centre is to have a maximum of 500 candidates only and each of these candidates is to be seated in such a way that the norm of social distancing is strictly followed.