Calendar of Departmental Examinations scheduled to be held in the year 2024

• The Circle PAOs will conduct the Departmental Examinations as mentioned in the Annexure-A. Necessary orders for setting of question papers for the said Examinations from the selected panel will be issued separately by the Head of the PAOs concerned. The Notification of holding the examination and calling for applications will have to be issued by the PAOs well in time as per the prescribed time limit of 40 days and the number of vacancies must be invariably indicated category-wise for the examinations as per the existing Recruitment Rules. In case where no vacancy exists or the Examination is not likely to be held for any other reason(s), the fact should be brought to the notice of PA Wing, DoP HQ.
• The examinations shall be conducted as per the SOP issued vide this office OM No.3 09/2021-PACE/Exam/ DE/10228 to 10250 dated 06.01.2022. Further the officials on temporary attachment at DoP HQ or any other unit or on Deputation to any other department shall be allowed to appear in the exam in their respective unit.
• It may also be ensured that the Time Schedule, as indicated in the columns of the Annexure- A are strictly adhered to and timely action is taken at all stages. Results should be declared within the period specified already. In case of delay in the announcement of the result, the reasons for delay and the measures that may be taken to avoid such delays in future may be brought to the notice of PA Wing DoP HQ.
• Contents of this letter may be circulated to all for information.

ANNEXURE-A :- Calendar for departmental Examinations held in PAOs for the year-2024

SL. No.	Name of Examination	Tentative date of examination	Tentative Date of issue of notification	Tentative Date of publication of results
1	Departmental Confirmatory Examination for Direct Recruit Junior Accountants	15th and 16th of June 2024	At least before 40 days of examination	Within One month of conducting examination
2	Departmental Examination for Promotion of Lower Division Clerks to Junior Accountants in PAOs	17th and 18th August 2024
2	Departmental Examination for promotion of Sorters and MTS as Lower Division Clerks in PAOs	19th October 2024
3	Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for promotion of MTS Qualified (12th class passed) as Lower Division Clerks in PAOs	17th November 2024