GDS Online Engagement Schedule July-2024 preparatory exercise
It has been tentatively decided to notify the vacancies under the GDS Online Engagement, Schedule, July-2024 in Second week of July-2024 and therefore, following timelines have been prescribed for completing preparatory activities, as noted below:
| SI No | Activities | Time Schedule |
| 1. | Data entry and freezing of the vacancies by the Divisions | 01.07.2024 to 06.07.2024 |
| 2. | Rechecking data entry | 08.07.2024 |
| 3. | Approval by Circles after freezing the data entry by Divisions | 09.07.2024 to 10.07.2024 |
| 4. | Issue of online notification | 15.07.2024 |
2. For the purpose of vacancies calculation, the following vacancies would be included/excluded by the Circle: –
(i) To be Included:
(a) Vacancies arising between 01.07.2023 to 30.06.2024 due to Death, resignation, transfers, discharge including voluntary discharge, termination/removal/dismissal on disciplinary grounds, promotion, long-term deputation to IPPB & APS etc.
(b) Unfilled vacancies of Schedule-1, January-2023, Special Cycle-May- 2023 & Schedule-II, July-2023 including vacancies of these Schedule/Cycle on which the candidate had turned up to the EA but not joined yet.
(ii) To be excluded:
(a) Vacancies in pipeline. For this purpose, candidates whose 1st Stage Verification has been successfully completed and have reported to Engaging Authorities, but the engagement is pending due to non receipt of verification report from the Board of High School and Intermediate Education, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh in “Pipeline”.
(b) Posts declared surplus or proposal for declaring surplus already submitted.
(c) Vacancies caused due to the death of the GDS and a period of six months from the date of death of the GDS have not been elapsed.
3. Therefore, the Circles are requested to adhere to the strict timelines kept for completing the preparatory exercise. On completion of the preparatory work, a very short window of one day would be provided for rechecking and freezing the vacancies in the portal. Therefore, the correctness of the vacancies may be ensured in advance.
5. A certificate duly signed by DPS (HQ) regarding completion of above preparatory works along with total Division wise vacancies to be notified would need to be uploaded in the Portal for generation of final notification and furnished to CEPT under intimation to this office by 10.07.2024.