Preference of services/posts by the candidate: HCS 2023

A candidate may apply for appointment to all or any of the services/posts, online, as advertised by the Commission and he/she will be considered for the service/post he applies. It is also made clear that in case no order of preference is given in the application form, the appointment shall be made strictly in order of merit in the following order to the various services/posts subject to fulfillment of eligibility conditions of posts:-

The preference of service is to be submitted online by the shortlisted candidates after declaration of the result of preliminary examination.

The candidates of all the reserved categories can also give preference for the services/posts where no post is reserved for them because they can be considered for the posts of General category, if they fulfill all the eligibility conditions as meant for General category candidates. For example, no post of Deputy Superintendent of Police is available for EWS category candidates, but candidates can exercise preference for the post of Deputy Superintendent of Police and will be considered on their own merit against the post meant for General category subject to the above conditions.