HIMACHAL PRADESH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

H.P. JUDICIAL SERVICE COMPETITIVE (PRELM.) EXAMINATION-2024.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

The candidate must read the following instructions. Failure to observe any instruction will render
him/her liable to such action as the Commission may deem fit to take under the facts and
circumstances:-
Examinations conducted by the Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission fall under the
purview of Himachal Pradesh Prevention of Malpractice Act, 1984.

1. There will be three papers for this examination as per schedule given below: -

Reporting
Date Name of Paper Session Timings
time
Paper-I
Morning Session 09.30 A.M to 10.30 A.M. 08.00 A.M.
(Civil Law-I)
Paper-II
02-03-2025 Afternoon Session 12.30 P.M. to 01.30 P.M. 11.00 A.M.
(Civil Law-II)
Paper-III
Evening Session 04.00 P.M. to 05.00 P.M. 02:30 P.M.
(Criminal Law)
No entry shall be allowed into the examination hall(s)/room(s) after 9:00AM in Morning session,
12:00Noon in Afternoon Session and 3:30PM in Evening Session.

Note :- It is mandatory for the candidates to appear in all three Papers (Civil Law-I, Civil Law-II &
Criminal Law) of HPJS Competitive (Preliminary) Examination-2024 for the purpose of
evaluation. He / she will be disqualified in case does not appear in all three papers of said
Examination.

2. No request for change of examination centres shall be accepted and no correspondence in

this regard will be entertained by the Commission. Candidates shall not be allowed to
appear in Examination Centre other than the allotted Examination Centre.
3. The candidates are advised to reach the venue 01 and half hour before the commencement
of the examination.
4. Entry gate of the examination centre shall be opened at least 01 and half hour before the
commencement of the examination.
5. After entry into the venue, candidates will directly go to the respective examination hall/room
and occupy the allotted seats without loitering in the premises. They shall not gather at any place
in the premises.
6. Entry into the examination hall/rooms will be closed half hour before the commencement of
the Examination i.e. 09:00A.M. (Paper-I), 12:00Noon (Paper-II) and 03:30PM in paper-III
respectively. No candidate will be allowed to enter the examination hall after scheduled
time. No Examination functionary has any discretion in this regard.
7. No candidate will be permitted to leave the examination hall/room until the expiry of fulltime.
However, if a candidate falls seriously ill and is unable to write the examination, the Question
Paper and OMR Answer Sheet may be taken from him/ her and then he/she may be sent to
nearby Hospital/Dispensary, duly accompanied by an invigilator for treatment.

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8. (a) Immediately after downloading of e-Admission letter-cum-Identity Card alongwith
instructions, the candidate should check very carefully discrepancies, if any, and bring to the
notice of the H.P. Public Service Commission without loss of time. He / she must bring his / her
e- Admission letter-cum- Identity Card to the examination hall failing which he/she will not be
allowed to sit in the Written Objective Type Examination / Test.
(b) The candidate should note that he / she is responsible for the safe custody of e-Admission
letter-cum-Identity Card and that in the event of his/her e-Admission letter-cum-Identity
Card being used by any other person for securing admission to the examination, the onus lies
on the candidate himself/herself to prove that he/she has not procured the services of an
impersonator.
(c) A candidate is allowed to appear only in the examination centre allotted to him/her.
(d) The candidate is required to paste a passport size latest self attested photograph in the space
provided on the e-Admission letter-cum-Identity Card. No candidate will be allowed to
appear in the examination without e-Admission letter-cum Identity Card along with latest
passport size self attested photograph duly pasted on it. Candidates without e-admit card will
not be allowed to appear in the examination.
(e) The candidates are advised to produce a valid photo ID proof in original i.e. Aadhar
Card, Voter Card or Driving License etc. in the examination centre (Room/Hall).
(f) The candidates can bring their own water only in transparent bottles. Steel or any other
opaque water bottle shall not allowed in the examination halls/rooms.
(g) Candidates are advised to visit venue one day before the conduct of examination to check the
exact location of their respective examination centre and to avoid any adverse circumstances
in this regard too.
(h) CANDIDATES WITH BENCHMARK DISABILITY HAVING VC/LDCP
(I) The candidate who has disability of 40 % or more and is not in position to read or write
shall have the discretion of opting for his / her own scribe/ reader by making prior
request in writing along with disability certificate issued by the competent medical board
in support of his/her claim to the Controller of Examination 07 days before the
examination/test. Such candidate who shall make the use of scribe/reader shall be given
20 minutes per hour, compensatory time.
(II) The candidate should have the discretion of opting for his / her scribe own or may
request the Controller of Examination for the same.
9. The candidate must note that his/her admission is strictly provisional and on claim basis made
by him/her on the Online Recruitment Application (ORA).The admission to this examination
does not imply that his/her candidature has finally been cleared by the Commission or that
entries made by the candidate in his/her application form for the examination have been
accepted by the Commission as true and correct.
10. The Commission will take up the verification of eligibility conditions and reservation claims
etc. with reference to self attested documents (uploaded on the Online Web portal of the
Commission at applying stage) only of those candidates who qualify for the Main
Examination on the basis of the result of Preliminary Examination. Onus of proving that a
candidate is eligible on the closing date for submission of online recruitment application
(ORA) will be on the candidate. In case date of notification / declaration of final result is not
mentioned in the certificate /degree, the date of issue of such certificate/degree shall be
deemed as date of acquisition of essential qualification.

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11. If in eligibility of a candidate is detected at any stage before or after Preliminary Examination
/ Main Examination / Personality Test or if the conditions prescribed in the Rules and
Advertisement are not complied with or any additional information /documents called for at
any stage are not furnished within the time specified therein, he/she will not be allowed to take
part in the process of Main Examination / Personality Test.
12. The candidate shall enter the examination hall/room and occupy his/her seat immediately.
They are not allowed to loiter in the premises. The Carbonless OMR Answer Sheet will be
given to the candidates 10 minutes before the commencement of examination/Test. The
Carbonless OMR Answer Sheet should be handled carefully. It should not be mutilated or
torn.
13. No candidate shall be admitted into the examination hall/room after the scheduled time
of closing of entry i.e. half hour before the commencement of examination / Test in all
three sessions. No candidate shall be permitted to leave the examination hall until the
expiry of full allotted time.
14. The Commission does not supply any article of stationery except authorized Carbonless OMR
Answer Sheet. Working Sheet for rough work will be available at the end of Test Booklet. The
candidate are permitted to carry ball point pen (Blue / Black), e-admit card & ID card only
into the examination hall. No other items shall be permitted inside the Examination
Hall(s)/Room(s).
15. The candidate shall not bring any article such as loose paper, books, notes, programmable
calculators, log tables, slide rules etc. into the examination hall / Room. He/ She is also not
permitted to carry pager, mobile phone, Blue Tooth, Smart Watches or any other type of
gadget/electronic device to be used for communication in the Examination Hall/Room. Any
infringement of these instructions will entail disciplinary action including ban from future
examinations. Candidates are advised not to bring any valuables/costly items in the
examination hall/room, as safe keeping of the same cannot be assured. Commission will not
be responsible for any loss in this regard.

16. The candidate must write his / her Roll number, application number, booklet series, Name of
Paper and the examination centre in the prescribed columns at the top of the Carbonless OMR
Answer Sheet with ball point pen (Blue /Black) before affixing his/her signature in the space
provided therein. It should also be noted that all the squares and circles provided in the
Carbonless OMR Answer Sheet are filled-in /encoded with blue or black ball point pen only.

17. The candidate should ensure that in case the booklet series viz. A, B, C or D is not printed on
the Test Booklet or Test Booklet/Answer Sheet is found mutilated, he / she should
immediately report the matter to the invigilator and get the test booklet of the same
series/answer sheet replaced. Nothing should be written on the Test Booklet except his / her
Roll Number. Instructions on the Test Booklet and Carbonless OMR Answer Sheet must be
read very carefully.
18. The candidate should ensure that the booklet series should be written and encoded correctly.
19. The candidate should not tamper with or take away the upper part of Carbonless OMR
Answer Sheet with him/her. He/ She will be penalized for any such attempt.
20. No candidate shall be allowed to use white fluid / eraser to change / erase their responses on
the Carbonless OMR Answer Sheet.

21. No candidate shall be allowed to go to the toilet during the last 30 minutes of the examination.
22. The candidate should also note that he/she should not stand near or loiter in and around the
examination hall / room after being permitted to leave on conclusion of the examination/Test.

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 23. The candidate must abide by the instructions as may be given by the Centre
Supervisor/Deputy Supervisor/Invigilator during the examination/Test.

24. The candidate will furnish such necessary and correct information as may be asked for, from
him/her in the examination hall by the Invigilator/Deputy Supervisor /Centre Supervisor.

25. The e-Admission letter -cum-Identity Card with his / her latest passport size photo (self
attested), affixed on the space provided for the purpose should be handed over to invigilator
on the commencement of the examination.

26. There will be 50 objective type (multiple choice) questions of two marks each in all three
papers, as per the syllabus available on the website of the Commission. For each question
there will be four responses given in the Test Booklet itself.

27. In this Written Objective Type Examination / Test, the candidate has to choose one of the
most suitable responses from amongst the given choices in the Test Booklet. For example, in
case of mentioning proper name of the capital of India against four suggestions viz. (a) Shimla
(b) Delhi (c) Mumbai (d) Chandigarh, the most appropriate response containing circle(b) is to
be blackened/encircled with Blue or Black ball point pen as under:-

A B C D
O ● O O

NOTE: IN CASE OF WRONG ENCODING OF APPLICATION NUMBER, ROLL NUMBER OR BOTH

BY THE CANDIDATE, THE OMR (OPTICAL MARK READER) SHEETS SHALL NOT BE
EVALUATED AND SHALL BE REJECTED STRAIGHTWAY.

28. In case candidate has any doubt about any question in the question paper, he/she is advised to
give a representation addressed to the Secretary, H.P. Public Service Commission, in this
regard through the Centre Supervisor immediately after the conclusion of Objective Type
Examination. Attention of the candidates is invited to laws relating to prevention of use of
unfair means. Use of unfair means is an offence. Any examinee using unfair means shall be
dealt with the provisions of relevant law in addition to debarring him / her from the present
Written Objective Type Examination /Test as well as future examinations of the Commission.

29. The Answer key of this Written Objective Type Examination/Test shall be displayed/
uploaded on the official website of the Commission at the earliest possible after the conduct of
this examination for inviting objection(s), if any, through online mode only. The Objections, if
any, received within five days alongwith requisite fee will only be entertained.

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 30. The candidate should note that his/her name in the admission letter might have been
abbreviated due to technical reasons. No correspondence in this regard will be entertained by
the Commission.

31. Taking Tea is prohibited inside the examination hall/room. Smoking in the examination hall or
in the premises is punishable offence.

32. No T.A./D.A. will be paid by the Commission for taking this examination.

NOTE-1: NO ELECTRONICS GADGETS/MOBILE PHONE/SMART WATCH/ BLUE TOOTH AND ANY

OTHER COMMUNICATION DEVICES ETC. ARE ALLOWED IN THE
PREMISES/EXAMINATION HALL THEREFORE, CANDIDATES SHOULD ENSURE THAT
THEY ARE NOT IN POSSESSION OF ANY KIND OF SUCH DEVICES BEFORE THEY
ENTER THE PREMISES/EXAMINATION HALL/ROOMS.

NOTE-2: CANDIDATES ARE ADVISED TO CONFIRM / CHECK/ TRACE THE ADDRESS AND
LOCATION OF THEIR EXAMINATION CENTRE(S), AFTER RECEIPT OF MESSAGE OF
ALLOTTMENT OF EXAMINATION CENTRE / DOWNLOADING THE E-ADMIT CARDS. IF,
ANY DISCREPANCIES ARE FOUND, THE SAME MAY BE BROUGHT TO THE NOTICE
THROUGH TELEPHONE NO. 0177-2624313/2629738 OR MAY CONTACT THE CENTRE
SUPERVISOR OF EXAMAINTION CENTRE {HEAD(S)} OF THE INSTITUTION (S).

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