Chandigarh July 6: Haryana Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal here today accorded approval for making the CSAT paper of Preliminary exam for the posts of HCS (Executive Branch) and other Allied Services conducted by Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) a qualifying paper on the pattern of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

Haryana Civil Services (Executive Branch) First Amendment Rules, 2020 shall bring uniformity in the examination pattern of HPSC and UPSC.

As per the amendment, now Civil Services Aptitude Paper (Paper-II) of preliminary examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks of 33 percent and result of preliminary examination will be based on the marks obtained in Paper-I of General Studies only provided that the candidate has qualified the CSAT (Paper-II).

Earlier the result of this preliminary examination and its merit was prepared on the basis of marks obtained by the candidate in both the papers.