EPF Section Officer Limited Departmental Competitive Examination Scheme, 2025

सत्यमेव जयते कर्मचारी भविष्य निधि संगठन Employees Provident Fund Organisation (श्रम एवं रोजगार मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार) (MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA) मुख्य कार्यालय / Head Office प्लेट ए, ग्राउंडफ्लोर, ब्लॉक न,ईस्ट किदवई नगर,नई दिल्ली-110023 Plate A, Ground Floor, Block II, East Kidwai Nagar, New Delhi-110023 Website: www.epfindia.gov.in, www.epfindia.nic.in No. RC-RCORC(RC)/5/2025-EPFO-HQ/RC 674 To, All Addl. CPFC (HQ)/ACC (Zones)/ACC (ASD), Director (PDNASS) All officers-in charge of ROs/RPFC-I (ASD) Date: 13.10.2025 Subject:- Employees' Provident Fund Section Officer Limited Departmental Competitive Examination Scheme, 2025.- Regarding Sir/Madam, I am directed to forward herewith the 'Employees' Provident Fund Section Officer Limited Departmental Competitive Examination Scheme, 2025' as approved by the Competent Authority. Employees' Provident Fund Section Officer Limited Departmental Competitive Examination Scheme,2025 will come into force from the date of issue of this circular. This may be circulated to all concerned. A copy may also be displayed on Notice Board. Encl: As above Yours faithfully, w (Bhupendra Singh) Regional P.F. Commissioner-I (Recruitment Cell)

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Employees’ Provident Fund Limited Departmental Competitive Examination Scheme for promotion to the post of Section Officer under Examination Quota

1. SHORT TITLE, APPLICATION AND COMMENCEMENT:

(i) This Scheme shall be called the ‘Employees' Provident Fund Section Officer Limited Departmental Competitive Examination Scheme, 2025.

(ii) The examination under this Scheme shall be held for filling up the vacant posts of Section Officer falling under Examination Quota as prescribed in the relevant Recruitment Rules.

(iii) It shall come into force from the date of its notification. It shall supersede all provisions of the Employees' Provident Fund Section Officer Departmental Competitive Examination Scheme, 2016’ except otherwise provided in this Scheme. It shall be applicable to the examinations conducted after its notification.

(iv) The Central P F Commissioner may, from time to time, give such directions as considered fit for the fair and transparent conduct of examination and when any such direction is given, such direction shall be binding.

2. DEFINITIONS:

(i) "Examination" for the purpose of this Scheme means the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for promotion to the post of Section Officer for filling up vacancies against examination quota in the cadre.

(ii) "Organisation" means Employees' Provident Fund Organisation.

(iii) "Paper" means question paper(s) specified in Para 6 of the Scheme.

(iv) "Syllabus" means the syllabus prescribed for the Examination. (v) "Vacancy year" means the Calendar year.

(vi) "DPC" means Departmental Promotion Committee as per the Recruitment Rules for the post of Section Officer in the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation.

(vii) "DOPT" means "Department of Personnel and Training" under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India.

(viii) "Liaison Officer/ Chief Liaison Officer" means the officers duly appointed for ensuring implementation of beneficial provisions for each reserved category

• SC/ST/OBC/ PwBD and others as per the extant rules.

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(ix) “Screening Committee for Determination of Vacancies" means a Committee constituted for determination of vacancies. 3. DETERMINATION OF VACANCIES: (i) Human Resource Management(HRM) Division, Head Office shall finalize the vacancies under the Examination Quota in all categories and forward the same to Head Office, Exam Division along with the certificate of the Liaison Officers / Chief Liaison Officer and the Screening Committee constituted for determination of vacancies. (ii) The vacancies so received from HRM Division shall be circulated to all offices through a circular. The Examination will be conducted for filling up these vacancies. (iii) Vacancies which remain unfilled based on the result of the examination shall be filled up from the subsequent examinations only. 4. ELIGIBILTY 4(a) (i) The required qualifications and eligibility conditions for appointment to the post of Section Officer under Examination Quota will be same as prescribed under the notified Recruitment Rules. (ii) The crucial date to determine the eligibility of the candidate to appear in the examination shall be as per the extant guidelines of DoP&T i.e 1st January.

(iii) On receipt of the applications, Officers-in-charge of Zonal Offices / Officer- in-charge ASD (EPFO, HQ) shall examine the eligibility of the candidates based on the service particulars of the candidates and forward the details to Examination section, EPFO, HQ. In case of any change in the eligibility of the candidate, such change may first be communicated to the candidate and thereafter forwarded to Examination section, EPFO, HQ.

(iv) In case a candidate who has applied for the examination is found to be ineligible as per rules, the candidate shall be intimated within 5 days of receipt of the application citing the rule provisions due to which he / she is found ineligible.

(v) The candidate may submit a representation for reconsideration to the concerned Officers in charge of Zonal Offices / Officer in charge ASD (EPFO, HQ) giving detailed reasons for reconsideration within 5 days of receipt of rejection of application failing which his / her representation shall not be considered.

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(vi) Officers-in-charge of Zonal Offices / Officer-in-charge ASD (EPFO, HQ) may take care that the final list of eligible candidates should be forwarded only after ensuring that the rejected candidates have been intimated as per the rules.

4(b) Employees under Suspension / undergoing Disciplinary Proceedings / Criminal Proceedings/ Undergoing Punishment The officials who are eligible but are under suspension or against whom disciplinary proceeding / Criminal proceedings are pending / undergoing penalty may be permitted to appear in the examination. The result will be declared based on the merit of the candidate. DPC shall follow the DOPT instructions in regard to such cases. 5. PREPARATION OF MERIT LIST: (i) The examination is a Competitive Examination.

(ii) A separate Merit List of Qualified Candidates for the number of vacancies for which the examination has been conducted for each category will be prepared arranging the candidates in the order of merit based on the total marks obtained in all the papers, subject to the candidates having secured the minimum qualifying marks prescribed for each paper.

(iii) A Waiting List shall also be prepared on the same lines as the Merit List of Qualified Candidates, which shall be utilized in the event that any person from the Merit List is not found fit by the DPC for promotion or does not join the post after promotion or refuses the promotion for any reason whatsoever. The Waiting List shall not exceed 20 percent of the notified vacancies for the examination, subject to a minimum of one candidate.

(iv) The validity period of waiting list shall be one year from the date of declaration of the result or till the conduct of the next examination whichever is earlier.

(v) The DPC shall make recommendations for promotion against the examination quota vacancies on the basis of the Merit List of Qualified Candidates and duly assessing their fitness based on other criteria as contained in the Recruitment Rules.

(vi) In case any vacancy remains unfilled in the event that a person in the Merit List is found to be unfit for promotion by the DPC or due to non-joining of candidates recommended and offered promotion shall be filled up from the available candidates in the Waiting List.