Provincial Civil Service (Uttarakhand) Explained

Provincial Civil Service
Headerstyle:	background:#800080; color:white;
Header1:	Service overview
Label3:	Also known as
Data3:	Uttarakhand Civil Service
Label4:	Founded
Data4:	15 May 2001^[1]
Label5:	State
Data5:	Uttarakhand
Label6:	Staff college
Data6:	Dr. Raghunandan Singh Tolia Academy of Administration, Nainital, Uttarakhand
Label7:	Cadre controlling authority
Data7:	Department of General Administration, Government of Uttarakhand
Label8:	Minister responsible
Data8:	Pushkar Singh Dhami, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Minister of Home Affairs
Label9:	Legal personality
Data9:	Governmental Civil service
Label10:	Duties
Label12:	Current Cadre Strength
Label13:	Selection
Data13:	State Civil Services Examination conducted by the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission
Label14:	Association
Data14:	Uttarakhand PCS Association
Header15:	Head of the Provincial Civil Service
Label16:	Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand
Data16:	Radha Raturi, IAS

Provincial Civil Service (IAST:, often abbreviated to as PCS, is the administrative civil service of the Government of Uttarakhand comprising Group A and Group B posts. It is also the feeder service for Indian Administrative Service in the state.

PCS officers hold various posts at sub-divisional, district, divisional and state level from conducting revenue administration and maintenance of law and order. The Department of General Administration of the Government of Uttarakhand is the cadre-controlling authority of the service. Along with the Provincial Police Service (PPS) and the Provincial Forest Service (PFS), the PCS is one of the three feeder services to its respective All India Services.^[2]

Recruitment

Half of the recruitment to the service is made on the basis of an annual competitive examination conducted by Uttarakhand Public Service Commission called as direct PCS officers as they are directly appointed at Deputy Collector rank.^[3] Half of the total strength of PCS officers is filled by promotion from Uttarakhand Lower Provincial Civil Service (tehsildar cadre) who are known as promotee PCS officers. PCS officers, regardless of their mode of entry, are appointed by the Governor of Uttarakhand.

Responsibilities of a PCS officer

The typical functions performed by a PCS officer are:

• To collect land revenue and function as courts in matters of revenue and crime (revenue courts and criminal courts of executive magistrate), to maintain law and order, to implement the union and state government policies at the grass-root level when posted at field positions i.e. as sub-divisional magistrate, additional city magistrate, city magistrate, additional district magistrate and additional divisional commissioner. And to act as the agent of the government on the field, i.e. to act as the intermediate between public and the government.
• To handle the administration and daily proceedings of the government, including formulation and implementation of policy in consultation with the minister-in-charge, additional chief secretary/principal secretary and secretary of the concerned department.^[4]

See also

• Provincial Police Service (Uttarakhand)
• Provincial Forest Service (Uttarakhand)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Provinces Civil Service (Executive branch) enactment under Government of India Act, 1935. 2 July 1935. HathiTrust.
2. Web site: IAS (APPOINTMENT BY PROMOTION) REGULATIONS, 1955. Union Public Service Commission. 19 January 2018.
3. Web site: What is the difference between IAS and PCS officer?. 7 September 2016. Jagran Josh. Dainik Jagran. 18 January 2018.
4. Web site: Service Profile for the Indian Administrative Service. Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. en. 13 August 2017.