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The Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC), Ajmer conducts the Combined State Services Competitive Examination to fill vacancies in Rajasthan State Services and Rajasthan Subordinate Services through direct recruitment. This examination is one of the most prestigious state-level civil services examinations in Rajasthan, providing entry into Group A and Group B posts across various departments of the Rajasthan government. The State Services cadre (192 posts) includes services such as Rajasthan Administrative Service, Rajasthan Police Service, Rajasthan Accounts Service, Rajasthan Cooperative Service, Rajasthan Tehsildar Service, and several others spread across administrative, revenue, police, social justice, agriculture, and allied departments. The Subordinate Services cadre (415 posts) covers subordinate-level administrative, revenue, and welfare posts under Non-Scheduled Area (NSA) and Scheduled Area (SA) designations. Recruitment is governed by the Rajasthan State and Subordinate Services (Direct Recruitment through Combined Competitive Examination) Rules, 1999 and associated notifications. Posts are permanent and candidates upon selection are placed in pay matrix levels ranging from L-10 to L-14 depending on the service. The examination is conducted in two successive stages — a Preliminary screening test and a Main Examination — followed by a Personality and Viva-Voce interview, ensuring a comprehensive assessment of candidates across academic knowledge, analytical ability, and personal attributes.

Candidates must hold a Degree from any university incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India, or an institution declared to be a deemed university under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Government in consultation with the Commission. The minimum age is 21 years and the maximum age is 40 years as on 1st January 2027. Departmental (non-gazetted) employees of the state government who have completed not less than five years of service as on 1st January 2027 may apply with an upper age limit of 45 years. Candidates who have passed their qualifying educational examination but whose result has not yet been declared are eligible to apply provisionally; however, they must produce proof of passing before the counselling or interview stage. Candidates must be residents of Rajasthan or meet the domicile criteria as per state government rules. For posts under scheduled area (SA) cadres in serial numbers 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 13, 23, and 26, ministerial employees of the concerned department in the DC (Departmental Candidate) category are reserved. Non-gazetted (NGE) category applicants must meet the age and experience requirements defined for that category. OBC Non-Creamy Layer and Creamy Layer eligibility is determined as per applicable state government notifications.

Reservation is applied as per Rajasthan state government rules. SC candidates (Rajasthan domicile) get 16% reservation; ST candidates get 12%; OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) get 21%; More Backward Classes (MBC) get 5%; EWS candidates get 10%. Horizontal reservation applies for women, ex-servicemen, PwBD (4% across categories under Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules 2018), and sports persons. Women candidates from Rajasthan SC/ST/OBC/MBC/EWS categories get 10 years age relaxation; General category women get 5 years. Creamy Layer OBC/MBC candidates from Rajasthan and all OBC/MBC candidates from other states are treated as General category. Departmental (NGE) candidate quota is specifically reserved in certain services as noted in the vacancy table.