Recruitment Notification for the Post of Examiner of Patents and Designs Group A Gazetted Posts

All candidates are mandatorily required to read this Information Bulletin in its 

entirety. The candidates are required to ensure that they fulfill all conditions as 

contained in this Information Bulletin. Due to the large number of candidates that 

are expected to apply for appearing in this examination, electronic systems will be 

used to analyse the information submitted by candidates. Accordingly, the 

admission to various stages of the examination will be purely provisional and 

would be subject to physical verification of documents. Mere issue of e-Admit Card 

to the candidate will not imply that a candidature has been finally cleared by the 

Competent Authority. The process of verification of documents and various 

conditions prescribed in this document will be conducted after the declaration of 

final list of qualified candidates.

2. HOW TO APPLY

Candidates are required to apply online by using the website www.qcin.org. No 

other mode of application will be accepted.

3. Examination Fees 

There will be an examination fee of ₹1000/- (Rupees One Thousand only) for 

candidates belonging to General category and OBC category. For candidates 

belonging to SC /ST category, PWD/ Differently abled (PH) category and women 

applicants (from all categories) and any other person, the examination fee shall be 

₹500/- (Rupees Five Hundred only).

4. RELAXATION / CONCESSION

The crucial date for claim of any kind of benefit, that is, reservation, fee concession,

age-relaxation, etc., shall be last date of submission of application. 

The Competent Authority reserves the right to debar any candidate for any 

malpractice, including for a fraudulent claim of any kind of benefit / relaxation / 

concession.

5. VACANCIES

CGPDTM intends to recruit Examiners of Patents and Designs, General Central 

Service, Group ‘A’ Gazetted (Non-Ministerial) in Level 10 in Pay Matrix (₹ 56,100 

– 1,77,500) plus applicable allowances, as admissible, in the Government of India. 

The vacancies are tentative, which may be decreased or increased depending upon 

the actual requirement at the time of final appointment.

F.ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS

1. NATIONALITY

A candidate must be either:-

a) a citizen of India, or

b) a subject of Nepal, or

c) a subject of Bhutan, or 

d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the 

intention of permanently settling in India, or

e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, 

East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, 

Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of 

permanently settling in India. 

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be a 

person in whose favour a Certificate of eligibility has been issued by the 

Government of India on or before the last date of submission of application. Crucial 

date for claim of SC/ ST/ OBC/ EWS/ PwBD status or any other benefit viz. fee 

concession, reservation, age-relaxation, etc., where not specified otherwise, will 

be the last date of filling the online application.

A candidate in whose case a Certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be admitted 

to the examination but the offer of appointment may be given only after the 

verification of necessary eligibility Certificate issued to him/her by the 

Government of India.

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