Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Southern Command)

No.1 Finance Road, Pune 411 001.

IMPORTANT CIRCULAR No: AN/III/11402/SAS-II/November, 2015

Dated : 03/08/2015

(1) All Section in M.O.

(2) All Sub Offices under Pr. CDA (SC) Pune

Sub: SAS Part II Examination scheduled to be held in November, 2015.

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It has been decided by HQrs Office to hold SAS Part II Examination as per under

mentioned programme :-

DAY/DATE PAPER TIME SUBJECT MA

RKS

MONDAY

16.11.2015

Paper-V 10.00 AM to 1.00 PM WORKS, STORES &

INTERNAL AUDIT

(PRACTICAL-WITH BOOKS)

100

WEDNESDAY

18.11.2015

Paper-VI --do-- WORKS, STORES &

INTERNAL AUDIT

(THEORY-WITHOUT BOOKS)

100

THURSDAY

19.11.2015

Paper-VII --do-- FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT,

IFA SYSTEM AND ELEMENTS

OF LAW

(THEORY-WITHOUT BOOKS)

100

FRIDAY

20.11.2015

Paper-

VIII

--do--

OFFICE COMMUNICATION

150

SATURDAY

21.11.2015

Paper-IX 10.00 AM to 11.30 AM

12.00 PM to 1.30 PM

FUNDAMENTALS OF

ELECTRONIC DATA

PROCESSING

(THEORY) & (PRACTICAL)

100

2. The candidature shall be recommended on the basis of the following criteria.

(A) NORMAL CHANCES

(a) Those who qualified SAS Part I Examination held in May, 2015.

(b) Those who qualified SAS Part-I Examination, September, 2014 (including

SAS Apprentice) but could not qualify SAS Part II Exam held in February 2015.

Candidates scoring exemption marks in one or more papers ( Paper V or VI or VII or

VIII or IX) shall not be required to appear in such paper(s)

( c ) Those who qualified SAS Part-I Examination December, 2013 but could

not qualify SAS Part II Examination May, 2014 and February 2015. Candidates scoring

exemption marks in one or more papers ( Paper V or VI or VII or VIII or IX) shall not be

required to appear in such paper(s)

(d) Those who qualified SAS Part I Examination April, 2013

but could not qualify SAS Part II Examination September, 2013, May, 2014

and February, 2015. Candidates scoring exemption marks in one or more papers ( Paper

V or VI or VII or VIII or IX) shall not be required to appear in such paper(s)

(B) SPECIAL CHANCE

(a) Those candidates who passed SAS Part I Examination April, 2009, but

could not qualify SAS Part II Examination in November, 2009,September, 2013, May,

2014 and February, 2015. Candidates scoring exemption marks in one or more papers (

Paper V or VI or VII or VIII or IX) shall not be required to appear in such paper(s)

(b) Those candidates who passed SAS Part I Examination November, 2007, but could

not qualify SAS Part II Examination in April,2008, November, 2009,September, 2013,

May, 2014 and February, 2015. . Candidates scoring exemption marks in one or more

papers ( Paper V or VI or VII or VIII or IX) shall not be required to appear in such

paper(s)

( c ) SAS Apprentice who have appeared in SAS Part II Examination, May 2014 and

February, 2015. Further Candidates scoring exemption marks in one or more papers (

Paper V or VI or VII or VIII or IX) shall not be required to appear in such paper(s)

Note: (i) The SAS Apprentice who have availed normal two chances and one

special chance are not eligible for appearing in the examination.

(ii) No application for withdrawal would be considered for

candidates availing special chance.

3. Instructions to the candidates who desire to write the above

examination are given in Annexure ‘A’ to this circular.

4. Instructions to the officers are as per Annexure ‘B’ to the circular.

5. The proformae (ANNEXURE ‘C’ & ‘D’‘E’ ‘F’ & ‘G’) duly completed in all

respects should be dispatched so as to reach this office positively on or before 14th

August, 2015.

6. All efforts should be made to adhere to the above-mentioned date. Proforma

received after the above dates will not be entertained in any case.

7. NIL reports are also required.

Please acknowledge receipt by return FAX/SPEED POST.

9. Under mentioned offices will intimate the names of the intending candidates for

the area as a whole as mentioned against each. It is requested to intimate all the offices

under your audit jurisdiction for information of all the candidates. The In-charges of the

below mentioned Offices shall be responsible for proper communication of this circular

and forwarding the reports thereon. The contents of this circular may be given wide

publicity through the fastest mode of communication.

(a) AAO (SC) Ahmedabad Gujarat area

(b) AAO (SC) Jodhpur Rajasthan area

(c) AAO(SC) Dehu Road Dehu Road area

(d) RAO (MES) Mumbai Mumbai area

(e) PAO (ORs) ACR Ahmednagar Ahmednagar/Aurangabad area

(f) PAO (ORs) The Guards Kamptee Kamptee/Nagpur/Pulgaon area

(g) PAO (ORs) Arty/AAD Nasik Nasik & Deolali area

(h) PAO (ORs) BEG Kirkee PAO (ORs) BEG Kirkee

(i) PAO (ORs) INT APTC Pune PAO (ORs) INT APTC Pune

(j) RAO (MES) Pune Pune area

(k) RAO (MES) Kirkee Kirkee area

(L) PAO AAD Gopalpur Gopalpur area

(Kavita Sharma)

DCDA(AN)

Copy to:

The Officer, I/C

EDP Centre (Local) With a request for uploading the above on PCDA (SC)

website.

( M.M.Ingalgaonkar)

Sr Accounts Officer (AN)

ANNEXURE “A”

The following instructions may please be observed while completing the above

proforma:

(a) Candidates may choose any one from (A) Army, (B) Air Force, (C) Navy and (D)

Factory while answering questions on optional section irrespective of the organization in

which they are presently serving

(b) The centre of examination will be nearest to the duty point of the candidate. In

case where due to exceptional circumstances, a candidate desires to take examination at a

centre other than the one nearest to the candidates duty point, an application together with

specific recommendation of the concerned, should be forwarded to this office for onward

transmission to the Competent Authority. Under no circumstances, the candidate shall be

permitted to sit in the examination as per his/her choice without prior approval of HQrs

Office.

(c) The examination will be conducted at Allahabad, Bangalore,

Chandigarh,Chennai, Cochin, Dehradun, Guwahati, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur,

Kolkata, Lucknow, Meerut, New Delhi, Patna, Pune ‘A’ [PCDA(O)] and Secunderabad,

provided sufficient candidates are appearing therefrom. The centers are subject to change

depending on administrative convenience. The candidates should be advised to give

firm indication of the centre (with due regard to the prescribed criteria) in the very first

instance.

(d) The Centre of the examination for Pune ‘A’ centre will be PCDA (O) Golibar

Maidan Pune. No examination will be conducted at PCDA (SC) Pune.

2. The candidates shall be allowed option in all papers to answer questions either in

English or in Hindi. All the question papers will be printed bilingually. The option is

however for the complete paper only and not part thereof. Therefore a candidate can opt

to answer all questions of a full paper or all papers either in Hindi or English. In other

words, optional use of Hindi or English question-wise will not be permitted and such

answer books will not be evaluated. This aspect may be noted by the candidates. If a

particular candidate has opted to answer only one or all four Papers completely in Hindi,

the fact may be shown in the proforma in the column provided for the purpose. A nil

report may also please be sent in case no candidate opts for Hindi.

3. Further in pursuance of guidelines notified vide Ministry of social Justice and

Empowerment, Deptt of Disability Affairs, New Delhi OM No 16-110/2003/DD.III dated

26.02.2013 details of the physically handicapped category of the candidates may be

intimated. In case a physically handicapped candidate is desirous of facility of scribe

/compensation time etc application duly recommended along with requisite medical

certificate may be forwarded for consideration of request by the competent authority.

4. In pursuance of the instructions contained in Govt. of India, Cabinet Secretariat,

Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms OM No. F 36021/10/76-

Estt.(SCT), dated 21/01/77 regarding relaxation of standards in the case of Schedule

Caste/Schedule Tribe candidates in qualifying examination, it has been decided by the

CGDA to lower/relax the qualifying standards for SC/ST candidates appearing in this

Examination to be held in November 2015 up to a maximum extent of 5% in individual

paper/aggregate. This may be brought to the notice of all the SC/ST candidates.

5. Candidates may also be asked to declare whether they belong to reserved or

unreserved community. A specimen of the declaration is enclosed as Annexure ‘H’.

Further, necessary undertaking regarding verification of caste certificate of SC/ST and

OBC candidates may be obtained and forwarded. A specimen is enclosed as Annexure ‘I’

6. All prospective candidates are advised that it is in their own interest to start

preparation for the examination without waiting for the intimation about acceptance of

their candidatures.

7. IMPORTANT

Absenteeism not only results in all round increase in work, but also wasteful

expenditure of making administrative arrangements for holding the examination. It is

therefore impressed upon the candidates that it is in their own interest to take the

examination seriously.

8. Under no circumstances request for withdrawal in respect of candidates availing

special chance will be accepted.

9. Detailed syllabus of the examination is available in CGDA’s Web site.

10. Contents of this Most Important Circular may be got noted by all concerned.

( M.M.Ingalgaonkar)

Sr Accounts Officer (AN)

ANNEXURE “B”

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE OFFICERS

Names of intending candidates who fulfill the above criteria may please be

furnished in the enclosed proforma duly recommended. Names of candidates seeking

first chance, second chance, third and fourth chance and special chance may be shown in

a separate proforma. A certificate & undertaking as shown below duly signed by the

candidates may please be obtained and forwarded to this office.

CERTIFICATE

“Certified that the information furnished regarding my candidature for the SAS

Examination Part II to be held in November, 2015 is true and correct.”

UNDERTAKING

“I will not apply for withdrawal of candidature from the SAS Part II examination

to be held in November, 2015 on the plea of sickness in the family, domestic reason and

non-availability of books etc. Moreover, I am aware that I am liable to forfeit chance if I

remain absent from the above examination.”

2. The names of the intending candidates who fulfill the prescribed criteria may

please be furnished in the proforma with recommendation, so as to reach this office by

14.08.2015. It has been our experience that some of the Offices are not adhering to the

time schedule fixed causing delay in finalization. All efforts should, therefore, be made

to adhere to this date to enable this office to forward the same to HQrs office in

prescribed time. Separate proforma may be used for first chance second chance, third

chance and fourth chance and special chance. Request for IInd and above chance should

indicate the marks obtained in the last examination, year and roll no. (Even when there is

no exemption) Please ensure that exemptions secured by the candidates are

invariably furnished in the proforma while sponsoring the candidature. Names of all

the candidates from one office may be included in a single sheet (proforma wise) instead

of using a separate sheet for each candidate.

3. Officers-in-charge are requested to furnish their recommendations in the remark

column of the proforma.

4. It is noticed that full particulars viz. Year of last appearance with Roll No. &

Marks secured are not being furnished properly. Such cases will not be considered for

inclusion. This may please be noted.

( M.M.Ingalgaonkar)

Sr. Accounts Officer (AN)