IAS

The candidate can appeal against the UPSC result but it would be very difficult that the candidate can win against UPSC because the procedure followed by the UPSC is very transparent and the same is submitted in the Courts when asked for by the court. The candidates can win only if they secure more than their category cutoff but still, they were declared failed in the UPSC result.

The marks of the last candidate selected in the IAS exam differ each year. It is a competitive exam and the candidates are arranged in the order of their merit. This merit list is compared with the number of vacancies available that year. The Commission select only that many candidates who are required to fulfil the available vacancies. The marks of the last selected candidate in a particular category are called the Cutoff for that category. There are no minimum marks mentioned to get into IAS or IPS. The candidates need to check the cutoff of their category.

Every year, 180 candidates are recruited for the IAS. The candidate from each category is assigned to the IAS according to the rank in their respective category. The General Category candidate under rank 100 can expect to get an IAS. For other categories, it is difficult to ascertain a rank for getting the IAS but for the OBC, if the candidate secures under 150 rank, he or she can get the IAS easily.

The number of vacancies in the UPSC Civil Service Exam is declining with each passing year but the number of IAS officer recruited every year remain steady at 180. The number of such recruitment is based on the Baswan Committee recommendation which recommended recruiting 180 IAS officers every year to fill the gap between the required numbers and actual recruitment.