(1) The commission may take joint or separate
preliminary test for a post of a service, group and sub-group prescribed by
it.
Provided that, among the posts for which the preliminary test
requires the commission shall have the power to exclude the posts allocated
for a particular competition from the requirement of preliminary test.
(2) The commission shall publish the announcement of preliminary
test pursuant to Sub-section (1) upon setting out necessary particulars
thereof.
(3) If the preliminary test is carried out by the Commission pursuant
to Sub-section (1) only those persons passed in such test may be eligible to
be a candidate for the vacant post of concerned service, group and sub-
group to be filled by open competition.
(4) A person who has been passed in the preliminary test may,
subject to age bar as referred to in prevailing service law, be a candidate for
a vacant post to be filled by open competition for such period as prescribed
by the Commission from the date of being passed in such examination.
(5) The fee of preliminary test and other provision shall be as
prescribed by the Commission.