Provincial Civil Service (Uttarakhand)

Provincial Civil Service and the Provincial Forest Service, the PCS is one of the three feeder services to its respective All India Services.

Recruitment

Half of the recruitment to the service is made on the basis of an annual competitive examination conducted by Uttarakhand Public Service Commission called as direct PCS officers as they are directly appointed at Deputy Collector rank. Half of the total strength of PCS officers is filled by promotion from Uttarakhand Lower Provincial Civil Service who are known as promotee PCS officers. PCS officers, regardless of their mode of entry, are appointed by the Governor of Uttarakhand.

The typical functions performed by a PCS officer are:

To collect land revenue and function as courts in matters of revenue and crime, to maintain law and order, to implement the union and state government policies at the grass-root level when posted at field positions i.e. as sub-divisional magistrate, additional city magistrate, city magistrate, additional district magistrate and additional divisional commissioner. And to act as the agent of the government on the field, i.e. to act as the intermediate between public and the government.
To handle the administration and daily proceedings of the government, including formulation and implementation of policy in consultation with the minister-in-charge, additional chief secretary/principal secretary and secretary of the concerned department.