Constitution of India NOTIFICATION Revenue Department, Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar. Dated the 22™ May, 2025. No.GM/2025/114/12256/N-PF-1: In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution of India and in supersession of the rules made in this behalf, the Governor of Gujarat hereby makes the following rules to provide for regulating the method of competitive examination to the post of Revenue Talati, Class- III in the Subordinate Revenue Services under the Control of District Collectors, namely: - 1. Short title, and commencement. (1) These rules may be called the Revenue Talati, Class- 11, (Competitive Examination) Rules, 2025. (2) They shall come into force on the date oftheir publication in the Official Gazette. | 2. Definitions.- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Appendix" means an Appendix appended to these rules; (b) "Board" means the Gujarat Subordinate Services Selection Board, Gandhinagar. ' (c) “Department” means the Revenue Department} (d) "Examination" means the Competitive Examination for direct recruitment to the post of Revenue Talati, Class III which shall include Preliminary Examination (MCQs) and Main Examination (Descriptive Test); ow...(e) "Government" means the Government of Gujarat; (A) "Relevant recruitment rules" means the recruitment rules prescribed by the Government for the post of Revenue Talati, Class- Tl. 3. Procedure for preparing requisitions. - (i) Each District Collector shall send the requisition indi vacancies for appointment to the post of Revenue Talat, Class- Ill, under the contro! of the District Collector to the Revenue Department. (2) The Revenue Department shall then send a consolidated requisition to the Board in the proforma as specified in Appendix-A or in the manner as may be specified by the Department. 4, Holding of examination. - __ . The Board, on receiving the requisition from the Department, shall hold a Competitive Examination for the selection of candidates for recruitment to the post of the Revenue Talati, Class- III. 5. Conduct and regulation of examination. - ‘The Board shall regulate all matters relating, to the conduct of the examination. 6. Mode of examination. - (1) The Examination shall be held in two successive stages, namely: - (a) Preliminary Examination: (MCQs) The Preliminary Examination shall be conducted for selection of candidates for the Main Examination. (b) Main Examination: (Descriptive Examination)The Main Examination shall be conducted for final selection of candidates for the post of Revenue Talati, Class- Ill. {2) The Preliminary Examination and the Main Examination shall be held in the manner as specified in the Appendix- B and C, respectively. (3) The number of candidates to be called for the Main Examination, subject to availability, shall be five times of the number of vacancies so advertised. 7, Scheme and Syllabus. - The schemie and the syllabus of the Préliminary Examination shall be as specified in the Appendix-B. The scheme of the Main Examination shall be as specified in the Appendix- C, The syllabus for the same shall be as specified in thé Appendix- D. The details of syllabus for the topics of paper-3 ori General Studies specified in Appendix-D shi ll be such as may be determined by the Board. : ee 8. Medium of examination. - The medium of the Preliminary Examination and Main Examination shall be’as specified in the relevant Appendices to these rules, 9. Place of examination. - (1) The date, time, and place of the examination’ shall be decided by the Board. i a i (2) The candidate shall be required to attend both the stages o} the examination at his own expense on the dates, time and place notified by the Board, 10. Application for examination. -(1) The candidate who desires to appear at the Preliminary Examination shall submit an application in such form within such time as may be prescribed by the Board along with such fees as may be fixed by the Government. (2) The request for withdrawal of the application by the candidate unless specified by the Board shall not be entertained in any circumstances. (3) The fees shall be paid in such manner as may be prescribed by the Board and fees once paid shall not be held over for the subsequent examination. (4) The candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Main Examination by the Board, on the basis of result of the Preliminary Examination, shall not be required to apply again. 11. Examination fees. - i (1) Each candidate shall pay the examination fee (for Preliminary-Examination) to the Board in the manner prescribed by the Board in respect of an application made by him under these rules and shall attach a document of such payment along with such application: Provided that the fees paid shall be refunded to those candidates who have appeared for the examination and obtained not less than 40% of marks in the Preliminary Examination. (2) The candidate who is declared qualified for the Main Examination on the basis of the result of the Preliminary Examination by the Board, shall not be required to pay any fee for the Main Examination. 12. Educational qualifications and age limit. - (1) A candidate possessing the requisite educational qualifications and other requirements for appointment underthe recruitment rules for the post of Revenue Talati, Class- IIT shall be eligible for admission to the examination: Provided that a candidate who has appeared.at a.final..-. year/semester of the Bachelor's Degree level examination, the passing of which would render him educationally qualified for the examination mentioned in rule-6, but result of such examination is not declared, till the last date of filling of the application form as also the candidates who intend to appear at such qualifying examination shall also be eligible for admission to the examination:- Provided further that a candidate who fails to produce the proof of passing the Bachelor's Degree examination at the time of document verification stage, shall not be eligible for inclusion in the Select List or the Waiting List, as the case may be, and his candidature shall be void and treated &s cancelled: -- ab-initio. : (2) A candidate for admission to the Examination shall have attained not less than a minimum age of 20 years and shall not have attained the maximum age prescribed in the relevant recruitment rules on the date as may be specified in the advertisement published by the Board: Provided that the upper age limit miay bé felaxed in accordance with the provisions of the Gujarat Civil Services Classification and Recruitment (General) Rules, 1967. 13. Decision of the Board shall be final. - ae (1) The decision of the Board as to the eligibility of a candidate for admission to the Examination shall be final. (2) If at any time, the candidate is found ineligible to appear at the Examination, his candidature shall be treated as cancelled ab-initio:Provided that if such candidate is already selected and appointed, his appointment shall be treated as:cancelled ab- itio and his service shall be terminated forthwith: Provided further that no such appointment shall be terminated unless the candidate has been given an opportunity of being heard. 14, Qualifying standards and marks. - The qualifying standard for Preliminary Examination and Main Examination shall be determined by the Board from time to time and if necessary, shall determine qualifying standard separately for reserved and non-reserved categories of candidates. However, the minimum qualifying standard determined by the Board shall, in any case not be less than 40% of marks in the Preliminary Examination and not be less than 40% of marks in each paper of the Main Examination. 15. Appearance at the Main Examination. - (1) The Preliminary Examination shall consist of One Paper of Objective type (Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)) and carry a maximum mark of 200. The Syllabus and the time period for the same is as specified in Appendix-B. This, Preliminary Examination is meant as a screening test only. The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination by the candidate shall not be counted for determining the final order of merit. (2)The candidate, who obtains not less than 40% of marks in the Preliminary Examination shall only be eligible for admission to the Main Examination subject to the condition that he is ‘otherwise eligible for admission to the Main Examination: Provided that candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (including Nomadic Tribes and Denotified Tribes) or Economic Weaker Sections may be called for Main ‘examination by the Board, by applying relaxed standards in the 6Preliminary Examination, if the Board is of the opinion that the sufficient number of candidates from these reserved categories are not likely to be available for the Main examination on the basis of qualifying standard for general category in order to fill up the vacancies reserved for such categories, However, the qualifying standard for each category shall not be less than 40% of marks in the Preliminary Examination. Provided further that the number of candidates to be qualified and allowed to appear for the Main Examination, subject to availability, shall be five times of the number of vacancies so advertised. ae a (3) The Main Examination for the final selection of the candidates for the post of Revenue Talati, Class+III, shall be held in manner as specified in Appendix-C. The syllabus for each paper specified in Appendix-C shall be as specified in Appen D. The final ranking of the candidate shall be determined on the basis of the total marks obtained by him in the Main Examination. The candidate shall be required to obtain not less than 40% of marks in each paper of the Main Examination for being qualified for final selection, 16. Restriction to Examination. . (1) The candidate shall answer all question papers in his owri handwriting. However, the candidates .with Benchmark... .. Disabilities who are éligible to have scribe shall beiallowed to write in the examination with the help of scribe subject to the approval of the Board. , (2) The candidate shall not be permitted to carry with him, in ‘the examination hall, cellular phone, pager, tablet, i-pad, smart watch or any other electronic/communication device. 17. Disciplinary actions. - A candidate who is or has been declared by the Board to be guilty of- (a) obtaining support for his candidature by arly medi (b) impersonating; or(c) procuring impersonation by any person, or {d) submitting fabricated documents or documents which have been tampered with, or (e) making statement which are incorrect-.or- false or suppressing material information; or (f) resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his candidature for the examination; or (g) using unfair means during the examination, or (h) writing irrelevant matter, including absurd language or pornographic matter in the scripts, or (i) misbehaving in any other manner in the examination hall, or (j) harassing or doing bodily harm to the staff employed by the Board for the conduct of the examination, of (k) attempting to commit or, as the case may be, abetting of all or any of the acts specified in the foregoing clauses, or (I) violating any of the conditions for admission to appear in the examination as prescribed and specified in the admission certificate to take the examination may, in addition to rendering himself liable to criminal prosecution, be liable,- (1) to be disqualified by the Board from the examination for which he is a candidate; or (2) to be debarred either permanently or for a specified period, (a) by the Board for appearing in any examination or candidature for the concerned post, or (b) by the Government from any employment under it: 8Provided that no penalty under sub-clause (a) or (b) shall be imposed except after giving the candidate an opportunity of making such representation in writing as he may wish to make in that behalf and with the prior approval of the Board or the Government, as the case may be. (3) to disciplinary action under the relevant rules, if he is in the Government service. 18. Preparation of Result, declaration of Select List and Waiting List.- (1) The result of all the candidatés who have appeared in the ‘Main Examination shall be prepared and shall be arranged by the Board in the order of merit on the basis of marks finally awarded to each candidate in the Main Examination, specifying details as the Board may deem fit. (2) The Board shall call the qualifying candidates the extent of two times of the vacancies. requisitioned and advertised, for the purpose of verification of documents submitted by them. All candidates who are declared qualified by the Board shall be required to produce proof of-passing the degree examination along with other documents submitted by them at the time of filling of application form. (3) The Board shall, at the time of verification of documents, ask the qualifying candidates to indicate the order of preferences, in such manner and in such Form as the Board may determine, for all the available districts to which they desire to be considered for appointment. No partial indication of preferences shall be entertained by the Board: Provided that the preference once givéh by tive" candidate shall be treated as final and no request for revisioii, addition, alteration or change in the preference shall be entertained by the Board. (4) The Board shall, then, prepare and declare the result of the ‘examination in two parts as under, namely =~Part-I { (i) a Select List to the extent of the number of vacancies requisitioned and advertised as per the merit of the candidate who is found eligible to be included in the Select List, with their names, seat numbers and total marks obtained by them. and (ii) a Waiting List to the extent of 20% of the number of category-wise vacancies requisitioned and advertised as per the merit of the candidate who is found eligible to be included in the Waiting List. : “The result of the successful candidates, as specified above, tall be published on the notice board and/or on web-site of the Board. The Board shall thereafter send a copy of the result to be published in the Official Gazette, to the Government, in Revenue Department and the copy of the same shall be sent to the concerned District Collector. i The Board shall communicate the result of the successful candidates individually in the manner as may be ‘specified by the Board. Part Il: The Board shall prepare a list of the unsuccessful candidates who are not included in Part |, specifying their names, seat numbers and total marks obtained by them and the same shall be published on the notice board and/or on web- site of the Board. 19. Rechecking of marks of the Main Examination.- {1) A candidate who desires to have his marks of Main Examination to be rechecked, may apply to the Board along with such fee as may be fixed by the Board for each paper within a period of fifteen days of the declaration of the result of the Main Examination. (2)A candidate who desires to have the mark-sheet of the ‘Main Examination, shall apply to the Board along with such fee as may be fixed by the Board within the period 10of fifteen days of the declaration of the final result of the Main Examination. (3) In no circumstances, thé’ mi iy part Of the Main Examination shall be disclosed before the official declaration of the final result. (4) In no circumstances, the request for reassessment of any or all the papers of the Main Examination shall be entertained or accepted by the Board. 20. Procedure for allotment of District for appointment. {1) The order of preference for the District indicated by the candidate, while filling up the choice as specified in sub-rule (3) of rule 18 of these rules, shall’ not ‘confer’ any right for appointment in the District. Having regard-to the rank in the order of merit and the number of posts available in the District, the preference given by the candidate shall be considered by the Board at the time of allotment. . (2) The candidate shall be allotted the District, as per the preferences given by him while filling up the Choice as specified in sub-rule (3) of rule 18 of these rules, in the order of Merit based on the vacancy available. (3) The candidate who belongs to the resérved category and selected on his own merit but according to_his- ordei preference does not get the choice of District with preference given by him and if the vacancy of the resérved category is available in the District as per order of preference given by such candidate of reserved category,"then, such candidate shall be allocated to that District against such reserved vacancies of the District. Such reserved vacancy shall be treated as filled up vacancy against the reservation quota of such category. (4) The Board shall send the list of the selected, allotted and recommended candidates for appointment to the post in the order of meritas per the requisitioned vacancies to the relevant, we We eeCollector, along with necessary particulars such as category of. candidate, his date of birth and such other particulars as the Board may deems fit. The Board shall not enter into any further correspondence with the successful candidates after communication of allotment for appointment to the District. (5) After the completion of the process of allotment of District to all the candidates on the Select List, if any post remains vacant, names of the candidates from the waiting list shall be considered to fill up such vacant post in the manner specified in sub-rules (1) to (4) of this rule. 21. Appointment. - The Board, after finalizing the district allotment to the candidates in the manner as prescribed in the rule 20 of these rules, shall forward the list of the candidates with district allotment to the relevant District Collectors for appointment. ‘The concerned Appointing Authorities (i.e. concerned District Collectors), thereafter, shall issue orders of appointment to the candidates so allotted and such orders shall be sent to the concerned candidates by Register Post Acknowledgement Due (RPAD) or Speed Post. 22, Joining to post. - The selected candidate for appointment to the post, shall have to join his posting within 30 days from the date of receipt of the appointment order. If the candidate fails to. join his posting within 30 days, his appointment order shall be cancelled by the Appointing Authority (ie. concerned District Collector). However, ifit is established that for the reasons beyond his control, the candidate could not join the posting within 30 days, the Appointing Authority (ie. concerned District Collector) may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, .allow such candidate to join the posting even after expiry of 30 days. 223. No right to appointment. - Merely qualifying in the examination shall not by itself confer upon a candidate any right to appointment, and no candidate shall be appointed to the post unless the Appointing Authority is satisfied after making such inquiry, as may be considered necessary that the candidate is suitable in all respect for appointment to the post and public service. 24. Controlling Authority.- ‘The Secretary/Principal Secretary/Additional Chief Secretary to the Government in Revenue Department shall be the Controlling and Coordinating Authority for the implementation of these rules. 25. Interpretation of rules.- : If any question arises as to the interpretation of ariy of these rules, the question shall be referred to the Secretary/Principal Secretary/Additional Chief Secretary to the Government in Revenue Department for the decision and his decision in the matter shall be final. 26. Repeal and savings.- The old rules made for examination for the Subordinate Revenue Services (Class I!) Recruitment (Examination) Rules, 2002 and any other rules corresponding thereto in force immediately before the coming into force of these rules are hereby repeal: Provided that such repeal shall not affect the things done or actions taken under any of the rules so repealed:- Provided further that notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, any action initiated under the Subordinate Revenue Services (Class Ill) Recruitment (Examination) Rules, 32002 before the commencement of these rules, shall be valid till itis completed. a- : ‘Appendix- A, ! (owe re 32) <1 Testo iter of cnc fra pat of Revo Tot CsI beh mays gh net ersten ya ede te cono tee cer” ane a aaimaaicieelaioa ——— #6 | ton” | Spe ‘| ie ate ince | rr ye as PRE THETIC Tne Tes HE Oa ee ee oe co eprtmer | Tab Sse as g 4| Appendix - B {rules 6(2),14(1)) : Part |: Syllabus for the Preliminary Examination (MCQs) for the post of Revenue Talati, Class HIE Time: 3 hours Matks: 200 1__| Gujarati 20 Marks 2__| English 20 Marks" 3___ | Polity/Public Administration, Economics _ | 30 Marks ‘4 | History, Geography, Culture Heritage 30 Marks 5 1, | Environment, Science and Information | 30 Marks Technology 6 __| Current Affairs 30 Marks) 7 | Maths and Reasoning 40 Marks Total [200 Marks The objective type Preliminary Examination shail consist of Multiple Choice Question (MCOs). The medium of examination shall be Gujarati for all topics except the topic on English. Every question shall be of 1 mark. ‘The candidate shall have to attempt all questions. Every attempted question with an incorrect answer shall carry a negative mark of In every question there shall be one option of "Not attempted". If the candidate does not intend to answer, he may select this option. If the candidate selects this option, the negative marks shall not be given. If the candidate has not selected any of the option given in the question, then it shall carry a negative mark of 0.25. The candidates who belong to person with disability category may be allowed a Compensatory time of twenty minutes per hour for each hour of paper as may be applicable. The detailed syllabus for each topic shall be such as may be prescribed and notified by the Board. 16Append Ce (rates 6(2), 7,14(3)) ‘The Scheme and Subjects of the Main Examination for the Post of Revenue Talati, Class- I Paper No. Subject Marks Duration 1 Gujarati Language Skill 100 3 Hours 2 English Language Skill 100 3 Hours : 3 | General Studies! 150 3 Hours ; 350 1, The Standard of Gujarati Paper shall be equivalent to Gujarati subjects (higher level) of the Twelfth standard of the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board. 2, The Standard of English Paper shall be equivalent to English subjects (higher level) of the Twelfth standard of the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board. 3. The course content of the syllabus for the General Studies Papers. shall be as specified in Appendix - D. 4. The detailed syllabus for each paper shall be as specified in Appendix-D. 5. The Question Papers for the Main Examination shall be of Descriptive Type. 6. The candidates who belong to person with disability category may be allowed a Corhpensdtory time of twenty minutes per hour for each hour paper as may be applicable.(cules 6(2),7,14(3)) “The syllabus of the Main Examination for the Post of Revenue Talati Class III_ (Descriptive Test) Paper-L'' ayewatell (qua usletl) (Descriptive) 2JRL-200. aaeaH-grvatell MHe-3EALS eis weasel! Bate aaatdet Yet a Roity: wa QAl Ae wet As (Ue coo acedul) 40 (aise ats /Ardueters /Adeucis/aiuc wae UE wud) a Buaeate (Ag TA AS uy dy steviGred B aarySAred 20 Aaueacite (ual 00 aedlHi Yas) 3, BAMszeLs TH otavisriel ue a3 quod Vater aod AAU 40 we, rataflet: BiDeil oterviseu WU? 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LETTER WAITING (in about 150 words) A formal letter expressing one's opinion about an issue. The issues can deal with daily office matters/a problem that has occurred in the office/ an opinion in response to one sought by a ranked officer/issues pertaining to recent concern etc. 3. REPORT WRITING {in about 150 words): 30 A report on an official function/event/field trip/survey ete 4. WRITING ON VISUAL INFORMATION (in about450 words) 10 A report on a graph/image/flow chart/table of comparison/simple statistical data etc... 5. FORMAL SPEECH (in about 150 words): 10 A speech (in 2 formal style) that is to be read out in a formal function. Thi be din inauguration speech, an educational seminar/conference, a formal ceremony of importance ete. could 6. PRECIS WRITING A precis in about SO words for a 150-word passage. (one Paragrapli) 7. READING COMPREHENSION: 10 A reading passage of about 250 words to be given * followed by short-answer type questions, 8. ENGLISH GRAMMAR: (10 Questions having 2 marks each from the following) 20 a: Tenses b. Voice ¢: Narration (Direct-Indirect) 4, Transformation of sentences @; Use of Articles and Determiners #! Use of Prepositions 8, Use of Phrasal verbs h Use of idiomatic expressions J, Synonyms/Antonyms = jOne-word substitution : 9. TRANSLATION: 10 Translation of 10 sentences from Gujarati to English i Total: 100 19Paper 3 General Studies (MAIN EXAMINATION) Marks-150 Medium-Gujarati fa) aval cat tected slate (by alagQs ated erat’ wletedy) (o) aratet cat Eetoll qatar (a) Aatet 2A 2AAD (c) WAS, avgla WA wilder HEctell etell, dcdtlet Uta UBet! (fy cusetlar aver caxare MA AMIE (ayeuedla adda wa wera {hy we adlaz UA aural, AesteALell Axor! Quas was (i) sme Aaa ect at AAP (Ethos) (Descriptive) Time 3 Hours Marks allotted w w w 10 30 20 w 20 20 ga YBL: WO ‘The Scheme of allotment of Questions and marks of Paper 3 (General Studies) Marks per Question | Number Of Total Marks Question 1 10 10 2 10 20" 3 30. 90 5 6 30 Total 56 150 20To, By order and in the name of the Governor of oe dl (Sachin Patwardhan) Joint Secretary to Government. ‘The Secretary to the Hon. Governor of Gujarat. * ‘The Principal Secretary to the Hon. Chief Minister. The Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue), Revenue Department, Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar. The Revenue Inspection Commissioner and Ex.Officio Secretary, Revenue Department, Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar. The Secretary, Gujarat Subordinate Service Selection Board, Gandhinagar. The Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Department, Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar. (With Request to Publish Gujarati Translation of this Notification) ‘The Manager, Government Printing Press, Gandhinagar. ( With Request to Publish the above Notification in the Government Gazette) ‘The Director General, SPIPA, Anmedabad . All Collectors. Branches (N-1/N-2) of Revenue Department, system Manager, Revenue Department, Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar (With Request to upload on website.) Select file 2025 *Byletter a