Educational Qualifications

• A candidate must possess a Bachelor's Degree or its equivalent from a recognized University.
• A candidate, who has appeared at an examination the passing of which would render him eligible to appear at this examination but has not been informed of the result, may apply for admission to the examination. A candidate, who intends to appear at such a qualifying examination, may also apply, provided the qualifying examination is completed before the commencement of this examination. Such candidates will be admitted to the examination, if otherwise eligible, but the admission would be deemed to be provisional and subject to cancellation if they do not produce proof of having passed the examination as soon as passed and in any case not later than two months after the commencement of this examination.
• Candidates who have passed the final professional M.B.B.S. or any other Medical Examination equivalent thereto, but have not completed their internship by the time of submission of their applications for the HAS etc. examination will be provisionally admitted to the examination provided they submit along with their applications a copy of certificate from the University / Institutions that they had passed the requisite final professional medical examination. In such cases, the candidates will be required to produce at the time of their interview original Degree or a certificate from the concerned competent authority of the University / Institution that they had completed or requirement (including completion of internship) for the award of a degree.

Age Limit

• A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 35 years on the first January-2020, meaning thereby that candidates born on or after 02-01-1999 are underage whereas applicants born on or before 01-01-1985 are overage.
• Provided that the upper age limit is relaxable by five years for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes / Other Backward Classes / Persons with disabilities and Children / Grand Children of Freedom Fighters of Himachal Pradesh as declared by the Govt. from time to time. Age relaxation is also available to Ex-servicemen candidates of H.P. as per provisions in Rules / Instructions of H.P. Government.

 Main Written Examination

The candidates declared qualified in the Preliminary examination will be entitled for admission to the Main written examination, if otherwise found eligible.

Viva-Voce

The number of candidates to be called for viva-voce test after the Main written examination by the Commission shall be at its discretion on the basis of marks obtained by them in the Main written examination only.