Age Limit for Indian Engineering Services

Sir I am preparing for IES (Indian Engineering Services)-2015. I want to know about age Limit for Indian Engineering Services because I am 25 year old. Please give me information about this topic?

Can you tell me about the Age limit to apply for Indian Engineering Services Examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)?

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IES (Indian Engineering Services) comprise of engineers who work under the government of India and designated as Class 1 officer. One administer a large segment of the public sector economy, which constitutes of Indian Railways, Power, Telecommunications, Central Water engineering, Defence service of Engineers, Central Engineering Service, etc.

The nature of work performed by them largely depends on the engineering branch and the service or cadre they are recruited in. The first position offered is that of Asst. Executive engineer and the hierarchy ends at the position of Chairman/ Managing Director.

Age Limits:

One must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on the 1st August, of the exam year.
The upper age-limit of 30 years will be relaxable up to 35 years for Government servants of the following categories, if one is employed in a Department/Office under the control of any of the authorities.

The upper age-limit prescribed above will be further relaxable:

(i) Up to a maximum of 5 years if one belongs to a scheduled caste or a scheduled tribe.

(ii) Up to a maximum of 3 years in the case of one belonging to OBC category.

(iii) Up to a maximum of 5 years if one had ordinarily been domiciled in the state of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1st January, 1980 to the 31st day of December, 1989.

(iv) Up to a maximum of 3 years in the case of defence service personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area, and released as a consequence thereof.

(v) Up to a maximum of 5 years in the case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1st August, and have been released
(i) on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from 1st August) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency, or
(ii) on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service or
(iii) on invalidment;
(iv) Up to a maximum of 5 years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Services as on 1st August, and whose assignment has been extended beyond 5 years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and they will be released on three months notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment.

(vii) Up to a maximum of 10 years in the case of blind, deaf-mute and Orthopaedically handicapped persons.