After the declaration of civil services examination, the reserve list released by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is not the waiting list but a routine procedure, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said. He said that issuing the reserve list was started in 2003.

“In the first instance, the result is declared by the Commission after reducing it by the number of candidates belonging to the various categories who acquire the merit at or above the fixed general qualifying standard without availing themselves of any concession or relaxation in the eligibility or selection criteria,” Singh said.

Minister further said that since CSE-2002, along with the candidates recommended in the first instance, the Commission further maintains a confidential consolidated reserve list that includes candidates from general and reserved categories ranking in order of merit below the last recommended candidate under each category.

“After allocation of services to the candidates recommended in the first instance, more candidates are subsequently recommended from the reserve list by the UPSC, as per the requisition sent from the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT),” the minister said.

The result of last examination was declared on August 4 last year for 829 successful candidates, Singh said. Subsequently on January 4 this year, pursuant to receipt of the requisition from the DoPT, the UPSC released a further list of 89 more candidates recommended from the consolidated reserve list, as per the relevant provisions of the CSE rules, 2019, he said.