WBCS: DEPARTMENTAL EXAMINATION

No WBCS probationer shall be confirmed until he has passed completely the Departmental Examination prescribed for him and the WBCS probationer or WBCS officer will not get any increment in his pay. The WBCS officer will get only two increments untill he cleared his departmental examination. It is advisable for a WBCS probationer to clear all papers of the departmental examination before completion of probation period. Departmental Examinations are conducted for WBCS Officers including All India Service Officers serving under West Bengal Government in May and November every year by the Public Service Commission, West Bengal. The WBCS Officer will apply to the PSC through proper channel before the prescribed date in prescribed format. The above examination will be held in the Examination Halls of the Commission at 161A, S.P. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata-700026. The lists of Officers admitted as also the programme of examination have since been sent to the concerned Departments / Directorates for information of the Officers. Officer may contact their respective Departments / Directorates in this regard. No admission certificate will be issued to the eligible Officers from the office of the Commission. Identity Card and also the Letter of Identification (as per proforma sent to the Departments/Directorates by the Commission) will have to be produced by the candidates at the examination centre.

Subjects and papers for examination –

SL.NO.	Subject	Full marks	Pass marks	Time
1	Bengali part I (Written)/ part II (Oral)	60 / 40	30 / 20	2hrs
2	Law Paper I: Criminal Laws and the Laws of Evidence(without Books)	100	50	3hrs
3	Law Paper II: Land Laws and General Laws (without Books)	100	50	3hrs
4	Law Paper III: General Laws (with Books)	100	50	3hrs
5	Accounts Paper I (Without Books)	50	25	2hrs
6	Accounts Paper II (With Books)	100	50	3hrs
7	Hindi part I (Written)/ part II (Oral)	60 / 40	30 / 20	2hrs

Syllabus for the Departmental Examination-

Law paper I– Criminal Law and the Law of Evidence (without books)

Group –A (80 Marks)
SL.NO.	Short Title
1	The Indian Penal code .(Chapter II, IV, V, VA, IX. X and XI plus definitions of all offences).
2	The code of Criminal procedure. 1973 (Chapters I, IV to VIII, X to XII, XV, XVII, XIX, XX, XXIII to XXVII, XXX and XXXIII to XXXVI.
3	The Indian Evidence Act. 1872.
Group –B (20 Marks)
SL.NO.	Short Title
1	The Essential Commodities Act. 1955.
2	The Essential Commodities (Special Provisions Act.) 1981.
3	The Prevention of Corruption Act. 1947.

Law paper II– Land Law and General Law(without books)

Group –A (60 Marks)
SL.NO.	Short Title
1	The West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act 1953.
2	The West Bengal Land Reforms Act. 1955.
3	The urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act. 1976.)
4	The West Bengal public Land (Eviction of Unauthorized occupants) Act. 1894.
5	The Land Acquisition Act, 1894
Group –B (40 Marks)
SL.NO.	Short Title
1	The Bengal public Demands Recovery Act. 1913.
2	The West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973.
3	The Representation of the people Act. 1950.
4	The Representation of the people Act. 1951.

Law paper III– General Law (with books)

Group –A
SL.NO.	Short Title
1	The Bengal Inland Fisheries Act. 1984.
2	The West Bengal Government Land (Regulation of Transfer) Act. 1993.
3	The Bengal Survey Act.1875.
Group –B
SL.NO.	Short Title
1	The Arms Act. 1959.
2	The Explosive Substances Act. 1908
3	The passport (Entry in India) Act. 1920
4	The forest Conservation Act. 1980
5	The Wildlife (protection)Act 1972.
6	The Environment Protection Act. 1986.
7	Juvenile Justice (Care & Regulation) Act. 2000
8	The Child Labour (prohibition & Regulation).
9	Protection of Human Rights Act. 1993.
10	The West Bengal Commission Women Act. 1992.
11	The West Bengal Minorities Commission Act. 1996.
12	Person with Disabilities(equal opportunities. Protection of rights and full participation) Act.1995
13	The West Bengal Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and posts) Act. 1976.
14	The West Bengal Heritage Commission Act. 2001.
Group –C
SL.NO.	Short Title
1	The code of Civil procedure. 1908 (preliminary parts I, IV, XI, orders IX, XXI, XXVII, XXVIIA, XXXVIII, XXXIX and XI.)
2	The Registration Act. 1908.
3	The Indian Stamp Act. 1899.
4	The West Bengal Co-operative Societies Act. 1983.
5	The West Bengal Cinemas (Regulation) Act. 1954
6	The West Bengal Cinemas (Regulation Amendment) Act. 1976
7	The Police Act. 1949
8	The Motor Vehicles Act. 1939.
9	The Foreigners Act. 1946.
10	The West Bengal Municipal Act. 1993.