Bhubaneswar, Oct 19: The Engineering Services Examination-2025 has been postponed due to some modifications in the exam schedule.
In a bid to provide surplus time for preparation of the aspirants, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) issued the notifications in this connection, following a change in scheme for recruitment of the Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) officers.
The schedule of Engineering Service Exam was deferred after the government decided that the recruitment to the IRMS would be made through both the Civil Services Examinations and the ESE.
In order to give sufficient time to the aspirants of ESE-2025 to prepare for the examination, the Commission has decided to postpone the ESE (Preliminary) and ESE (Main) Exam, 2025, said the statement issued by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
"The ESE (Preliminary) 2025 and ESE (Main) 2025 will now be held on 8th June 2025 and 10th August 2025, respectively," it added.
Meanwhile, the government has decided that the recruitment to the IRMS will be made through both the Civil Services Examinations (for Traffic, Accounts and Personnel sub-cadres) and ESE (for Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Signal & Telecommunication and Stores sub-cadres), the statement said.
The Ministry of Railways has also notified the Indian Railway Management Service (Amendment) Rules, 2024 on October 9, 2024, it said.
Worth mentioning, as per the UPSC's annual programme of examination, 2025, the notification for the ESE-2025 was issued on September 18, 2024, with the last date of receipt of applications being October 8, 2024.
The ESE Preliminary/Stage-I test was scheduled to be held by the UPSC on February 9, 2025, in accordance with the rules published by the Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications.
