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| Also known as | Uttarakhand Civil Service |
| Founded | 15 May 2001[1] |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| Staff college | Dr. Raghunandan Singh Tolia Academy of Administration, Nainital, Uttarakhand |
| Cadre controlling authority | Department of General Administration, Government of Uttarakhand |
| Minister responsible | Pushkar Singh Dhami, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Minister of Home Affairs |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Civil service |
| Selection | State Civil Services Examination conducted by the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission |
| Association | Uttarakhand PCS Association |
| Head of the Provincial Civil Service | |
| Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand | Radha Raturi, IAS |
Provincial Civil Service (IAST: Prāntīya Sivila Sevā, often abbreviated to as PCS, is the administrative civil service of the Government of Uttarakhand comprising Group A and Group B posts. It is also the feeder service for Indian Administrative Service in the state.
PCS officers hold various posts at sub-divisional, district, divisional and state level from conducting revenue administration and maintenance of law and order. The Department of General Administration of the Government of Uttarakhand is the cadre-controlling authority of the service. Along with the Provincial Police Service (PPS) and the Provincial Forest Service (PFS), the PCS is one of the three feeder services to its respective All India Services.[2]
- ^ "Provinces Civil Service (Executive branch) enactment under Government of India Act, 1935". HathiTrust. 2 July 1935.
- ^ "IAS (APPOINTMENT BY PROMOTION) REGULATIONS, 1955". Union Public Service Commission. Retrieved 19 January 2018.