Empanelment of members to act as observers for the chartered accountants examinations

THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA 

[Set up by an
Act of Parliament]

13-CA
(Exams)/Observer Empanel /May-June–2015                                                  12^thFebruary, 2015

ANNOUNCEMENT

EMPANELMENT OF MEMBERS TO ACT AS
OBSERVERS AT THE EXAMINATION CENTRES

FOR THE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
EXAMINATIONS

MAY / JUNE 2015. 

It is proposed to empanel members to act as
Observers for the forthcoming May/June 2015 Chartered Accountants Examinations
scheduled as under: 

Intermediate (IPC) and Final
exams Common Proficiency Test (CPT) 

Eligibility criteria for
empanelment: 

From 2^nd
May 2015 to 17^th
May 2015 On 14^th
June 2015 (Sunday)

Members who
fulfill the following criteria are eligible for empanelment, to act as
Observers.

i)                  
He/she
should not be more than 65 years of age as on the date of empanelment;

ii)                
His/her name should have been borne on
the Register of Members as on 1^st
November, 2012 and continues to be so;

iii)              
None of his/her relatives* or
dependants* is / will be appearing in the ensuing Chartered Accountants
Examinations / CPT / Post – Qualification Course Examinations in May/ June

2015 in any examination centres in India
or Abroad. And, he/ she will not be appearing
inany of the examinations relating to Post
Qualification Courses (for members) in May/June 2015;

[* the term “relative” or
“dependant” for the purpose shall include, in relation to an individual, the
wife, husband, son, daughter-in-law, daughter, son-in-law, grandson, grand
daughter, brother, brother’s wife, brother’s son, brother’s daughter, sister,
sister’s husband, sister’s son, sister’s daughter, wife’s brother, wife’s
sister and husband’s brother and husband’s sister]

iv)              
He/she is not coaching students for any
of the examinations / test conducted by the Council of the Institute in any
institutions / organization including Regional Councils / Branches of the
Institute and also private coaching.

v)                
He/she has not been convicted by any
court of Law and no disciplinary proceedings are pending against him/her,
either by the ICAI / Disciplinary Directorate or by any other organization,
both in India or abroad.

vi)              
He/she is not associated with the
Institute as an elected/co-opted member of the Council / Regional Council /
Managing Committee of any Branch of the ICAI.

vii)            
He/she
shall abide by the Guidelines for Observer and / or any other instructions.

Honorarium

Honorarium
of Rs.1500/- per day / per session and Rs 350/- as conveyance
reimbursement for ‘A’ class cities and Rs 250/- for other cities per day (to
cover cost of local travel) besides reimbursement of postal, stationery,
telephone expenses, if any, will be paid. 

The
list of A class cities is as under:

Ahmedabad,
Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi/ New Delhi, Hyderabad/ Secunderabad, Jaipur, Kanpur,
Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, and Pune.

Duties of
Observer:

A member will be allotted duties
in the city of his professional address only as per Institute’s records.

The
main duty of the observer is to ensure that the Question Paper Packets meant
for the day of the exam, with the right code of the day are collected from the
bank, (where they are kept under safe custody) opened and distributed to the
candidates. Accordingly, Observer is required to be present in the assigned
branch of the Bank/Examination Centre from the time when the code key is opened
in the bank till the conclusion of the examination, i.e. till the answer books
are pooled, reconciled, packed and handed over to the designated courier agency
for dispatch to the Examination Department.

Once
the duties are assigned for acting as an Observer in a particular examination
centre, he/she should attend to the said assignment and send his/her report and
bill in the prescribed format immediately after the completion of his / her
assignment.

In
case any member is unable to perform his / her assignment, the same may be
communicated to the Examination Department well in advance. If a member neither
informs the Examination Department nor discharges the duties assigned, he/she
would be liable for such action under the provisions of the Chartered
Accountants Act 1949 and the Regulations framed thereunder, as deemed fit.

Kindly
note that giving false/misleading declaration regarding conflict of interest /
involvement in coaching will lead to action under disciplinary provisions in
accordance with the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 and the Rules and
Regulations framed thereunder.

How to empanel:

A
member who fulfills the above mentioned eligibility criteria, desirous of
empanelling himself for the assignment, may do so, online at http://observers.icaiexam.icai.org.

Applications by
any other mode will not be entertained.

The activity
schedule of the portal is as under:

Opening
of the window for empanelment                                   10^th March 2015

Closing of the window for empanelment                                     25^th
March 2015

Hosting
of the details of allotment of assignments                      20^th April 2015

Examination Department 

Details of the cities
in which the May / June 2015 examinations will take place are as under.

The cities/ places
where the examinations will be held are given below:

WESTERN REGION:

(Covering States of Goa, Gujrat and Maharashtra and U. T. of Dadra
& Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu)

@ Ahmedabad is divided into four Zones, namely Zone I to Zone
IV. The possible location of centres in the zones is as under:-

Zone I – Thaltej, Gurukul, Sola, Bopal, Bodakdev,
Chandkheda, Gota, Vastrapur, Satellite, Memnagar Zone II – Navrangpura, Naran
pura,Nava Vadaj

Zone III
– Shahibag, Paldi, Khanpur, Kalupur, Ellis Bridge

Zone IV
– Isanpur, Juhapura, Sarkhaj, Naroda, Vasna, Maninagar, Ghodasar

+Mumbai is
divided into nine Zones namely Zone I to Zone IX. The possible locations of the
centres in the respective zones will be:

Zone
I   – Chruchgate, Charni Road, Mazgaon

Zone
II   – Parel – east, Dadar-east, Matunga,
Wadala, King Circle, Sion, Chembur

Zone
III  – Vidyavihar, Ghatkopar, Bhandup,
Mulund

Zone
IV  – Dadar – West, Bandra West

Zone
V   – Santacruz, Vile Parle, Andheri

Zone
VI  – Jogeshwari W, Goregaon W, Malad W

Zone
VII  – Jogeshwari E, Goregaon E, Malad E

Zone
VIII – Kandiwali W, Boriwali W, Dahisar W

Zone
IX  – Kandiwali E, Boriwali E, Dahisar E

@@ Thane is divided
into three Zones. The possible location of the centres in the respective zone
will be:-Zone I – Thane City, Kalwa

Zone II
– Dombivili, Kalyan

Zone III
– Ulhasnagar, Ambernath, Badlapur

*Nagpur is divided into three Zones. The possible location
of the centres in the respective zone will be:-Zone I – Wardhman Nagar, Gandhi
Bagh, Mahal, Nandanwan

Zone II
– Dharampeth, Bharat Nagar, Sitabuldi, Dhantoli

Zone
III– Hanuman Nagar, Manewada, Trimurti Nagar, Wardha Road

++ Vasai is divided
into two zones. The possible location of the centres in respective zone will
be: – Zone I – Mira Road, Bhayander

Zone II
– Vasali, Nallasopara, Virar

Navi Mumbai: Vashi, Sanpada, Nerul

SOUTHERN REGION:

(Covering States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and
U. Ts. of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry)

 @@ Bangalore is divided into two Zones, namely Zone I and Zone
II. The possible location of centres in the zones are as under:-

Zone I – Bangalore ( East & North) comprising
of Basaveshwaranagar, Frazer Town, Gandhinagar, M G Road, Majestic,
Malleswaram, Rajajinagar, Richmond Town, Shivajinagar, Tumkur Road and
Yelahanka.

Zone II – Bangalore (West
& South) comprising of Banashankari, Basavangudi, Chamrajpet, Domlur, J P
Nagar, Jayanagar, J.C. Road and Mysore Road.

# Chennai is divided into eight Zones, namely Zone I to
Zone VIII. The Zone numbers given to different areas (i.e. possible locations
of centres in the Zones) are as under:

Zone-I:  George Town, Broadway,
Rayapuram, Washermanpet, Tondiarpet

Zone-II:  Nungambakkam,
Gopalapuram, Triplicane

Zone-III: Guindy, Adyar, Besant Nagar, Tirunvanmiyur

Zone-IV: Royapettah, Mylapore, Mandeveli

Zone-V: Arumbakkam, Annanagar, Kilpauk, Ambattur, Villivakkam

Zone-VI: Kodambakkam, T. Nagar, West Mambalam, Saidapet

Zone-VII: Vadapalani, Ashok Nagar, K.K. Nagar, Porur

Zone-VIII: St. Thomas Mount, Pallavaram, Nanganallur, Chromepet,
Tambaram

*Hyderabad Centre is divided into two zones namely Zone I
and Zone II. The possible locations of the centres of respective Zones
will be:

Zone I  – Hyderabad

Zone II  – Secunderabad,
Tarnaka, Uppal

EASTERN REGION:

(Covering States of North East States, Orissa, West Bengal and U.T. of
Andaman & Nicobar Islands)

^Kolkata is divided into three zones namely Zone I to Zone
III. The possible locations of the centres in the respective Zones will be:

Zone I – Kolkata
South                       Zone II   – Kolkata North                                 Zone III   – Howrah

CENTRAL REGION:

(Covering States of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, M.P., Rajasthan,
Uttarakhand and U.P.)

% Indore is divided into three Zones. The possible locations of the
centres in the respective Zone will be as under:

Zone – I : Vijay Nagar, Nanda Nagar, MIG/LIG
Colony, Patnipura, Scheme No.54, Scheme No.74, Scheme No.78, Shalimar Township,
Mahalaxmi Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Kanadia Road, Saket, Telephone Nagar, Goyal
Nagar, Bengali Square, Khajrana, Dewas Naka, Malviya Nagar, Nehru Nagar

Zone – II : Chawni, South Tukoganj, Geeta Bhavan,
Chhoti Gwal Toli, MTH Compound, Sneh Nagar, Kanchan Bag, Bhawankuwa, M.Y.
Hospital Road, RNT Marg, Malwa Mill, Janjir Wala Square, Nasia Road, Naulakha ,
Sapna Sangeeta, Khatiwala

Tank, Palsikar Colony, Sanchar Nagar, Agrawak Nagar, Juni Indore, Jail
Road, Joara Compound, Rajwada, Devas, Mhow

Zone – III : Rajendra
Nagar, Annapuran Road, Vaishali Nagar, Gumasta Nagar, Suadma Nagar, Usha Nagar,
Raj Mohalla, Mahesh Nagar, Bada Ganpati, Aerodrome Road, Kalani Nagar, Gandhi
Nagar, Banganga, Marimata Chouraha, Lokymanya Nagar

NORTHERN REGION:

(Covering States of Delhi, Haryana, H.P., J & K, Punjab and U.T.
of Chandigarh)

$ Delhi/ New
Delhi is divided into eight
Zones, namely Zone I to Zone VIII. The Zone numbers given to different areas
(i.e. possible locations of centres in the Zones) will be as under:

Zone I  – Karol Bagh, Pusa Road,
Patel Nagar, Kirti Nagar

Zone II  – Pitampura, Rohini

Zone III – Paschim Vihar, Punjabi Bagh

Zone IV – Nizamuddin, Lajpat Nagar, Lodhi Road, Kalkaji

Zone V  – Geeta Colony,
Priyadarshini Vihar, Karkardooma, Vivek Vihar, I.P. Extention

Zone VI – Vasundhra Enclave, Mayur Vihar, Anand Vihar

Zone VII – Kingway Camp, Darya Ganj, Shalimar Bagh, Sarup Nagar

Zone VIII- Janakpuri, Dwarka, Vikaspuri