Empanelment of Members to act as Observers for May, 2025
EMPANELMENT OF MEMBERS TO ACT AS OBSERVERS AT THE EXAMINATION CENTRES FOR THE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS EXAMINATIONS MAY, 2025.
It is proposed to empanel members to act as Observers for the forthcoming MAY -2025 Chartered Accountants Examinations scheduled as under:
| Final and Intermediate Examination | May 2nd to 14th 2025 [Except 12th May 2025] |
| PQC i.e., INTT -AT | May 10th and 13th 2025 |
| Foundation Examination | May 15th, 17th, 19th and 21st 2025 |
Kindly note that, The Examination Committee in its 648th Meeting held on 8th and 9th MAY 2024 among others has decided that there should be a cooling off period for one attempt after three (3) consecutive attempts for Observership duties.
Eligibility criteria for empanelment:
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, i.e.,20th February 2025.
ii) His/her name should have been borne on the Register of Members as on 1st November 2022 and continues to be so.
iii) Neither he/she nor his/her relatives* or dependant* is / will be appearing in the ensuing Chartered Accountants Examinations for Foundation, Intermediate, Final and Post –Qualification Course i.e., INTT -AT in MAY 2025 in any examination centres in India or Abroad. However, applying or appearance in ISA – AT will not be considered a disability for observership for CA Examinations.
[* 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, granddaughter, 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
The honorarium of ₹ 3000/- per day / per session and ₹ 350/- as conveyance reimbursement for ‘A’ class cities and ₹ 250/- for other cities per day (to cover cost of local travel) will be paid.
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