EMPANELMENT OF MEMBERS TO ACT AS OBSERVERS AT THE EXAMINATION CENTRES FOR THE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS EXAMINATIONS JANUARY, 2025.
It is proposed to empanel members to act as Observers for the forthcoming JANUARY -2025 Chartered Accountants Examinations scheduled as under:
| Foundation and Intermediate Examination | from 11th JANUARY to 21st JANUARY 2025 (except 20th January 2025) |
Kindly note that, The Examination Committee in its 648th Meeting held on 8th and 9th January 2024 among others has decided that there should be a cooling off period for one attempt after three (3) consecutive attempts for Observership duties. The same is applicable w.e.f. May 2024 with retrospective details.
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. 25th October 2024.
ii) His/her name should have been borne on the Register of Members as on 1st July 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 students / Post – Qualification Course Examinations in January 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.
How to empanel:
A member who fulfills the above-mentioned eligibility criteria, desirous of empaneling himself/herself 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:
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