Provincial Civil Service (Uttar Pradesh)

Provincial Civil Service / Provincial Civil Service (Executive Branch) (IAST: Prāntīya Sivila Sevā), often abbreviated to as PCS, is the administrativecivil service of the Government of Uttar Pradesh 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 Appointment and Personnel of the Government of Uttar Pradesh 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.