As per public notice / notification of FPSC, applications for CSS 2014 would be invited from the last week of September 2013 till 31st October 2013. And this time the candidates' eligibility would be checked before the commencement of CSS Exam, whereas the previous practice was that eligibility of candidates to appear in the exam (for example fulfillment of age and academic qualification conditions etc.) were not checked before the conduct of exam.