HP PSC Last Date 18.05.2011

HIMACHAL PRADESH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Advertisement No.I /2011 Dated : 19-04-2011

1.(LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS :

18-05-2011 (02-06-2011 for remote areas)

A competitive examination for recruitment to the Himachal Pradesh Administrative Service

Combined Competitive Examination for which applications are invited from the eligible and

desirous Indian citizens for admission to the

Preliminary Examination to be conducted at

Shimla, Solan, Mandi, Dharamsala, Nahan and Una centres

examination

basis of H.P.A.S. Combined Competitive Examination, 2010.

, followed by Main writtenand viva-voce test for recruitment to the posts/services to be filled in on the

IMPORTANT

1. CANDIDATES TO ENSURE THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EXAMINATION:

The Candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all eligibility conditions

for admission to the examination. Their admission at all the stages of the examination will be purely

provisional

subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions.

Mere issue of Admission Certificate to the candidate will not imply that his/her candidature

has been finally cleared by the Commission.

Commission take up verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original documents only

after the candidate has qualified for interview/Personality Test.

2. HOW TO APPLY

a)

http://

are available on the above mentioned website. However candidates may also apply through offline

mode, by using the

Counter of H.P. Public Service Commission, Nigam Vihar, Shimla-171002

Headquarters except Shimla / Kinnaur / Lahaul & Spiti in the

Pradesh through the whole sale / retail shop(s) / Gas Agencies of

H.P. Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd.

Candidates may apply online by using the websitewww.hp.gov.in/hppsc Detailed instructions for filling up online applicationsOMR Computerised Application Form which can be purchased from the& at all District

b) Candidates are advised to read carefully the

Application Form

instructions for filling up the Onlinegiven in Appendix-I and instructions for offline Applications given in

Appendix-II

of this Notice available on website http://www.hp.gov.in/hppsc.

3.

(A) Online (From all candidates)

LAST DATE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS:The Online Applications can be filled upto

18-05

-2011 till 11.59 PM after which the link will be disabled.

(B) Offline :

Pradesh Public Service Commission, Nigam Vihar, Shimla- 171002

or By hand on or before

Islands, Lakshdweep, Ladakh Division of J&K State, Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nangaland,

Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Pangi and Bharmour Sub Divisions of Chamba District,

Kinnaur district, Dodra Kawar sub Division of Shimla District and Lahaul & Spiti District of

Himachal Pradesh, the last date for receipt of applications by post / speed post only (not by hand or

by courier

All Offline Applications must reach the “Controller of Examinations, Himachalby Post/Speed Post, Courier18-05-2011. However, for the candidates residing in Andaman and Nicobar) is 02-06-2011.

4. FACILITATION COUNTER FOR GUIDANCE OF CANDIDATES :

In case of any guidance/information/clarification regarding their applications, candidature etc.

candidates can contact HPPSC’s Reception Counter near Main Gate of its campus in person or over

Telephone No. 0177- 2623782 /

can contact

No.94180-20254 or

Mobile No.094184-51277.

on working days between 10.00 hrs to17.00 hrs. The candidatesShri B.R. Kaundal, Joint Secretary on telephone No.0177-2623857 / MobileShri Trilok Singh Chauhan, Asstt. Registrar on telephone No.0177-2623782 /

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1. Six vacancies of Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services, Class-I

(Gazetted) in the pay scale of Rs.15600-39100 + 5400 (Grade Pay). Out of

these, 01 vacancy is reserved for Scheduled Caste (S.C.) candidates of H.P.

and 01 reserved for Ex-serviceman (UR) candidates of H.P.

2. Four vacancies of Himachal Police Service, Class-I (Gazetted) in the pay

scale of Rs.15600-39100 + 5400 (Grade Pay). Out of these, 01 vacancy is

reserved for Scheduled Caste (S.C.) candidates of H.P. and 01 reserved for

Other Backward Classes (O.B.C.) candidates of H.P.

3. Two vacancies of Excise and Taxation officer Class-I (Gazetted), in the pay

band of Rs.10300-34800/- + Grade pay Rs.4400/-. Out of these, one

vacancy is reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates of H.P.

.THE DETAILS OF THE POSTS/SERVICES ARE AS UNDER: -

4.

Rs.10300-34800 + 4400 (Grade Pay). Out of these, one vacancy is

reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates of H.P.

5. One vacancy of Block Development Officer Class-I (Gazetted), in the pay

band of Rs.10300-34800/- + Grade pay Rs.4400/- for General category

candidates.

6. One vacancy of District Controller Food, Supply and Consumer Affairs,

Class-I (Gazetted), in the pay band of Rs.10300-34800/- + Grade pay

Rs.5000/- for General category candidates.

Seven vacancies of Tehsildar, Class-I (Gazetted), in the pay scale of

3. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

.

3.1 A candidate must be a citizen of India.

3.2 Minimum Educational Qualifications

(a) A candidate must possess a Bachelor's Degree or its equivalent

from a recognised University.

(b) A candidate who has appeared at an examination, the passing of

which would render him eligible to appear at the examination but

has not been informed of the result, may apply for admission to

the examination. A candidate who intends to appear in such

qualifying examination, may also apply provided the qualifying

examination is completed before the commencement of this

examination. Such candidates will be admitted to the examination,

if otherwise eligible, but the admission would be deemed to be

provisional and subject to cancellation if they do not produce proof

of having passed the examination in any case not later than two

months after the commencement of (Main) written examination,

failing which their candidature shall automatically stand

cancelled.

(c) Candidates who have passed the final professional M.B.B.S. or any

other Medical Examination equivalent thereto but have not

completed their internship by the time of submission of their

application for the HAS etc. examination will be provisionally

admitted to the examination provided they submit along with their

applications a copy of certificate from the University / Institutions

that they had passed the requisite final professional medical

examination. In such cases, the candidates will be required to

produce, at the time of their interview, original degree or a

certificate from the concerned competent authority of the

University / Institutions that they had completed or requirement

(including completion of internship) for the award of degree.

3.3 Age Limits :

a) A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not

have attained the age of 35 years on the first January 2011,

meaning thereby that candidates born on or after 02-01-1990

are underage whereas applicants born before 01-01-1976 are

overage.

b) Provided that the upper age limit is relaxable by five years for

candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled

Tribes/ Other Backward Classes / Persons with disabilities and

Children/Grand Children of Freedom Fighters of Himachal

Pradesh as declared by the Govt. from time to time. Age

relaxation is also available to Ex-servicemen candidates of H.P.

as per provisions in Rules/ Instructions of H.P. Govt.

c) Provided further that a Govt. servant who is holding substantive

/ officiating appointment in H.P. Govt. or in High Court or any

Court Subordinate thereto and employees of the Public Sector

Undertakings / Corporations / substantially owned or controlled

by the H.P. Government shall be eligible to appear in the

examination if he / she possesses a Bachelor’s degree of a

recognised University and has not attained the age of 42 years on

the first day of January of the year in which the applications are

invited by the Commission for Competitive examination. Any

person who is eligible under this sub-rule and wishes to appear

in the examination shall submit his / her application in the

prescribed form through his / her Head of Office to the

Secretary, H.P. Public Service Commission

NOTE I :

recorded in the Matriculation/Secondary Examination

Certificate or an equivalent certificate as on the date of

submission of applications will be accepted by the

Commission and no subsequent request for its change

will be considered or granted

NOTE II :

has been claimed by them and entered in the records of

the Commission for the purpose of admission to an

examination, no change will be allowed subsequently (or

at any other examination of the Commission) on any

grounds whatsoever.

Candidates should note that only the date of birth as.Candidates should also note that once a date of birth

NOTE III:

their date of birth in respective column of the

application Form. If on verification at any subsequent

stage, any variation is found in their date of birth from

the one entered in their Matriculation or equivalent

examination certificate, disciplinary action will be taken

against them by the Commission under the Rules.

The candidate should exercise due care while entering

3.4

suitability for appointment in the peculiar conditions prevailing in the

Pradesh is a desirable qualification.

The above eligibility conditions shall be subject to change, if any in the

relevant Rules related to Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services and

those of the concerned Allied Services, as are notified by the Himachal

Pradesh Government.

Knowledge of customs, manners and dialects of Himachal Pradesh and

4. FEE

4.1 Online Mode

Candidates applying online are required to pay a reduced fee

of Rs.250/- for General / Gen. Physical handicapped and

W.F.F. of H.P. category and Rs.63/- for S.C. / S.T. / OBC of

H.P. by cash at any branch of

through a

The Ex-servicemen candidates of H.P. are exempted from the

examination fee. However Ex-servicemen candidates of H.P.

who were relieved from the Defence Services on their own

request before completion of their normal tenure of service

under the Govt. of India shall have to pay examination fee as

is applicable to them in the respective category.

Punjab National Bank,challan generated through the above website.

4.2 Offline Mode

The candidates may also apply through offline mode, by using the OMR

Computerised Application Form inclusive of examination fee as follows

which can be obtained from the Reception Counter of H.P. Public

Service Commission, Nigam Vihar, Shim;a-171002

Headquarters except Shimla / Kinnaur / Lahaul & Spiti in the

Pradesh through the whole sale / retail shop(s) / Gas Agencies of

H.P. Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd.

& at all District:-

Sr.

No.

Category Cost of Form

including

examination fee

Colour of

Applicatio

n Form

1. General / Persons with

disabilities/ WFF/ Others.

Rs.300/- Pink

2. SC/ST/OBC of H.P. Rs.115/- Orange

3. Ex-servicemen of H.P. Rs.50/- Gloria Red

Application forms can also be obtained by post on payment of Rs.350/-

(inclusive of postal charges) by General category candidates, Rs.165/-

by S.C./ S.T./ O.B.C. candidates and Rs.100/- by Gen. Ex-SM. of

Himachal Pradesh, by means of Crossed Bank Draft of scheduled

Bank in favour of Secretary, H.P. Public Service Commission, payable

at Shimla only. All requests for supply of forms by post must reach the

office of the Commission at least 10 days before the last date

prescribed for the receipt of applications.

candidates of H.P. who were relieved from the Defence Services on

their own request before completion of their normal tenure of

service under the Govt. of India shall have to pay cost of

application form inclusive of examination fee as is applicable to

them in the respective category.

5. HOW TO APPLY

The Ex-servicemen:

5.1

Online Mode

Candidates are required to visit at

http://

www.hp.gov.in/hppsc

ONLINE for HPAS-2010

filling up Online Applications are available on the

above mentioned website.

and click the link to APPLYDetailed instructions for

5.2 Offline Mode (OMR Application Form)

Candidates can exercise the option of applying through Offline mode also by

using the OMR computerized

payment at the Reception Counter of H.P.PSC, Nigam Vihar, Shimla-171002

Application Form which will be available on

& at all District Headquarters except Shimla / Kinnaur / Lahaul &

Spiti in the Pradesh through the whole sale / retail shop(s) / Gas

Agencies of H.P. Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd.

electronically scan able, due care should be taken to fill up the Application

Form, correctly. While filling up the Application Form,

detailed instructions / information brochure given in Appendix-II of this

Notice available on websitehttp://www.hp.gov.in/hppsc.

should also write the name of examination viz.

Administrative Combined Competitive Services Examination, 2010"

the envelope before dispatching it to “Controller of Examination, Himachal

Pradesh Public Service Commission, Nigam Vihar, Shimla -171002”.

Candidates should note that

be received by

Hand or by Courier.

Since this Form isplease refer toThe candidates”Himachal Pradeshonall Offline Applications from remote areas willPost/Speed Post only and no application will be received by

NOTE

owned industrial undertakings or other similar organisations or in

private employment should submit their applications direct to the

Commission. Persons already in Government service, whether in a

permanent or temporary capacity or as work charged employees other

than casual or daily rated employees or those serving under Public

Enterprises are however, required to inform their Head of

Office/Department that they have applied for the Examination.

: All candidates, whether already in Government Service, Government

NOTE:

from their employer by the Commission withholding permission to the

candidates applying for/ appearing at the examination, their

application will be liable to be rejected/ candidature will be liable to be

cancelled.

Candidates should note that in case a communication is received

NOTE:

carefully decide about his/her choice for the centre for the

examination. More than one application from a candidate giving

different centres will not be accepted in any case. Even if a candidate

sends more than one completed applications, the Commission will

accept only one application at their discretion and the Commission’s

decision in the matter shall be final.

While filling in his/her Application Form, the candidate should

NOTE: The provisionally admitted candidates may download the

admit cards along with instructions for appearing in the HPAS

(Preliminary) examination-2010 from the official website

http://www.hp.gov.in/hppsc

If any candidate appears at a centre other than those indicated by

the Commission in his/her Admit Card, the papers of such a

candidate will not be evaluated and his/her candidature will be

liable to Cancellation.

6. LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS :

(a) ONLINE MODE

The Online Applications can be filled upto

PM

18-05-2011 till 11.59after which the link will be disabled.

(b) OFFLINE MODE

All Offline Applications must reach the

Examinations, Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission,

Nigam Vihar, Shimla- 171002

By hand on or before

residing in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdweep, Ladakh

Division of J&K State, Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland,

Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Pangi and Bharmour

Sub Divisions of Chamba District, Kinnaur district, Dodra Kawar

sub Division of Shimla District and Lahaul & Spiti District of

Himachal Pradesh, have the option to apply offline. For these

candidates, if applying, the last date for receipt of applications is

“Controller ofby Post/Speed Post, Courier or18-05-2011. However, the candidates

02-06-2011

.

NOTE :

case be responsible for non-receipt of their application or any

delay in receipt thereof on any account whatsoever. No

application received after the prescribed last date will be

entertained under any circumstances and all the late

applications will be summarily rejected. They should therefore,

ensure that their applications reach the Commission’s Office on

or before the prescribed last date.

Candidates should clearly note that the Commission will in no

7. SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

:

7.1 Preliminary examination

A) Initially, Preliminary examination consisting of 2 papers based on

objective type (multiple choice) questions on the following pattern will be

held.

Paper-I

and there shall be 100 objective type (Multiple choice) questions.

General Studies (Code No.01) This paper shall be of 200 marks

Paper-II

and in this paper there shall be 100 objective type (multiple

choice) questions.

(B) Papers

Aptitude Test (Code No.02) This paper shall be of 200 marksSyllabus

Paper-I

General

Studies

(Code No.01)

socio economic development of Himachal Pradesh.

History, geography, political, art & culture and

importance.

Currents events of national and international

History of India and Indian national movement.

economic geography of India and the world.

Indian and World Geography-physical, social,

political system, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy,

Rights issues, etc.

Indian polity and governance – Constitution,

development poverty, inclusion, demographics,

social sector initiatives, etc.

Economic and social development – sustainable

and climate Change – that do not require

subject specialization

General issues on environmental ecology, biodiversity

Paper-II

Aptitude

Test

(Code No.02)

General science.

Comprehension

skills

Interpersonal skills including communication

Logical reasoning and analytical ability

Decision making and problem solving

General mental ability

orders of magnitude etc. (Class X level), Data

interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data

sufficiency etc. – Class X level).

Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations,

level)

(C) This preliminary examination will consist of two objective type papers

(multiple choice questions) and carry a maximum of 400 marks. Marks

obtained in preliminary examination by the candidates who are declared

qualified by the Commission for admission to the main examination will

not be counted for determining their final order of merit. The number of

candidates to be admitted to the Main Examination will be about 20

times the total approximate number of vacancies to be filled in the year

in the Posts / Service. Only those candidates who have been declared to

have qualified the preliminary examination by the H.P. Public Service

Commission in a year will be eligible for admission to the main

examination of that year provided they are otherwise eligible for

admission to the Main Examination.

English Language comprehension skills (Class X

Note:

marked by a candidate in the objective type question papers.

(i) There are four alternatives for the answer to every question. For

each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the

candidate, one third of the marks assigned to that question will be

deducted as penalty.

(ii) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a

wrong answer even if one of the given answers happen to be

correct and there will be same penalty as above for that question.

(iii) If a question is left blank i.e. no answer is given by the candidate,

there will be no penalty for that question.

(D) The duration of Papers No.I and II (General Studies and Aptitude Test)

will be two hours each.”

There will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong answers

7.2 Main Written Examination

a) The candidates declared qualified in the Preliminary examination will be

entitled for admission to the Main written examination, if otherwise found

eligible.

b) The number of candidates to be called for Main written examination will

be about 20 times of the total number of vacancies to be filled in on the

basis of aforementioned examination.

7.3 Viva-Voce

The number of candidates to be called for viva-voce test after the Main

written examination by the Commission shall be at its discretion on the

basis of marks obtained by them in the Main written examination only. As

far as possible this number will be three times the total number of

vacancies.

NOTE:

2010 if received from the Govt. upto 30

the purpose of selection of candidates on the basis of aforesaid examination.

The number of vacancy(s) in the services / posts which relate to the year,th June, 2011 shall be included for

NOTE:

be counted for the purpose of final order of merit. However, marks obtained

in the Main written examination as well as in the viva-voce test would

determine their final merit for selection.

Marks obtained by the candidates in the (Preliminary) examination will not

NOTE:

determining their order of merit for selection to the various posts/services.

The option exercised by the candidates will be taken into consideration while

8. OTHER CONDITIONS:-

1. Onus of proving that candidate is qualified shall be on the candidate. In case

no date of notification/declaration of final result is mentioned in any

certificate the date of issue of certificate shall be deemed date of obtaining

Essential Qualification Incomplete, defectively filled up, old, unsigned and

zerox application forms will not be entertained and no subsequent

correspondence will be admitted.

2.

/Ex-Servicemen/ WFF once claimed in the application forms will not be

substituted/changed later on. The SC / ST / OBC / WFF / Physically

Handicapped and Ex-servicemen / Ortho. Phy. Handicapped / Visually

Impaired / Hearing Impaired / Blind / Deaf & Dumb candidates of other

states than H.P. should write / encode their category code as 01,

because they are treated as general candidates for the purpose of cost of

application form inclusive of examination fees and upper age relaxation

is not also applicable to them

General candidates are also applicable to them.

3. No individual letters will be sent to the candidates regarding rejection

of their applications. The details of rejection will be available only on

official website of the Commission.

4. The decision of the Commission as to the eligibility or otherwise of a

candidates for admission to interview or selection will be final and no

correspondence / personal enquiries will be entertained.

5. The SC/ST/OBC Candidates must possess such certificates on lineage

of paternal families.

6. The applicant shall Upload/Paste his/her latest photograph in the

space provided in the application form. He/she is also required to paste

a similar photograph on the Identity Card portion of his/her Admission

Letter, which will be supplied to him/her for appearing in the HPAS

Main examination as well. In case, photograph pasted on the

application of Preliminary examination is found different / varying to

that of pasted on the Identity Card for appearing in the Main

examination, the candidature of such candidates shall stand cancelled.

The candidate is required to write his / her name and particulars on

the back side of his / her photo before pasting it on the application.

7.

encode the code of Ex-servicemen of H.P. in the relevant Column

of the Computerised application forms. It is made clear that there

is no reservation for the Wards of Ex-servicemen of H.P. in these

services. Therefore, they shall write and encode the code of

category(s) to which they belong.

H.P. must go through the relevant Rules and instructions of the

reservation notified / issued by the H.P. Govt. from time to time in

order to ensure their eligibility for admission to the aforesaid

examination. Similarly, other reserved categories candidates are also

required to go through the relevant instructions in order to ensure that

they are eligible under the particular category(s).

8. The candidates are advised to carefully follow the instructions (applying

online and offline) regarding their eligibility for admission to this

examination. The applicants will be admitted provisionally on the basis

of claims made by them in their applications.

9. The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they

fulfill all the eligibility conditions for admission to the examination.

Their admission at all the stages of examination for which they are

admitted by the Commission viz. written examination and interview

test will be purely provisional, subject to their satisfying the prescribed

eligibility conditions. If on verification at any time before or after the

written examination or interview test, it is found that they do not fulfill

any of the eligibility conditions, their candidature for the examination

will be cancelled by the Commission.

10. A candidate who is or has been declared by the Commission to be

guilty of:

(i) Obtaining support for his/her candidature by the following

means, namely:-

(a) offering illegal gratification to, or

(b) applying pressure on, or

(c) blackmailing, or threatening to blackmail any person

connected with the conduct of the examination, or

(ii) impersonating, or

(iii) procuring impersonation by any person, or

(iv) submitting fabricated documents or documents which

have been tampered with, or

(v) making statements which are incorrect or false or

suppressing material information, or

(vi) resorting to the following means in connection with his/her

candidature for the examination, namely

(a) obtaining copy of question paper through improper

means,

(b) finding out the particulars of the persons connected

with secret work relating to the examination,

(c) influencing the examiners, or

(vii) using unfair means during the examination, or

(viii) writing obscene matter or drawing obscene sketches in the

scripts, or

(ix) misbehaving in the examination hall including tearing of

the scripts, provoking fellow examinees to boycott

examination, creating disorderly scene and the like, or

(x) harassing or doing bodily harm to the staff employed by

the Commission for the conduct of their examinations, or

(xi) being in possession of or using mobile phone, pager or any

electronic equipment or device or any other equipment

capable of being used as a communication device during

the examination; or

(xii) violating any of the instructions issued to candidates along

with their admission certificates permitting them to take

the examination, or

(xiii) attempting to commit or as the case may be abetting the

commission of all or any of the acts specified in the

foregoing clauses; may in addition to rendering

himself/herself liable to criminal prosecution, be liable

(a) to be disqualified by the Commission from the

examination for which he/she is a candidate and/or

(b) to be debarred either permanently or for a specified

period

(i) by the Commission from any examination or

selection held by them.

(ii) by the Central Government from any employment

under them, and

(c) if he/she is already in service under Government to

disciplinary action under the appropriate Rules.

Provided that no penalty under these Rules shall be

imposed except after.

(i) giving the candidate an opportunity of making such

representation, in writing as he/she may wish to

make in that behalf; and

(ii) taking the representation, if any, submitted by the

candidate within the period allowed to him/her into

consideration.

11. The Centres of holding the Preliminary examination are liable to be

changed at the discretion of the Commission. While every effort will be

made to allot the candidates to the centre of their choice for

examination, the Commission may, at their discretion, allot a different

centre to a candidate when circumstances so warrant.

12.

examination shall be required to apply for (Main) written

examination separately on the prescribed application form

available on the website of the Commission. No separate

information will be sent to the individual qualified candidates.

decision of the Commission as to the eligibility or otherwise of a

candidate for admission to the main Written examination will be final

and no correspondence / personal inquiry will be entertained therefore.

The Candidates are requested to keep ready the attested copies of the

following documents for submission to the Commission soon after the

declaration of the result of the preliminary examination.

1. Certificate of age.

2. Certificate of educational qualification.

3. Certificate in support of claim to belong to Scheduled

Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Classes/

Physically Disabled, where applicable.

4. Certificate in support of claim for age/fee concession,

where applicable.

Categories like General/ SC/ST/OBC/ Persons with disabilities. Other terms and conditions are meant forGenerally Wards of Ex-serviceman erroneously mention andThe Ex-servicemen candidates ofThe candidates who are declared qualified in the (Preliminary)The

Note:

interview. If any of their claims is found to be incorrect,

they may render themselves liable to disciplinary action by

the Commission

13. The eligibility conditions of the candidates called for viva-voce test will

also be determined on the day of interview on the basis of their original

documents and rejection, if any, at that stage.

14. The allocation of examination centres for (Preliminary) examination will

be made according to the option exercised by the candidates in the

application form. This examination will be conducted in the

examination centres located at Shimla, Solan, Nahan, Mandi,

Dharamshala and Una respectively in case adequate number of

candidates opt for each of these stations as examination venue.

However, the Commission reserves the right to allot any centre of

examination to candidates irrespective of the option exercised. The

centre for the (Main) written examination will, however, be at Shimla

only.

15.

the centre other than the allotted centre, his / her candidature

will be rejected straightway and no correspondence will be

entertained in the matter.

Original certificates will have to be produced at the time ofIf any candidate appears in the HPAS (Preliminary) examination on

16. The category once claimed by the candidate will not be changed at any

stage. No correspondence regarding change of category will be

entertained.

17. The candidates applying offline must enclose self addressed post card

with the application for acknowledging the receipt of application.

18.

main written examination shall not be allowed in any case.

Re-checking / Re-evaluation for the preliminary as well as for the

19. If any visually impaired candidate requires scribes, he / she has to

request for the same in writing to the Commission immediately after

receipt of his / her roll number. Such applications will be entertained

on merit and as per the rules.

20. The number of vacancies to be filled in on the basis of this examination

may increase or decrease.

IMPORTANT :

ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COMMISSION SHOULD INVARIABLY

CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING PARTICULARS.

1. NAME AND YEAR OF THE EXAMINATION

2. APPLICATION FORM NUMBER

3. ROLL NUMBER (IF RECEIVED)

4. NAME OF CANDIDATE (IN FULL AND IN BLOCK LETTERS)

5. DATE OF BIRTH

6. COMPLETE POSTAL ADDRESS AS GIVEN IN THE APPLICATION.

N.B.1:

MAY NOT BE ATTENDED TO.

COMMUNICATION NOT CONTAINING THE ABOVE PARTICULARS

N.B.2 :

AFTER AN EXAMINATION HAS BEEN HELD AND IT DOES NOT GIVE

HIS/HER FULL NAME AND ROLL NUMBER, IT WILL BE IGNORED

AND NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN THEREON.

IF A LETTER/COMMUNICATION IS RECEIVED FROM A CANDIDATE

N.B.3:

FORM NUMBER FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

NO REQUEST FOR WITHDRAWAL OF CANDIDATURE RECEIVED

FROM A CANDIDATE AFTER HE/SHE HAS SUBMITTED HIS/HER

APPLICATION WILL BE ENTERTAINED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES

CANDIDATE SHOULD ALSO NOTE DOWN THEIR APPLICATION.

Sd/-

(Anita Tegta)IAS,

SECRETARY.

Phone No.2623786

APPENDIX – I

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES FOR FILLING ONLINE

APPLICATIONS

Candidates are required to apply Online using the Website

http://www.hp.gov.in/hppsc

Salient Features of the system of Online Application Form are given

hereunder:

available on the above mentioned Website.

Detailed instructions for filling up Online Applications are

Form containing two stages viz. Candidate Basic Registration and

Examination Fee Detail as per the instructions available in the

above mentioned site through drop down menu.

Candidates will be required to complete the Online Application

The candidates applying Online are required to pay a reduced fee

specified in Para 4 of this Notice

branch of Punjab National Bank by cash.

by remitting the money in any

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2011 till 11.59 p.m.

The Online Application can be filled from 19-04-2011 to 18-05-, after which link will be disabled

APPENDIX – II

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS/GUIDELINES FOR THE CANDIDATES -

WHO WISH TO APPLY ON COMPUTERISED APPLICATION FORM.

1. Candidates must

entries purchased from Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission, Nigam Vihar, Shimla –

171 002

Spiti in the Pradesh through the whole sale / retail shop(s) / Gas

Agencies of H.P. Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd.

use Computerised Application form for this Examinations based on OMR& at all District Headquarters except Shimla / Kinnaur / Lahaul &

2. Candidates must use the Computerised Application Form and

photocopy/reproduction/ unauthorisedly printed copy of the Form

3. The Application Form must be filled in by the candidates in their own handwriting. Since this Form will

be processed on computerised machines, candidates should

up the Application Form.

writing also,

darkening the circles only will be taken into account while processing the applications on computerised

machines, they should make these entries very carefully and accurately.

4. Candidates should ensure that the signatures appended by them in all the places viz. in their

Application Form, Attendance List etc. and in all the correspondence with the Commission, should be

identical and there should be no variation of any kind. If any variation is found in the signatures

appended by him/her at different places, his/her candidature will be liable to be cancelled by the

Commission.

5. No change in the entries made in original Application Form will be allowed under any circumstances.

6. The candidates are advised in their own interest to

Commission’s Office on or before the closing date.

after the closing date will not be considered.

they should in no case use.exercise due care in handling and fillingThey should use black ball point pen only to darken the circles. Forthey should use black ball point pen only. Since the entries made by the candidates byensure that the applications reach theApplications received in the Commission’s Office

7. No TA / DA shall be admissible for appearing in the (Preliminary) examination, main

written examination or viva voce test.

8. INCOMPLETE, INCORRECTLY FILLED, MUTILATED, BLANK, UNSIGNED

APPLICATIONS SHALL BE REJECTED STRAIGHTWAY AND NO

REPRESENTATION WILL BE ENTERTAINED THEREFORE, SUBSEQUENTLY.

9. The candidates should not attach any copy of certificate(s), degree, diploma

or testimonials with the application form but the candidates who will be

declared qualified in the (Preliminary) examination shall have to produce the

attested copies of their original certificates with the prescribed application

forms available on the website of the Commission for the (Main) written

examination. No separate intimation will be sent to the individual candidates.

They should also produce original certificates at the time of interview in

support of their claims. In the event of non submission of any original

document at the time of interview, the candidature of such candidates will be

cancelled by the Commission.

10. Please go through the detailed advertisement for cost of application

form inclusive of examination fee. The application shall be rejected

straightway in case application form of the respective category to which

candidate belongs is not obtained and submitted to the Commission. The

candidate must specify the category under which he / she is applying. The

status or category of the candidate shall be once mentioned in the application

form shall not be changed subsequently. The Ex-serviceman candidate of

H.P. is not exempted from examination fee in case he / she is released on his

/ her own request.

Instructions for filling up OMR Computerised Application Form:

For the convenience of the candidates Computerised application form having

boxes and circles have been printed on both sides.

PLEASE FILL UP THE BOXES AND DARKEN THE CIRCLES WITH PEN / BALL

PEN. THE COLUMNS MEANT FOR OFFICE USE SHOULD NOT BE FILLED IN

BY THE CANDIDATE. THERE SHOULD BE NO VARIATIONS IN BETWEEN THE

WORDS / FIGURES TO BE WRITTEN IN THE BOXES WITH PEN / BALL PEN

AND ENCODED THEREOF TO BE DONE WITH PEN / BALL PEN IN THE

CIRCLES BELOW THE BOXES. IN CASE OF VARIATION IN THE WORDS AND

FIGURES, ENCODING DONE BY THE CANDIDATE IN THE CIRCLES "WILL BE

TREATED AS FINAL".

Col.No.1 The candidate should write the name of Examination in Capital words

i.e. HPAS Combined Competitive (Prel.) Examination-2010.

Col.No.2 The candidate should write number of advertisement in Roman figures.

Col.No.3&4 These columns shall be kept blank by the candidate as these are

required to be filled in by the office.

Col.No.5. The candidates should fill in his / her name in Capital letters with pen

or ball pen. He / she should also darken the circles below the boxes

pertaining to alphabets of his / her name with pen / ball pen.

Col.No.6. The candidate should write his / her date of birth indicating date,

month and year in the boxes in figures (as indicated in the

Matriculation certificate). He / she should also darken the respective

circles below the boxes with pen or ball pen only.

NOTE: The candidates must have attained the age of 21 years and must not

have attained the age of 35 years as on 1-1-2011. Five years upper age

relaxation is applicable to the candidates belonging to S.C., S.T.,

O.B.C., Physically Handicapped and children / Grand children of

Freedom Fighters of H.P. The H.P. Govt. servant can apply up to 42

years irrespective of his / her belonging to any category. Upper age

relaxation is applicable to Ex-servicemen candidates of H.P. as per

provisions of relevant rules.

Col.No.7 The candidate should darken the circle relating to his / her sex code

with pen or ball pen.

Col.No.8 The candidate should clearly indicate by darkening appropriate circle

whether they are citizen of India or not.

Col.No.9 The candidate should write his / her category code in the boxes

provided for the purpose, in figures and should also darken the

respective circles with pen / ball pen only below the boxes. The names

and codes of categories are shown as under:-

Category Code Category Code

General 01 Gen. Ortho. Phy. Handicapped of H.P. 10

S.C. of H.P. 02 S.C. Ortho. Phy. Handicapped of H.P. 11

S.T. of H.P. 03 S.T. Ortho. Phy. Handicapped of H.P. 12

O.B.C. of H.P. 04 O.B.C. Ortho. Phy. Handicapped of H.P. 13

W.F.F. of H.P. 05 Gen. Visually Impaired of H.P. 14

Gen. Ex-Man. of H.P. 06 S.C. Visually Impaired of H.P. 15

S.C. Ex-Man. of H.P. 07 S.T. Visually Impaired of H.P. 16

S.T. Ex-Man. of H.P. 08 O.B.C. Visually Impaired of H.P. 17

O.B.C. Ex-Man. of H.P. 09 Gen. Hearing Impaired of H.P. 18

S.C. Hearing Impaired of H.P. 19

S.T. Hearing Impaired of H.P. 20

O.B.C. Hearing Impaired of H.P. 21

Gen. Blind of H.P. 22

S.C. Blind of H.P. 23

S.T. Blind of H.P. 24

OBC Blind of H.P. 25

Gen. Deaf & Dumb of H.P. 26

S.C. Deaf & Dumb of H.P. 27

S.T. Deaf & Dumb of H.P. 28

OBC Deaf & Dumb of H.P. 29

The SC / ST / OBC / WFF / Physically Handicapped and Ex-servicemen /

Ortho. Phy. Handicapped / Visually Impaired / Hearing Impaired / Blind /

Deaf & Dumb candidates of other states than H.P. should write / encode

their category code as 01, because they are treated as general candidates for

the purpose of cost of application form inclusive of examination fees and

upper age relaxation is not also applicable to them. Other terms and

conditions are meant for General candidates are also applicable to them.

Candidate is to first find out his / her category locate from the above details

and then write and encode the same in the relevant boxes and circles.

NOTE: THE BENEFIT OF RESERVATION IS ADMISSIBLE TO EXSERVICEMEN

OF H.P. AND IS NOT FOR THEIR WARDS. IN CASE VISUALLY

IMPAIRED / BLIND CANDIDATE REQUIRED SCRIBE, HE / SHE HAS TO

REQUEST FOR THE SAME SEPARATELY.

Col.No.10. This col. need not to be filled in by the candidates.

Col.No.11 The candidate should clearly indicate by encoding the relevant

circle whether he / she is employee of H.P. Govt. or Public Sector

Undertakings / Corporations / Autonomous Bodies which are wholly

and substantially owned and controlled by H.P. Govt. or not.

Col.No.12 The candidate should write only his / her Father's and Mother's

name in Capital letters leaving a Box vacant between any two parts of

the name, in the boxes provided for the purpose, as shown in his / her

Matriculation certificate. The candidate can write his / her mother's

name if it is shown in the certificate instead of father's name.

Col.No.13. The District Codes are given as under:-

Shimla 01 Chamba 07

Bilaspur 02 Kangra 08

Hamirpur 03 Una 09

Mandi 04 Solan 10

Kullu 05 Sirmour 11

Lahaul & Spiti 06 kinnaur 12

Other States 13

The candidate should locate the District Code from the above details as per

his / her permanent home address and then write and encode the same in

the relevant boxes and circles. The candidates belonging to Other States than

H.P., should write / encode his / her District Code as 13.

Col.No.14 The candidate should write his / her qualifications codes in the

boxes provided for the purpose in figures and should also darken the

respective circles below the boxes. The list of qualifications codes is given as

under:-

Educational qualification: Codes

Appearing in BA / B.SC / B.COM/B.E. etc. final examination 01

B.A./B.Sc./B.Com./B.E. and graduate of any discipline 02

from recognised University.

Master's degree in any discipline from a recognised Univ. 03

M.Phil in any discipline from a recognised Univ. 04

Ph.D. in any discipline from a recognised Univ. 05

The candidate are to first chose their qualifications code from the above list

and then write and encode the same in the relevant boxes / circles properly.

Col.No.15 The candidate should write the codes of his / her examination

centre, in the boxes provided for the purpose in figures and should

darken the appropriate circles thereunder. The name of Examination

Centre(s) is / are depicted below:-

Examination Centre Code

Shimla 01

Solan 02

Mandi 03

Dharamshala 04

Nahan 05

Una 06

Note: Examination Centre opted once by the candidates shall not be

changed subsequently

any Centre of Examination.

Col.No.16. The candidate should mention and encode his / her age in

complete years, in this column.

Col.No.17. The candidate should write his / her complete correspondence

address including his / her name in English capital letters along with

Pin Code numbers and name of the State.

Col.No.18. The candidate should affix his / her unattested latest passport

size photograph (4cm x 5cm size) in the space provided for the purpose.

The photograph should not be attached by way of stappling it with pins

with the application form. It should be affixed with gum properly.

Col.No.19. The candidate should affix his / her signatures.

Col.No.20 The candidate should write his / her Telephone number or

Mobile number.

Col.No.21. The candidate shall indicate his / her permanent home address

in this column in capital letters indicating name of state to which he /

she belongs. Above the boxes circles have been indicated for the

encoding by the candidates. The candidate is required to encode the

respective circles. For example a candidate belonging to a Village will

encode respective circle above the word Village. Similarly candidates

belonging to Apartment, Street, Lane, Colony, Area will encode the

respective circles pertain to them accordingly. The candidate is advised

to write his / her House No., Apartment / Street / Lane/ Village,

names, Colony / Area / PO / City / Town/ Tehsil / District names in

the boxes provided for the purpose in capital letters / figure, as the

case may be.

Col.No.22. The candidate should write and encode the pin code number of

his / her post office in the relevant boxes provided for the purpose and

should also darken the appropriate circles below the boxes.

Col.No.23. The candidate should affix his / her signature along with date in

support of claims and undertaking by him / her from Col. No.1 to 23.

Incomplete and Unsigned applications will be rejected straightway.

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