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

have his/her

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Before start filling up on Online Application, a candidate mustphotograph and signature duly scanned in thein such a manner that each file should not exceed 40

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.

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*. However the Commission has the discretion to allot

Canara Bank Recruitment Last Date - 13 May 2011

RECRUITMENT OF SPECIALIST OFFICERS

APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FROM INDIAN CITIZENS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE FOLLOWING POSTS OF SPECIALIST OFFICERS

Eligible candidates are requested to APPLY ON-LINE through Bank’s website http://canarabank.com/English/Scripts/www.canarabank.com & FORWARD THE PRINT-OUT OF ON-LINE APPLICATION ALONG WITH RELEVANT DOCUMENTS BY ORDINARY POST ONLY TO THE SPECIFIED ADDRESS BEFORE THE LAST DATE. No other means / mode of Application will be accepted.

Unless the system generated print-out of the registered application is received by post, along with Payment Challan, Photo and other relevant documents, the on-line registration is not valid.

Important Dates
Event	Date
Opening Date for on-line registration on Website	20.04.2011
Closing Date for on-line registration on Website [including far-flung areas]	13.05.2011
Last date for receipt of system generated print-out of registered application along with Payment Challan & other documents	20.05.2011
Last date for receipt of system generated print-out of registered application along with Payment Challan & other documents from far-flung areas @	27.05.2011

The details of posts are as follows;

Post Code	Post Name	Scale	No. of Posts	Age [Years] Min-Max
01	Network Administrator	JMGS-I	110	21 – 30
02	Data Base Administrator	MMGS-II	20	21 – 32
03	System Administrator	MMGS-II	20	21 – 32
	Total		150

Reservations:

Scale	No. of Posts for
	SC	ST	OBC	UR	Total	Of which PWD
						VC	HI	OC	Total
JMGS-I	16	8	31	55	110	1	1	1	3
MMGS-II	6	3	10	21	40	1	1	1	3
Total	22	11	41	76	150	2	2	2	6

Note: (a) The number of posts and the reservations provided are provisional and may vary according to actual requirement of the Bank. (b) 3% of the total posts @ 1% each for VC, HI & OC candidates are reserved for the Persons with Disabilities. It is clarified that it may not be possible to employ Persons with Disabilities in all Offices / Branches of the Bank and they will have to work in the posts identified by the Bank as suitable for them. (c) As the reservation for PWD candidates is on horizontal basis, the selected candidates will be placed in the appropriate category to which the candidate belongs. The above reservation is inclusive of shortfall / backlog reservation.

Abbreviations:: MMGS-II – Middle Management Grade Scale II; JMGS-I – Junior Management Grade Scale I; SC - Scheduled Caste; ST - Scheduled Tribe; OBC - Other Backward Class; UR – Un Reserved; PWD – Persons With Disabilities; VC - Visually Challenged; HI - Hearing Impaired; OC - Orthopaedically Challenged.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA & OTHER DETAILS: All the eligibility criteria [qualification, experience, age etc] shall be computed as on 01.04.2011

Post Code-1: Network Administrator [JMG Scale – I]

1. Qualification:
   First class / equivalent grade in BE / B.Tech (Telecommunications / Electronics) or equivalent with CCNA Certification.
2. Experience:
   Experience in configuring network devices and implementing network solutions, security protocols, interfaces etc., should have sound knowledge of LAN/WAN and virtual private network, switches, routers etc. Work experience in Bank / Financial Institutions shall be preferred.
3. Job Profile:
   Maintaining network and network equipments; network monitoring, and trouble shooting, adding network equipments to network, liaison with telecom service provider; ensuring maximum uptime of network, knowledge of HP OPEN VIEW.

Post Code-02: Database Administrator [MMG Scale – II]

1. Qualification:
   First class / equivalent grade in BE / B.Tech (Computer Science / Information Technology / Electronics) or MCA or equivalent with RDBMS certification.
2. Experience:
   3 years of experience in the relevant field is essential. Candidates having experience in Banks / Financial Institutions in the relative area will be preferred.
3. Job Profile:
   Database administration preferably in Oracle, Maintaining the database; Report generation; Rectification of problems in database; Trouble Shooting; Purging; Archiving; Back-up; Re-organisation of Database; Performance tuning; Defining Oracle Parameters etc.

Post Code-03: Systems Administrator [MMG Scale – II]

1. Qualification:
   First class / equivalent grade in BE / B.Tech (Computer Science / Information Technology / Electronics) or MCA or equivalent.
2. Experience:
   3 years of experience in the relevant field is essential. Candidates having experience in Banks/Financial Institutions in the relative area will be preferred.
3. Job Profile:
   Maintenance, monitoring and management of software and hardware etc. Applying patch, drive a project assigned. Be a Project Manager for Core Banking Sollutions / Network etc.

Note:

All the qualifications mentioned should be from a recognized University / Institution.

For posts, where experience is essential / desirable, it should be full time in the relevant field of the post applied for and will only be counted from the date of acquiring the prescribed qualification.

The job profile mentioned is only in brief. Bank reserves right to assign any other duties / responsibilities depending on the requirement.

HINDI KNOWLEDGE: The candidates shall acquire working knowledge of Hindi, if not possessed already, before completion of probationary period.

Candidates may apply for more than one post. Candidates who apply for more than one post are required to pay the separate application fee and apply separately for each post.

1. SALARY & EMOLUMENTS:

Scale	Salary & Emoluments
JMGS-I	14500 – 600/7 – 18700 – 700/2 – 20100 – 800/7 - 25700
MMGS-II	19400 – 700/1 – 20100 – 800/10 - 28100

Dearness Allowance, HRA, CCA, Medical Aid, Hospitalisation expenses, Leave Fare Concession, Conveyance etc shall be paid as per rules. Perquisites like Quarters, Furniture etc shall be provided to Officer-employees as per rules.

2. DEFINITIONS:

A]   Ex-Servicemen [XSM]:

Only those candidates shall be treated as Ex-Servicemen who fulfill the revised definition as laid down in Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms Notification No.36034/5/85/Estt.(SCT) dated 27.10.1986 as amended from time to time.

Note: The Territorial Army Personnel will be treated as ex-servicemen w.e.f. 15.11.1986.

B]   Persons with Disabilities [PWD]:

• Visually Challenged [VC]:
  1. Blindness refers to a condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions namely (a) Total absence of sight or (b) Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 {snellen} in the better eye with correcting lenses; or (c) limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degree or worse.
  2. Low Vision means a person with impairment of visual functioning even after treatment or standard refractive correction but who uses or is potentially capable of using vision for the planning or execution of a task with appropriate assistive device.
• Hearing Impairment [HI] means loss of 60 decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies.
• Orthopaedically Challenged [OC] – All the cases of OC persons are covered under the category of Locomotor disability or cerebral palsy.
  
  Locomotor Disability means disability of the bones, joints or muscles leading to substantial restriction of the movement of the limbs or any forms of cerebral palsy.
  
  Cerebral Palsy means a group of non-progressive conditions of a person characterized by abnormal motor control posture resulting from brain insult or injuries occurring in the pre-natal, peri-natal or infant period of development.

Only such persons would be eligible for reservation in services / posts who suffer from not less than 40% of relevant disability.

3. NATIONALITY / CITIZENSHIP:

A candidate must be either i] a citizen of India or ii] a subject of Nepal or iii] a subject of Bhutan or iv] a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 01.01.1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or v] a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia & Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India. A Candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination/interview conducted by the Bank, but on final selection the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificates issued by the Government of India, are produced.

4. RELAXATION IN UPPER AGE LIMIT

1. Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe candidates - by 5 years;
2. Other Backward Classes candidates - by 3 years;
3. Persons with Disabilities - by 10 years;
4. All persons who are ordinarily domiciled in Kashmir Division of J&K State during 01.01.80 to 31.12.89 - by  5 years;
5. Ex-servicemen – Commissioned Officers including those ECOs / SSCOs who have rendered at least 5 years Military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed on or before 30.09.2011) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or physical disability attributable to Military service or on invalidment – by 5 years (in case of selection through written test and interview), by 3 years in addition to the usual period of service in Defence forces subject to a maximum of 50 years (in case of selection only through interview)

NOTE:

1. The relaxation in upper age limit to SC/ST/OBC candidates is allowed on cumulative basis with only one of the remaining categories for which age relaxation is permitted as mentioned above in Point No. 4 (iii) to 4 (v)
2. Persons eligible for age relaxation under 4(iv) above must produce the domicile certificate at the time of interview from the District Jurisdiction where he / she had ordinarily resided or any other authority designated in this regard by the Government of Jammu & Kashmir to the effect that the candidate had ordinarily domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of J&K during the period from 01.01.80 to 31.12.89.
3. An Ex-servicemen who has once joined in a Govt. job on the civil side after availing the benefits given to him as an Ex-servicemen for his re-employment, his Ex-servicemen status for the purpose of re-employment in Government ceases.

5. APPLICATION FEE & POSTAL CHARGES (NON REFUNDABLE)

Category	Amount
SC / ST / PWD	50/-[Postage only]
All Others	300/-

PROCEDURE FOR MAKING PAYMENT OF APPLICATION FEE / POSTAL CHARGES:

Kindly check the eligibility for the post, before paying the fees.

The application fee / postal charges can be paid by Directly crediting the amount in any of the Canara Bank Branch only.

The procedure for payment of fee is mentioned below;

1. Take print-out of the Payment Challan from website [Click here to download Payment Challan]
2. Fill the particulars viz, Name, Date of Birth, Contact Phone No., Category, Post Applied for, Post Code, Amount deposited, Depositing Branch Name & City
3. Submit the Fee Payment Challan & amount in any Canara Bank Branch
4. Collect the candidate's copy of Fee Payment Challan from the Branch. Please check that challan is properly signed & the details of Transaction Sequence No., Branch Name & DP Code Number, Deposit Date are noted in the challan by the Branch Authorities.
5. Log on to bank website http://www.canarabank.com/ for applying on-line.

After on-line registration, candidates are requested to write their Registration Number on the back of the Payment Challan.

The application fee / postal charges should be paid between 20.04.2011 and 13.05.2011 (both dates inclusive)

Even if the last date of registration changes due to technical reasons, the valid dates for payment of application fee / postal charges will not be changed.

Payment of fee by Demand Draft / Cheque / Money Orders / Postal Orders etc will not be accepted and such applications will be summarily rejected.

6. SELECTION PROCEDURE:

The selection for these posts shall be on the basis of shortlisting and performance in the interview.

Mere satisfying the eligibility norms does not imply that the Bank is satisfied beyond doubt about the candidates’ eligibility and shall not vest any right in a candidate for being called for interview. The Bank reserves the right to call only the requisite number of candidates for interview after preliminary screening / shortlisting with reference to the candidate’s qualification, experience, suitability.

Maximum marks for Interview is 100 and the final selection shall be on the basis of performance in Interview only.

The Bank reserves the right to change the selection procedure, if necessary. The change, if any, shall be communicated to the candidates in advance.

The Bank would be free to reject the candidature of any candidate at any stage of the recruitment process, if he / she is found to be ineligible and the fees paid by the candidate shall be forfeited. If appointed, such a candidate may be summarily be removed from the services.

7. PROBATIONARY PERIOD & BOND AMOUNT:

Scale	Period of Probation	Bond
		Amount	Minimum Service Period
JMGS-I	2 years	1 lakh	2 years
MMGS-II	2 years	1 lakh	3 years

8. HOW TO APPLY:

The eligible candidates are required to apply ON-LINE through bank’s website http://www.canarabank.com/. The guidelines for filling on-line application are as follows;

• Candidates should check their eligibility prescribed for the post for which he / she wants to apply.
• Candidates should have a valid personal e-mail id. In case, candidate is not having valid e-mail id, he/she should create a new e-mail id. This e-mail id should be valid for the duration of the project.
• Candidates should have remitted the requisite fee in any branch of Canara Bank and should have details of payment made.
• Please note that without valid payment details, on-line registration of application will be summarily rejected. For details of payment, check Point No.5.
• Candidates are required to visit the Bank’s website www.canarabank.com->Careers->Positions Open page and click on the link “Recruitment Project –1/2011 – Specialist Officers” and apply for the appropriate post. Alternatively, candidates can click the link “Recruitment” scrolling in the “News Update” column, which leads to the Recruitment Page.
• The link for registration of application will be open on our website on 20.04.2011 and closes on 13.05.2011 (both dates inclusive).
• After filling in all the required particulars, candidates shall submit the application on-line.
• There is provision to modify the submitted on-line application. Candidates are requested to make use of this facility to correct the details in on-line application, if any. This Modification facility shall be available after 2 days of registration & up to 15.05.2011. Modification will be allowed only 3 times. After the last date, no modification will be permitted. No modification should be made, after sending the application by post.
• Candidates should take utmost care to furnish the correct details while filling in on-line application.
• After applying on-line with correct details, the registered candidates should obtain a system generated print-out of the registered application.
• A recent passport size photograph should be pasted on the system generated print-out of the registered application and sign across it.
• The system generated print-out of the registered application has to be signed by the candidates at appropriate place and the same application along with original payment challan and attested copies of the certificates / documents has to be sent to the address specified below.
• Candidates should retain a copy of on-line application print out along with Registration Number & Password safely for their records.
• Candidates applying for more than one post are required to remit application fee / postage for each post separately and are required to apply on-line for each post separately. Each application should be sent to the specified address in separate cover along with payment challan & other relevant documents.

System Generated Print-out of the Registered Application, duly complete in all respects should be sent by ORDINARY POST only in a cover superscribed “Print-out of the Application for the post of ________________ Post Code _____ in Canara Bank”

The application should be sent to the address printed on the registered System Generated Print-out of the Registered Application.

CHECK THE FOLLOWING BEFORE SENDING THE APPLICATION BY POST:

1. Check the correctness of the details in System generated print-out of registered application.
2. Photo is pasted at appropriate place and signed across
3. Signature is affixed at appropriate place
4. The following documents are enclosed to the application;
   - Original Payment Challan - Date of Birth Certificate / SSC / SSLC certificate - Copies of the marksheets & certificates from SSC / SSLC / X STD, PUC / 10 + 2 / Intermediate, Graduation, Post Graduation & other qualifications etc. - Copies of experience certificates, if any - Copy of Caste Certificate in prescribed format in case of SC / ST / OBC category candidates - Copy of Medical Certificate in prescribed format in case of Persons With Disability category candidates - Any other relevant documents

Address for Sending System Generated Print-out of the Registered Application:

Canara Bank Recruitment Project – 1 / 2011 – Specialist Officers
Post Box No. 8364,
Jogeshwari (West)
Mumbai - 400 102

9. LAST DATE:

Last date for receipt of system generated print-out of the registered application along with payment challan & other relevant documents	20.05.2011
Last date for receipt of system generated print-out of the registered application along with payment challan & other relevant documents from far-flung areas@	27.05.2011

@ Staying and posting from abroad, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Ladakh division of Jammu & Kashmir State, Lahaul & Spiti District and Pangi sub division of Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh.

The Bank will not be responsible for any loss of application print-out / documents in transit or for rejection of candidature for non-receipt of print-out. The print-out of application received after last date will not be entertained.

10. CALL LETTERS:

All the communications viz, call letters for interview etc., will be sent to the address for communication given by the candidate in the application form by ordinary post only. Request for sending to different addresses subsequently will not be entertained.

CALL LETTER FOR ATTENDING INTERVIEW:

The candidates who have been shortlisted will only be called for the Interview and their details and Interview Schedule will be made available in Bank’s website http://www.canarabank.com/. Interview Call Letters shall be sent by ordinary post to the candidates who have been shortlisted for interview. Alternatively the interview call letter can be downloaded from the Bank’s website.

Bank will not take responsibility for late receipt / non-receipt of call letter / any communication to the candidate. Hence candidates are requested to keep track of status of the recruitment process by visiting Bank’s website from time to time.

11. ACTION AGAINST CANDIDATES FOUND GUILTY OF MISCONDUCT:

Candidates should not furnish any particulars that are false, tampered, fabricated or suppress any material information while registering the application and submitting the certified copies / testimonials.

At the time of interview, if a candidate is or has been found guilty of using unfair means during the interview; or impersonating or procuring impersonation by any person; or misbehaving in the interview hall or resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his/her candidature for the selection; or obtaining support of his/her candidature by any means, such a candidate may in addition to rendering himself/herself liable to criminal prosecution, will be liable

(a) to be disqualified from the interview for which he / she is a candidate
(b) to be debarred, either permanently or for a specified period from any examination or selection held by the Bank.

If a test is conducted, the Bank/IBPS would be analyzing the responses of a candidate with other appeared candidates to detect patterns of similarity. If, as per the laid down procedure, it is suspected that the responses have been shared and the scores obtained are not genuine / valid, the Bank reserves the right to cancel his / her candidature.

12. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Candidates have to register on-line through Bank’s website only. No other means of applications shall be entertained.
2. Admission to calling for interview is purely provisional. Mere receipt of call letter for interview does not imply that the Bank is satisfied about the candidate’s eligibility. Candidates should ensure their eligibility before paying the fees / applying / attending the interview. Bank reserves right to reject ineligible candidate’s applications at any stage and the fee paid by ineligible candidates shall be forfeited.
3. The Application once made will not be allowed to be withdrawn and the fee once paid will not be refunded on any account nor would this fee be held in reserve for future examination / selection.
4. Applications which are incomplete in any respect will be rejected and the fee will be forfeited.
5. Candidates will have to appear for the interview at their own expenses.
   However, outstation SC/ST/Persons with Disabilities category candidates called for interview for JMGS-I posts will be paid II class to & fro train fare or actual expenses incurred, whichever is less, by shortest route on production of proof of travel. Outstation SC/ST/Persons with Disabilities category candidates called for interview for MMGS-II posts,  will be paid I class to & fro train fare or actual expenses incurred, whichever is less, by shortest route on production of proof of travel.
   The above concession will not be admissible to SC/ST/Persons with Disabilities category candidates who are already in service in Central / State Government, Corporations, Public Undertakings / Local Government, Institutions and Panchayats etc.
6. Candidates serving in Government / Public Sector Undertakings (including Banks) should send their application through proper channel. However, an advance copy of system generated print-out of registered application along with original payment challan and other relevant documents may be sent within the stipulated date. Such candidates are required to produce a “No Objection certificate” from their employer at the time of interview, in the absence of which their candidature will not be considered.
7. Only candidates willing to serve anywhere in India should apply.
8. Decision of the Bank in all matters regarding eligibility of the candidate, the stages at which such scrutiny of eligibility is to be undertaken, the documents to be produced for the purpose of the conduct of interview, selection and any other matter relating to recruitment will be final and binding on the candidate.  Further, the Bank reserves right to stall / cancel the recruitment partially / fully at any stage during the recruitment process at its discretion, which will be final and binding on the candidate.
9. No correspondence or personal enquires shall be entertained by the Bank.
10. Bank may, at its discretion, hold re-examination / re-interview wherever necessary in respect of a centre / venue / specified post or candidate/s.
11. Candidates belonging to SC / ST / OBC / Persons with Disabilities categories shall submit an attested copy of certificate issued by competent authority in the prescribed format as stipulated by Government of India. In case of candidates belonging to OBC category, certificate should specifically contain a clause that the candidate does not belong to creamy layer section excluded from the benefits of reservation for Other Backward Classes in Civil post & services under Government of India.  OBC caste certificate should not be more than one year old.
    THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY FOR THE ISSUE OF THE CERTIFICATE TO SC / ST / OBC / PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IS AS UNDER:
    
    I) For Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes / Other Backward Classes: (i)District Magistrate / Additional District Magistrate / Collector / Deputy Commissioner / Additional Deputy Commissioner / Deputy Collector / First Class Stipendary Magistrate / City Magistrate / Sub-Divisional Magistrate (not below the rank of First Class Stipendary Magistrate) / Taluk Magistrate / Executive Magistrate / Extra Assistant Commissioner (ii) Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Presidency Magistrate (iii)Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tahsildar (iv)Sub-divisional officer of the Area where the candidate and or his family normally resides.
    
    II) For Persons with Disabilities: Authorised certifying authority will be the Medical Board at the District level consisting of Chief Medical Officer, Sub-Divisional Medical Officer in the District and an Orthopedic / Ophthalmic / ENT Surgeon.
    
    III) Prescribed Formats of SC, ST, OBC, PWD certificates can be downloaded from Bank’s website http://www.canarabank.com/. Candidates belonging to these categories are required to produce the certificates strictly in these formats only.
12. An Ex-serviceman candidate has to produce a copy  of the discharge Certificate / pension payment order and documentary proof of rank last / presently held (substantive as well as acting) at the time of interview. Those who are still in defence service should submit a certificate from a competent authority that they will be relieved from defence services, on or before 30.09.2011.
13. Appointment of selected candidates is subject to his/her being declared medically fit as per the requirement of the Bank & receiving satisfactory report from referees and subject to service and conduct rules of the Bank.
14. Any resultant dispute arising out of this advertisement shall be subject to the sole jurisdiction of the Courts situated in Bangalore.
15. Canvassing in any form will be treated as disqualification.
16. The Bank / IBPS shall not be responsible for an application being rejected which is based on wrong information provided in any advertisement issued by an unauthorized person / institution.
17. In case any dispute arises on account of interpretation in versions other than English, English version will prevail.
18. No candidate is permitted to use Calculator, Cell Phone, Pager or any other instruments in the examination hall / interview hall.

Candidates in their own interest are advised to register on-line and submit their applications well in time before the last date, to avoid the possibility of dis-connection / inability / failure to log on the Bank’s website on account of heavy load on internet / website jam/ postal delay. The Bank does not assume any responsibility for the candidates not being able to submit their applications within the last date on account of the aforesaid reasons or for any other reasons beyond the control of the Bank.