2. DISTRIBUTION OF VACANCIES

The rule of reservation of appointments is applicable for this recruitment, except to the shortfall vacancies. The distribution of vacancies will be announced later after the receipt of orders from the Government regarding identification of suitable categories of Differently Abled Persons towards 4% reservation for the post.

3. IMPORTANT DATES AND TIME

Date of notification		03.05.2018
Last date for submission of application		02.06.2018
Last date for payment of fee through Bank (State Bank of India or Indian Bank)		04.06.2018
Date of Written Examination
Paper-I (Agriculture)	14.07.2018 F.N.	10.00 A.M. to 01.00 P.M.
Paper-II (General Studies)	14.07.2018 A.N.	02.30 P.M. to 04.30 P.M.

4. QUALIFICATIONS

(A) AGE LIMIT (as on 01.07.2018)

Sl. No.	Category of Applicants		Maximum Age
1.	SCs, SC(A)s, STs, MBCs/DCs, BC(OBCM)s, BCMs and Destitute Widows of all castes.		No age limit
2.	Others	i.	Should not have completed 30 Years [For persons holding B.Sc(Agriculture)]
		ii.	32 Years [ For persons holding a post graduate or higher degree in Agriculture such as M.Sc (Agriculture) or Ph.D in Agriculture]

Note

Applicants not belonging to SC, SC(A), ST, MBC/DC, BC(OBCM), BCM who have put in five years and more of service in the State/Central Government are not eligible even if they are within the age limit.

Explanation: No maximum age limit shall mean that the applicants should not have completed

58 years of age either on the date of notification or at the time of selection/appointment to the post.

(For further details, refer para. 5 of Instructions to Applicants and Section 3(r) of Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016)

Age Concessions

(i) For Differently Abled Persons

Differently Abled Persons are eligible for age concession upto 10 years over and above the maximum age limit prescribed.

(ii)

For Ex-servicemen

(a)

The maximum age limit for ex-servicemen is 48 years.

(b)

The above mentioned age concession will not apply to the ex-servicemen applicants who have already been recruited to any class or service or category.

(B)

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION (as on 03.05.2018)

Applicants should possess the following or its equivalent qualification awarded by any University or Institution recognized by the University Grants Commission:

(i)	Bachelors degree in Agriculture (B.Sc., Agriculture)
	AND
(ii)	Adequate knowledge in Tamil

Explanation:

Adequate knowledge in Tamil means one must have passed the S.S.L.C. Examination or its equivalent examination with Tamil as one of the languages or Studied the High School Course in Tamil Medium and passed the S.S.L.C Examination or its equivalent examination in Tamil Medium or passed the Second Class Language Test (Full Test) in Tamil conducted by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission [Explanation (i) under Section 21(1) of Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act 2016.]

( Note (i) under paragraph 11 of the Commissions Instruction to Applicants will not apply to recruitment to this post)

Note :

qualification in the order of studies, viz., 10^th + HSC or its equivalent + Bachelors degree + PG degree as required under Section 25 of Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016.

(ii) Applicants claiming equivalence of qualification should upload and submit evidence for equivalence of qualification, in the form of government order issued prior to the date of this notification, when called for, failing which, their application will be summarily rejected. The government orders regarding equivalence of prescribed qualification issued after the date of this notification will not be accepted. (Results of the examination should have been declared on or before the date of notification)

(For further details regarding equivalence of qualification refer to para.10 of the Instructions to Applicants ).

(C) CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICAL FITNESS

Applicants selected for appointment to the post will be required to produce a certificate of physical fitness in the form prescribed below:

Standard of vision	Form of certificate of physical fitness
Standard-III	Form prescribed for executive post.

Colour blindness will be a disqualification. Applicants with defective vision should produce eye fitness certificate from a qualified eye specialist.

5. FEES

a)	Registration Fee (G.O.(Ms).No.32, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (M) Department, dated 01.03.2017). Note i. Applicants who have already registered in One Time Registration system within the validity period of five years are exempted. ii. Those who have registered in the One-Time Registration system and paid the registration fee of Rs.150/and received the registration ID need not pay the registration fee i.e., Rs.150/-and it is enough to pay the examination fee alone.	Rs.150/
b)	Examination Fee Note The examination fee should be paid at the time of submission of the online application for this recruitment, if they are not eligible for the concessions noted below.	Rs.200/-

NOTE : Applicants who have registered under One -Time Registration system must pay the prescribed examination fee for this recruitment.( One Time Registration is only to avail exemption from payment of registration fee for a period of five years from the date of registration and it will not be considered as prescribed examination fee for this recruitment )

EXAMINATION FEE CONCESSIONS :

Applicants can avail exemption from payment of the examination fee as per the following eligibility criteria :

Category	Concession		Condition(s)
(i) Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Caste (Arunthathiyars) and Scheduled Tribes	Full Exemption		-
(ii) Differently Abled Persons, Destitute Widow of all communities	Full Exemption	(i) (ii)	For Differently Abled Persons, the disability should be not less than 40%. For DWs, the DW certificate should have been obtained from the RDO / Sub Collector / Assistant Collector.

(iii) Most Backward Classes / Denotified Communities/ Backward Classes (Other than Muslims) / Backward Class (Muslim)	Those who have not availed three free chances so far in the previous recruitments may avail exemption from payment of examination fee.	Should not have availed three free chances in the previous recruitments.
(iv) Ex-Servicemen	Those who have not availed two free chances so far in the previous recruitments may avail exemption from payment of examination fee.	(i) Should not have availed two free chances in the previous recruitments. (ii) Fee concession will not apply to those who have already been recruited to any class or service or category.

Note:

(i)

The three / two free chances referred to above are not for EACH POST but for ANY THREE / TWO APPLICATIONS ONLY. The claim for exemption from payment of examination fee made in any application which has been rejected / admitted or withdrawn will be counted as free chance availed.

(ii)

Failure to pay the prescribed fee along with the application in-time, will result in the rejection of application.

(iii) The number of free chances availed by the applicant means, the total number of free chances hitherto availed by the applicant in his/her earlier applications submitted to the Commission for any post / recruitment.

(iv) If the examination fee concession claimed in the application is found to exceed the admissible limits, as announced above, the application will be rejected at any stage of selection. The number of free chances availed by the applicants will be counted from all the previous applications submitted through One Time Registration and / or submitted directly without One Time Registration.

(For further details regarding examination fee concession, refer to para. 12 of the Instructions to Applicants ).

6. MODE OF PAYMENT OF EXAMINIATION FEE :

Examination fee of Rs.200/-(Rupees Two hundred only) is payable online through Net Banking / Credit card / Debit card or it can be paid offline at the State Bank of India / Indian Bank within two days from the date of submission of online application by choosing the option in the online application.

Applicants have to register their basic particulars through One -Time Registration which is mandatory on payment of Rs.150/-(Rupees One hundred and fifty only) towards registration fee and then should apply online for this recruitment. The One-Time Registration will be valid for five years from the date of registration. Thereafter, the registration should be renewed by paying the prescribed fee. Applicants who had already registered under One Time Registration system by paying Rs.50/-before 01.03.2017 and having validity are exempted

from paying the registration fee for this recruitment.

Applicants have also to pay the service charges applicable to the State Bank of India / Indian Bank.

Offline mode of payment in the form of demand draft / postal order etc. will not be accepted and the applications forwarded with such modes of payment will be summarily rejected.

7. CONCESSIONS :

(i)

Concessions in the matter of age and fees allowed to SCs, SC(A)s, STs, MBCs/DCs, BC(OBCM)s, BCMs, Destitute Widows, Differently Abled Persons, Ex-servicemen and other categories of persons are given in paras. 12 to 14 of the 'Instructions to Applicants' .

(ii)

Persons claiming concessions referred to above and other claims made in the application have to produce evidence for such claims when called for, otherwise their application will be

rejected.

Note :

In all cases, an ex-serviceman once recruited to a post in any class or service or category, cannot claim the concession of being called an ex-serviceman for his further recruitment (Section 3(j) of Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016).

8. SCHEME OF EXAMINATION (OBJECTIVE TYPE) OMR / CBT AND ORAL TEST Note

Subject	Duration	Maximum marks	Minimum qualifying marks for selection
			SCs, SC(A)s, STs, MBCs/ DCs, BC(OBCM)s and BCMs	Others
(I) Paper-I: Subject (Degree Standard) (200 questions) Agriculture (Code No.284) (ii) Paper-II: General Studies (100 questions) (Code No.003) General Studies (Degree Standard) -75 questions Aptitude and Mental Ability (SSLC Standard -25 questions) (iii) Interview and Records	3 Hours 2 Hours -	300 200 70	171	228
	Total	570

(i)

The questions in Paper-I Agriculture will be set in English only and Paper-II General Studies will be set both in English and in Tamil.

(ii)

The syllabus for the subject Paper-I Agriculture and Paper-II General Studies are available in the Annexure to this notification.

(iii) Refer to para. 22 of the Instructions to Applicants in regard to instructions to be followed while appearing for competitive examinations conducted by the Commission.

9. CENTRE FOR EXAMINATION

Examination will be held at the following centres:-

Name of the centre	Centre code	Name of the centre	Centre code	Name of the centre	Centre code
Chennai	0100	Coimbatore	0200	Tirunelveli	2600
Madurai	1000	Tiruchirappalli	2500	Salem	1700
				Thanjavur	1900

Note

(i)

Request for change of examination centre / venue will not be entertained (For further details refer to the Instructions to Applicants ).

(ii)

The Commission reserves the right to increase or decrease the number of examination centres and to re-allot the applicants accordingly

(iii) Applicants should appear for the written examination / certificate verification/ oral test at their own expenses.

10. SELECTION PROCEDURE

Selection will be made in two successive stages i.e., (i) Written Examination and (ii) Oral Test in the shape of an interview. Final selection will be made on the basis of the total marks obtained by the applicants at the written examination and oral test taken together subject to the rule of reservation of appointments. Applicants appearance in the written examination and oral test is compulsory.

(For further details refer to paragraph 23 (b) of the Instructions to Applicants ) Note:

1. First, the selection will be made for the carried forward vacancies. [Section 27 of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016]
   
   
2. Secondly, the selection will be made for regular vacancies following the rule of reservation.
   
   
3. Thirdly, the selection against shortfall vacancies will be made from among ST applicants only.
   
   

3(a). The reservation for Women and Differently Abled Persons will not be applicable for the recruitment of shortfall vacancies. [Section 27(h) of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016]

11. NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE / INFORMATION TO THE EMPLOYER :

No Objection Certificate obtained from appropriate authority shall be produced at the time of

certificate verification. Failure to produce the same will lead to rejection of application. For details refer to para. 15 (g) of the Instructions to Applicants . Any violation of this instruction will result in rejection of application and forfeiture of his / her candidature.

12. GENERAL INFORMATION:

A. The rule of reservation of appointments is applicable to this recruitment except for the shortfall vacancies.

B. In G.O.(Ms.) No.145, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (S) Department, dated 30.09.2010 and G.O.(Ms.) No.40, Personnel and Administrative Reforms(S) Department dated 30.04.2014, the government have issued orders to fill 20% of all vacancies in direct recruitment on preferential basis to persons who studied the prescribed qualification in Tamil Medium. The 20% reservation of vacancies on preferential allotment to Persons Studied in Tamil Medium (PSTM) will apply to this recruitment, if Tamil medium of studies for the qualification is available. (Applicants claiming this reservation should have joined and studied the prescribed qualification in Tamil Medium and should have the certificate for the same. Having written the university examinations in Tamil language alone will not qualify the candidate for claiming this reservation). If the applicants with PSTM certificate are not available for selection for appointment against reserved turn, such turn shall be filled by Non-PSTM applicants, but belonging to the respective communal category. The PSTM certificate shall be produced / uploaded by the applicant in prescribed format / proforma available in the Commissions website at www.tnpsc.gov.in which shall be obtained from the Head of the Institution and to be submitted when called for by the Commission.

(For further details refer to para. 27 (XIX) of the Instructions to Applicants )

C. The selection for appointment to the said post is purely provisional subject to the final orders in the writ petitions, if any, pending on the files of the Honble High Court of Madras and its Madurai Bench.

D. As per Sections 26 and 27(c) of Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016, reservation of appointment to Destitute Widows and Ex-servicemen will not apply to this recruitment.

E. If the post is identified as suitable for Differently Abled Persons of any category, the reservation of 4% for Differently Abled Persons as per G.O.Ms. No.21, Welfare of Differently Abled Persons (DAP 3.2) Department dated 30.05.2017 will be made applicable. Hence, the Differently Abled Persons with disability of not less than 40% may apply to this recruitment. Their application will be accepted subject to the orders to be issued by the Government.

F. The Differently Abled persons should submit / upload a copy of Differently Abled Certificate obtained from the competent authority specifying the nature of physical handicap and the degree

of disability as per para. 14(b) of the Instructions to Applicants, when called for by the

Commission.

G. Wherever vacancies are reserved for women, if no qualified and suitable women applicants are available for selection against the vacancies reserved for them, those vacancies will be filled by other eligible applicants belonging to the respective communal categories.

H. Wherever vacancies are reserved for Arunthathiyars on preferential basis, even after filling the vacancies reserved for SC (Arunthathiyars) on preferential basis, if more number of qualified Arunthathiyars are available, they shall be entitled to compete with the Scheduled Castes other than Arunthathiyars in the inter-se-merit among them and if any posts reserved for Arunthathiyars remain unfilled for want of adequate number of qualified applicants, it shall be filled by Scheduled Castes other than Arunthathiyars.

I. Any claim made after the submission of online application will not be entertained. Evidence for all the claims made in the online application should be uploaded / submitted in time when the same are called for. Failure to upload / submit the documents within the stipulated time limit will entail rejection of application.

J. Correct and true information regarding arrest, convictions, criminal or any disciplinary proceedings initiated / pending or finalised, debarment / disqualification by any recruiting agency, participation in agitation or any political organisation, candidature in election for Parliament / State Legislature / Local Bodies etc, if any, should also be furnished to the Commission at the time of application. The details thereof, i.e. originals of the judgement / order / G.O. dropping further action in the departmental proceedings or any document that may prove the suitability of such applicants for Government appointment in such cases must be produced at the stage / time of certificate verification without fail. All such events that occur after the submission of application and till the date of his / her selection and appointment shall be reported to the Commission forthwith. Failure to report on the part of the applicant will be considered as suppression of material information and will attract suitable penal action.

K. In-complete applications and applications containing wrong claims or in-correct particulars relating to category of reservation / eligibility / age / communal category / educational qualification / medium of instruction / physical qualification / other basic qualifications and other basic eligibility criteria will be liable for rejection.

L. One Time Registration is not an application for any post / recruitment. Though the details / particulars have already been furnished by the applicants under One Time Registration system, the details / particulars furnished in the online application for this recruitment alone will be taken into consideration. The Commission will not be responsible for any consequences arising out of furnishing of in-correct and in-complete details in the application or omission to provide the required details in the application for this recruitment.

13. OTHER IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS :

a) Applicants should ensure their eligibility for examination. Applicants applying for the examination should go through all the instructions carefully and ensure that they fulfil all the eligibility conditions for admission to the examination. Their admission to all stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfaction of the eligibility conditions. Mere issue of memo. of admission to the applicants will not imply that their candidature has been fully cleared by the Commission.

b) Hall Tickets for eligible applicants will be made available on the Commissions website www.tnpsc.gov.in or www.tnpscexams.net or www.tnpscexams.in for downloading by the applicants. Hall Tickets will not be sent by post. Hence, the applicants should watch the Commissions website before the scheduled date of examination.

c) Grievance Redressal Cell for guidance of applicants: In case of any guidance / information / clarification regarding applications, candidature, etc., applicants can contact the Commissions office in person or over Telephone No. 044-25332833 / 25332855 or the Commissions Toll-Free No. 1800 425 1002 on all working days between 10.00 a.m. and 05.45 p.m. or Commissions e-mail id contacttnpsc@gmail.com.

d) COMMUNICATION TO APPLICANTS:

Individual communication regarding the date and time of certificate verification, oral test and counselling ( as applicable ) will not be sent to the applicants by post. The details will be made

available on the Commissions website. Applicants will be informed of the above fact only through SMS and e-mail and they should watch the Commissions website in this regard.

e) Mobile phones and other articles banned :

i. Except the permitted writing material (i.e. pen), applicants are not allowed to bring cellular phones, electronic or any other type of calculators, watches and rings with inbuilt memory notes, recording devices either as a separate piece or part of something used by the applicant such as watch or ring etc or any other electronic devices and non -electronic devices such as P&G design data book, mathematical and drawing instruments, log tables, stencils of maps, slide rules, books, notes, loose sheets, rough sheets, hand bags etc., into the examination hall / room.

ii. If they are found to be in possession of any such things or instruments, they will not be allowed to write the examination further, besides invalidation of answer paper and / or debarment. If it is considered necessary, they will be subjected to thorough physical search including frisking on the spot (For further details refer to the Instructions to Applicants ).

iii. Applicants are advised, in their own interest, not to bring any of the banned items including mobile phones to the venue of the examination, as arrangements for safekeeping of the same cannot be assured.

f) Unless specific instruction is given, applicants are not required to submit along with their application any certificates (in support of their claims regarding age, educational qualifications, physical qualification, community, physical disability etc.,) which should be submitted when called for by the Commission. Applicants applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfil 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 will be purely provisional, subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If, on verification at any time before or after the written examination / certificate verification / oral test, it is found that they do not fulfil any of the eligibility conditions, their candidature for the examination will be liable for rejection / cancellation by the Commission. (For further details refer to the Instructions to Applicants)

g) If any of their claims is found to be incorrect, it will lead to rejection of their candidature and suitable penal action including debarment.

h) UNFAIR MEANS STRICTLY PROHIBITED: No applicant shall copy from the papers of any other applicant or permit his / her papers to be copied or give or attempt to give or obtain or attempt to obtain irregular assistance of any description. (For further details refer to the Instructions to Applicants )

i) CONDUCT IN THE EXAMINATION HALL: No applicant should misbehave in any manner or create a disorderly scene in the examination hall or harass the staff employed by the Commission for the conduct of the examination. Any such misconduct will be viewed seriously and penalised. (For further details refer to the Instructions to Applicants )

j) For violation of Instructions to Applicants in any manner, suitable penalty will be imposed as per the Instructions to Applicants or as deemed fit by the Commission.

14. HOW TO APPLY :

1) Applicants should apply only through online mode in the Commissions websites www.tnpsc.gov.in / www.tnpscexams.net / www.tnpscexams.in

2) One Time Registration (OTR) and Applicants Dashboard are mandatory before applying for any post. Applicant should register only once in the One Time Registration by paying Rs.150/-as registration fee. Successfully registered One Time Registration is valid for five years from the date of registration. All the applications should be submitted using the One Time Registration ID and password registered by the applicant.

3) To apply under One Time Registration system, applicants should have a scanned image of their photograph, certificates specified, if any, and signature in CD/DVD/Pen Drive to upload the same, as per the specifications given in the guidelines for scanning and uploading of photograph and signature.

4) Applicants who have already registered under One Time Registration system on or before 29.09.2015 shall use their existing user ID and password to create the applicants dashboard in the new One Time Registration system. No applicant is permitted to create more than one registration ID under One Time Registration system.

5) Applicants should enter the Unique ID and password to view the already available information and update them.

6) One Time Registration is not an application for any post. It is just a collection of information from the applicants and giving a separate dashboard to each applicant to facilitate them to maintain their own profile. Applicants who wish to apply for this recruitment shall click Apply against the recruitment notified in the Commissions website using the same USER ID and PASSWORD given for ONE TIME REGISTRATION.

7) Applicants should select the name of the post (s) and service to which they wish to apply.

8) Online applications uploaded without the photograph, specified documents and signature will be rejected.

9) All the particulars mentioned in the online application including name of the applicant, post applied, educational qualifications, communal category, date of birth, address, e-mail ID, examination centre etc. will be considered as final and no modifications will be allowed after the last date specified for applying online. Since certain fields are firm and fixed and cannot be edited, applicants are requested to fill the online application form with utmost care and caution as no correspondence regarding change of details will be entertained.

10) PRINT OPTION:

a) After submitting the application, applicants can save / print their application in PDF format. b) On entering user ID and password, applicants can download their application and print, if required.

c) Applicants need not send the printout of the online application or any other supporting documents to the Commission. Application and all the required certificates will be verified only when the applicants come up for certificate verification.

15. UPLOAD / SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS :

Applicants should upload / submit the required documents for proof in respect of all the claims made in the application with reference to this notification as and when called for. If the required certificate is not uploaded or submitted by the applicant within the stipulated time, his / her application will be rejected.

ANNEXURE PAPER-I AGRICULTURE (DEGREE STANDARD)

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