The post carry the pay scale of Rs.9300-34800 with Grade Pay of Rs.4300 Curator in the Directorate of Archives, Archaeology and Museum in Culture Department:

Item No.	Name of the Discipline	OM	RBA	SC	ST	ALC	SLC	Total
113	Curator in the Directorate of Archives, Archaeology and Museum.	01	-	-	-	-	-	01

1. Prescribed Qualification
   
   
2. Age as on _1^st January 2017:
   
   

Item	Essential Qualification
No.113	M.A in History with Degree/Diploma in Archaeology/Museology or Archives.

Minimum: = 18 Years Maximum: = 40 Years Candidates in Govt. Service: = 40 Years Physically Challenged candidates: = 42 years Candidates belonging to RBA/SC/ST/ALC/SLC categories: = 43 years Ex-serviceman: = 48 years

Note: In-service Candidates: Candidates, if already in the Government Service applying for the post as in service candidates shall also submit the copy of their application form through proper channel and their application form should reach the Commission office through their appointing authority well in time, but not in any case later than the date of his/her interview.

3. Scheme of Selection:

All applicants must fulfill the essential requirements of the post and other conditions stipulated in the advertisement. They are advised to satisfy themselves before applying that they possess the qualifications prescribed for the post. No enquiry or advice as to the eligibility will be entertained.

(i)

The prescribed qualifications are the minimum and mere possession of the same does not entitle candidates to be called for interview. Further, the summoning of candidates for interview shall convey no assurance, whatsoever, that they will be selected. Appointment orders of the selected candidates will be issued by the Govt., in accordance with the availability of the vacancies.

(ii)

A written test shall be conducted and the marks/points obtained by the participating candidates shall be apportioned proportionately against the marks earmarked for written test in the selection criteria. On the basis of merit obtained by the candidates in the written Examination an oral test will be conducted which may be restricted as under:

i	For 1-5 post	Five times the number of posts
ii	For 6-10 posts	Four times the number of posts subject to a minimum of 25.
iii	For exceeding 10 posts	Three times subject to a minimum of 40.

Thereafter, merit list will be prepared on the basis of merit obtained in the written and

oral test in conformity with the criteria laid down under Rule 51 of J&K Public Service

Commission (Business & Procedure) Rules, 1980.

Provided further that the candidate(s) who have secured marks equal to those secured

by the last candidate, shall also be called for the Interview over and above the number of

candidates short listed for oral test.

4. Examination Fee:

After successful submission of the form online, a challan will be generated indicating

the basic details of the candidate, which inter-alia, shall indicate the amount of fee to be

deposited in the J&K Bank branch as given below:-

General Category = Rs.805.00 Reserved Categories = Rs.405.00

The total amount of fee payable shall include Rs.05/-as service charges of the J&K Bank.

5. Centre of Examination:

i. The Examination will be held at different centres located in Srinagar and Jammu cities.

ii. The allotment of centres shall be at the sole discretion of the Commission and once a centre is allotted to a candidate, request for change of centre will neither be entertained nor will the Commission respond to request for change of centre.

6. The necessary instructions regarding filling up of online applications are given herein below:

i. Candidates are required to apply online through the website (www.jkpsc.nic.in) of the Commission. No other means/ mode of application shall be accepted.

ii. Applicants are first required to go to the JKPSC website (www.jkpsc.nic.in) and click on the link Online Application.

iii. An APPLY button on the window of the computer will appear and the candidates will click on the APPLY button against the post he/she is eligible.

iv.

On clicking APPLY button, an instruction window will appear. Candidates should read instructions carefully before clicking on APPLY button at the bottom of the webpage.

v.

On clicking APPLY button, the system will ask the candidate to fill in the personal details.

vi. The candidate shall also be required to upload the images of recent photograph and signature. Photograph image must mention the date in which it is taken.

Size of the photograph (passport size) and signature must be between 10kB to 20kB in *.jpeg or *.jpg only.

vii. By clicking on SUBMIT button at bottom of the page, it will display all facts/particulars that a candidate may have mentioned while filling up the necessary fields.

viii. Once the candidate is satisfied about the filled in details, then, he or she may click on SUBMIT button to finally push the data into server with successful submission report, which he or she can print. In case, a candidate feels that the fields/data filled are/is wrong then he or she will be required to edit the details by pressing the EDIT button, until he or she is satisfied about the correctness of the information required to be filled in the desired fields.

ix.

Application once submitted cannot be edited.

x.

On successful submission of the online application, a window will open with a link to print e-challan and application form.

xi. The candidate should take a printout of the fee payment challan and can deposit fees in any of the branches of Jammu and Kashmir Bank in the designated account number only printed on the e-challan. A counterfoil copy of the application fee payment e-challan duly authenticated by the bank with (a) branch name & code no and (b) date of deposit filled by the branch official shall be enclosed with the hard copy to be submitted in the office of the Commission at Resham Ghar Colony, Bakshi Nagar Jammu / Camp Office, Solina Srinagar along with other requisite documents or through portal service in registered cover provided the said service is invoked 04 days before the cut-off dates fixed for the purpose (personal delivery).

xii. Submission of fee payment challan shall not be accepted/entertained after cut-off date fixed for the advertisement Notification.

xiii. Please note that the above procedure is the only valid procedure for applying. No other mode of application or incomplete steps would be accepted and such applications would be rejected.

7. Action against candidates found guilty of misconduct: -

Candidates are advised not furnish any false or suppressed/fabricated material information with regard to their particulars. While submitting hard copy of the application in the Commission, candidates are warned that they should, in no case, alter or otherwise temper any entry in a document or its attested/certified copy submitted by them, nor should they submit a tampered/fabricated document. If there is any inaccuracy or discrepancy between two or more such documents or their attested/certified copies, an explanation regarding this discrepancy should be furnished.

A candidate who is, or has been, declared by the Commission, to be guilty of:

i. obtaining by wrongful support of his/her candidature by any means, 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 any other irregular or improper means in connection with his/her candidature for the selection, or

vii. using unfair means during the test, or

viii. writing irrelevant matter including obscene language or pornographic matter, in the script(s), or

ix.

misbehaving in any other manner in the examination hall, or

x.

harassing or doing bodily harm to the staff employed by the Commission for the conduct of their test, or

xi. attempting to commit or, as the case may be, abetting the Commission of all or any of the acts specified in the foregoing clauses, in addition to rendering himself/herself liable to criminal prosecution, shall be liable;

(a)

to be debarred by the Commission for appearing in the examination, 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 State Government from any employment under them.

Sd/(Sunita Anand), KAS Secretary J&K Public Service Commission

No: PSC/DR/Curator/Culture/17/2017 Dated: 27 .11.2017

Copy to the:

1. Secretary to Government, Culture Department Civil Secretariat, Jammu. This is with reference to letter No. Cul/Arch/43/2017 dated 05.09.2017.
   
   
2. Director Information, Jammu for favor of getting the notice published in atleast two local leading English dailies of Srinagar/Jammu.
   
   
3. General Manager, Govt. Press, Jammu for publication in extra ordinary issue of the Gazette.
   
   
4. Deputy Secretary/Under Secretary, J&K Public Service Commission.
   
   
5. Pvt. Secretary to Honble Chairman, J&K Public Service Commission for information of the Honble Chairman.
   
   
6. Assistant Director (Planning & Statistics), J&K Public Service Commission.
   
   
7. Private Secretary to Shri ______________________, Member, J&K Public Service Commission for information of the Member.
   
   
8. PA to Secretary, J&K Public Service Commission for information of the Secretary.
   
   
9. I/C Website for uploading the notice on website. One hard & one soft copy.
   
   
10. In-Charge Camp Office, Srinagar.
    
    
11. Notice Board, J&K PSC, Jammu/ Srinagar.
    
    
12. Main file/Programme file.