TELANGANA STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION: HYDERABAD

NOTIFICATION , DATED: 02/06/2017

INSPECTOR OF BOILERS IN BOILERS DEPARTMENT

(GENERAL RECRUITMENT)

PARA -I:

Applications are invited Online from qualified candidates through the proforma Application to be made available on Commission's WEBSITE (www.tspsc.gov.in) to the post of Inspector of Boilers in Boilers Department.

1. 1. Submission of ONLINE applications from Dt. 06/06/2017

   2. Last date for submission of ONLINE applications Dt. 11/07/2017

   3. Hall Tickets can be downloaded 07 days before commencement of Examination.

2. The Examination is likely to be held on Dt.05/08/2017 FN & 06/08/2017 F.N. The Commission reserves the right to conduct the Examination either COMPUTER BASED RECRUITMENT TEST (CBRT) or OFFLINE OMR based Examination of objective type.

   Before applying for the posts, candidates shall register themselves as per the One Time Registration (OTR) through the Official Website for TSPSC. Those who have registered in OTR already shall apply by login to their profile using their TSPSC ID and Date of Birth as provided in OTR.

   IMPORTANT NOTE: Candidates are requested to keep the details of the following documents ready while uploading their OTR Applications.

   1. Aadhar number

   2. Educational Qualification details i.e., SSC, INTERMEDIATE, DEGREE, POST GRADUATION etc. and their Roll numbers, Year of passing etc.

   3. Community/ Caste Certificate obtained from Mee Seva/ E Seva i.e., Enrollment number and date of issue for uploading in OTR.

3. The candidates who possess requisite qualification may apply online by satisfying themselves about the terms and conditions of this recruitment. The details of vacancies are given below:-

   Sl.No.	Name of the Post	No. of Vacancies	Age as on 01/07/2017 Min. Max.	Scale of Pay Rs.
   1	Inspector of Boilers in Boilers Department.	04	18 -38*	37,100- 91,450/-

   (The Details of Vacancies department wise i.e., Community, State wide and Gender wise (General / Women) may be seen at Annexure-I.)

   IMPORTANT NOTE: The numbers of vacancies are subject to variation on intimation being received from the appointing authority

4. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

   Applicants must possess the qualifications from a recognized University as detailed below or equivalent thereto, as specified in the relevant Service Rules, indented by the department as on the Date of Notification.

   Sl. No.	Name of the Post	Educational Qualifications
   1	Inspector of Boilers in Boilers Department.	Degree in Mechanical or Production or Power Plant or Metallurgical Engineering from a recognized University OR its equivalent. Two years experience as a technical personnel in the design, construction erection, operation testing, repair, maintenance or inspection of boilers or in the implementation of the boilers Act,1923 and rules and regulations framed there under.

5. AGE:

6. Minimum 18 years & Maximum 38* years. The age is reckoned as on 01/07/2017 (Rule- 12(1)(a)(v) of State and Subordinate Service Rules).

   Minimum Age (18 years):A Candidate should not be born after 01/07/1999.

   Maximum Age (38years): A candidate should not be born before 02/07/1979.

   The Upper Age limit will be relaxed as per Rules (shown in the table) and will be calculated on the above lines.

   *As per G.O. Ms. No. 329 GA(Ser.A) Dept., Dt. 27/07/2015 read with G.O. Ms. No. 264 GA(Ser.A) Dept.,Dated: 26-07-2016, the upper age limit is raised up to 10 years.

   N.B.: No person shall be eligible if he/she is less than 18 years of age.

   N.B.: No person shall be eligible if he/she has crossed 58 years of age (Superannuation age).

   Age Relaxations: The upper age limit prescribed above is however relaxable in the following cases:

   Sl. No.	Category of candidates	Relaxation of age permissible
   1	2	3
   1.	Retrenched temporary employees in the State Census Department with a minimum service of 6 months.	3 Years
   2.	Telangana State Government Employees (Employees of TSRTC, Corporations, Municipalities etc. are not eligible).	5 Years based on the length of regular service.
   3.	Ex-Service men	3 years & length of service rendered in the armed forces.
   4.	N.C.C.(who have worked as Instructor in N.C.C.)	3 Years & length of service rendered in the N.C.C.
   5.	SC/ST and BCs	5 Years

   EXPLANATION:

   After provision of the relaxation of Age in Col. No. 3 of table above; the age shall not exceed the maximum age prescribed for the post for the candidates at Sl. No. 3 & 4.

   The age relaxations for Ex-Servicemen is applicable for those who have been released from Armed Forces otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency.

7. (a) FEE:

8. (Remittance of Fee) Each applicant must pay Rs. 200/- (RUPEES TWO HUNDRED ONLY) towards Online Application Processing Fee. This apart, the applicants have to pay RS 120/- (RUPEES ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONLY) towards Examination Fee. However, the following category of candidates belonging to Telangana State only are exempted from payment of Examination fee.

1. SC, ST, & BC .

2. Unemployed applicants in the age group of 18 to 38 years (They have to submit declaration at an appropriate time to the Commission that they are unemployed).

N.B.:- BC's, SC's and ST's belonging to other states are not exempted from payment of Application processing Fee and Examination Fee and they are not entitled for any kind of reservation..

b) Mode of Payment of Fee:

The Fee mentioned at Para-I(6)(a) is to be paid online through SBI ePay duly following online instructions once the application form details are submitted by filling TSPSC ID, date of birth and other particulars.

The fee once remitted, shall not be refunded or adjusted under any circumstances. Failure to pay the examination fee, application fee, wherever applicable will entail total rejection of application. The list of Banks providing service for the purpose of online remittance of fee is given in ANNEXURE -II.

PARA-II: CENTRES FOR THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION:

1. The Examination will be held at HYDERABAD (including HMDA Jurisdiction) only or all erstwhile District head quarters.

2. However, the Commission reserves the right to abolish / create new centre or centres for administrative reasons. Request for change of the centre will not be entertained.

   PARA-III: HOW TO APPLY:

   1. HOW TO UPLOAD THE APPLICATION FORM:

      1. The Applicants have to read the User Guide for Online Submission of Applications and then proceed further.

         1. Step: The Candidate has to visit the WEBSITE http://www.tspsc.gov.in and fill the OTR application if not registered earlier to obtain TSPSC ID. While filling the same, the candidates have to ensure that there are no mistakes in it. The Commission bears no responsibility for the mistakes, if any, made by the candidates.

         2. STEP: The candidates have to visit the website http://www.tspsc.gov.in to submit Application and Click on the Link with Notification Number and Name, provide TSPSC ID and Date of Birth to proceed further.

            Candidate has to verify the details fetched from various databases pertaining to qualification, caste, Aadhar etc, and displayed on the screen. If the displayed details are correct he/she has to click Yes on confirm button. If any details are not displayed or need to be changed, he/she should click No on confirm button. If details are not displayed a text box will open and candidate has to feed the details manually. Required documents have to be uploaded by clicking the upload button. In addition to the details obtained from OTR database, Notification specific details such as Examination Centre opted, required qualification, university details, eligibility and accepting declarations etc. are to be filled by the candidate. Preview and Edit facility is available to make changes and submit for proceeding to Next step of making online payment of fee.

         3. STEP:-Immediately on entering the above details, the applicant will get payment gateway of SBI ePay.

         4. STEP:-The applicant should pay the prescribed fee as specified through any of the four modes of payment online. Separate instructions have to be followed for each mode of payment.

         5. STEP:-After payment of fee, the PDF Application will be generated which contains the particulars furnished by the candidates. The ID No in the PDF Application form has to be quoted for future reference/correspondence.

            1. Candidate shall note that, the details available with OTR database at the time of submitting the application will be considered for the purpose of this notification. If, any changes are made by the candidate to OTR database at a later date will not be considered for the purpose of this Notification.

            2. Hand written/ Typed/ Photostat copies/ outside printed Application Form will not be accepted and liable for rejection.

            3. The applicants should be willing to serve anywhere in Telangana State.

            4. For any Technical problems related to Online submission and downloading of Hall- Tickets please contact 040-23120301 or 040-23120302(Call Time: 10.30 A.M to 1.00

         helpdesk@tspsc.gov.in

         NOTE:

         1. The Commission is not responsible, for any discrepancy in Bio-data particulars while submitting the application form through Online. The applicants are therefore, advised to strictly follow the instructions and User guide in their own interest before submitting the application.

         2. The particulars furnished by the applicant in the Application Form will be taken as final, and data entry is processed, based on these particulars only by Computer. Candidates should, therefore, be very careful in Uploading / Submitting the Application Form Online.

         3. Incomplete/incorrect application form will be summarily rejected. The information if any furnished by the candidate subsequently in any form will not be entertained by the Commission under any circumstances. Applicants should be careful in filling-up the application form and submission. If any lapse is detected during the scrutiny, the candidature will be rejected even though he/she comes through the final stage of recruitment process or even at a later stage.

         4. Before Uploading/Submission of Application Form, the Candidates should carefully ensure his/her eligibility for this examination. No relevant column of the application form should be left blank, otherwise application form will not be accepted.

         PARA- IV GENERAL PROVISIONS

         1. Applicant must compulsorily fill-up all relevant columns of application and submit application through website only. The particulars made available in the website shall be processed through computer and the eligibility decided in terms of notification.

         2. The applications received online in the prescribed proforma available in the website and within the time shall only be considered and the Commission will not be held responsible for any kind of discrepancy.

         3. Applicants must upload his/her own scanned photo and signature through J.P.G format.

         4. The applicants should not furnish any particulars that are false, tampered, fabricated or suppress any material information while making an application through website.

         5. All the essential certificates issued by the competent authority of Telangana State shall compulsorily be kept with the applicants to produce as and when required to do so. Failure to produce the required certificates on the day of verification will lead to disqualification.

         6. Important -The claim of the candidates with regard to the date of birth, educational / technical qualifications, experience and community are accepted only provisionally on the information furnished by them in their application form and is subject to verification and satisfaction of the Commission. Mere admission to any test or interview or inclusion of the name of a candidate in a Merit List will not confer on the candidate any right for appointment. The candidature is therefore, provisional at all stages and the Commission reserve the right to reject candidature at any stage of the selection even after the advice has been made.

         7. This Recruitment is entrusted to TSPSC vide G.O.Ms. No.4, Finance (HRM.VII) Department, Dt.05/01/2017.

            The following certificates must be kept ready by the candidates for the purpose of verification and also at the time of making Online application

            1. Aadhar card

            2. Proof of Educational Qualifications. iii). Date of Birth Certificate/SSC

         1. School Study Certificate

         2. Declaration by the Unemployed

         3. No Objection Certificate from Employer (if anywhere employed)

            The following Certificates should be obtained from Govt. of Telangana State in prescribed proforma for the purpose of verification.

         4. Community Certificate.

         5. Non-Creamy Layer Certificate as per Form- VIIB / Creamy Layer Certificate as per Form- VIIC.

         6. Certificate of Residence / Nativity (where the Candidates not studied in School / Private Study)

         PARA-V:- IMPORTANT LEGAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS:

         1. Vacancies: The recruitment will be made to the vacancies notified before the examination only. There shall be no waiting list as per G.O. Ms. No. 81 General Administration (Ser.A) Department, Dated 22/02/1997.

         2. Recruitments:-The Recruitment will be processed as per this Notification and also as per the Rules and Instructions issued by the Government and also as decided by the Commission from time to time in terms of respective Special Rules/Adhoc Rules governing the Recruitment Vide G.O.Ms.No.128, Labour Employment & Technical Education (Lab.IV) Department, Dated:23/06/1988 read with G.O.Ms.No.43, Labour Employment Training & Factories (Labour) Department, Dated:01/06/2016 and as per Government orders issued from time to time, and other related G.Os, Rules etc., applicable in this regard.

         3. Rules: All are informed that the various conditions and criterion prescribed herein are governed by the General Rules of existing State and Subordinate Service Rules, read with the relevant Special Rules applicable to any particular service in the departments. Any guidelines or clarification is based on the said Rules, and, in case of any necessity, any matter will be processed as per the relevant General and Special Rules in force.

         4. Constitutional Provisions:- The Commission is empowered under the provisions of Article

            315 and 320 of the Constitution of India read with relevant laws, rules, regulations and executive instructions and all other enabling legal provisions in this regard to conduct examination for appointment to the posts notified herein, duly following the principle of order of merit as per Rule 3(ix)(a) of the TSPSC Rules of procedure read with reference to relevant statutory provisions and ensuring that the whole recruitment and selection process is carried out with utmost regard to maintain secrecy and confidentiality so as to ensure that the principle

            of merit is followed. A candidate shall be disqualified for appointment, if he himself / she herself or through relations or friends or any others has canvassed or endeavored to enlist for his candidature, extraneous support, whether from official or non-official sources for appointment to this service.

         5. State Cadre Post:- The post is identified as State Cadre Post, hence reservation for Local Candidates is not applicable

         6. Employed:-The persons already in Government Service/ Autonomous bodies/ Government aided institutions etc., whether in permanent or temporary capacity or as work charged employees are required to inform in writing to the Head of Office / Department, as the case may be and required to submit the No objection from the concerned Head of Office / Department to the Commission as and when required to do so.

         7. Penal Action:-The Commission is also empowered to invoke the penal provisions of the A.P. Public Examinations (Prevention of Malpractices and Unfair means) Act 25/97 for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto and as per the Rules of Procedure of TSPSC published in Telangana Gazette No: 60 dated 28/12/2015 in respect of this Notification.

         8. Caste & Community: Community Certificate issued by the competent authority (obtained from Government of Telangana State) in terms of G.O.Ms No. 58, SW (J) Dept., dt: 12/5/97 read with G.O. Ms. No. 5 Scheduled Castes Development (POA.A2) Dept., Dt. 08/08/2014, G.O. Ms. No. 11 Scheduled Castes Development (POA.A2) Dept., Dt. 17/09/2014 and G.O. Ms. No. 2 Scheduled Castes Development (POA.A2) Dept., Dt. 22/01/2015 should be submitted at appropriate time in respect of SC & ST Candidates. In respect of candidates belonging to Backward Classes are required to produce Community Certificate (BC-A, BC-B, BC-C, BC-D& BC-E) from Competent Authority i.e., from Tahsildars in the State of Telangana not below the rank of Deputy Tahsildar E-seva/Mee-seva (G.O. Ms. No. 16 BCW(OP) Dept., Dt. 11/03/2015). As per General Rules for State and Subordinate Service Rules, Rule -2(28) Explanation: No person who professes a religion different from Hinduism shall be deemed a member of Schedule Caste.

         9. Reservation:- (i)The Reservation and eligibility in terms of General Rule 22 & 22 (A) of State and Subordinate Service Rules are applicable.

      2. As per Special Rules of the Department, Reservation to Disabled persons is not applicable.

      3. The Reservation to Women will apply as per General Rules / Special rules.

      4. Reservation to BC-E group will be subject to the adjudication of the litigation before the Honorable Courts including final orders in Civil Appeal No: (a) 2628-2637 of 2010 in SLP. No. 7388-97 of 2010, dated. 25/03/2010 and orders from the Government.

1. Distance Education:- The Candidates who have obtained Degrees through Open Universities / Distance Education mode are required to have recognition by the University Grants Commission/ AICTE / Distance Education Council as the case may be. Unless such Degrees had been recognised by the relevant Statutory Authority, they will not be accepted for purpose of Educational Qualification. The onus of Proof of recognition by the relevant Statutory Authority that their Degrees / Universities have been recognised, rests with the Candidate.

   PARA-VI: Reservation to the Local candidates is not applicable as the selection will be made on state-wide merit basis.

   PARA-VII: SCHEME OF EXAMINATION:- The Scheme & Syllabus for the examination has been shown in ANNEXURE-III.

   PARA-VIII: PROCEDURE OF SELECTION:

   THE SELECTION OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE POSTS WILL BE MADE IN TWO SUCCESSIVE STAGES VIZ.,

   1. Examination (Objective Type) by Online / OMR based. and

   2. Oral Test in the shape of Interview (only for those qualified as per Rules).

THE FINAL SELECTION OF THESE POSTS WILL BE BASED ON THE EXAMINATION EITHER ONLINE OR OMR BASED AND INTERVIEW MARKS PUT TOGETHER.

1. Only those candidates who qualify in the Examination in order of merit will be called for interview in 1:2 ratio, Community and Category wise for the vacancies available. The minimum qualifying marks for Interview / Selection are OCs 40%, BCs 35% ,SCs and STs 30% or as per the Rules. The minimum qualifying marks are relaxable in the case of SC/ST/BC at the discretion of the Commission.

2. The candidates will be selected on state wide merit as per their rank in the merit list against vacancies and for the vacancies available.

   N.B.: Mere securing minimum qualifying marks does not vest any right in a candidate for being considered for selection.

3. The appearance in all the papers at the Written Examination as per rules is compulsory. Absence in any paper/papers will automatically render his candidature as disqualified.

4. Candidates have to produce Original documents and other particulars on the day of verification itself. If candidate fails to produce any of the required certificates and if the particulars furnished by him / her in the Application do not tally with the Original documents produced him / her, then his / her candidature will be rejected/disqualified without any further correspondence. As candidature for the recruitment is processed through Computer/Electronic devices based on the particulars furnished in the Application Form, the candidate is advised to fill in all the relevant particulars carefully.

5. The preference opted by candidates in respect of posts, zones etc., in the application form are only indicative for being considered to the extent possible but not binding or limiting the Commission's powers conferred under Article 315 and 320 of the Constitution of India. Therefore, the Commission has the power to assign a successful candidate to any of the notified posts for which he/she is qualified and eligible, subject to fulfilling the selection criterion. Mere claim of preference for any Zone for allotment against vacancy does not confer a right to selection for that Zone in particular or any Zone in General.

6. The appointment of selected candidates will be subject to their being found medically fit in the appropriate Medical Examination, and if he/she is of sound health, active habits free from any bodily defect or infirmity.

PARA-IX: DEBARMENT:

1. Candidates should make sure of their eligibility to the post applied for and that the declaration made by them in the format of application regarding their eligibility is correct in all respects. Any candidate furnishing in-correct information or making false declaration regarding his/her eligibility at any stage or suppressing any information is liable to be debarred for five years from appearing for any of the examinations conducted by the commission, and summarily rejection of their candidature for this recruitment.

2. The Penal Provisions of Act 25/97 published in the State Gazette No. 35, Part-IV.B Extraordinary dated: 21/08/1997 shall be invoked if malpractice and unfair means are noticed at any stage of the Recruitment.

3. The Commission is vested with the constitutional duty of conducting recruitment and selection as per rules duly maintaining utmost secrecy and confidentiality in this process and any attempt by anyone causing or likely to cause breach of this constitutional duty in such manner or by such action as to violate or likely to violate the fair practices followed and ensured by the Commission will be sufficient cause for rendering such questionable means as ground for debarment and penal consequences as per law and rules and as may be decided by the Commission.

4. Any candidate is or has been found impersonating or procuring impersonation by any person or resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his / her candidature for selection or obtaining support of candidature by any means, such a candidate may in addition to rendering himself/ herself liable to criminal prosecution, will be debarred permanently from any exam or selection held by the Service Commission's in the country.

5. MEMORANDUM OF MARKS:- Memorandum of Marks will be issued on payment of Rs.200/- (Rupees Two Hundred Only) through Online Payment in favour of the Secretary, T.S. Public Service Commission, Hyderabad. Request for Memorandum of Marks from candidates, will be entertained after one month from the date of publication of the final results in TSPSC Website. The Memorandum of Marks will be issued to the candidates for a period of 90 days only. Request for revaluation or recounting will not be undertaken under any circumstances. Invalid, disqualified, ineligible candidates will not be issued any Memorandum of Marks and fees paid by such candidates, if any, will be forfeited to Government account, without any correspondence in this regard.

   In case of Off-line examination, if any candidate fails to mark the Booklet Series, Roll Number etc., in the OMR Answer Sheet, the Commission reserves the right to invalidate such Answer Sheets as Answer Sheets are valued by Optical Mark Scanner. No request for reconsideration of such rejected/invalidated cases will be entertained under any circumstances whatsoever.

   PARA-X:- Please read the following Annexures appended to the Notification before filling the application form.

   1. Breakup of Vacancies

   2. Payment gateway

   3. Scheme and Syllabus

   4. Instructions to the Candidates

   5. List of Communities

PARA XI: SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

Candidates are directed to follow the Commission's Website (www.tspsc.gov.in) regularly to know the latest developments of this Recruitment and any changes/ Modifications/ Addendum/ Corrigendum, dates of Examination, calling of candidates for verification of Certificates/ Interviews/ Results etc. Candidates are advised to go through the Instructions to Candidates enclosed to this Notification at Annexure-IV.

PARA-XI: COMMISSION'S DECISION TO BE FINAL:

The decision of the Commission in all aspects and in all respects pertaining to the application and its acceptance or rejection as the case may be, conduct of examination and at all consequent stages culminating in the selection or otherwise of any candidate shall be final in all respects and binding on all concerned, under the powers vested with it under Article 315 and 320 of the Constitution of India. Commission also reserves its right to alter and modify time and conditions laid down in the notification for conducting the various stages up to selection, duly intimating details thereof to all concerned, as warranted by any unforeseen circumstances arising during the course of this process, or as deemed necessary by the Commission at any stage.

BREAKUP OF VACANCY POSITION FOR THE POSTS OF INSPECTORS OF BOILERS IN

BOILERS DEPARTMENT

OC		BC-A		BC-B		BC-C		BC-D		BC-E		SC		ST		PH		TOTAL
G	W	G	W	G	W	G	W	G	W	G	W	G	W	G	W	G	W	G	W
1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	3

IMPORTANT NOTE: The number of vacancies are subject to variation based on intimation being received from the appointing authority.

ANNEXURE-III

SCHEME AND SYLLABUS FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POST

OF INSPECTOR OF BOILERS IN BOILERS DEPARTMENT.

Part: A: WRITTEN EXAMINATION (Objective Type)	No. of Questions	Duration (Minutes)	Maximum Marks
Paper-I: General Studies And General Abilities	150	150	150
Paper-II: Concerned Subject (Common to All)	150	150	300
Part: B: Interview			50
Total			500

Syllabus

Paper-I: GENERAL STUDIES AND GENERAL ABILITIES

1. Current affairs -Regional, National and International.

2. International Relations and Events.

3. General Science; India's Achievements in Science and Technology.

4. Environmental issues; Disaster Management- Prevention and Mitigation Strategies.

5. Economic and Social Development of India and Telangana.

6. Physical, Social and Economic Geography of India.

7. Physical, Social and Economic Geography and Demography of Telangana.

8. Socio-economic, Political and Cultural History of Modern India with special emphasis on Indian National Movement.

9. Socio-economic, Political and Cultural History of Telangana with special emphasis on Telangana Statehood Movement and formation of Telangana state.

10. Indian Constitution; Indian Political System; Governance and Public Policy.

11. Social Exclusion; Rights issues such as Gender, Caste, Tribe, Disability etc. and inclusive policies.

12. Society, Culture, Heritage, Arts and Literature of Telangana.

13. Policies of Telangana State.

14. Logical Reasoning; Analytical Ability and Data Interpretation.

15. Basic English. (10th Class Standard)

PAPER-II: CONCERN SUBJECT (Common to all)

Unit-I

Mechanics of Materials: Stress and strain, elastic constants, Poisson's ratio; Mohr's circle for plane stress and plane strain; thin cylinders; shear force and bending moment diagrams; bending and shear stresses; deflection of beams; torsion of circular shafts; thermal stresses; strain gauges and rosettes;.

Machine Design: principles of the design of machine elements such as bolted, riveted and welded joints, keys, shafts, gears, rolling and sliding contact bearings,

Fluid Mechanics: Fluid properties; fluid statics, manometry, buoyancy, forces on submerged bodies, stability of floating bodies; control-volume analysis of mass, momentum and energy; fluid acceleration; differential equations of continuity and momentum; Bernoulli's equation; dimensional analysis; viscous flow of incompressible fluids, boundary layer, elementary turbulent flow, flow through pipes, head losses in pipes, bends and fittings.

Unit-II

Heat-Transfer: Modes of heat transfer; one dimensional heat conduction, resistance concept and electrical analogy, heat transfer through fins; unsteady heat conduction, lumped parameter system, thermal boundary layer, dimensionless parameters in free and forced convective heat transfer, heat transfer correlations for flow over flat plates and through pipes, effect of turbulence; heat exchanger performance, LMTD and NTU methods; radiative heat transfer, Stefan- Boltzmann law, Wien's displacement law, black and grey surfaces, view factors, radiation network analysis.

Thermodynamics: Thermodynamic systems and processes; properties of

pure substances, behavior of ideal and real gases; zeroth and first laws of thermodynamics, calculation of work and heat in various processes; Carnot cycle and its calculations, second law of thermodynamics; availability and irreversibility; thermodynamic relations.

Power Engineering: Air compressors; vapour and gas power cycles, concepts of regeneration and reheat.

Unit-III

Casting and Joining Processes: Different types of castings, design of patterns, moulds and cores; Risers -Types function and design, casting design considerations, special casting processes 1) Centrifugal, 2) Die, 3) Investment. Methods of Melting: Crucible melting and cupola operation, steel making processes, special.

Solidification- Crystallisation and development cast structure, Dendritic freezing. Foundry characteristics. Principles of gating and risering. Casting design considerations.

General principles of melting Cupola and its operation. Modern developments in cupola. Melting practices of Al, Cu and Mg alloys. Defects in castings, Inspection and quality control of castings, Metallurgy of cast irons. Foundry practices of white cast iron gray cast iron, S.G. and malleable iron. Alloy cast iron. Steel foundry practice. Modernization and mechanization of foundries.

Weldingp: Classification of welding process types of welds and welded joints and their characteristics, design of welded joints, Gas welding, ARC welding, Forge welding, resistance welding, Thermit welding and Plasma (Air and water) welding. Cutting of Metals: Oxy Acetylene Gas cutting, water plasma. Cutting of ferrous,

non-ferrous metals. Inert gas welding, TIG & MIG, welding, Friction welding, Induction welding, Explosive welding, Laser welding,

Soldering & Brazing. Heat affected zones in welding; welding defects -causes and remedies -destructive non destructive testing of welds.

Unit-IV

Drilling and Boring Machines -Principles of working, specifications, types, operations performed -tool holding devices -twist drill -Boring machines -Fine boring machines -Jig Boring machine. Deep hole drilling machine. Kinematics scheme of the drilling and boring machines.

Metrology and Inspection: Limits, fits and tolerances; linear and angular measurements; comparators; gauge design; interferometry;

Production Planning and Control: Forecasting models, aggregate production planning, scheduling, materials requirement planning. Inventory Control: Deterministic models; safety stock inventory control systems.

Operations Research: Linear programming, simplex method transportation, assignment, network flow models, simple queuing models, PERT and CPM.

Unit-V

Physical Metallurgy: Crystal structure and bonding characteristics of metals, Solid solutions, Constitution of Alloys, Solidification of pure metals and alloys, effect of alloy elements- alloy steels and cast irons.

Engineering Materials: Structure and properties of engineering materials, phase diagrams of of iron-carbon system, stress-strain diagrams for engineering materials, industrially important non-ferrous metals and alloys-Types, properties, and applications. Diffusion and Fick's laws, mechanisms.

Heat Treatment Technology: Principles of heat treatment-Phase transformations in steels;

Isothermal transformation diagrams, transformations on continuous cooling. Heat treatment processes for steels,Hardenability of steels, Quenchants, Heat treatment of plain carbon ,alloy and tool steels, Surface hardening methods and techniques, Thermo mechanical treatments: Importance of grain size and its determination, Heat treatment of Non-ferrous metals and alloys - Precipitation hardening, Heat Treatment Furnaces and atmospheres. Defects in heat treated parts and remedies.

Unit-VI

Fuels, Furnaces and Refractories: Solid fuels-Classification, types and properties, Carbonization of coal, Metallurgical Coke, Liquid fuels-Classification, Petroleum refining, Distillation.

Gaseous fuels-Classification,Production,industrial gasification processes, Liquid and gaseous fuel burners, Combustion problems.

Furnaces- Classification and use in metallurgical industries.

Refractories-Classification, properties and testing, modes of failure and prevention, manufacturing methods, applications in the metallurgical industries.

Pyrometry-Thermo electric pyrometry- resistance thermometers.Optical pyrometers-Total radiation pyrometer and Temperature controllers.

Kinetics: Thermodynamic solutions . Gibbs Duhem equation. Excess thermodynamic properties. Kinetics of Metallurgical reactions-Laws, Order of reactions, rate constants. Thermodynamics of Electrochemical cells.- Electrode potential, polarizations,

Reversible cells, galvanic cells, Nernst equation. Aqueous corrosion and protection of metals, Oxidation and high temperature corrosion -characterization and control;

Unit-VII

Material Testing: Tension test- stress- strain relations, Flow curve. Instability in tension. Effect of temperature and strain rate. Yield point phenomena. Strain ageing. Compression test. Hardness test- principle and types, Hardness at elevated temperatures.

Brittle fracture and impact testing-Notched bar impact tests. Transition temperature.

Creep and stress rupture. The creep curve. Structural changes during creep. Mechanism of creep deformation. Stress rupture test, High temperature alloys..

Fracture . Types, Griffith theory of brittle fracture. Metallographic aspects of fracture . Fractography .

Non-destructive testing- Principles, methods and applications of visual, liquid penetrant and dye penetrant tests. Fluorescent test. Radiography. X-ray, Gamma ray and Neutron methods. Ultrasonic methods of inspection. Magnetic methods. Magna flux and magna glow methods. acoustic emission methods, Eddy current tests, Pressure testing.

Unit- VIII

Boiler design engineering: Water tube boilers: classification of boilers, fluzidised bed, combustor boilers, circulating fluidized bed combustion boilers, waster heat boiler, chemical recovery boilers, cycles for steam power plants

Fire tube boilers: shell type boilers, horizontal and vertical boilers,

Design calculation methods , factors to be considered in design a boilers, boiler layout, pressure part arrangement, pressure and temperature drops across the boiler, temperature control methods, high temperature properties of steam, and design criteria for ascertaining permissible stress and maximum temperature for use of each grade of steel.

Boiler components, piping, fittings, steam receivers, valves, steam traps, and new materials.

Boiler act and Indian boiler regulation: salient features of boiler act 1923(as amended) and Indian boiler regulation 1950(as amended). Materials used in boilers and their specification, methods of manufacturing of materials for boilers.

Boiler inspection and certification: stages of inspection during manufacture of boiler/boiler components their forms and their applicability.

Boiler operation and maintenance: maintaince schedule, shutdown maintaince, procedure, safety precautions, work permit systems, restarting procedure.

Unit-IX

Power plant engineering: Energy resources and their availability, types of power plants, selection of the plants, hydroelectric power plants, steam power plants, combined cycle power plants, nuclear power plants: principles of nuclear energy, basic nuclear reaction, nuclear reactor-PWR,BWR, CANDU, sodium graphite, fast breeder homogenous; gas cooled

Non-conventional power generation: solar radiation estimation, solar energy collectors, low, medium, high temperature power plants, OTEC-wind power plants, tidal power plants, geo-thermal power plants, direct energy conservation system: fuel cell, Magneto Hydro Dynamic (MHD) power generation principle-open and closed cycle systems, thermoelectric power generation, thermo-ionic power generation.

ANNEXURE - IV

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

1. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

   1. The candidates must note that his/her admission to the examination is strictly provisional. The mere fact that an Admission to the examination does not imply that his/her candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission or that the entries made by the candidate in his/her application have been accepted by the Commission as true and correct. The candidates have to be found suitable after verification of original certificates; and other eligibility criteria. The Applicants have to upload his/her scanned recent colour passport photo and signature to the Application Form. Failure to produce the same photograph, if required, at the time of interview/ verification, may lead to disqualification. Hence the candidates are advised not to change their appearance till the recruitment process is complete.

   2. The candidates are not allowed to bring any Electronic devices such as mobile / cellphones, Calculators, tablets, iPad, Bluetooth, pagers, watches to examination centre. Loaning and interchanging of articles among the candidates is not permitted in the examination hall and any form of malpractice will not be permitted in the exam hall.

   3. The candidates are expected to behave in orderly and disciplined manner while writing the examination. If any candidate takes away Answer Sheet of OMR based examination, the candidature will be rejected and in case of impersonation/ disorder/ rowdy behaviour during Examination, necessary F.I.R. for this incident will be lodged with concerned Police Station, apart from disqualifying his / her candidature.

   4. Candidates trying to use unfair means shall be disqualified from the selection. No correspondence whatsoever will be entertained from the candidates.

   5. The Penal Provisions of Act 25/97 published in the A.P. Gazette No. 35, Part-IV.B Extraordinary dated: 21/08/1997 shall be invoked if malpractice and unfair means are noticed at any stage of the Examination.

2. INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING OFFLINE OMR BASED EXAMINATION FOR CANDIDATES

   1. The candidates have to report 30 minutes before to the examination venue to record their thumb impression on Biometric system.

   2. The candidates should go through the instructions given on the cover page of test booklet and carefully write his/her Register Number, Subject / Subject Code, Booklet Series, Name of the Examination Centre etc., in the Answer Sheet, which will be provided to him/her in the examination hall.

   3. Since the answer sheets are to be scanned (valued) with Optical Mark Scanner system, the candidates have to USE BALL POINT PEN (BLUE/BLACK) ONLY FOR MARKING THE ANSWERS. The candidates will be supplied OMR Sheet consists of two copies i.e., the Original Copy (Top Sheet) and Duplicate Copy (Bottom Sheet). The candidate is required to use Ball Point Pen (Blue or Black) for filling the relevant blocks in the OMR Sheet including bubbling the answers. After writing the examination the candidate has to handover the original OMR sheet (Top Sheet) to the invigilator in the examination hall, if any candidate takes away the original OMR Sheet (Top Sheet) his/her candidature will be rejected. However the candidate is permitted to take away the duplicate (Bottom Sheet) OMR Sheet for his/her record. The candidates should bring Ball Point Pen (Blue/Black and smooth writing pad) to fill up relevant columns on the Answer Sheet. The candidate must ensure encoding the Register Number, Subject/Subject Code, Booklet Series, Name of the Examination Centre, Signature of the Candidate and Invigilator, etc., on the O.M.R. Answer sheet correctly, failing which the Answer sheet will be rejected and will not be valued. Use of whitener on OMR Sheet will lead to disqualification.

   4. The OMR Sheet is to bubble only by Ball Point Pen (Blue/Black). Bubbling by Pencil / Ink Pen / Gel Pen is not permitted in this examination.

   5. The candidates should satisfy the Invigilator of his identity with reference to the signature and photographs available on the Nominal Rolls and Hall Ticket.

   6. No candidate should leave the examination hall till expiry of fulltime.

   7. The Commission would be analyzing the responses of a candidate with other appeared candidates to detect patterns of similarity. If it is suspected that the responses have been shared and the scores obtained are not genuine/ valid, the Commission reserves the right to cancel his/ her candidature and to invalidate the Answer Sheet.

   8. (i)Wherever Written Examination is held, only those candidates who are totally blind are llowed to write the examination with the help of scribe and 10 minutes extra time is permitted to them per hour.

      1. An extra time of 20 minutes per hour is also permitted for the candidates with locomotor disability and CEREBRAL PALSY where dominant (writing) extremity is affected for the extent slowing the performance of function (Minimum of 40% impairment). No scribe is allowed to such candidates.

      2. Scribe will be provided to those candidates who do not have both the upper limbs for Orthopedically Handicapped. However, no extra time will be granted to them.

      1. The scribe should be from an academic discipline other than that of the candidate and the academic qualification of the scribe should be one grade lower than the stipulated eligibility criteria.

      2. The candidate as well as the scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking confirming the rules applicable

   9. If the candidate noticed any discrepancy printed on Hall ticket as to community, date of birth etc., they may immediately bring to the notice of Commission's officials/Chief Superintendent in the examination

      centre and necessary corrections be made in the Nominal Roll, in the Examination Hall against his/her Hall Ticket Number for being verified by the Commission's Office.

3. INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING ONLINE EXAMINATION FOR CANDIDATES

   1. Candidates shall report at the venue one and half hour (90 minutes) before the Commencement of Examination as the candidates have to undergo certain procedural formalities required for online examination.

   2. Paper -I Examination will be from 10.00 AM to 12.30 PM (150 minutes).

   3. Paper -II Examination will be from 2.30 PM to 5.00 PM (150 minutes).

   4. The examination link with the login screen will already be available on your system. Please inform the invigilator if this is not the case.

   5. 10 minutes prior to the exam, you'll be prompted to login. Please type the Login ID (Roll No) and the Password (Password for Candidate will be given on exam day) to proceed further.

   6. Invigilator will announce the password at 09.50 AM and 02.20 PM.

   7. Copying or noting down questions and/or options is not allowed. Severe action will be taken if any candidate is found noting down the questions and/or options.

   8. After logging in, your screen will display:

1. After answering a question, click the SAVE & NEXT button to save your response and move onto the next question.

2. Click on Mark for Review & NEXT to mark your question for review, and then go to the next question.

3. To clear any answer chosen for a particular question, please click on the CLEAR RESPONSE button.

4. A summary of each section, (i.e. questions answered, not answered, marked for review) is available for each section. You have to place the cursor over the section name for this summary.

5. In case you wish to view a larger font size, please inform the Invigilator. On the Invigilator's confirmation, click on the font size you wish to select. The font size will be visible on the top.

6. You may view INSTRUCTIONS at any point of time during exam, by clicking on the INSTRUCTIONS button on your screen.

7. The SUBMIT button will be activated after 150 Minutes. It will continue for an additional 50 Minutes for PWD candidate eligible for compensatory time. Please keep checking the timer on your screen.

8. In case of automatic or manual log out, all your attempted responses will be saved. Also, the exam will start from the time where it had stopped.

9. You will be provided a blank sheet for rough work. Do write your Login ID and Password on it. Please ensure that you return it to the invigilator at the end of the exam after tearing ONLY the password from it.

10. Please don't touch the key board as your exam ID will get locked. If your ID gets locked, please inform a nearby invigilator who will help in unlocking your ID and then you can continue with the exam.

11. Please inform the invigilator in case of any technical issues.

12. Please do not talk to or disturb other candidates.

13. In case you are carrying articles other than the admit card, photo identity proof and pen, please leave them outside the exam room.

14. You cannot leave exam room before submitting the paper. Please inform the invigilator if you want to use the wash room.

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	Start Date	End Date
Notification Issued	02-Jun-2017
Applications	06-Jun-2017	11-Jul-2017

• Organization : Telangana State Public Service Commission
• Organization City, State : , telangana
• Organization Website : http://www.tspsc.gov.in