STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION

GOVERNMENT STRIVES TO HAVE A WORKFORCE WHICH REFLECTS GENDER BALANCE AND WOMEN CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

NOTICE

UPPER DIVISION CLERKS GRADE LIMITED DEPARTMENTAL COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION, 2016

Date of Advertisement: 01-10-2016 Date of Computer based/written Exam: 3rd December 2016

Closing date: 31-10-2016

No. 3/8/2016-P&P-II - The Staff Selection Commission will hold a Limited Departmental Competitive Examination on 03-12-2016 at DELHI, ALLAHABAD, MUMBAI, BANGALORE, GUWAHATI, KOLKATA, CHENNAI, CHANDIGARH AND RAIPUR for making additions to the Select List of Upper Division Grade of the following Services/Cadres (subject to availability of confirmed number of vacancies):-

(i) Central Secretariat Clerical Service;

(ii) Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service;

(iii) Railway Board Secretariat Clerical Service;

(iv) Central Hindi Directorate, Ministry of Human Resource Development(Deptt.of Higher Education)

(v) Election Commission of India Clerical Service

(vi) Central Vigilance Commission

(vii) Ministry of External Affairs

(viii) Central Administrative Tribunal (PB)

(ix) Ministry of Environment and Forest

The Centres and the date of the examination as mentioned above are liable to be changed at the discretion of Commission. Candidates admitted to the examination will be informed about the Time, Place and Date of Examination through Admission Certificates in due course.

2. Applications from eligible candidates are invited for consideration in merit order subject to availability of vacancies in the respective cadres.

Reservation of post for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes candidates and persons with disability (Orthopedically Handicapped, Hearing Handicapped and Visually Handicapped only) candidates will be as per the vacancy position reported to the Commission by the indenting Cadres/Offices for respective categories.

3. Candidates seeking admission to the examination must apply to the Regional Director (Northern Region), Staff Selection Commission, Block No.12, C.G.O. Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110504 through their cadre controlling authorities. Applications must be submitted in the prescribed form. The candidates may use the format of the application form typed neatly in double space in A-4 size paper by downloading the same from the website of the Commission i.e. http://ssc.nic.in .

4. The completed application forms through the cadre controlling authorities must reach the Regional Director (Northern Region), Staff Selection Commission, Block No.12, C.G.O. Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110504, on or before 31.10.2016 (5.00 P.M.) and from candidates residing abroad and from Andaman Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep by 07-11-2016(5.00PM) accompanied by necessary documents in accordance with the Instructions to candidates contained in the Annexure. Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

Note - I Cadre Controlling Authorities of the Applicant concerned must send/forward the application form to the Commission on or before the prescribed date and time.

Note-II MINISTRY/DEPARTMENT WHILE FORWARDING THE APPLICATION SHOULD CERTIFY THAT VACANCY IN RELEVANT CATEGORY AND RELEVANT CADRE TO WHICH THE CANDIDATE BELONGS IS AVAILABLE.

Note-III Applications submitted on a format, which is not exactly the same as published in this advertisement, shall be rejected summarily without any further correspondence.

5. All communication in respect of an application should be addressed to the Regional Director (Northern Region), Staff Selection Commission, Block No.12, C.G.O. Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110504 and should contain the following particulars:-

(i) NAME OF EXAMINATION.

(ii) MONTH AND YEAR OF EXAMINATION.

(iii) ROLL NUMBER OR DATE OF BIRTH IF ROLL NUMBER NOT COMMUNICATED TO CANDIDATE.

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

(v) POSTAL ADDRESS AS GIVEN IN APPLICATION.

Communications not giving these particulars will not be attended to . In all correspondence with the Staff Selection Commission concerning this examination, candidates should invariably super scribe their envelopes and correspondence with the words and figures, UPPER DIVISION CLERKS GRADE LIMITED DEPARTMENTAL COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION, 2016.

Under Secretary (P&P-II)

ANNEXURE

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

The candidate must carefully go through the Notice, the Rules, the Application Form and other papers related to the examination, to see his/her eligibility before filling in the application form. The conditions prescribed can in no case be relaxed.

THE CANDIDATE MUST SELECT, FROM AMONG THE CENTRES GIVEN IN PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE NOTICE, THE CENTRE AT WHICH HE/SHE WISHES TO APPEAR FOR THE EXAMIANTION AND INDICATE THE SAME IN HIS/HER APPLICATION. NO REQUEST FOR CHANGE IN THE CENTRE WILL BE ENTERTAINED. THE COMMISSION MAY DIRECT THE CANDIDATE TO APPEAR IN ANY OTHER CENTRE, AT ITS DISCRETION.

2. The application form must be filled in candidates own handwriting. Candidates must submit his/her application through the Head of his/her Department/Office concerned well in time, who will complete the endorsement at the end of application form and forward it to the Regional Director (Northern Region), Staff Selection Commission, Block No.12, C.G.O. Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110504 so as to reach the same by the last date prescribed in the Notice.

3. Candidates are warned that they should not furnish any particulars that are false or suppress any material information in filling in the application form.

4. A candidate must send the following documents with his/her application:

(a) Certified true copy of the first page of the service Book attested by the Head of Department or Office in which the candidate is employed at the time of making the application showing in the name of the candidate in full, his/her fathers name (Husbands name in the case of a married women) Government servant, nationality, name of the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe in the case of candidates belonging to such caste or tribe, date of birth by the Christian Era (both in figures and words), educational qualification and specimen signature of the candidate.

(b) Certified true copy of the particulars of service attested by the Head of Department or Office in which he/she is working at the time of making the application showing the posts held along-with scale of pay and the capacity i.e. substantive, officiating, permanent or temporary in which the post is held.

Note I The Staff Selection Commission may, if it considers necessary call for the Service Book or other documentary evidence.

Note II Only (self attested photocopies by the candidate) should be submitted in support of claim for relaxation of age etc. and no document should be submitted in original.

5. Candidates are warned that if an application is incomplete or wrongly filled in or is not accompanied with any one of the documents mentioned under Para 4 above the application is liable to be rejected and no appeal against its rejection will be entertained.

6. A candidate disabled while in the Defence Services claiming age concession under Rule 11(4)(iii)(a)(ii) of the Rules at Sl.No.11 should produce an attested copy of a certificate in the form prescribed below from the Director General Resettlement, Ministry of Defence, to show that he/she was disabled while in the Defence Services, in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof

Form of certificate to be produced by the candidate.

Certified that Rank No. . Shri of Unit was disabled while in the Defence Services, in operations during hostilities with a foreign country / in a disturbed area* and was released as a result of such disability.

Signature..

Name.

Designation..

Date

*Strike out whichever is not applicable.

7. In case a candidate does not receive any communication regarding his/her eligibility or Admission Certificate two weeks before the date of the examination, he/she should at once contact the Commission along -with documentary evidence that he/she had applied for the examination. Failure to comply with this provision will deprive the candidate of any claim to consideration.

8. Candidates are not entitled to receive any Travelling Allowance from Staff Selection Commission for attending the examination.

9. (a) Candidates should bring their departmental ID card on the examination day.

(b) The candidate may download the Notice & Application Form from the Commissions web site: http://ssc.nic.in .

11. The Rules for the examination are as below:

(1) The rules for Upper Division Grade Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for inclusion in the Select List for the Central Secretariat Clerical Service, Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service, Railway Board Secretariat Clerical Service, Election Commission of India Clerical Service and Central Hindi Directorate, Central Vigilance Commission, Ministry of External Affairs and Central Administrative Tribunal, Ministry of Environment and Forest to be held by the Staff Selection Commission in 2016 are published for general information.

(2) The number of persons to be selected for inclusion in the select list will be determined later as given in para-2 of the Notice issued by the Commission. Reservation shall be made for the candidates belonging to the scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes after taking into account the vacancy position reported to the Commission by the indenting cadres/office.

The Reservation shall also be made for the Persons with Disability(Orthopedically Handicapped, Hearing Handicapped and Visually Handicapped) candidates.

(3) The examination will be conducted by the Staff Selection Commission in the manner prescribed in the Rules.

(4) Conditions of eligibility:-Any permanent, regular or temporary, regularly appointed person of the Lower Division Grade of the Central Secretariat Clerical Service, Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service, Railway Board Secretariat Clerical Service, Election Commission of India Clerical Service and Central Hindi Directorate, Central Vigilance Commission, Ministry of External Affairs and Central Administrative Tribunal, Ministry of Environment and Forests who satisfies on crucial date the following conditions shall be eligible to appear at the examination.

(i) Crucial Date:- 01.08.2016 ( 1st August, 2016).

(ii) Length of Service:-He/She should have on the crucial date that is on 01.08.2015 rendered not less than 5 years approved and continuous Service in the Lower Division Grade of the Central Secretariat Clerical Service, Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service, Railway Board Secretariat Clerical Service, and Central Hindi Directorate and not less than 3 years of approved and continuous service in the post of Lower Division Clerk in Election Commission of India Clerical Service counted from the date of the candidate s appointment in the said grade.

Provided that if he/she had been appointed to the Lower Division Clerk in the Central Secretariat Clerical Service, Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service, Railway Board Secretariat Clerical Service, and Central Hindi Directorate on the result of a Competitive Examination, including Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, the result of such examination should have been announced not less than 5 years before the crucial date and he/she should have rendered not less than 4 years approved and continuous service in the Grade or in the case of Election Commission of India Clerical Service is 3 years service counted from the date of the candidates appointment in the said grade.

Note (1):- The limit of 5 years of approved and continuous service will also apply if the total reckonable service of a candidate is partly as a Lower Division Clerk and partly, as Upper Division Clerk in the Central Secretariat Clerical Service, Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service, Railway Board Secretariat Clerical Service, and Central Hindi Directorate, Ministry of Environment and Forests or in the case of Election Commission of India Clerical Service is 3 years service counted from the date of the candidates appointment in the said grade.

Note (2):- Lower Division Clerks, who are on deputation to ex-cadre posts with the approval of the competent authority will be eligible to be admitted to the examination if otherwise eligible. This however, does not apply to a Lower Division Clerk who has been appointed to an ex-cadre post or to another service on transfer and does not have a lien in the Lower Division Grade of the Central Secretariat Clerical Service, Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service, Railway Board Secretariat Clerical Service, Election Commission of India Clerical Service and Central Hindi Directorate.

(iii) Age: - Candidates should not be more than 50 years of age on 01.08.2016. This provision is not applicable in case of LDCs belonging to Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service

(a) The upper age limit prescribed above will be further relaxable:-

(i) Upto maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Castes or a Scheduled Tribes;

(ii) Upto a maximum of three years (eight years for SC/ST) in case of Defence Service Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof;

(iii) Upto a maximum of three years (eight years for SC/ST) in case of Border security Force personnel disabled in operation during the Indo-Pakistan hostilities of 1971 and released as a consequence thereof;

THE AGE LIMITS PRESCRIBED SHALL IN NO CASE BE RELAXED.

(iv) Skill Test on computer :- Unless exempted from passing the Monthly/Quarterly Typewriting Test held by the Staff Selection Commission for the purpose of confirmation in the Lower Division Grade, he/she should have passed this test on or before the date of notification of the examination.

(5) The decision of the Commission as to the eligibility or otherwise of a candidate for admission to the examination shall be final.

(6) No candidate will be admitted to the examination unless he/she holds a certificate of admission from the Commission

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

(i) Obtaining support for 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 examination, or

(vii) Using unfair means in the examination hall, or

(viii) Misbehaving in the examination hall, or

(ix) Writing irrelevant matter, including obscene language or pornographic matter in the script(s); or

(x) Found in possession of mobile phones/cellular phones/pagers and other unauthorized electronic gadget after commencement of the examination inside the examination hall whether in use or not, will be deemed to have been using an fair means; or

(xi) Harassing or doing bodily harm to the staff employed by the Commission for the conduct of their examination; or

(xii) Violating any of the instruction issued to the candidates alongwith their Admission Certificates permitting them to take the examination; or

(xiii) Taking away answer books/typing script with him/her from the examination hall; or

(xiv) 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 to criminal prosecution, be liable:-

(a) will be disqualified by the Commission from the examination for which he/she is candidate, or

(b) 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

(a) To disciplinary action under the appropriate rules.

(b) To take other appropriate legal action.

(8) Any attempt on the part of the candidate to obtain support to his/her candidature by any means would disqualify him/her for admission to the examination.

(9) After the examination, the candidates will be arranged by the Commission, in separate lists depending upon the number of participating units, in the order of merit as disclosed by the aggregate marks finally awarded to each candidates and in that order as many candidates as are found by the Commission to be qualified in the examination shall be recommended for inclusion in the Select List for the Upper Division Grade upto the required number.

Provided that the candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes may, to the extent of the number of vacancies reserved for the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes shall be recommended by the Commission by a relaxed standard, subject to the fitness of these candidates for selection to the service.

Provided that the candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes who have been recommended by the Commission without resorting to the relaxed standard referred to in this sub rule, shall not be adjusted against the vacancies reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

Note: - Candidates should clearly understand that this is a competitive and not a qualifying examination. The number of persons to be included in the Select List for Upper Division Grade on the results to the examination is entirely within the competence of Government to decide. No candidates will, therefore, have any claim for inclusion in the select list on the basis of his/her performance in this examination as a matter of right.

(10) The form and manner of communication of the result of the examination to individual candidates shall be decided by the Commission in its discretion and the Commission will not enter into correspondence with them regarding the result.

(11) Success in the examination confers no right to selection unless the cadre controlling authority is satisfied, after such enquiry as may be considered necessary that the candidate having regard to his/her conduct in service is suitable in all respect for selection.

Provided that the decision as to whether a particular candidate recommended for selection by the Commission is not suitable shall be taken in consultation with the Department of Personnel and Training.

(12) A candidate, who after applying for admission to the examination or after appearing at it resigns from his/her appointment in the Central Secretariat Clerical Service or Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service or Railway Board Secretariat Clerical Service, Election Commission of India Clerical Service and Central Hindi Directorate otherwise quits the Service or severs his/her connection with it, or whose services are terminated by his/her Department or who is appointed to an ex-cadre post without lien in Lower Division Grade of the Central Secretariat Clerical Service or Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service or Railway Board Secretariat Clerical Service, Election Commission of India Clerical Service and Central Hindi Directorate, Central Administrative Tribunal and Ministry of Environment and Forests will not be eligible for appointment on the basis of result of this examination.

This however, does not apply to a Lower Division Clerk who has been appointed on deputation to an ex-cadre post with the approval of the Competent Authority.

13 The Examination shall be conducted according to the following plan:-

A. Part-1 (Computer Based/Written Examination)

Computer based / written examination carrying a maximum of 300 marks in the subject as shown at (B) below. There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in computer based examination in Paper-I. The Commission, at its discretion may fix individual qualifying marks in any paper or part thereof.

Part-II

Evaluation of record of service of such of the candidates who obtained minimum standard in Part-I as may be fixed by the Commission in their discretion, carrying a maximum of 100 marks.

(B) The subject of the Computer based/Written Examinnation in Part-I, the maximum marks allotted to each paper and the time allowed will be as follows:

Subject	Maximum Marks Maximum Marks	Time for General Candidates	Compensatory time for VH/Cerebral palsy Candidates
Paper-I (Objective Type) (a)General Awareness (100 Questions) (b)Comprehension and writing ability of English Language. (100 Questions) (Computer Based Examination)	200 Marks	(10.00 AM to 12.00 AM) 2 hours Note: Entry to the examination venue will not be allowed after 9.30 AM in the morning shift.	(10.00 AM to 12.40 Noon) 2 hours 40 minutes Note: Entry to the examination venue will not be allowed after 9.30 AM in the morning shift.

Paper-II (Conventional Type) Noting, Drafting & Office Procedure)

100 Marks

2.00 PM to 4.00 PM) 2 hours Note: Entry to the examination venue will not be allowed after 1.30 PM in the afternoon shift.

2.00 PM to 4.40 PM) 2hours 40 minutes. Note: Entry to the examination venue will not be allowed after 1.30 AM in the afternoon shift.

Paper-I will be of Objective Multiple Choice Type whereas Paper-II will be of descriptive type.

(C) The syllabus for the examination will be as shown at Sl.No.14.

Note-1:-Candidates are allowed the option to answer the Paper-II on Noting, Drafting and Office Procedure either in English or Hindi. However, Departmental candidates of Central Hindi Directorate should write Paper-II only in Hindi.

Note-2:-The option will be for a complete paper and not for different question in the same paper.

Note-3:-Candidates desirous of exercising the option to answer the aforesaid paper in Hindi (Devanagri) or in English should indicate clearly in column 6 of the application form, otherwise, it would be presumed that they would answer the Paper in English.

Note-4:-The option once exercised shall be final and no request for alteration in column 6 of the application form shall ordinarily be entertained.

Note-5:-Question paper in respect of Paper-I (a) and Paper-II will be supplied both in English and Hindi.

Note-6:-No credit for Paper-II will be given for an answer written in a language other than the one opted by the candidate.

Note-7:-(i) For Visually Handicapped (VH) candidates, no question paper shall be provided in BRAILLE AND THERE WILL BE NO OPTION FOR ANSWERING REPLIES IN BRAILLE.

(ii) Provision for Visually Handicapped (VH/Cerebral palsy) candidates:-

(a) All the Visually Handicapped (VH) candidates with visual disabilities not less than forty percent (40%) including Blind and partially Blind persons who applied for the examination can avail the assistance of a SCRIBE for indicating/writing the replies on their behalf. SCRIBE will be provided by the Commission on request made by such visually handicapped (including blind and partially blind) candidates in the application form. Candidates will not be allowed to bring their own scribe. No Attendant will be allowed with such VH candidates inside the examination premises.

(iii) VH/Cerebral palsy candidates will be allowed COMPENSATORY TIME of 40 minutes for Paper-I (a) General Awareness & (b) Comprehension and Writing Ability of English Language and of 40 minutes for Paper-II (Noting , Drafting & Office Procedure).

(iv) The Visually Handicapped candidates including Blind and Partially Blind persons with disabilities not less than 40% percent who have applied for the examination and who intends to engage a SCRIBE on their behalf for writing/indicating the replies in the examination will have to appear only from any of the nine examination centers viz. Allahabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kolkata, Mumbai and Raipur at their

own risk and expense. They must also furnish the details of the degree of visual disability to authenticate their position/status as VH candidate at Serial No.5 (d) (i) & (ii) of the application form.

(v) Provision of Magnifying Glass:- Candidates who are able to read the question paper and to write/indicate the answer with the help of Magnifying Glass shall be allowed to use the Magnifying Glass in the examination hall. Such candidates will not be treated as Visually Handicapped candidates for the purpose of availing the assistance of scribe or the question papers meant for VH candidates. However, such candidates will have to bring their own Magnifying Glass in the examination hall and shall not be provided with a scribe.

(vi) All One Eyed candidates and Visually Handicapped candidates whose degree of visual disability is less than forty percent (40%) shall not be provided a SCRIBE.

13. The Commission has discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subject of the examination.

14. Syllabus of the written examination will be as follows:

Paper-I

(a) General Awareness: - Question will be aimed at testing the candidates General Awareness of the environment around him and its application to society. Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of every day observations and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighboring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economics, Science, General Politic and Scientific research.

(b)Comprehension and Writing Ability of English Language:-

Questions will be designed to test the candidates understanding and knowledge of English language, Vocabulary, spelling, grammar, sentence structure, synonyms, antonyms, sentence completion, phrases and idiomatic use of words etc. There will be question on comprehension of a passage also. The question will be of matriculation level.

Paper-II

Noting Drafting and Office Procedur

The paper on Noting, Drafting and Office Procedure will be designed to test the candidates knowledge of office procedure in the Secretariat and Attached Offices and, in general, their ability to write and understand notes and drafts.

Candidates are required to study the Manual of Office Procedure / Manual of Office Procedure issued by Ministry of Railways, the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, Hand Book of orders issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs regarding use of Hindi for official purpose of the Union and Reservation Policy for SC/STs in services, and orders issued by Government thereon from time to time.

The Commission, at its discretion, may fix qualifying marks for various categories of candidates in each paper or part thereof.