(TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE EMPLOYMENT NEWS / ROZGAR SAMACHAR DATED 07-04-2012 )

STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION

NOTICE

UPPER DIVISION GRADE SPECIAL LIMITED DEPARTMENTAL COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION, 2012

Date of Advertisement: 07-04-2012 Date of Exam: 15.07.2012

Closing Date : 04-05-2012

No. 3/2/2012-P&P-II The Staff Selection Commission will hold the Upper Division Grade Special Limited Departmental Competitive Examination on 15-07-2012 at DELHI, ALLAHABAD, MUMBAI, BANGALORE, KOLKATA, GUWAHATI, CHENNAI, CHANDIGARH AND RAIPUR in accordance with the enclosed rules framed and notified in the Gazette of India by the Department of Personnel and Training vide notification dated 11.05.1971 for making additions to the Select List year 2003 of Upper Division Grade of Central Secretariat Clerical Service.

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 Table, Place and Date of Examination through Admission Certificates in due course.

2. There will be around 500 vacancies for inclusion in the select list year 2003 for the Upper Division Grade of the Central Secretariat Clerical Service. The number of vacancies is indicative and may undergo change any time before the declaration of result.

Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes candidates and Physically Handicapped (Orthopedically Handicapped, Hearing Handicapped and Visually Handicapped only) candidates will be as per the vacancy position reported to the Commission by Department of Personnel and Training.

3. Candidates seeking admission to the examination must apply to the Regional Director (NR), Staff Selection Commission, Block No.12, C.G.O. Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110504 through their cadre authorities. Applications must be submitted in the prescribed form published in the Employment News/Rozgar Samachar dated 07-04-2012. The candidates may use the format of the application form published in the Employment News/Rozgar Samachar in original or typed neatly in double space in A-4 size paper or by downloading the same from the website of the Commission i.e. http://ssc.nic.in .

4. The complete application form through the cadre authorities must reach the Regional Director (NR), Staff Selection Commission, Block No.12, C.G.O. Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110504, on or before 04.05.2012 (5.00 P.M.) and from candidates residing abroad and from Andaman Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep by 11.05.2012 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 Authorities of the Applicant concerned must send/forward the application form to the Commission before the closing date/last date.

Note-II Applications submitted on any format, different from the format published in this advertisement, shall be rejected summarily without any further correspondence.

5. All communications in respect of applications should be addressed to the Regional Director (NR), 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 Commission concerning this examination, candidates should invariably super scribe their envelopes and correspondence with the words and figures, SPECIAL UPPER DIVISION GRADE LIMITED DEPARTMENTAL COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION, 2012.

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 OPTION.

2. The application form must be filled in candidates own handwriting. Candidates must submit his/her application to the Head of his/her Department/Office concerned well in time, who should complete the endorsement at the end of application form and forward it to the Regional Director (NR), 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 which may be false or suppress any material information in filling in the application form.

4. (I) 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 should show 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 Castes/Scheduled Tribes 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 since 01-07-1998 attested by the Head of Department or Office in which he/she is working at the time of making the application should show 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: - The Staff Selection Commission may, if it considers necessary, call for the Service Book or other documentary evidence.

(i) Only attested photocopies (self attested by the candidate/duly attested by Gazetted Officer) 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 paragraph 4 above the application is liable to be rejected and no appeal against its rejection will be entertained.

In case of specified valid reasons the document (s) not submitted with the application without a reasonable explanation for its absence should be sent soon after the submission of the application and in any case they must reach the office of the Commission within 7 days from the closing date of the receipt of application failing which, the application is liable to be rejected.

Candidates are warned that they should in no case correct or alter or otherwise tamper with any entry in the documents submitted by them, nor should they submit tampered documents. If there is

any inaccuracy or any discrepancy between two or more such documents, an explanation regarding the discrepancy may be submitted separately.

6. (i) A candidate disabled while in the Defence Services claiming age concession under Rule 4 (iii ) (a) (ii) of the Rules appended 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.

(ii) A candidate disabled while in the Border Security Force claiming age concession under Rule 4 (iii) (b) (iii) should produce an attested copy of a certificate in the form prescribed below from Director General, Border Security Force to show that he/she was disabled while in the Border Security Force in operations during Indo-Pakistan hostilities of 1971 and was 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 Border security Force in operation during the Indo-Pakistan hostilities of 1971 and was released as a result of such disability.

Signature

Name..

Designation

Date.

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. Candidates are cautioned that they will be awarded Zero marks if they do not write correctly and mark (in the boxes) properly all the details, viz. Name, Roll Number, Ticket Number, Date of Birth, Test Form No. and Category, Signature and left hand thumb impression with blue /black ball point pen of OMR answer sheet.

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

11. The rules for the examinations are as below:

Appendix-I.

RULES

(1) The rules for Special Upper Division Grade Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for inclusion in the Select List year 2003 for the Central Secretariat Clerical Service, to be held by the Staff Selection Commission in 2012 are published for general information.

(2) The actual 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, Reservations 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 cadre.

A Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe means any of the Castes/Tribes specified in the orders issued under Article 341-342 of the Constitution from time to time.

The Reservation shall also be made for the Physically Handicapped (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 Appendix to this Rules.

The Commission in its discretion, may change the date on which and the place at which the examination will be held.

(4) Conditions of eligibility:-Any permanent, regular or temporary, regularly appointed person of the Lower Division Grade of the Central Secretariat Clerical Service, who satisfies on crucial date the following conditions shall be eligible to appear at the examination.

(i) Crucial Date:- 01-07-2003

(ii) Length of Service:-He/She should have on the crucial date that is on 01-07-2003 rendered not less than 5 years approved and continuous Service in the Lower Division Grade of the Central Secretariat Clerical Service, counted from the date of the candidates appointment in the said grade.

Provided that if he/she had been appointed to the Lower Division Clerk in the Central Secretariat Clerical Service, 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 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, 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.

(iii) Age: - Candidates should not be more than 50 years of age on 01-07-2003

(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;

(iv) Skill Test on computers :- Unless exempted from passing the Monthly/Quarterly Typewriting Test held by 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.

(7) 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 unfair 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 instructions issued to the candidates alongwith their Admission Certificates permitting them to take the examination; or

(xiii) Taking away answer books/shorthand notes/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) To be disqualified by the Commission from the examination for which he/she is candidate, or

(b) To be debarred either permanently or for a specified period:-

(i) By the Commission from any examination or selection held by them;

(ii) By the Central Government from any employment under them, and

(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 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 year 2003 for the Upper Division Grade of CSCS cadre 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 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 of the results to the examination is entirely within the competence of Government to decide. No candidate 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 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 otherwise quits the Service or services his/her connection with it, or whose services are terminated by his/her Department or who is appointed to an ex-cadre post or to lien in Lower Division Grade of the Central Secretariat Clerical Service 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.

12-A. The Examination shall be conducted according to the following plan:-

Part-1

Written examination carrying a maximum of 300 marks in the subject as shown in Para 2 below. There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in Paper-I of Written Examination .

Part-II

Evaluation of record of service of such of the candidates who attain at the written examination, minimum standard as may be fixed by the Commission in their discretion, carrying a maximum of 100 marks.

B. The subject of the written examination 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	Time for VH Candidates
Paper-I (Objective Type) (A)General Awareness (100 Questions) (B)Comprehension and writing ability of English Language (100 Questions)	200 Marks	(10.00AM to 12.00 Noon) 2 hours	(10.00AM to 12.40PM) 2 hours 40 minutes
Paper-II (Conventional Type) Noting, Drafting & Office Procedure)	100 Marks	2.00 PM to 4.00 PM) 2 hours	2.00 PM to 4.40 PM) 2 hours and 40 minutes

Paper-I will be of ObjectiveMultipleChoiceType whereas Paper-II will be descriptive type.

C. The syllabus for the examination will be as shown in the Schedule.

Note-1:-Candidates are allowed the option to answer Paper-II on Noting, Drafting and Office Procedure either in English or 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:- 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 Part A of Paper-I and Paper-II will be bilingual 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) 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 will be provided by the Commission only to such candidates who have sought a SCRIBE in the application form. Medium in which the candidates will take the examination will be taken into account providing the SCRIBE. No attendant will be allowed with such VH candidates inside the examination premises.

(iii) VH candidates will be allowed EXTRA 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) 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.

(v) 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. Marks will not be allowed for mere superficial knowledge.

15 Deduction upto 5 percent of the maximum marks in the written subject will be made for illegible handwriting.

16 Credit will be given for orderly, effective and exact expression, combined with due Economy of words in all the subject of the examination.

17. Syllabus of the Written Test 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/X Standard Level.

Paper-II

Noting Drafting and Office Procedure

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 and 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.