Government of India Department of Personnel & Training Staff Selection Commission (Southern Region) [an ISO 1991:2008 certified organization]
Phone No.28275568 Fax No.28270561		2nd Floor, EVK Sampath Building DPI Campus, College Road Chennai-600 006.
No.4/23/2013-SR		Dated the 22nd May, 2015
		SPECIMEN

To

Roll No.		:
Name & Address		:

Subject:: Recruitment to the post of Scientific Assistant in Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage, Faridabad advertised vide Cat. No.SR-02 of Advt. No.SSC/SR/1/2014 - regarding.

Dear candidate,

With reference to your candidature for the post of Scientific Assistant in Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage, Faridabad advertised vide Cat. No.SR-02 of Advt. No.SSC/SR/1/2014, I am to inform that you have been found provisionally shortlisted for being called for Interview on the basis of marks (80% & above for UR and 75% & above for OBC) obtained in EQ (B.Sc.) . The interview will be held as per the following programme:-

Interview Date	12.06.2015	Reporting Time	09.00 AM / 11.00 AM
Venue	Staff Selection Commission (Southern Region), 2nd Floor, EVK Sampath Building, College Road, DPI Campus, Chennai-600 006.

2. The Essential Qualifications prescribed for the above recruitment as on 21/04/2014 is as under:-

B.Sc. with Botany or Zoology or B.Sc. in Agriculture from a recognized University.

3. The candidates should bring necessary Certificates in support of Date of Birth (DOB), Educational Qualification (EQ), Community Certificate (if applicable) and other relevant Certificates without fail. It may also be noted that candidates not possessing Certificates in support of Essential Qualification and falling below short- listing criteria will NOT be allowed for the Interview.

4. The candidate should also go through detailed instructions regarding the conduct of interview as at Annexure for strict compliance.

Encl: as above

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

Regional Director (SR)

[Please visit Commissions website ssc.nic.in and Southern Regional Office website www.sscsr.gov.in]

ANNEXURE

1. You should bring the Call Letter and the following documents, in original, for verification AND submit self-attested copies of the documents/certificates for the record of the Commission. In case of failure to produce the following documents, you will not be admitted for the interview. Please ensure that you possess the Essential Qualification(s) as on the crucial date (i.e.) 21.04.2014.

1.1. Matriculation or equivalent certificate in support of your Date of Birth;

1.2. Educational Certificate (s) i.e. Degree/Diploma/ Provisional Certificate from a recognized University in support of your Educational Qualification (obtained before the crucial date (i.e) 21.04.2014 mentioned in the Notice for the Recruitment) along with Consolidated Mark Sheet/Year-wise Mark Sheets (with overleaf details, if any) in proof of subjects studied at various levels;

1.3. Certificate of recognition/approval given by Distance Education Council, IGNOU in case the degree awarded to you is by means of Distance Education. Such of those candidates who have acquired their Degree through Distance Education mode, which is not recognized by Distance Education Council, IGNOU shall not be allowed to appear for the Interview.

1.4. SC/ST/OBC/Ex.S/PH Certificates obtained within the stipulated period from competent authorities, in the prescribed format as given in the Notice for the Recruitment;

Note: The OBC Certificate should have been obtained within 3 years before the Closing Date i.e not before 22/04/2011 and upto the date of interview. It may be ensured that the OBC certificate (indicating the Creamy Layer status), is obtained in the Central Government format i.e. as per Annexure-VII of the Notice for the Recruitment, which is available in the Regional Offices website. Candidates submitting OBC Certificate which is not in format or issued beyond the validity period will be treated under UR category, if otherwise eligible;

1.5. Incase of Central Government Civilian Employee/Departmental candidate and claiming age relaxation, certificate from the Department in support of your claim that you have completed three years of regular service on the prescribed date and also the Departmental endorsement/certificate with particulars, duly verified by your Office. Please note that you will not be eligible for being treated as a Departmental candidate, if you have ceased to be in Government service.

1.6. Certificate in support of claim regarding experience, indicating the nature of duties performed and the functions of the Organization where such experience was gained.

1.7. Certificates in support of your claim regarding participation in extra-curricular activities/ games/sports, etc;

2. You should submit the Bio-data Form (in original) which may be downloaded from the website of this Region i.e. www.sscsr.gov.in duly filled in with original photograph affixed in the space meant for the same. In addition to the above, you may also bring 3 copies of the duly filled in bio-data form and submit all the four copies (i.e. one original & 3 photocopies) on the day of the interview;

(Utmost care should be taken while filling up the columns in the Bio-data sheets. The information may be written clearly and legibly. No column in the bio-data sheet should be left blank. In case you have no information to furnish against a particular column, please indicate either Not Applicable or NIL as the case may be)

3. If you do not produce any of the above mentioned documents, in original, along with of self-attested copies of the same, you will not be admitted for the Interview under any circumstance;

4. You will have to bear travelling and other expenses on your journey to and from the place of the Interview. No contribution will be paid by the Commission. The Commission does not make arrangements for lodging and boarding for the candidates. However, eligible SC/ST attending the interview will be re-imbursed to and fro II-Class Railway fare or bus fare chargeable by the shortest route, provided that the fare of the first 30 KM in both cases, is borne by the candidate. No extra charges, if any, incurred for reserving seats, sleeping berths in the train, will, however, be reimbursed to the candidate. The candidate must furnish details like distance on travelling, mode of travel, ticket number, actual fare paid by the candidate etc. SC/ST candidate in service under the Central/State Government, Corporation, Public Sector Undertakings, local Government institutions/Panchayat however, will not be eligible for such reimbursement;

5. Any change in your present postal address should be communicated to this Office immediately, indicating your Roll No., name of the examination and the post applied for and the new address.

6. You have the option to converse either in Hindi or English in the Interview. The interview/personality test is structured in such a manner that the candidates interests, knowledge, various traits, aptitude, suitability etc. are probed, among other things, through academic qualifications, extra-curricular activities, general awareness/knowledge, depth of knowledge of the subject studied (10+2 onwards), communicative skill and personality, etc;

7. Your candidature is Provisional. You must, therefore, ensure that you fulfil all the conditions of eligibility laid down in the advertisement/notice of the examination. If, at any stage, it is found that you do not fulfill any of the conditions of eligibility, your candidature will be cancelled and no appeal against such cancellation will be entertained. The fact that you have been called for interview does not confer any right on you to be treated as eligible in all aspects for appointment or to be considered for interview. To avoid any disappointment at a later stage, you are advised to recheck whether you meet all the eligibility criteria laid down on the crucial date prescribed for the post/examination in question;

8. No change in Date, Time & Venue of the Interview will be allowed for any candidate under any circumstance. In case you fail to attend the interview, it will be presumed that you are not interested in the post and your candidature will be treated as cancelled. No further correspondence will be entertained in this regard;

9. The Commission will not be responsible for late/non-receipt of this letter due to delay in postal transit;

10. Canvassing in any form will result in cancellation of your candidature.

If any of the above conditions is not fulfilled, you will not be allowed to appear for the interview.