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.4/20/2012-SR		Dated the 02.09.2015

To

SPECIMEN

Roll No.		:
Name & Address		:

Subject:: Recruitment to the post of Artist Grade-II in Zoological Survey of India advertised vide Cat. No.SR-C-01 of Advt. No.SSC/SR/2/2014 - regarding

Dear candidate,

With reference to your candidature for the post of Artist Grade-II in Zoological Survey of India advertised vide Cat. No.SR-C-01 of Advt. No.SSC/SR/2/2014, I am to inform that you have been found eligible and provisionally short-listed for being called for Interview. The interview will be held as per the following programme:-

Interview Date	16.09.2015	Reporting Time	09.30 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 24/11/2014 is as given below :-

i. Pass in Matriculation or equivalent examination from a recognized Board.

ii. Diploma of a recognized Art School or College.

iii. Ability to prepare models of Zoological objects (from live, preserved or dissected material) in clay plaster or paper Mache.

iv. Ability to prepare Zoological Models in natural colour.

3. The candidates should bring necessary Certificates in support of Date of Birth (DOB), Educational Qualification (EQ), Experience, Community Certificate (OBC) and other relevant Certificates without fail. It may be noted that candidates not possessing Certificates in support of Essential Qualifications 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 www.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.) 24.11.2014.

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) 24.11..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. OBC/SC/ST/Ex.S/PH (OH) Certificate obtained within the stipulated period from competent authority, in the prescribed format as given in the Notice for the Recruitment;

IMPORTANT NOTE: The OBC certificate should have been obtained within 3 years before the last date for receipt of application, i.e. date of issue of OBC certificate should be on or after 25.11.2011 and upto the date of Interview (i.e.) 16.09.2015. It may be ensured that the OBC certificate in Central Govt. format is obtained. Candidates submitting OBC certificates which are not in the desired format or issued beyond the validity period will not be allowed for Interview.

1.5. In case 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 5 copies of the duly filled in bio-data form and submit all the four copies (i.e. one original & 4 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) P.T.O.

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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.

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.