EAST CENTRAL RAILWAY, HAJIPUR N O T I F I C A T I O N RECRUITMENT FOR THE POST OF CONSTABLES IN RPF/RPSF(BAND) Employment Notice No. 01/2016

Date of publication 12.03.2016 Date of closing 11.04.2016

Applications are invited from eligible Male/Female Candidates for filling up the posts of Constable (BAND) in Railway Protection Force / Railway Protection Special Force. Details are given below:-

i. An OMR sheet based written examination will be conducted for all those candidates who are found eligible after scrutiny of applications.

1. NUMBER OF VACANCIES AS PER COMMUNITY BREAK UP :-

UR	OBC	SC	ST	TOTAL
Male	123	50	26	22	221
Female	14	06	03	02	25
Grand Total	137	56	29	24	246

INSTRUMENT-WISE VACCANCY
INSTRUMENT	VACCANCY
Flute/Piccolo	14
EB Clarinet	46
Alto Saxophone	20
Tenor Saxophone	19
Tenor/Slide Trombone	20
Brass Slide Trumpet	24
French Horn/Horn	12
Euphonium	19
Cornet	09
Eb Bass	06
Side Drum/Snare	19
Bass Drum	09
Oboe	05
Cymbal	05
Bagpipe	11
Brass Bass	07
Tuba	01
Grand Total	246

The above posts are meant for all Indian Railways of Railway Protection Force (BAND) and Railway Protection Special Force (BAND).

Each candidate may send only one application.

a.10% of vacancies are reserved for Ex-service men and it does not include retired/discharged personnel of Central Armed Police Forces. Age may be relaxed beyond upper limit by 3 years for UR, 6 years for OBC and 8 years for SC/ST after deduction of military service rendered (minimum of 6 months after attestation) from actual age as on the date of reckoning. In case sufficient eligible candidates are not found in Ex-Service men category for appointment, then the unfilled vacancies will be filled up from candidates of respective category on the basis of merit.

b. Vacancies are provisional and may increase or decrease or even become nil depending upon the requirement of the Railway Administration. The administration also reserves the right to make changes or cancel or postpone the recruitment as well as the notified vacancies at its discretion at any time and such decision will be binding on all concerned.

c. These posts have not been identified as suitable for persons with disabilities and hence the same has been exempted from the purview of section 33 and 47 of the persons with Disabilities [Equal opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation] act, 1995 by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

d. The selected candidates will be liable to serve anywhere in India in Railway Protection Force or Railway Protection Special Force.

2. PAY SCALE :-Pay Band of 5200-20200 + Grade Pay `.2,000/- plus usual allowances as admissible to Central Government Employees from time to time.

3. INELIGIBILITY :-No person who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living or who, having a spouse living has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person shall be eligible for appointment in RPF / RPSF.

4. ELIGIBILITY :-

[a] Citizenship : Must be a citizen of India

[b] Educational Qualification: Matriculation or equivalent from a recognized Board/ University. Educational certificate other than State Board/Central Board should be accompanied with Government of India notification declaring that such qualifications is equivalent to Matriculation/10th pass for services under Central Government. Candidates must possess the requisite qualification before the last date of submission of application.

[c] Age: The candidates must not be less than 18 years and not more than 25 years as on 01.07.2016. The Candidate must be born between 02.07.1991 and 01.07.1998 (both dates inclusive). Date of Birth mentioned in the Matriculation/High School Examination certificate or an equivalent certificate as on the date of submission of application will only be accepted.

[d] Candidates must have an experience of not less than 02 years in specified musical instrument. Ex. Servicemen holding certificate of Military music shall be permitted.

[e] Relaxation in Age:

CATEGORY	Age relaxation permissible beyond upper age limit
SC/ST	05 YEARS
OBC	03 YEARS
Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989 (Unreserved)	UR - 05 YEARS OBC - 08 YEARS SC/ST - 10 YEARS
Widows, divorced women and the women judicially separated from husband but not remarried	UR - 02 YEARS OBC - 05 YEARS SC/ST - 07 YEARS

[e] Physical Measurement: An applicant must have the following physical standards :-

CATEGORY	Height ( in cms )	(Male) Chest ( in cms )
Unexpanded	Expanded
Male	Female
UR / OBC	165	157	80	85
SC / ST	160	152	76.2	81.2
For Garhwalis, Gorkhas, Marathas, Dogras, Kumaonese and other categories specified by Govt.**	163	155	80	85

** Production of Domicile certificate from the District Magistrate/SDM/Tehsildar and other categories specified by Government from time to time.

5. METHOD OF RECRUITMENT :Recruitment will be made based on the performance of the eligible applicants in a Written Examination, Physical Efficiency Test, Physical Measurement Test, document verification and awarding of bonus marks on the basis of NCC/sports certificates and Height.

A. WRITTEN TEST :

i] Written examination will be conducted for those candidates who are found eligible after scrutiny. The written examination will be on OMR based Answer Sheets which will comprise of 60 multiple choice objective type questions of one mark each. The test will be of 45 minutes duration. The question paper shall be of matriculation standard. The question paper will consist of 20 questions on General Awareness, 20 questions on Arithmetic and 20 questions on General Intelligence and Reasoning. Candidates will be required to answer all questions and will be awarded 01 [one] mark for each correct answer. 1/3 mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer. No mark will be awarded or deducted for questions not attempted.

ii] For the convenience to conduct the examination in different Indian languages, specific centres will be earmarked for the examination in specific languages other than Hindi, English and Urdu (in which examination papers will be available at all centres). Candidates who opt for a particular language will be allocated a Centre in one of the

States mentioned against that language in the table given below :-

Group	States & Union Territories where centres may be located	Language options offered
1	Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Goa, A&N Islands, Lakshadweep, Puducherry	Hindi, English, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Konkani, Malayalam, Kannada
2	Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli	Hindi, English, Urdu, Marathi, Gujarati
3	Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam, Odisha, Sikkim, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram,Nagaland	Hindi, English, Urdu, Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Manipuri
4	Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Chandigarh	Hindi, English, Urdu, Punjabi

[a] Option will be asked from candidates regarding their preferred group. Once the candidate has selected a particular group, he has to give option of one of the languages available in that group. If the option of language given by him is not available in the option of group given by him, his/her group will be changed according to the language option given by him.

[b] Question paper will be set in Hindi, English, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Konkani, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Manipuri and Punjabi. Applicants who wish to write the exam in a particular language may indicate so in the application form. Language, once chosen cannot be changed under any circumstances.

[c] Keeping in mind the provision for negative marking in the written examination, it will be necessary to obtain 21marks for UR/OBC (18 marks for SC and ST candidates) out of 60 marks to qualify in the written test.

iii] The call letters will be sent to them by post in the self addressed stamped envelopes submitted by the candidates along with the application form.

B. PHYSICAL EFFICIENCY TEST [PET], PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT TEST [PMT] & DOCUMENT VERIFICATION

[a] Only those candidates who qualify in the written examination will be called for PET and PMT to the extent of 10 times the number of vacancies in each category. The call letters will be sent to them by post in the self addressed stamped envelopes submitted by the candidates along with the application form. The candidates shall be allowed to appear in the PET/PMT on production of original call letters only.

[b] The PET will consist of three events mentioned in the table below. A candidate has to qualify in all the events to be declared qualified in PET. All the events are compulsory to qualify. However, no marks will be awarded for any of the events. The minimum qualifying standard for each event is specified as under.

Event	Male	Female	Number of chances
800 meters	03 min 40 sec	03 min 40 sec	One
Long Jump	09 feet	09 feet	Two
High Jump	03 feet	03 feet	Two

NOTE :- Ex-service men will be exempted from PET.

[c] 800 meters run will be held first and only those candidates who qualify in this event will further take part in the remaining events of the PET. The candidates who qualify in PET will be measured for eligibility with respect to height. Candidates, who fail in any of the events of the PET or in PMT, will be declared failed.

[d] (i) Document verification shall be done to all PET and PMT qualified candidates just after PET/PMT.

(ii)The candidates must produce all original documents in support of their educational qualification, age, SC/ST/OBC status wherever applicable [on the format prescribed in the advertisement], domicile certificate and any other document related to extra curricular activities [including NCC], Experience certificate at the time of Document Verification. Request for production of the original documents on a later day will not be entertained under any circumstances except in cases where the caste certificate has been produced in a format other than prescribed or where any certificate is claimed to have been lost/stolen (claim supported by FIR), in which case the candidate will be allowed a time extension of four (4) weeks. Failure to produce the documents shall lead to disqualification of the candidate. The appearance of the candidate for document verification will be compulsory. Those who do not appear at the document verification will not be considered in the final selection, irrespective of their performance in the written examination and PET.

6. TRADE TEST:-

a. Trade test, will be conducted out of 40 marks, will be the principal determinant for selection and candidates must score 16 marks for UR/OBC (14 marks for SC/ST candidates) out of 40 marks to qualify for further stages of the selection process.

b. Candidates will bring their own instruments for the Trade test.

c. All candidates will be tested by the Expert in the committee on their instrument.

7. MEDICAL EXAMINATION :-The candidates who appear in Trade Test will be sent for a medical examination at the Railway Hospitals. They have to qualify in medical category 'B-1' as prescribed in Indian Railway Medical Manual. Those wearing glasses or having flat foot, knock-knee, squint eyes, colour blindness and other bodily defects are not eligible for appointment. Sending for Medical Examination will not guarantee employment and does not reflect that the candidate has been included in the select list.

8. TRAINING : On final selection candidates will have to undergo an initial training in any one of the RPF/RPSF training centre or any other such institution as decided by the Railway Administration in the event of their selection. The trainee recruits will be given a stipend as admissible under the Railway Rules during the period of Training. Passing the Final Examination at the end of the training is compulsory.

9. Examination Fee: An application fee of Rs. 50/- (non- refundable) will be collected in the form of crossed Indian Postal Order/Bank Draft payable in favour of Financial Advisor & Chief Accounts Officer, East Central Railway, Hajipur. However, no fee will be charged from candidates belong to SC/ST categories, Female and Ex. Servicemen.

10. HOW TO APPLY :-

1. Instruction for filling up the applications by candidates

a) The format of the application form is given in Annexure-A. Application form can be downloaded from the official website of Indian Railways (www.ecr.indianrailways.gov.in) or taken from the employment news or from this advertisement and submitted on A-4 size bond paper, using one side only and sent to the IG-Chief Security Commissioner, East Central Railway, Hajipur, Pin Code- 844101, Bihar.

b) The words, APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF CONSTABLE (BAND) IN RPF INCLUDING RPSF shall be super scribed on the envelope containing the application.

c) Crossed Indian Postal Order/Bank Draft of Rs. 50/- as application fee.

d) The exact date, time, place and venue for the tests will be intimated to the candidates through Call Letters.

e) Applications should be sent through ordinary post only. No application will be received by hand or by registered post or through private courier service.

f) Applications should be filled by the candidates in their own handwriting, in Hindi or English only. Left and Right Hand thumb impressions shall be affixed in the boxes given at the bottom of the application. Applications signed in capital letters/spaced out letters will be treated as invalid. Applications with correction or overwriting or smudged thumb impression may be rejected

g) The colour photograph of size 4.5 cms x 3.5 cms (not earlier than three months from the date of application) with clear front view of the candidate without cap and sunglasses shall be pasted at appropriate location. Two passport size photographs should be enclosed with the application form.

h) Applications must be accompanied by:

i) Copy of self attested Matriculation certificate as proof of Educational Qualification and Age.

ii) Self attested copy of a minimum two years experience certificate of working in the band and having played one of the instruments listed in the advertisement.

iii) Copy of self attested SC/ST Community Certificate in the prescribed format given at Annexure B wherever applicable.

iv) Declaration by applicants belonging to OBC in the format given in Annexure C.

v) Two additional coloured photograph (4.5 cms x 3.5 cms) with clear front view of the face without cap and sunglasses mentioning the name of the candidate on the reverse side in addition to the one pasted on the application.

vi) Two self addressed envelopes (28 cms x 12 cms) each bearing postal stamp of Rs.5/- duly affixed.

11. TRAVEL AUTHORITY FOR SC/ST CANDIDATES:

All SC/ST candidates who applied through online mode should upload their caste certificate (As per Annexure-B) issued by the competent authority. For SC/ST candidates who applied through offline mode, copy of self attested SC/ST community certificate in the prescribed format given at Annexure B should be enclosed along with application form. A free travel authority will be sent to them by post. At the time of obtaining reservation to avail facility of free travel, the Reservation Clerk and or Ticket Checking Staff will ask for the original SC/ST certificate for verification of genuineness of the candidate. Railway will not be held liable if the travel authority does not reach the concerned candidate in time due to postal or other delays.

12. GROUNDS OF REJECTION PERTAINING TO APPLICANTS:

i) Applications, which are not submitted in the format given in Annexure A.

ii) Coloured photograph as prescribed not pasted on the application.

iii) Incompletely signed or illegibly signed application.. Incomplete or illegible

application or applications signed with capital/spaced out letters.

iv) Application filled in a language other than English or Hindi.

v) Crossed Indian Postal Order/Bank Draft not enclosed, wherever applicable.

vi) Non- enclosure of self attested Experience Certificate.

vii) Under-age or Over-age.

viii) Declaration passage not written or written in a language other than English or Hindi or written in capital letters / spaced out letters or not written in candidates own handwriting.

ix) Copy of SC/ST certificate in the prescribed format not enclosed by applicants belonging to the respective categories.

x) Self-declaration by applicants belonging to OBC in the format given in Annexure C not enclosed.

xi) Left & Right thumb impressions not submitted or submitted thumb impressions are blurred / smudged or only left or right thumb impression submitted.

xii) Application without photo (or) photo with cap, wearing Goggles, disfigured, small size or unrecognizable or black and white photograph or old photograph.

xiii) Not possessing the prescribed qualification for the post(s) on the date of submission of application.

xiv) Date of Birth not filled or wrongly filled.

xv) Submission of more than one application.

xvi) Matriculation certificate awarded by a board not recognized by Central Government.

xvii) Any wrong information entered in Application form.

xviii) Non compliance of any other instruction/requirement.

xix) Any other irregularities which will render the application invalid in the opinion of the Recruitment Committee

xx) The applications received after the last date for receipt of application.

xxi) Non enclosure of self addressed and stamped envelopes with applications.

xxii) Non enclosure of additional two photographs with Applications.

xxiii) For Ex-Service men, date of discharge should not exceed the last date of submission of application.

xxiv) Difference in Signature on Photograph and on Application Form.

NOTES :

[a] Candidates called for Written Examination / PET / Trade Test/Document Verification shall make their own arrangements for boarding, lodging and transport.

[b] The applicants called for the PET/Trade Test will take part in the events at their own risk.

Railways will not be liable to compensate the candidates in any way, in case they suffer any mis-happening/injury while undertaking the PET/Trade Test. They should bring with them sports gears such as sports shoes, shorts, vest etc. Nothing will be provided by the Railways.

[c] Candidates must bring writing materials such as pen, pencils, etc. for the written test.

[d] Mobile phones, pagers, calculators or any other communication devices are not allowed inside the premises where the examination is being conducted. Any infringement of these instructions shall entail suitable action including ban from future examinations.

[e] Candidates are advised in their own interest not to bring any of the banned items including mobile phones / pagers to the venue of the examination, as arrangement for safe-keeping cannot be assured.

[f] Impersonation, if any, detected at any stage of the recruitment, may result in initiating criminal cases against the applicant and the impersonator as well as canceling the candidature of the applicant.

[g] Candidates found to be having adverse report on their character and antecedents will not be appointed in RPF / RPSF. False declaration / production of false certificate is an offence under the law and will lead to disqualification of the applicant, institution of criminal case and also dismissal from service, if appointed. Hence, candidates are advised to be careful while filling in the application.

[h] The decision of Recruitment Committee on all matters relating to eligibility, place, venue, fitness of ground for conducting PET, date, mode of selection, acceptance or rejection of the application will be final and binding on the applicants.

[i] If a candidate has any grievance regarding physical measurement he/she may, within three days from the day of PET/PMT, approach the Grievance Redressal Cell in the office of the Zonal Chief Security Commissioner concerned whose decision shall be final.

[k] The Railway Administration reserves the right to call an applicant to any place for the Written Examination / PET / Trade Test/Document Verification / Medical Examination.

[l] Canvassing in any form at any stage will lead to a disqualification.

[m] Last date of receipt of off line application shall be 11.04.2016. Any application received after 11.04.2016 will be treated as time barred and summarily rejected. However, for candidates living in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir,Lahaul & Spiti District and Pangi Sub Division of Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh, Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, the last date of receipt of application shall be 18.04.2016.

13. VERIFICATION OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS AND FORMAT OF CERTIFICATES

[a] Matriculation / High School Examination Certificate or Equivalent certificate (Proof for Date of Birth and Matriculation Qualification).

[b] Caste Certificate for SC/ST Annexure B wherever applicable.

[c] OBC self declaration by the candidate Annexure- C wherever applicable

[d] Caste Certificate for OBC Annexure D wherever applicable.

[e] NOC for serving employees / Ex-Service men.

[f] Certificates relating to NCC/Sports for claiming Bonus marks.

[g] Discharge Certificate for Ex-Service men.

[h] Domicile Certificate wherever required.

[i] Two years experience certificate on specified musical instrument.

NOTE-I :- Candidates who wish to be considered against age-relaxation must submit the requisite / relevant certificates in original issued by the competent authority, in the prescribed format at the time of Document Verification. Otherwise, their claim for SC / ST / OBC / Ex-Servicemen status will not be entertained and their candidature / applications will be considered under General (UR) category, if otherwise eligible. The formats of the certificates are annexed. Certificates obtained in any other format will not be accepted.

OBC Certificate should not be older than one year from the date of closure of the Employment Notice.

NOTE-II:- All certificates should be either in English or Hindi only. Where certificates are not in English / Hindi, self attested translated version (In Hindi / English) should be produced wherever / whenever required.

14. Call letters FOR WRITTEN EXAMINATION/PET & PMT/Trade Test/Document verification TO THE CANDIDATES

[a] Call letters will be sent to the eligible candidates for Written examination/PET & PMT/Trade Test by post in the self addressed stamped envelops submitted by the candidates along with the application form. Free travel authority (for written examination/PET/PMT/Trade test/Document verification) will be sent to candidates by post well in advance of the examination. Call letters for document verification shall be sent to eligible candidates by post well in advance of the document verification.

[b] Candidates can verify their eligibility from the website.

[c] Candidates must bring the original Call letter along with a valid photo ID of one of the following documents (viz. Voter Card, Aadhar Card, Driving License, PAN Card, Passport, Identity Card issued by the employer in case the candidate is Govt. employee, School/College/University Photo ID card etc.) in original into the examination hall, failing which candidates shall NOT be allowed to appear for the written examination.

[d] Candidates must also bring two colour photographs (of size 4.5 cm X 3.5.cms), with clear front view of the candidate without cap and sunglasses, for appearing in the written examination.

[e] Recruitment Committee will not entertain any request for any change in examination centre allotted to provisionally eligible candidate(s).

15. IMPERSONATION / SUPPRESSION OF FACTS WARNING :

[a] No candidate should attempt impersonation or take the help of any impersonator at any stage of the selection process. Such candidates will be debarred for life from appearing in all examinations as well as debarred from any appointment in Railways. In addition, legal action may also be taken against such candidate.

[b] Any candidate found using unfair means in the examination or sending someone else in his/her place to appear in the examination will be debarred from appearing in all the examinations for lifetime. He/she will also be debarred from getting any appointment in

the Railways. Such candidates are also liable for prosecution.

[c] Furnishing of any false information or deliberate suppression of any information at any stage will render the candidate disqualified and debarred from appearing at any selection or examination for appointment on the Railways or to any other Government service and if appointed the service of such candidate is liable to be terminated.

[d] Any material suppression of facts or submitting of forged certificate / caste certificate by a candidate for securing eligibility and / or obtaining privileges, including free travel for appearing in the examination shall lead to rejection of his/her candidature for the particular recruitment for which he/she has applied. Further, he/she will also be debarred from all examinations all over the country for a period of 02 years and legal action can be initiated. If warranted.

[e] A candidate will be debarred from examinations for a specified period / lifetime if (i)

the candidate submits multiple applications with different community, (ii) the candidate submits multiple applications with different photo (face) and (iii) the candidate submits multiple applications with different documents.

16. MISCELLANEOUS :

[a] The entire Centralized Employment Notice along with all Annexures will also be available on the websites of http://www.ecr.indianrailways.gov.in .

[b] All certificates should be either in English or in Hindi only. Where certificates are not in English / Hindi, self attested translated version (In Hindi / English) should be produced wherever/whenever required.

[c] The recruitment committee reserves the right to reject the candidature of any applicant at any stage of the process of recruitment, if any irregularity / deficiency is noticed in the application.

[d] Recruitment Committee reserves the right to conduct additional written examination/document verification at any stage. Recruitment Committee also reserve the right to cancel part or whole of any recruitment process at any stage for any of the categories notified in this Centralized Employment Notice without assigning any reason thereof.

[e] The decision of Recruitment Committee in all matters relating to eligibility, acceptance or rejection of applications, penalty of false information, issue of free Railway Passes,mode of selection, conduct of written examination, allotment of examination centers,selection, allotment of posts to selected candidates etc., will be final and binding on the candidates and no enquiry or correspondence will be entertained by the Recruitment Committee in this regard.

[f] Recruitment Committee will not be responsible for any inadvertent errors.

[g] Any legal issues arising out of this Centralized Employment Notice shall fall within the legal jurisdiction of High Court of Judicature, Patna.

[h] In the event of any dispute about interpretation, the English version will be treated as final.

17. The candidates who opt for a particular language will be allocated a Centre in the State mentioned against that language at 5 [A] [ii]. The recruitment committee reserves the right to change the date of examination without any notice. The recruitment committee also reserve the right to change / delete exam towns based on the response and exigencies and may hold the written examinations anywhere in the country and the centres allotted by recruitment committee will be final and binding.

Place : HAJIPUR

Date : 22.02.2016

--Sd--

Inspector General-cum-

Chief Security Commissioner/RPF

E.C.Railway, HAJIPUR, BIHAR

Warning 1:

Beware of touts and job racketeers trying to deceive by false promises of securing job in Railways either through influence or by use of unfair and unethical means. Recruitment Committee has not appointed any agent(s) or coaching centre(s) for action on its behalf. Candidates are warned against any such claims being made by persons / agencies. Candidates are selected purely as per merit. Please beware of unscrupulous elements and do not fall in their trap. Candidates attempting to influence Recruitment Committee directly or indirectly shall be disqualified and legal action can be initiated against them.

Warning 2:

Candidates are advised to consult either of the website http://www.ecr.indianrailways.gov.in as mentioned in the notification above. They should beware of FAKE websites put-up by unscrupulous elements/touts.