WEST BENGAL STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION Mayukh Bhavan, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700091 wbssc.gov.in ADVERTISEMENT NO. 01/ WBSSC/ 2013 LOWER DIVISION CLERK/ ASSISTANT (GROUP-C) RECRUITMENT EXAMINATION - 2013 EXAMINATION CODE: 01/ C/ 2013 Applications in prescribed format are invited from Indian Citizens or such other nationals as are declared eligible by the Govt. of India for recruitment to the following posts under various Regional or District Offices of Government of West Bengal, selection of which will be made through an Open Competitive Examination to be conducted by the West Bengal Staff Selection Commission in terms of section 6 (1) of the West Bengal Staff Selection Commission Act, 2011:- Name of the Post Post Code Name of the Departments No. of Posts Scale of pay LOWER DIVISION CLERK/ ASSISTANT (Group-C) 377 Agriculture 425 Pay Band-2 (Rs. 5,400/- – 25,200/-) Initial Pay in the Pay Band - Rs.6,240/- Grade Pay- Rs. 2,600/- N.B. : Drawal of salary during the period of probation (for a period of three years) - only the entry point pay i.e. Basic Pay plus Grade Pay of the concerned Group C posts or service or cadre or category shall be allowed with annual increment @ 3% per annum and medical allowance, if any. Animal Resources Development 50 Backward Classes Welfare 50 Development & Planning 50 School Education 200 Excise 50 Finance 100 Fire & Emergency 75 Food & Supply 300 Health & Family Welfare 400 Home (Civil Defence, Jails, Personnel) 100 Land & Land Reforms 900 Panchayat & Rural Development 100 Public Works 100 Women and Child Development & Social Welfare 100 Forest 50 GRAND TOTAL 3050 NOTE - I: Total vacancies as stated above is purely provisional and subject to change. Conditions of recruitment will be guided by the provisions of the West Bengal Services (Appointment, Probation and Absorption of Group ‘C’ Employees) Rules, 2013 issued under Finance Department Notification No.1832-F (P) dt. 01.03.2013. Refer Recruitment Rules under “Commission” in the website.Advertisement for LDC/ LDA Recruitment Examination, 2013 Page 2 NOTE - II: District or Regional Office- wise as well as Reservation Category –wise (Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Backward Classes – A, Backward Classes – B, Persons with Disabilities, Meritorious Sports Persons, etc, if any) break up of vacancies will be notified in the Commission’s website wbssc.gov.in immediately after receiving the same from the concerned departments. NOTE-III: OPTION FOR POSTING – Candidates may indicate their option in order of preference for vacancies in any two districts (including Kolkata) of his/ her choice, in the application. Nomination of selected candidates for the districts will depend upon i) the Merit List and ii) Option (s) exercised by them. However, a candidate will be considered for nomination to other districts, too, if he/ she fails to secure a place in the district/ districts opted for by him/ her depending on the merit list. Decision of the commission regarding nomination of candidates to the districts is final. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA/ QUALIFICATIONS i) A Pass in Madhyamik Examination of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education or its equivalent. ii) Acquisition of elementary knowledge in Computer operation with the ability of typing on Computer at the speed of 35 words per minute in English and 25 words per minute in Bengali from a reputed organization for a period not less than 6 (six) months. NOTE: The above noted qualifications must be possessed by the Candidate on or before the date of publication of the advertisement. IF IT IS FOUND DURING VERIFICATION OF TESTIMONIALS AT ANY STAGE THAT THE CANDIDATE HAS ACQUIRED QUALIFICATION AS STATED ABOVE AT ANY DATE AFTER THE DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS ADVERTISEMENT, HIS/ HER CANDIDATURE WILL BE SUMMARILY REJECTED. NOTE: After recruitment to the post of the Lower Division Clerks/ Assistants, etc. incumbent shall have to pass the examination on elementary knowledge on computer operation and computer typing, which will be held twice in every year at half yearly intervals. The Lower Division Assistants/ Clerks who will be unable to pass the examination, shall not be entitled to get increment or any other career benefits including promotion or any benefit under Carrier Advancement Scheme. Such examination on computer operation and computer typing shall be conducted by State Govt. at different places as may be decided by the State Govt. in the Finance Department from time to time.Advertisement for LDC/ LDA Recruitment Examination, 2013 Page 3 AGE THE AGE OF THE CANDIDATE SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 18 YEARS AND NOT MORE THAN 40 YEARS ON THE 1 st DAY OF JANUARY, 2013. Upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years for SC and ST candidates of West Bengal, by 3 years for BC - A and BC - B candidates of West Bengal and upto 45 years of age for Persons with Disabilities having physical disability of 40% and above and by 2 years for candidates who have been in Government service for at least two years. Age relaxation for the ex-servicemen candidates will be as per rules calculated on the basis of the tenure of service rendered (Finance Deptt Notification No. 6249-F dated 13/06/1982). The claim of a candidate for relaxation of age as a Government employee should be proved by a certificate from the appointing authority showing the period of his/ her continuous service under Government and the same should be produced by the successful candidates for verification before nomination, failing which candidature will be cancelled and submission of such false declaration will attract penal measures; DATE OF BIRTH AS RECORDED IN MADHYAMIK OR EQUIVALENT ADMIT CARD/ CERTIFICATE WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED. PERIOD OF APPLICATION APPLICATIONS MAY BE SUBMITTED EITHER ONLINE OR OFFLINE WITH EFFECT FROM THE DATE OF ADVERTISEMENT IN NEWSPAPER SO AS TO REACH THE OFFICE OF THE WEST BENGAL STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION LATEST BY 13TH SEPTEMBER, 2013 (4.00 P.M.). NO APPLICATION SHALL BE RECEIVED AFTER THE LAST DATE AND TIME OF SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS. EXAMINATION FEES & PROCESSING FEES The following Examination Fees and/ or Processing Fees have been fixed by the Commission for this Examination:- Sl. No. Category Examination Fee Processing Fee Total Amount Payable 1 All categories except Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe and Persons with Disabilities (of 40% and above only) Rs. 200/- Rs. 20/- Rs. 220/- 2 Scheduled Caste Nil Rs. 20/- Rs. 20/- 3 Scheduled Tribe Nil Rs. 20/- Rs. 20/- 4 Persons with Disabilities (of 40% and above) Nil Rs. 20/- Rs. 20/-Advertisement for LDC/ LDA Recruitment Examination, 2013 Page 4 No application will be considered unless accompanied with the requisite receipt of Examination fees of Rs. 200/- and Processing fees of Rs. 20/- (Total amount - Rs. 220/-) only. Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe / Persons with Disabilities (40% and above) shall pay Processing fees of Rs. 20/- only as they are exempted from paying any Examination fees. However, shortlisted candidates are required to produce their SC/ ST/ Disabilities (40% and above) Certificates issued by the competent authority at the time of verification before their selection. IF ANY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATE FAILS TO SUBMIT THE DOCUMENTS AS STATED ABOVE, HIS/ HER CANDIDATURE SHALL BE REJECTED SUMMARILY WITHOUT ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION TO HIM/ HER. CANDIDATES SHALL NOT SUBMIT ANY DOCUMENTS ALONG WITH APPLICATION. ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES SHALL HAVE TO PRODUCE ALL RELEVANT SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS, IN ORIGINAL, FOR VERIFICATION BEFORE THEIR FINAL NOMINATION. NO EXEMPTION OF FEES IS AVAILABLE TO THE SC / ST CANDIDATES OF OTHER STATES. NEITHER CLAIM FOR REFUND OF THE FEE WILL BE ENTERTAINED NOR WILL IT BE RESERVED FOR ANY OTHER EXAMINATION UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER. MODES OF SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS West Bengal Staff Selection Commission extends the following facilities to the candidates for submission of application – A) ONLINE SUBMISSION– Candidates will be able to submit application through Commission’s website wbssc.gov.in by filling up basic information including scanned photograph and signature. Payment of Examination fees and Processing fees can be made online through payment gateway using Net banking / Debit Cards / Credits Cards of any bank. An amount as “Service Charge” will be charged by the concerned bank/ agency for availing Debit Card/ Credit Card/ Net Banking facility. Said charges for all candidates using Net Banking facility is fixed at Rs. 5/- only whereas it is fixed at Rs. 2/- only for using Debit / Credit Cards. ONLINE APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO UPLOAD SCANNED COPY OF THEIR RECENT PASSPORT SIZE PHOTOGRAPH AND FULL SIGNATURE. On successful submission of the application an auto generated receipt with Registration Number will be generated. CANDIDATES ARE ADVISED TO MENTION THE REGISTRATION Advertisement for LDC/ LDA Recruitment Examination, 2013 Page 5 NUMBER FOR ALL FUTURE COMMUNICATIONS, IF ANY, WITH THE COMMISSION. B) ONLINE SUBMISSION THROUGH TATHYA MITRA KENDRAS – The Commission extends the facility to submit application through more than 5000 Tathya Mitra Kendras set up by the Govt. of West Bengal up to the level of Gram Panchayats in the rural areas of West Bengal. Applicants may approach any of the Tathya Mitra Kendras (list provided in the website) with all particulars and a passport size photograph. The authorized staff of the Kendra will fill up the online application form on the basis of information provided by the applicant. He will also scan the photograph and signature of the applicant and upload it. The Examination fees and / or Processing fees have to be paid to the Tathya Mitra Kendras. The Kendra will take Service charge of Rs. 20/- extra for filling up of the form and uploading the same along with Scanned Copies of his/ her Photograph and Signature and making online payment of Examination Fees and / or Processing Fees received from the applicant. Candidates belonging to SC, ST & Persons with disabilities (40% and above) may apply through these Kendras on payment of Service charge of Rs. 20/- and Rs. 20/- as Processing fees only as they are exempted from paying any Examination fees. AFTER PAYMENT OF THE FEES AND SERVICE CHARGE, THE AUTHORISED STAFF OF THE KENDRA WILL HAND OVER THE APPLICANT A PRINTED RECEIPT WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER AS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SUCCESSFUL SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION ONLINE. CANDIDATES MUST KEEP THE RECEIPT WITH THEM AND NOTE DOWN THE REGISTRATION NUMBER FOR ALL FUTURE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE COMMI9SSION, IF ANY. C) OFFLINE SUBMISSION– THE OFFLINE APPLICATION FORM MUST BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE COMMISSION’S WEBSITE wbssc.gov.in ONLY OR PURCHASED FROM THE TATHYA MITRA KENDRAS, who are authorized by the Commission to sell these forms by directly downloading from the Commission’s website and printing thereafter on payment of RS. 6/- PER FORM. THE OFFLINE APPLICATION FORM MUST BE PRINTED ON BOTH SIDE OF A 75 GSM A4 SIZE WHITE PAPER. ANY FORM WHICH IS NOT PRINTED ON THE PAPER SIZE AND TYPE AND MANNER AS SPECIFIED ABOVE SHALL BE REJECTED STRAIGHTWAY BY THE COMMISSION. DURING EACH DOWNLOAD OF APPLICATION FORM, A UNIQUE NUMBER OR CODE WILL APPEAR IN THE FORM. NO FORM WITHOUT THE UNIQUE NUMBER OR CODE SHALL BE ACCEPTED BY THE COMMISSION. APPLICANTS SHALL NOT USE XEROX/ TYPED/ HAND WRITTEN/ PRINTED / Advertisement for LDC/ LDA Recruitment Examination, 2013 Page 6 SCANNED COPY OF THE SAID FORM. SUCH APPLICATIONS WILL BE REJECTED SUMMARILY. In case of submission of applications offline, the amount of Examination fees and/or Processing fees may be deposited in any of the Post Offices having e-payment facility. The facility will be available in more than 700 Post Offices of West Bengal (list of Post Offices will be available in Commission’s website wbssc.gov.in). The concerned Post Office will give a receipt against deposit of Examination fees and/ or Processing Fees, which has to be pasted at the space provided for affixing the receipt in the application form. The Candidates will have to pay a sum of Rs. 6/- as Service Charge to the Postal Department against each such e- payment of either Rs. 220/- or Rs. 20/-, whichever is applicable. AFTER AFFIXING THE ORIGINAL POSTAL e-PAYMENT RECEIPT THE CANDIDATE MUST PUT HIS / HER FULL SIGNATURE THEREON. The filled up application form may be sent by post (preferably by Registered or Speed Post) addressed to the “SECRETARY-CUM-CONTROLLER OF EXAMINATIONS, WEST BENGAL STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION, Mayukh Bhaban, Salt Lake, Kolkata - 700091” superscribing on the envelop the NAME OF THE EXAMINATION and the NAME OF THE POST applied for. The same should reach this office positively within the last date and time of submission of application. The filled up application forms may also be submitted personally in the drop box to be kept at the enquiry counter of the Commission’s office at Mayukh Bhavan (Ground floor), Salt Lake, Kolkata-700091, BETWEEN 11.00 A.M. AND 4.00 P.M. ON ALL WORKING DAYS (EXCEPTING SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND OTHER STATE GOVT. HOLIDAYS) Applications must reach the office of the commission on or before the closing date and time of receiving of applications. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER THE CLOSING DATE AND TIME SHALL BE REJECTED SUMMARILY. POSTAL ORDER, MONEY ORDER, CHEQUE, BANK DRAFT, CASH ETC. SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Applications accompanying the said instruments shall be rejected summarily and the amount shall be forfeited and deposited to the appropriate government head of account. Completed OFFLINE APPLICATIONS must be submitted with – (i) ORIGINAL e-PAYMENT RECEIPT OF THE POSTAL DEPTT. AGAINST DEPOSIT OF EXAMINATION FEES AND/ OR PROCESSING FEES, WHICH MUST BE PASTED ON THE BODY OF THE APPLICATION FORM, IN THE SPACE PROVIDED FOR THE PURPOSE. (ii) A COPY OF THE RECENT PASSPORT SIZE PHOTOGRAPH DULY SIGNED BY THE CANDIDATE, WHICH SHALL BE PASTED ON THE APPLICATION FORM, IN THE SPACE PROVIDED FOR THE PURPOSE. Advertisement for LDC/ LDA Recruitment Examination, 2013 Page 7 CANDIDATES SHALL NOT SUBMIT ANY DOCUMENTS ALONG WITH APPLICATION. ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES SHALL HAVE TO PRODUCE ALL RELEVANT SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS, IN ORIGINAL, FOR VERIFICATION BEFORE THEIR FINAL NOMINATION. IMPORTANT NOTES RESERVATION The benefits of reservation of vacancies and age concession for SC, ST, BC- A & BC- B candidates are admissible only to SC, ST , BC-A & BC- B candidates of West Bengal only. Such benefits are also admissible to all candidates with disabilities of 40% and above and exservicemen as per rule. Before final selection, shortlisted candidates belonging to the SC/ ST/ BC- A/ BC- B category will be directed to furnish original certificate issued by a Competent Authority of West Bengal as laid down in the West Bengal Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Identification) Act, 1994 & SC & TW Department Order No. 261-TW/EC/MR-103/94 dt.06.04.1995, for verification of testimonials in support of their claim. SC, ST , BC- A & BC- B CANDIDATES OF OTHER STATES WILL BE TREATED AS GENERAL CANDIDATES. Before final selection of Persons with Disabilities (PWD), shortlisted candidates will be directed to furnish original certificate in prescribed form in support of their claim issued by a Competent Authority as per the provisions of the West Bengal Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. The benefits of reservation are also available for the Meritorious Sportspersons. Such candidates are required to furnish certificates in original in support of their claim from a competent authority as laid down in the Notification No. 49-EMP/1M-25/98 dated 01.03.2011 of Labour Department, Government of West Bengal for checking. Similarly the ex-servicemen candidates have to produce relevant documents, in original, in support of their claim for reservation as well as age relaxation at the time of verification. NO CLAIM FOR BEING A MEMBER OF SC/ ST/ BC-A/ BC-B OR A PERSON WITH DISABILITY OR A MERITORIOUS SPORTSPERSON OR EX-SERVICEMAN SHALL BE ENTERTAINED ANY TIME AFTER SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION. PARTICULARS AND CERTIFICATES REQUIRED: A candidate claiming to be SC/ ST/ BC-A/ BC-B/ Physically Handicapped/ Meritorious Sportsperson must have a certificate in support of his/her claim from a Competent Authority as specified below :- For SC/ ST/ BC-A/ BC-B candidates [ vide the W.B.S.Cs & S.Ts (Identification) Act, 1994 and S.Cs & T.W Department order no. 261-TW/EC/MR-103/94 dated 06.04.95]:- (i) In the District, the Sub-Divisional Officer of the Sub-Division concerned, and (ii) In Kolkata, the District Magistrate, South 24 Parganas or such Additional District Magistrate, South 24 Parganas, as may be authorized by the District Magistrate, South
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