Malwa Gramin Bank - Officer, Clerk Cum Cashiers Exam 2007
Head Office,
2nd Floor, Prem Basti,
D. C. Office Road,
Near Street No. 10,
Sangrur 148 001
Sponsored By State Bank of Patiala
Recruitment for the Post Of Officers Scale-I and Clerk-Cum-Cashiers
Malwa Gramin Bank (Sponsored By State Bank of Patiala) Invites Applications from Indian Citizens for Appointment to the Following Posts in the Officer Cadre and Clerk-Cum-Cashiers
Last Date for Receipt of Application: 03.11.2007
Dates of Written Examination:
Post Code-1 (Officer Scale-I): 23.12.2007
Post Code-2 (Clerk cum Cashiers): 30.12.2007
01. Vacancies :
Sr.No.
Post
Code
Vacancies
Out of which
SC
OBC
GEN
Total
PC
EXS
01
Officer Scale-1
01
4
2
6
12
2
9
02
Clerical Cadre
02
9
7
16
32
2
12
Note : Abbreviation stand for :
SC- Scheduled Casts
OBC-Other Backward Classes
GEN- General
PC – Physically Challenged
OC – Orthopaedically Challenged
VI – Visually Impaired
HI – Hearing Impaired
EXS – Ex-Servicemen
Note: PC includes OC, VI & HI.
Note: -
1. The number of vacancies as also the number of reserved vacancies is provisional and may vary according to the actual requirement of the Bank.
2. It is clarified that it may not be possible to employ Physically Challenged candidates in all Offices/ Branches of the Bank and they will have to work in the post identified by the Bank as suitable for them.
3. As the reservation for Physically Challenged candidates is on horizontal basis, the selected candidates will be placed in the appropriate category (viz. SC/OBC/General) to which they belong.
Note: - Other allowances & perquisites will be admissible as per the rules of the Bank.
Initial Gross Emoluments Will be as Under (at present rate of DA/HRA)
For Officers Scale-I: Rs. 13600/- & For Clerical Cadre: Rs.6000/-
02. Eligibility Criteria:
Nationality /Citizenship:
a. A candidate must be either
(i) a citizen of India, OR
(ii) a subject of Nepal, OR
(iii) subject of Bhutan, OR
(iv) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, OR
(v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India. Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv).& (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India. A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination/ interview conducted by the Bank but on final selection the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificates has been issued to him by the Government of India.
b. The candidate must have proficiency in local language i.e. Punjabi and must have passed “Punjabi” as one of the subjects at Matriculation/ Senior School Certificate (old pattern) or at equivalent level.
03. AGE (as on 31.10.2007):
Minimum 18 years - Maximum 26 years for Clerical Cadre
Minimum 18 years - Maximum 26 years for Officers Scale-I
Relaxation of Upper Age Limit:
Sl
Category
Age Relaxation
1
Scheduled Caste
5 years
2
Other Backward Class candidates
3 years
3
In the case of Ex-service commissioned Officers Scale-I, including ECOs/ SSCOs, who have rendered at least 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment ( including those whose assignment is due to be completed within the next one year from the last date for receipt of application) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or on account of physical disability attributable to military service or on invalidment.
5 years (for Officers Scale-I) For Clerical cadre 3 years in addition to the actual period of service rendered in Defence Services subject to a maximum of 50 years
4
Persons domiciled in Kashmir Division of Jammu & Kashmir State during the period from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989
5 years
5
Widows, Divorced women & women judicially separated from their husbands & who are not remarried (subject to maximum age limit of 35 years for General & 40 years for SC candidates) only for Clerical Cadre
9 years
6
Officers serving in the Regional Rural Banks and who have put in a minimum of 5 years of service
5 years
7
Physically Challenged Category candidates
10 years
Note:
1. The relaxation in upper age limit is cumulative as per Govt. of India guidelines.
2. An ex- serviceman who has once joined a Government job on civil side after availing of the benefits given to him as an Ex-Serviceman for his re-employment, including a job in the Public Sector Undertaking ceases to enjoy ex-serviceman status for further employment.
3. All persons eligible for age relaxation under 3 (4) above must produce the domicile certificate at the time of interview, from the District Magistrate in the Kashmir Division within whose jurisdiction he/ she had ordinarily resided or any other authority designated in this regard by the Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir, to the effect that the candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the state of Jammu & Kashmir during 1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989.
4. Above relaxations are available only if the candidates fulfill the various conditions prescribed in the Govt. of India orders and instructions in this regard. To claim age relaxation, reserved category candidates should submit a copy of the Community Certificate.
Definition: Physically Challenged Persons (PC) –
Definition of Categories of Disabilities:
(a) An Orthopaedically Challenged (OC) person is one suffering from Locomotor Disability or Cerebral Palsy. Persons who suffer from not less than 40% of relevant disability (as certified by a Medical Board appointed by the Central / State Govt.) would be eligible for reservation in services/ posts.
Locomotor Disability means disability of the bones, joints or muscles leading to substantial restriction of the movement of the limbs or any form of cerebral palsy.
Cerebral Palsy means a group of non progressive conditions of a person characterized by abnormal motor control posture resulting from brain insult or injuries occurring in the pre-natal, peri-natal, or infant period of development.
(b) Deaf & Hearing Impaired (HI): the deaf are those persons in whom the sense of hearing is non- functional for ordinary purposes of life i.e. total loss of hearing in both ears. They do not hear, understand sounds at all even with amplified speech. Hearing impairment means loss of sixty decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies.
(c) Visually Impaired: (VI) The visually impaired persons are those suffering from blindness or low vision.
Blindness – refers to a condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions
(i) total absence of sight,
(ii) Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses,
(iii) Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degree or worse.
Person with low vision – means a person with impairment of visual functioning even after treatment or standard refractive correction, but who uses or is potentially capable of using vision for the planning or execution of a task with appropriate assistive device.
The visually impaired candidates and candidates whose writing speed is affected by cerebral palsy can use their own scribe at their cost during the written examination. In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply :
The candidate will have to arrange his/ her own scribe -
i) at his/ her own cost.
ii) The academic qualification of the scribe should be one grade lower than the stipulated eligibility criteria.
iii) The scribe can be from any academic discipline. The scribe should possess 60% or lesser marks.
iv) Both the candidate as well as the scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking, confirming that the scribe fulfills all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe as mentioned above. Further, in case, it later transpires that he/ she did not fulfill any of the laid down eligibility criteria or suppresses material facts, the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the written examination.
v) Such candidates who use a scribe shall be eligible for extra time of 20 minutes for every hour of the examination.
Malwa Gramin Bank - Officer, Clerk Cum Cashiers Exam 2007