Rhee A DE ica EMSs | COO ecto echt Jawahamnagar, Khanapara, Guwahati-781022. ADVT.NO. 31/2023 Website for Online Application System: https://apscrecruitment.in Technical Support email: [email protected] Phone: |800-572-23-43 | No.42PSC/E-10/2022-23 Dated Guwahati, the 30" November, 2023 ‘Assam Public Service Commission invites application from Indian Citizens as defined in Articles 5 to 8 of the Constitution of India forthe under-mentioned posts under Assam Government in the scale of pay 2s indicated below and Carrying usual allowances as admissible under Rules of the Govt. of Assam. A) 1, Name of the Post: - Stenographer Grade-I in Assam Secretariat (Janata Bhawan) under General Administration Department. 2. Online Application:- Start Date From: 05/12/2023, End Date 04/01/2024 Last Date for submission of fees 06/01/2024 3. No.of Posts: - (i) Stenographer Grade-ll (English) : 11 (eleven) (ii) Stenographer Grade-ll (Language): 6 (six) 17 (seventeen) nos. Reserved | Reserved | Reserved Post reserved) Name of the Open for for For Grand | for PwBD ServcelPost category | oscmosc | _ sc STP Total_| &typeot | | Totall_RFW_| Total | RFW | Total | RFW | Total | RFW Total] RFW| Disability ‘Stenographer Gril ] 1 post for (English) 4 {or }o2 | mm for fmm] 2 | ma} 2 | ni) 11] 4 fotindness and low vision ‘Stenographer Gri | 1 post for (Language) a} fz | mm [ona ona | nv] ma} 4 | wn) 6 | 4 fotindness and low vision "Reservation as per draft advertisement received from Government against total numbers of posts in the cadre. 4, Scale of Pay: - Pay scale + Grade Pay + Other allowances as admissible to the Assam State Government employees {rom time to time (per month). Pay scale Rs, 22,000/- to 97,000) Rs.9,400/- PB.-3 5. Eligibility Criteri No candidate shall be eligible to sit for speed test at 100 w.p.m in English and 90 w.p.m in Language (Assamese, Bengali and Hindi) unless he/she had passed the speed test at 80 wpm in English and 70 w.p.m in Language (Assamese, Bengali and Hindi) conducted by the Board constituted and recognized by | the Government. | 6. Educational Qualificatio Minimum educational qualification is passed Degree examination or equivalent examination from a recognized University.7. Age: The candidates should not be less than 21 years of age and not more than 38 years of age as on 01-01-2023. ‘The upper age limit is relaxable as - (i) By years for SC/ST(P)/ST(H) candidates of Assam ie. upto 43 years (ii) By 3 years for OBC/MOBC candidates of Assam i.e. upto 41 years as per Govt. Notification No. ABP. 6/2016/9 dated Dispur the 25" April 2018. (iil) For persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) by 10 years irrespective of SC/ST/OBC and General Category of candidates ie. upto 48 years as per Govt. Memorandum No, ABP 180/2017/105 dated Dispur the 7th January, 2019. ‘The age limit of the candidates will be calculated on the basis of the Class-X/Class-xil Examination Admit CardiPass Certificate/Marksheet issued by a recognized Central/State Board/Council where Age! Date of Birth (DOB) is cleatly reflected No other document shall be accepted in lieu of the above mentioned documents for age proof NOTE:I: The candidates applying for the Post should ensure that they fulfil all the eligibility conditions for recruitment to the Post. If on verification at any time before or after the Stenography Proficiency Test and Objective Type Written Test, itis found that they do not fulfil any of the eligibility conditions; their candidature for the Post will be cancelled by the Commission. APPLICATION FEES: Under the Digital India initiative by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, APSC has decided to launch its Online Recruitment portal withthe help of CSC-SPV, a MeitY approved organization, ‘which wil charge a processing fee of Rs. 40.00/- + 18% tax = Rs.47.20/- from each candidate. Processing Fee | Taxable amount | Total Amount Arg Category Apres) ° | Charged by CSC- | on processing feo | "Re 2 SPV (Rs) (@168%) 1 General 250 40 7.20 297.20 2 SCISTIOBCIMOBC 150 40 720 19720 3 BPL Ni 40 720 4720 4 PwBD Nil 40 7.20 4120 a Applications without the prescribed fee would not be considered and summarily rejected. No representation against such rejection would be entertained, To avail application fees relaxation prescribed for SC/ST/OBC/BPL, candidates must produce certificate of the claimed category issued by competent authority, ©) Fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstance nor can the fee be held in reserve for any other examination or selection, 5 SCISTIOBC Candidates claiming reservation in SC, ST or OBC category, they must upload certificate in support of his/her claim from competent authority of the State of Assam. The certificate must be obtained within the closing date of online plication and no claim in this regard wil be entertained afterwards. PERSONS WITH BENCHMARK DISABILITY (PwBD) Physically Handicapped (PH) Persons or Persons with disabilities, as indicated against various item(s) in the VACANCY DETAILS, can apply to the respective posts even if the post is not reserved for them but has been identified as Suitable. However, such candidates will be considered for selection to such post by general standard of merit. Persons suffering from not less than 40% of relevant disability shall alone be eligible for the benefit of reservation and other relaxations as permissible under the rules. Thus, Physically Handicapped (PH) persons can avail benefit of: |) Reservation and other Concessions & Relaxations as permissible under the rules only when degree of physical disabilty jis 40% or more and the posts are reserved for PH candidates,|i) Other Concessions & Relaxations as permissible under the rules only when degree of physical disability is 40% or more and the posts are suitable for PH candidates. Candidates claiming reservation in PwBD category, they must upload certificate in support of his/her claim from ‘competent authority wile filing the online application form. The certficate must be obtained within the closing date of online application and no claim inthis regard willbe entertained afterwards Candidates suffering LOCO-MOTOR with writing extremity will be alowed the help of ascribe, i required. The sorbe should not possess educational qualfcations higher than the requisite qualification forthe post. The faity of scribe will be provided to such candidates on production of a certificate at the time of Written Examination to the effect thatthe person Cconcemed has physical limitation to write, and scribe is essential to write examination on behalf, from the Chief Medical Officer Civil Surgeon! Medical Superintendent of a Government Health Care institution as per proforma at Annexure = |. The candidates have discretion of opting for hisiher own scribe or request the Commission for the same and suitable provisions in Online Application have been made in this regard. The details of scribe in case candidates are bringing their ‘own scribe, will have to submit an undertaking (Format provided in Annexurestl) to the Commission through the Commission's mail Id ([email protected]) or By hand/Post within 7 days from the date of issue of admit card for the Written Examination HOWTO APPLY 1. Applicants are required to apply online through APSC’s recruitment website. No other means/ mode of application willbe accepted and the Application will be summarily rejected. 2. Applicants who have not registered yet, in Online Recruitment Portal of APSC are first required to go to the APSC's recruitment website https:/apscrecruitmentin and register themselves by clicking on ‘Register Here’ link 3. CANDIDATES ARE ADVISED TO REGISTER WITH VALID AND ACTIVE E-MAIL ADDRESS IN THE ONLINE APPLICATION, AS ALL CORRESPONDENCE WILL BE MADE THROUGH E-MAIL BY THE COMMISSION REQUIREMENTS WITH REGARD TO COPIES OF CERTIFCATES TO BE ‘SUBMITTED IN RESPECT OF CLAIMS MADE IN THE ONLINE APPLICATION WILL BE INTIMATED TO THE CANDIDATES THROUGH THE WEBSITE OF THE COMMISSION IN DUE COURSE OF TIME. 4, After creating an account, applicants need to login with the credentials 5. After login, applicant will be able to see the live advertisements of APSC in ‘Apply Section’ 6. The applicants are advised to read the eligibility criteria and other relevant details carefully before applying for the advertisement, Mandatory fields in the online form are marked with * (asterisk) sign. 7. Applicant can click on ‘Apply to fill up the application form, 8. Candidates must submit the details of documents like Certificate No., Issue date, Issuing authority and upload the documentsicertficates (whenever asked for) in support of the claims made by them in the Application Form like, Date of Birth, Experience, Qualification(s) etc. or any other information, in pdfjpeg fle in such a way that the fle size does not exceed 200 KB and is legible when a printout taken. For that purpose, the applicant may scan the documentsicertficates in 200 dpi grey scale. 9, Document details submitted in the online application form will be verified on a notified date. 10. An applicant is required to upload the scanned images of his/her recent photograph and signature in JPG/JPEG format Size ofthe photograph (passport size) (Max size~200 KB) b. Size ofthe signature (Max size-200 KB) 11. Applicant should carefull fil all the information as asked in the application form and click on the declarations checkbox to enable the ‘Preview’ button before final submission, 12. Applicants must ensure all relevant fields in the application are filed in correctly before final submission, since editing/cancellation after final submission will not be allowed 13. After previewing the details filed in by the applicant he/she can either click ‘Submit for final submission or click ‘Cancel’ button for necessary corrections before final submission of the Application Form, 14. On completion of form submission applicant has to pay application fee along with processing fee as applicable. 15. Application fee once paid by the applicant will not be refunded. 16. In case of failure of the payment applicant should click on button ‘Validate Payment’ to verify the payment from bank. In instances of double debit ie. amount debited twice for the same transaction, the bank will automatically sefund the fee to the applicant within 5-7 working days. 37, 18. 19. 20. a 22, 23 24. 25. On successful completion of your complete application, an auto-generated email message will be sent on your registered email-id. Applicant's application will not be considered if fee is not paid for that application. Applicant may also fill their online form through Common Service Centers. Applicants without debit card/internet banking may visit nearest CSCs. Candidates with less than 40% disability will not be considered for any relaxation which is applicable to Persons with benchmark disability candidates. The applicants are advised to submit only single Online Recruitment Application for the post; however, if somehow, if he/she submits multiple Online Recruitment Applications for the post, then he/she must ensure that Online Recruitment Application with the higher "Application Number’ is complete in all respects including fee. The applicants, who submit multiple Online Recruitment Applications, should note that only the Online Recruitment Application with higher "Application Number" shall be entertained by the Commission and fee paid against one “Application Number" shall not be adjusted against any other "Application Number’. After submitting the Online Application, the candidates are required to take out a print out of the finally submitted Online Recruitment Application and retain the hardcopy of the Online Application Form. ‘The candidates are advised to submit the Online Recruitment Application well in advance without waiting for the closing date. For any payment related issues, one can reach the following helpdesk numbers - ‘GRAS Helpline (Telephonic):1800-212-11-88-66 (From 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM on all working days) GRAS Helpdesk- https://assamegras.gov.in/helpdesk/ 1, Click ‘Submit a ticket’ —> Click ‘Payment Related” 2. Filkin your payment related detals.Cick ‘Submit ticket” Bank - For any bank related issue we suggest applicants to contact their respective bank branches. For any other issues related to online application form you can contact the following- Email: [email protected] Contact No: 1800-572-23-43 (From 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on all working days) POINTS TO NOTE: 1 The candidates before applying for the posts)/service(s) should ensure that they fulfil all the eligibility condition. Their admission at all the stages of selection in which they are admitted by the Commission wil be purely Provisional and under scrutiny, subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If on verification at any time or any stage before or after the Stenography Proficiency Test/ and Objective Type Written Test, i {is found that they do not fulfill any ofthe eligibility conditions; their candidature for the post(s)service(s) will be cancelled by the Commission. Itis for the candidates themselves to see whether they satisfy the prescribed physical requirement (physical standard) and whether helshe is eligible to apply where Examination of physical standard is conducted by the ‘State Govt. before making any appointment. No request for withdrawal of candidature received from a candidate after helshe has submitted his/her application will be entertained under any circumstances. At any stage of the selection process no candidate shall be allowed to change his/her category (of caste etc)/sub- Category/sub-categories as claimed by himiher in the original application formionline application form submitted to the Commission, The candidates who furnish wrong, erroneous or incorrect information in their application form may be disqualified {rom appearing for any post before the Commission up to a period to be specified by the Commission. In case of detection of any false declaration / statement made by any applicant, his/her application willbe rejected and will also be penalized as per prevailing Rules/Law. If in any case, submission of false material facts with a View to hoodwinking the Commission is detected even after the recommendation is made, the Commission may refer the matter to Government for taking necessary action The candidates shall have to produce identity proof like Pan Card, Driving Licence, Passport, Current ID card issued by the educational institutions, Voter ID Card, Aadhar Card (wherever applicable) at the time of ‘Stenography Proficiency Test! and Objective Type Written Test. The date for determining the elgiilty ofall candidates in every respect shall be the closing date for submitting the Online Recruitment Application on the website htp:liwmw apscrecruitment.n. unless spectficlly mentioned in the recruitment advertisement.9. In respect of equivalent clause in Essential Qualifications, if a candidate is claiming a particular qualification as equivalent qualification as per the requirement of advertisement, then the candidate is required to produce crderiletter in this regard, indicating the Authority (with number and date) under which it has been so treated otherwise the Online Recruitment Application is liable to be rejected. 10. Candidates mus, if required, attend a personal interview at such place, as may be fixed by the Commission. The Commission does not defray the traveling or other expenses of candidates summoned for interview. 11. Candidates must be in sound bodily health. They must, if selected be prepared to undergo such medical ‘examination and satisfy such medical authority as Government may require. 12. Candidates will be informed of the final result in due course through APSC website/News paper and any interim enquiries about the result are therefore, unnecessary and will not be attended to. The Commission do not enter into correspondence with the candidates about reasons for their non selection for interviewlappointment. 13. Canvassing in any form will disqualify a candidate. DOCUMENTSICERTIFICATES TO BE PRODUCED AT THE TIME OF INTERVIEWIDOCUMENT VERIFICATIO The hardcopy of the online application and the following Original Documents/Certifcates along with Self-attested ‘copies and other items specified inthe Intimation Letter are to be produced on the day of Document Verification. @) Class-XiClass-Xll Examination Admit Card/Pass Certicate/Marksheet issued by a recognized Central/State Board/Couneil where Age! Date of Birth (DOB) is clearly reflected ) Certificates & Mark sheets of all examinations from HSLC onwards upto the evel of qualifying examination ©) Degree/Diploma certificate along with mark-sheets pertaining to all the academic years as proof of educational ‘qualtication claimed. In the absence of Degree/Diploma cetificate, provisional certificate along with mark sheets pertaining to all the academic years will be accepted. 4) Experience certificates, whenever specifically mentioned in the advertisement (The experience column of the ‘online application form should be fled as and when specifically mentioned in the advertisementionline application form) €) Caste certificate in Assam Govt. format by candidate seeking reservation as SC/STIOBCIMOBC, from the Competent authority indicating clearly the candidate's Caste, the Act/Order under which the Caste is recognized as ‘SCISTIOBCIMOBC and the villageltown the candidate is ordinarily a resident of ‘)_BPL certificate in Assam Govt. Format (wherever necessary) 9) Physically Handicapped certificate issued by the competent authority to Physically Handicapped persons eligible for appointment to the post on the basis of prescribed standards of Medical Fitness and if reservation is claimed by candidate forthe post h) Persons already in Regular Government service, whether in permanent or temporary capacity other than casual/ad-hocidally wages/hourly paid/contract basis are however required to submit a declaration that they have informed in writing to their Head of Office/Department that they have applied for the post. i) The candidates will have to submit Declaration Form-A, related to the Assam Public Services (Application of Small Family norms in Direct Recruitment) Rules, 2019 published vide Notification No:ABP.69/2019/17 dated Dispur, the 6" Novemberi2019 which may be downloaded ftom the official website of APSC wwwaapsc.nic.in (Forms & Downloads Section) |) Documentary suppor for any other claim(s) made, NOTE I: Date of birth mentioned in Online Recruitment Application is final. No subsequent request for change of date of birth will be considered or granted. No document other than the Class-X/Class-XIl Examination Admit Card/Pass Certficate/Marksheet, in which the date of birth is recorded, will be accepted by the Commission for determination of age. NOTE I: Candidates are wamed that they should not furnish any particulars that are false or suppress any material information in filing up the application form. Candidates are also wamed that they should in no case correct or ater or otherwise tamper with any entry in @ document or its attestedicertified copy submitted by them nor should they submit a tamperedifabricated document. If there is any inaccuracy or any disorepancy between two or more such documents or their attestedicertfied copies, an explanation regarding this discrepancy should be submitted.METHOD OF SELECTIOI The selection of candidates for recruitment to the post will consist of the following: (A) Candidates whose applications are accepted will be required to appear in Stenography Proficiency Test at 100 wpm in English and 90 wpm in Language (Assamese, Bengali and Hindi) as follows: Name of Post | Stenography | Time for | Time for | Time for | Time for | Speed dictation of | dictation of | revision of | transcription trial test test passage passage | passage __| by candidate ‘Stenographer Grade-tI 100WPM | 2min 5 min 10min 60 min (English) a | - ‘Stenographer Grade-tl 90 WPM 2min Smin 40min 90 min (Language) The minimum qualifying marks in the Stenography Proficiency Test shall be 40 marks. (8) Against each vacancy four candidates who have qualified in the Stenography Proficiency Test will be shortlisted on the basis of the marks obtained in the Stenography Proficiency Test who will have to appear in the Objective Type Written Test. ‘The Objective Type Written Test shall be of 2 hours duration and total marks shall be of 100 with the following subject-wise distribution :- ne Subject || Marks | Duration 1. | English 50 2. | Knowledge and ability to operate Computer 20 2Hrs | 3. | General Knowledge (Out of 30 marks, 10 marks 30 | | shall be on Assam History) Total) 100 | The names of the candidates recommended for appointment shall be arranged on the basis of the aggregate marks obtained by the candidates in the Stenography Proficiency Test and the Objective Type Written Test. In case two or more candidates acquire equal aggregate marks, the names of such Candidates shall be arranged according to the marks obtained in the Stenography Proficiency Test. Place of Examination: The Stenography Proficiency Test and Objective Type Written Test will be held at Guwahati The list of candidates whose applications are found valid or rejected after scrutiny will be made available in the ‘Assam Public Service Commission's website (yoww.apsc.nic.in) showing grounds of rejection in due course. > The Advertisement has been issued as per the relevant service rule. Under Secretary, Assam Public Service Commission Jawahamagar, Khanapara, Guwahat-22Memo No, 42PSC/E-10/2022-2028 (A) Dated Guwahati, the 30" November,2023 Copy forwarded to:- 1. P.S.to the Hon'ble Chairman, for kind appraisal ofthe Hon'ble Chairman, APSC. 2. Principal Controller of Examinations, APSC for information and necessary action 3. The Joint Secretary, General Administration (Secretariat Gazette Cell) Department, Dispur, Guwahati 4, The Director of Information and Public Relations, Assam, Last Gate, Dispur, Guwahat-6. He is requested to take step for publication of the same in one issue each of the two established daily News paper- one English and one ‘Assamese published from Guwahati and one established dally News paper published ftom Upper Assam and another established daily News paper published from Barak Valley for wide publicity. He is also requested to instruct the Advt. Manager of the News Paper concerned to send a copy of each News paper publishing the Advertisement tothe undersigned at thei own expenses. Programmer, Computer Section, APSC for uploading in the APSC website. ‘The Director of Employment and Craftsmen Training, Assam, Rehabari, Guwahati. ‘The Deputy Chief University Employment and Guidance Bureau, Guwahati, Assam. The Asstt. Employment Officer, University Employment information and Guidance Bureau, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam 9, The Employment Officer, Employment Exchange, Dhubri! Kokrajhar! Bongaigaon! Barpeta! Goalparal Nalbari Mangaldoi/ Tezpur Lakhimpur! Dhemaji! Dibrugarh’ Tinsukia! Sivasagar! Jorhat/ Golaghat/ Nagaon’ Morigaon! Karimganj/ Silchar! Hailakandi/ Haflong) Diphu and Guwaht. 10. The Secretary, District Council, DimaHasao-Haffong/KarbiAnglong, Diphu for wide publicity in their respective jurisdiction. 11, The Deputy Commissioner, Karbi Anglong, Diphu and Deputy Commissioner, DimaHasao, Haflong for wide publicity in their respective jurisdiction 12. All Deputy Commissioners/SDOs/Secretary, Mahkuma Parishad etc. for wide publicity in their respective jurisdiction, 13. Centre for information and Career Development managed by OSOM Education Trust, Navagiri Road, Chanda, Guwahati. 14, Order File sah we Under Secretary, Assam Public Service Commission }pwahamagar, Khanapara, Guwahat-22Website: www.apsc.nic.in E-mail: [email protected] Certificate regarding physical limitation in an examinee to write This is to certify that, I have examined Mr./Ms,/Mrs . (name of the candidate with benchmark disability), a person with (nature and percentage of disability as mentioned in the certificate of _ disability), S/o/D/o. » a resident’ of, : (illage/Town/City),. _ (District), (State), Pin Cod and to state that he/she has physical limitation which hampers his/her writing capabilities owing to his/her disability. Signature Chief Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon / Medical Superintendent of a Government Health Care Institution. Note: Certificate should be given by a specialist of the relevant stream /disability (eg Visua Impairment - Ophthalmologist, Locomotor disability - Orthopaedic specialist/PMR).Letter of Undertaking for Using Own Scribe (To be filled by the candidates with benchmark disabilities) I, 1 appearing for the . at. » 8 Candidate With... (name of the disability) “ (name of the examination) bearing Roll No... “(name of the centre) in the District Ido hereby state that sv. sonneneines. (NOME of the scribe) will provide the service of scribe for the undersigned for taking the aforesaid examination. 1 do hereby undertake that his qualification is. In case, subsequently it is found that his/her qualification is not as declared by the undersigned and is beyond or same as the ‘minimum qualification required for this examination, | shall forfeit my right to the post and claims thereto. Place: Date: (Signature or thumb impression of the candidate with Disability)