GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS (PERSONNEL WING) sik No.A-34012/7/E1/2024/DP&AR (EXAM) Puducherry, dated: 22.08.2024. ONLINE APPLICATION OPENING DATE: 23.08.2024 10.00 A.M CLOSING DATE: 20.09.2024 5,00 P.M NOTIFICATION 1. Incontinuation to this Department's Notification dated 14.03.2024, applications are invited from eligible Indian Citizens who are Natives / Residents of the Union Territory of Puducherry for the Competitive Examination to be held for Direct Recruitment to the post of Assistant (Group 'B' Non-Gazetted, Ministerial) in the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Personnel Wing), Puducherry as detailed below: Name of the) Reservation Total _} post and Level in the [Number of Horizontal Pay matrix |Y@eancies| yp |mBc| sc josclews| eec|pcm|st| st | Pw8D Assistant Level-6 256 «| 104] 46/41) 28/25] 5 | 5 |1]4 10 1.1 Abbreviations: UR-Un-Reserved, EWS-Economically Weaker Section, MBC-Most Backward Classes, SC-Scheduled Castes, ST-Scheduled Tribe, OBC-Other Backward Classes, EBC-Extreme Backward Classes, BCM-Backward Class Muslims, BT- Backward Tribes, PWBD-Persons with Benchmark Disabilities. 1.2 Note:- (i) The vacancies notified are tentative only. The Government reserves the right either to enhance or to reduce the number of vacancies notified depending upon the actual number of vacancies, as the case may be, at the time of selection. Firm vacancies will be determined in due course. Updated vacancies, if any, will be made available on the recruitment portal and website of the DP&AR, before the examination. ‘Ce Page 1 of 19i) also without assigning entertained. a) Disability (PwBD) would The Government reserves the right to cancel the recruitment process any reasons. No interim enquiry will be Reservation and its inter-se exchange for Persons with Benchmark be made as per the instructions in of the O.M. No.35035/02/2017-Estt(Res), dated 15.01.2018 of the DoPT, New Delhi. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATI 2.1 Degree of a recognized U AGE LIMIT: 3.1 Not exceeding 30 years the Notification dated 14.03.20: ON FOR ELIGIBILITY: Iniversity. as on 24.04.2024 - the last date mentioned in 24 of this Department. Age limit is relaxable in respect of MBC, OBC, EBC, BCM, BT, SC, ST, Ex-Servicemen, Persons with Disabilities and In-service officials as detailed below:- Category Relaxation of Upper Age Limit MBC/OBC/EBC/BCM/BT 3 years sc /sT 5 years Ex-Servicemen (XSM) Period of military service plus 3 years. Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof 3 years (8 years for SC/ST) Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (For Physical requirements & categories of disabilities suitable for this job, refer Part-II of General Instructions to candidates) 10 years (in respect of reserved applicants, over and above the admissible relaxation of 5 years for SC/ST and 3 years for MBC/OBC/EBC/BCM/BT). In-service applicant (Refer para 18 ) Relaxable for Government servants up to 35 years (40 for SC/ST officials) in accordance with the instructions or orders issued by Central Government, provided such Government servants are working for not less than 3 years in the posts which are i Ir and wher lationshi blishe that the services rendered by them in the Department will be useful for efficient discharge of duties in the post for which selection is made. 3.2 Requirement of Age for given in Part-IV of this Notificati candidates belonging to various categories are = o Page 20f 194. EX-SERVICEMEN: 4.4 Explanation: An ‘ex-serviceman' means a person: 4.1.1 Who has served in any rank whether as a combatant or non-combatant in the regular Army, Navy and Air Force of the Indian Union, and 4.1.1.1 Who either has been retired or relieved or discharged from such service whether at his own request or being relieved by the employer after earning his pension; or 4.1.1.2 Who has been relieved from such service on medical grounds attributable to military service or circumstances beyond his control and awarded medical or other disability pension; or 4.1.1.3. Who has been released from such service as a result of reduction in establishment; 4.1.2 Who has been released from such service after completing the specific period of engagement, otherwise than at his own request, or by way of dismissal, or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency and has been given a gratuity; and includes personnel of the Territorial Army, namely, pension holders for continuous embodied service or broken spells of qualifying service; or Personnel of the Army Postal Service who are part of Regular Army and retired from the Army Postal Service without reversion to their parent service with pension, or are released from the Army Postal service on medical grounds attributable to or aggravated by military service or 8 circumstance beyond their control and awarded medical or other disability pension; or 4.1.4 Personnel, who were on deputation in Army Postal Service for more than six months prior to the 14th April, 1987; or Gallantry award winners of the Armed forces including personnel of Territorial Army; or 4.1.6 Ex-recruits boarded out or relieved on medical ground and granted 42 43 medical disability pension. The applicants who apply under Ex-Servicemen category should necessarily submit the Discharge Certificate & Registration particulars with the Department of Sainik Welfare, Puducherry. Age relaxation for Ex-Servicemen is not admissible to sons, daughters and dependents of Ex-Servicemen. Therefore, such candidates should not indicate their category as ex-servicemen. Page 3 of 19 LvNATIVITY / RESIDENCE: 5.1 Those who are natives of the Union Territory of Puducherry and residents by continuous residence in the U.T. for the last 5 years immediately preceding the date of notification only are eligible to apply for the posts. 5.2 The applicants on selection shall furnish the fresh Nativity/Residence 6.1 6.2 6.3 7. 7A 8. 8.1 8.2 8.3 Certificate issued by an Officer of the Department of Revenue and Disaster Management not below the rank of Deputy Tahsildar at the time of certificate verification. COMMUNITY CERTIFICATE: The selected applicants shall submit a fresh Community Certificate for SC/ST/MBC/OBC/EBC/BCM/BT obtained in the prescribed form issued by an Officer of the Department of Revenue and Disaster Management not below the rank of Deputy Tahsildar at the time of certificate verification. Candidates selected under SC quota should furnish fresh Community Certificate issued under "The Constitution (Puducherry) Scheduled Castes Order, 1964 " or "The Constitution (Puducherry) Scheduled Castes Order, 2002" in respect of "Puthirai Vannan". Applicants applying under ST Quota should furnish Community Certificate issued under “The Constitution (Puducherry) Scheduled Tribes Order, 2016”. CERTIFICATE FOR EWS CANDIDATES: The candidates selected under EWS category should submit income & asset certificate obtained in the prescribed form issued by an Officer of the Department of Revenue and Disaster Management not below the rank of Deputy Tahsildar at the time of certificate verification. The crucial date for submitting income and asset certificate by the candidate will be 24.04.2024 - the last date mentioned in the Notification dated 14,03.2024 of this Department. The Certificate should have been issued for the financial year 2023-2024 and shall be valid for the year 2024-2025. PERSONS WITH BENCHMARK DISABILITY (PwBD): The applicants who apply under the category of Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD), on selection should submit fresh Medical Certificate issued by District Medical Board, Government of Puducherry at the time of certificate verification. Certificate issued by any other authority will not be accepted. The categories of disability suitable for the post are detailed in Part-II of General Instructions to candidates. Page 4 of 198.4 Provision of Compensatory Time and assistance of scribe: 84.1 8.4.2 8.4.3 8.4.4 8.4.5 8.4.6 8.4.7 8.4.8 In case of persons with benchmark disabilities in the category of blindness, locomotor disability (both arms affected-BA) and cerebral palsy, the facility of scribe is provided, if opted by the candidate in their online application. The facility of scribes will be provided to the PwBD candidates only if he has opted for the same in the online application form. In case of remaining categories of persons with benchmark disabilities, scribe will be provided on production of a certificate to the effect that the person concerned has physical limitation to write, and scribe is essential to write examination on his behalf, from the Chief Medical Officer/ Civil Surgeon/ Medical Superintendent of a Government health care institution as per proforma at Part-III of this Notification. The Persons with Benchmark Disability belonging to categories other than blindness, locomotor disability (both arm affected-BA) and cerebral palsy has to submit their request letter for scribe along with required certificate as mentioned above to the Examination Cell, DP&AR, Chief Secretariat, Puducherry one week before the date of conduct of exam. Last minute request will not be entertained. Arrangement of own scribe will not be permitted. Official scribe will be provided by the Examination Cell, DP&AR, Chief Secretariat, Puducherry. A compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour of examination will be provided to the persons who are allowed use of scribe as described at Para 8.4.1 and 8.4.3 above. The candidates referred at Para 8.4.1 and 8.4.3 above who are eligible for use of scribe but not availing the facility of scribe will also be given compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour of examination. No attendant other than the scribe for eligible candidates will be allowed inside the Examination Hall. 8.4.9 One eyed candidates and partially blind candidates who are able to read the 8.4.10 normal Question Paper set with or without magnifying glass and who wish to write/ indicate the answer with the help of magnifying glass will be allowed to use the same in the Examination Hall and will not be entitled to a scribe. Such candidates will have to bring their own magnifying glass to the Examination Hall. The PwBD candidates who have availed the facility of scribes and/ or compensatory time must produce relevant documents for the eligibility of scribe/ compensatory time at the time of Certificate Verification. Failure to produce such supporting documents will lead to cancellation of their candidature for the examination. Page 5 of 19