East Central Railway Recruitment 2016 for the 246 post of Constable (BAND)

East Central Railway Recruitment 2016 for the 246 post of Constable (BAND)

 EAST CENTRAL RAILWAY, HAJIPUR

NOTIFICATION

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

East Central Railway, Hajipur Vacancy Details

Total No. of Posts : 246

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

Name of the Post : Constable

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

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 Limit : 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 - OBC - SC/ST -	05 YEARS 08 YEARS 10 YEARS
Widows, divorced women and the women judicially separated from husband but not remarried	UR - OBC - SC/ST -	02 YEARS 05 YEARS 07 YEARS

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

CATEGORY	Height ( in cms )		(Male) Chest ( in cms )
	Male	Female	Unexpanded	Expanded
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

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. 

Selection Process : Candidates will be selected based on written examination, physical efficiency test, physical measurement test, document verification. There will be bonus marks for NCC/ sports certificates and Height.

How to Apply : Eligible candidates may send their application on A-4 size bond paper in the prescribed format affixing colour photograph on it along with two coloured passport size photographs, self attested copies of all relevant certificates, two self addressed envelopes (28 cms x 12 cms) each bearing postal stamp of Rs.5/- duly affixed through ordinary post only to the IG-Chief Security Commissioner, East Central Railway, Hajipur, Pin Code- 844101, Bihar on or before 11-04-2016 & 18-04-2016. Superscribe the envelope as “Application for the Post of Constable (Band) in RPF including RPSF”.

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.

Last Date for Receipt of Application : 11.04.2016.

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.

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