SUBORDINATE COURTS OF PUNJAB Clerk

SUBORDINATE COURTS OF PUNJAB

CENTRAL RECRUITMENT AGENCY HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

EMPLOYMENT NOTICE No. 14C/CRA/PB/2015 Dated: 26.3.2015

Candidate can apply online From : 09.04.2015

Last date/time for Registration Step I : 28.04.2015 11:59 P.M.

Last date for receipt of application fee : 01.05.2015 (Within Banking Hours)

Last date/time for Registration Step II : 04.05.2015 11:59 P.M.

Last date for editing of applications : 04.05.2015 11:59 P.M.

The Central Recruitment Agency, Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh on behalf of the District and Sessions Judges of the State of Punjab, invites online applicationsfrom eligible candidates only at www.recruitmenthighcourtchd.com for filling up vacant posts

of Clerk (Pay Scale of Rs.1030034800 + Rs.3200/Grade Pay) in the Subordinate Courts of Punjab as per details given below: TENTATIVE VACANCY POSITIONCLERKS

1 Amritsar 23 7 1 3 2 1 4 4 1

2 Bathinda 15 8 2 1 2 0 2 0 0

3 Fatehgarh Sahib 9 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 1

4 Faridkot 9 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 0

5 Ferozepur 38 17 3 2 3 3 5 3 2

6 Gurdaspur 16 9 0 3 2 0 1 1 0

7 Hoshiarpur 28 11 0 1 1 3 6 4 2

8 Jalandhar 29 16 1 2 2 2 3 2 1

9 Kapurthala 10 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

10 Ludhiana 61 34 5 6 6 2 4 3 1

11 Mansa 8 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1

12 Moga 14 10 1 0 2 0 1 0 0

13 Sri Muktsar Sahib 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0

14 Patiala 41 21 11 0 3 2 3 1 0

15 Roopnagar 36 19 2 8 3 1 3 0 0

16 Sangrur 27 4 3 4 0 0 8 5 3

17 SBS Nagar 10 5 0 1 1 1 1 1 0

18 Pathankot 12 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 0

19 Barnala 18 9 1 3 4 0 0 1 0

Total 408 196 35 42 34 16 46 27 12

The number of vacancies shown above are tentative & those may be increased or decreased in future due to administrative exigencies and Hon’ble the Central Recruitment Committee reserves the right to prepare a Select List of the candidates with more than actual/tentative number of vacancies.

AGE: Agelimit for the post of Clerk category wise, as on 01.01.2015 will be as under:

Sr. No Category Minimum Maximum

Age Limit Age Limit Remarks

General 18 37

2.SC of Punjab 18 42

3.BC/OBC of Punjab 18 42

4.Exservicemen of Punjab 18 Exservicemenof Punjab Domicile shall beallowed to deduct the period of his service inthe Armed Forces of Union from his actual ageand if the resultant age does not exceed the maximum age limit by more than 3 years, he shall be deemed to satisfy the condition regarding age limit.

5 PHC of Punjab 18 Upper age is relaxable for PHC of Punjab category candidates by 10 years from their original category.

In Service Employees 18 45 In the case of persons already in the employment ofthe Punjab/Haryana Govt.other State Govt. or the Govt. of India, High Court, other Subordinate Courts &UT. Chandigarh.

Widow, woman legally separated, deserted from husband for more than two years, where husband has been ordered by civil or criminal court to pay maintenance to her, whose husband has remarried, wife of serving military personnel, disabled while in military service.18 40

QUALIFICATION

The applicant should possess a degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science or equivalent thereto from a recognized university. He must have passed matriculation with Punjabi as one of the subject and must have proficiency in operation of computers (Word Processing and spread sheets).

The applicant should fulfill the condition of qualification on the last date of receipt of applications i.e. 04052015 (last date of Registration StepII).

DISQUALIFICATION

No Person: a)Who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living or;

b) Who, having a spouse living has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person shall be eligible for appointment to the service.3 Provided that the High Court, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage may exempt anyperson from the operation of this rule.

MODE OF SELECTION

The candidate shall have to take a written examination in the following subjects:

Sr.No.Subject Mode of ExaminationMaximumMarksMinimumPass MarksMinimumQualifying Marks

General Knowledge Multiple ChoiceObjective Type WrittenExamination—50 33% in each

subject of Written Examination 40% marks in the aggregate of both subjects.

English Composition Multiple Choice Objective Type& Subjective Type Written Examination

The written examination may be conducted at the examination centres located in Chandigarh, Mohali or anywhere in the State of Punjab. Candidates have to make their own arrangement for reaching at the examination centres so allotted to them.

At the first instance, answer sheets of the ‘General Knowledge’ paper will be evaluated. There will be negative marking in multiple choice questions. For every wrong

answer, 1/5th mark would be deducted. The question(s) not attempted will receive no credit or discredit. The answer sheets of the ‘ English Composition’ paper will be e v a l u a t e d only of those candidates who qualify the ‘ General Knowledge’ p a p e r i . e . o b t a i n 3 3 % m a r k s i n ‘ G e n e r a l K n o w l e d g e ’ o r a b o v e . However, no candidate shall be considered to have qualified the written examination unless he obtains 40% marks in the aggregate of both subjects.

Thereafter, out of total candidates who qualify the written examination, the number of candidates as decided by Hon’ble the Central Recruitment Committee may be called for Computer Proficiency Test i.e. to access the proficiency of candidates in operation of computer (word processing and spreadsheets), which is mandatory but the marks of this test would not be counted towards the final merit as this test in only of qualifying in nature. Computer Proficiency Test shall comprise two parts. In PartI i.e. Word Processing Test, the candidates will be required to type 300 words in English on computers at the speed of 30 WPM to qualify. In PartII, candidate must have to obtain minimum 40% marks in Spread Sheet Test to qualify the same.

The number of candidates as decided by Hon’ble Central Recruitment Committee, who qualify the Written Examination as well as Computer Proficiency Test will be called for checking of original testimonials/interaction.

That, Select List of the qualified candidates will be prepared strictly on the basis of merit in written examination. Name of eligible candidate(s) higher in merit would be recommended for appointment as per the number of vacancies to be filled.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

The decision of the Hon’ble Central Recruitment Committee in all matters relating to acceptance or rejection of an application, eligibility/suitability of the applicants, mode/criteria for selection etc. shall be final and binding on the applicants. The Hon’ble Central Recruitment Committee may shortlist the candidates at any stage of the recruitment process on the basis of some criteria. No inquiry or correspondence shall be entertained in this regard.

HOW TO APPLY ONLINE

The online registration/filling of application forms by the applicants will consist of two steps:

(i) Registration Step I:Applicant will get his/her Registration ID and password and will print ‘Cash Deposit Receipt’ for deposit of fee in the designated bank (State Bank of India).

(ii) Registration Step II: Applicant to fill the remaining particulars i.e. uploading of photograph/signature,qualification and fee payment details in the form, then to “LOCK & SUBMIT”the application form.

The detailed steps for Registration are given below:

(A) PreRequisites

for Step I:

Applicants are required to have a valid personal active Email ID as all the information regarding recruitment process will be sent on their recorded Email ID throughout the process. In case an applicant does not have a valid personal Email ID, he/she should create his/her new Email ID before applying online and must maintain that Email account, throughout the selection process. Applicants must give a valid Mobile number, as all the SMSs during the process will be sent on that number. Applicants are advised not to give mobile number/Email ID of unknown person/stranger to avoid any future complication. Central Recruitment Agency shall not be responsible in any manner for non delivery of SMS at any stage either due to switching off of mobile phone or if the same is out of coverage area or is out of order due to some technical fault on the part of candidate or its service provider. It shall be responsibility of the candidate to update himself/herself by visiting the website of Central Recruitment Agency and by checking his/her email Account/SMS regularly for important notifications.

(B) Registration Step I:

Applicant can apply online from anywhere at home, at any place where there is an accessto the internet.

Open registration form available on the site www.recruitmenthighcourtchd.com by clicking at the button ‘Punjab’ and link for the post of ‘Clerk’ he/she wants to apply.

iii. Fill the registration form with all the required details.

Every successful registration will be allotted a unique Registration ID and Password,

which will be intimated to the applicant by way of email

on recorded Email ID as well

as by SMS on mobile phone. Applicants should ensure that Registration ID and Password

has been delivered on mobile phone as well as on given Email

In case of non receiptof Email/SMS within reasonable time, applicants should contact on technical helpline

numbers 8699002541, 8699002542 and 9316632845. After getting the Registration ID

and Password, applicant must take a print out of the ‘Cash Deposit Receipt’ in

“Landscape orientation’. Applicant should also save ‘Cash Deposit Receipt’ as PDF file

for future reference.

Applicant has to take along this printed ‘Cash Deposit Receipt’ to any Branch of State

Bank of India for deposit of fee in cash only. The ‘Cash Deposit Receipt’ will contain the

amount of fee to be deposited by the applicant, depending upon his/her category.

Applicant approaching the State Bank of India Branch will ask for depositing the fee

under screen 8888 (fee type21).

No other mode of payment of fee is admissible.

The applicant who completes Registration StepI, should go to Bank for deposit of

fee only after 4 hours from the time of completion of Registration StepI.

vii. After depositing the fee in the Bank, applicant will get a Unique Transaction No./Journal

No. from the Bank, which is required to be updated by applicant on website at the time of

Registration StepII.

If these details are already shown against the column of Fee

Payment details then he/she need not to fill the same.

viii. In case an applicant fails to deposit the requisite fee, his/her application shall stand

automatically cancelled/rejected and shall not be considered for further processing.

(C) PreRequisites

for Step II:

Before proceeding to Step II, applicant must ensure that he/she has a scanned image files

of his/her latest passport size coloured PHOTOGRAPH (Size 100 x 120 pixels) &

SIGNATURE (Size 160 x 70 pixels) with clear background in PC/Pendrive/other soft media

and application fee remittance/deposit details (Transaction details such as Unique Transaction

No./Journal No., Branch name and Code etc.) for immediate uploading it to the website

alongwith application data.

(D) Registration Step II:

i) After depositing the fee in the Bank, applicant is advised to Login next day on the

website by making use of Registration ID and Password as provided during completion of

RegistrationI.

Applicant should fill in the Fee Payment details i.e. Transaction No./Journal No.,

Bank & Branch Name, Branch Code, Date of Payment mentioned in the ‘Cash Deposit Receipt’.

If these details are already shown in the Fee Payment Details then he/she needs not to fill the

same. The TRANSACTION NO./JOURNAL NO, given by the BANK is to be a SEVEN OR

EIGHT DIGIT NUMERIC CHARACTER, which is to be filled in Transaction No./Journal No.

field.

Considering the All India spread of the SBI, there is a possibility of writing of

Transaction No./Journal No. on the ‘Cash Deposit Receipt’ by the bank staff in different ways

i.e. TID0012121212

OR J0012121212

OR 0012121212 etc. (If in eight digit) OR as TID001212121

OR J001212121

OR 001212121. (if in seven digits.) APPLICANT SHOULD FILL

IN ONLY THE LAST 7 OR 8 DIGITS AS THE CASE MAY BE, DROPPING OUT

ALPHABET, SPECIAL CHARACTER OR PREFIXED ZEROES, In the above two cases, fill

the Transaction No./Journal No. as 12121212 or 1212121.

In case, a candidate fills wrong Journal number or Journal number of another

candidate while completing Registration StepII,

his/her application will be rejected and

legal action may be initiated as per penal provisions of law.

ii) Candidate must upload his/her photograph, signature and all other information as

required in the online Registration StepII

Form. He/she should upload latest passport size

coloured photograph (not more than three months old) & signature (on white background with

dark black ball pen). For details please see Guidelines for Uploading Photographs and Signature

available on the website www.recruitmenthighcourtchd.com. Any application without uploading

proper photograph and signature will be summarily rejected. The applicants must retain three

copies of the photograph uploaded with the Application Form, with them as the same shall be

required at the time of exam at later stages. Any person trying to upload irrelevant photographs

or any other material would be proceeded against as per law. IP address of the computer system

accessing the online application form shall be noted for security purposes.

iii) After doing so, applicant will have the ‘preview’ of the filled form. Applicant can

edit/correct the information filled in Step II, at that time. Candidates are advised to check the

information filled by them carefully before final submission of their application i.e. at the time of

clicking on the button “LOCK & SUBMIT”. If the information entered is correct, applicant

should click on “LOCK & SUBMIT” button to complete his/her Registration process and to

view his/her online Application Form. The applicant will receive an Email/

SMS in this regard.

Applicant should take a printout of his/her ‘Online Application Form’ for future use and record.

iv) The applicant must check the information before locking and submitting the same.

Applicant will be responsible for any mistake made by him/her in the online application form

and Central Recruitment Agency shall not be responsible or liable in any way. However, if by

mistake an applicant fills in wrong data in the Application Form, then there is a provision

to modify/edit certain information in the application form only once by entering his/her

registration ID and Password & after following the given instructions before the closing

date of application. Thereafter, no modification will be permitted and the applicant will not

be having the option to edit his/her application data again. Any information submitted by an

applicant in his/her application will bind the applicant personally and if found to be false, he/she

shall be liable for criminal prosecution apart from consequences under civil law as may be

deemed proper.

v) Thereafter, scrutiny of applications will be done and eligibility of applicants shall be determined.

vi) FOR REGULAR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE: The applicants who are already serving in Government/Semi Government/PSU/Corporations/Boards must send hard copy(Downloaded from Website) of his/her application to the Assistant Registrar, CentralRecruitment Agency, Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh through proper channel.

Such application must receive in Central Recruitment Agency within 10 days from the last date of registration StepII, till 5:00 P.M. In case, hard copy is not received by due date, the soft application of such candidates would not be taken into consideration for Recruitment purpose and his/her candidature is liable to be rejected.

vii) EADMIT CARD:Thereafter, EAdmit Cards of provisionally eligible applicants will be uploaded on the website. Applicants will also receive Emails/ SMS in this regard. The applicants are to download and get print out of their Eadmit Cards by visiting the website www.recruitmenthighcourtchd.com again by entering their registration ID and password. Admit Cards shall not be sent by post. Mere issuance of provisional EAdmit Card does not imply that applicant has fulfilled all the eligibility conditions given in the advertisement and application is subject to subsequent scrutiny and the application can be rejected, if the applicant is found to be not fulfilling the eligibility conditions at any point of time.

The applicants will require pasting his/her photograph, duly attested by a Gazatted Officer, on the EAdmit card. The photograph must be same as uploaded by the applicant in his/her online application. In case of nonmatching of photograph with the uploaded photograph, applicant will not be allowed to enter the examination centre and no request in this regard will be entertained in any circumstances at that time or later.

viii) Applicants are advised to visit the website of Central Recruitment Agency and check their Email accounts (inbox as well as spam box) regularly for updates and important information. Unnecessary correspondence with Central Recruitment Agency should be avoided.

ix) If suitable Exservicemenof Punjab are not available only then dependents of ExServicemen of Punjab will be considered against the reserved vacancies of ExServicemen.

EXAMINATION FEE (NonRefundable)

Sr. No. Category Amount (In Rupees)

General 500/2.

SC/ST/BC/OBC/ESM of the State of Punjab 125/3.

PHC of Punjab General 250

SC/ST/BC/OBC/ESM 60/4.

Reserved categories of the other States 500/Requisite

fee must be deposited on or before the last date and time fixed for the purpose.

The applicants have to deposit the requisite fee by way of ‘Cash Deposit Receipt’, printed after completion of StepIof registration, in any Branch of State Bank of India only. The ‘Cash Deposit Receipt’ will contain the amount of fee to be deposited by the applicant, depending upon his/her category. Applicant approaching the State Bank of India Branch will ask for depositing the fee under Screen 8888 (Fee Type21).

No other mode of payment of fee is admissible. The fee once paid will not be refunded in any case. The applicant must retain the ‘Cash Deposit Receipt’ in original for future use.

DATE OF EXAMINATION

The examination is likely to be conducted in the month of September, 2015. The exact date will be notified on the website of Central Recruitment Agency (www.recruitmenthighcourtchd.com) and candidates are advised to regularly visit the website.

LAST DATE

The applicant who fulfills the prescribed educational qualification and other eligibility conditions may register for Step I from 09.04.2015 to 28.04.2015 upto 11:59 P.M. Thereafter Step I Registration will be closed. The applicant, who completes StepI registration should go to Bank for deposit of fee only after 4 hours from the time of Registration StepI.

However, the requisite fee can be deposited uptil 01.05.2015 within Banking Hours only. Last date/time for completing the registration StepII is 04.05.2015 upto 11:59 P.M.

Applicants are advised in their own interest to apply online much before the closing dates and not to wait till the last date for depositing the fee and completion of Registration StepII to avoid the possibility of disconnection/inability /failure to log on the website on account of heavy load on internet/website jam. Central Recruitment Agency shall not be responsible, if any applicant failed to apply or complete the Registration process due to aforementioned reasons.

The cutoff date to apply for the post is sacrosanct, relief to the candidate to apply after cutoff date will not be granted under any circumstances.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
The application can be submitted through online mode only. No other means/mode of

submitting applications will be accepted or entertained in paper form, which is sent to the Central Recruitment Agency directly except in case of ‘Government Employees’ as detailed in term D (vi). The applicants have to deposit the requisite fee by way of ‘Cash Deposit Receipt’ printed after completion of stepI of registration, in any Branch of State Bank of India only. Fee sent by any other mode i.e. Cheque/Draft will not be accepted.

A candidate, whether he/she belongs to General or reserve category, can submit only one application for a particular category. In case, more than one applications are received,his/her all applications may be rejected.

iii. The conditions of employment/service, reservation and all other conditions of recruitment not covered in the above Notice shall be regulated as per the instructions of the Punjab Subordinate Courts Establishment (Recruitment and General Conditions of Service) Rules, 1997 as amended time to time.

The benefit of relaxation in age, fee and reservation will not be extended to the applicantsof reserved category of other States (except age relaxation to Govt. employees as provided in Rules).

Merely satisfying the eligibility criteria do not entitle the applicant to be called forexamination. Hon’ble Central Recruitment Committee reserves the right to alter/modify or change any of the terms and conditions including selection criteria etc. spelt out in theadvertisement.

The certificate for the claim of reservation must be issued by the competent authority.The said certificate must be latest.

vii. The admission of applicants at all stages of the recruitment process will be purely provisional and subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions by way of furnishing documentary proof in support thereof. If on verification at any stage before orafter the said process and even after the completion of selection process, if it is found thatan applicant does not fulfill any of the eligibility condition, his/her candidature shall standcancelled without any further notice and with consequential effect.

viii. The applicant should fulfill the condition of qualification on the last date of receipt of applications i.e. 04.5.2015 (last date of Registration StepII).

No TA/DA shall be paid to the applicants for appearing in the exam and checking oforiginal testimonials/interaction.

Category once filled by the candidates shall be sacrosanct and no change shall be

permitted at any stage of the recruitment process, thereafter.

HELPLINE:Forany technical help regarding the filling of the online Application form,the applicant can call at Helpline numbers 8699002541, 8699002542 or 9316632845 from 09.04.2015 to 02.05.2015 between 10:00 A.M. to 5: 00 P.M. For any other queryregarding terms and conditions of Advertisement, applicants can call at Phone No.01726607239 of Central Recruitment Agency on all working days between 10:00 A.M. to 5:00P.M. For depositing of fee related issues, applicant can call at Mobile Phone of Bank authorities 9780762998, 9779074638 during banking hours.

xii. An online application which is incomplete in any respect shall liable to be rejected summarily.

xiii. The venue, date and time of the exam will be informed on the website www.recruitmenthighcourtchd.com. Email/SMS will also be sent to the candidates in this regard. They are advised to visit website of Central Recruitment Agency and to check their Email (inbox as well as spam box) regularly. However, it shall be the responsibility of the candidates to keep them updated about the same. Central Recruitment Agency shall not be responsible in any manner in case, candidate could not appear in the exam/any other stage due to non visiting of website, where important information regarding different stages in uploading/ or for getting the Email in spam box of email account of the candidate.

xiv. The result will be displayed on websites www.recruitmenthighcourtchd.com and www.highcourtchd.gov.in.

Sd/O.

S.D.(Recruitment)

Punjab and Haryana High Court,

Chandigarh.

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