HIMACHAL PRADESH

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Advertisement NoVII/2011.
Date of Publication:22-09-2011.

Application are invited from only bonafide candidates of Himachal Pradesh

for the following post(s) in H.P.Public Service Commission from the
candidates whose name are borne on the live register of any of the
employment exchange H.P., on prescribed Performa on or before 21-10-
2011,by 5.00 PM. Last date for receipt of applications for the candidates
residing in Bharmour and Pangi Sub. Division of Chamba Distt., Dodra Kwar
Sub Division of Shimla Distt., Kinnaur and Lahul Spiti Distts of Himachal
Pradesh, whose applications are received by post from these areas is 05-11-
2011.

ITEM-I(A)
Name of the Post:- Number of Posts:- 07
Clerk (On Contract Basis) (Gen.-02,S.C. of HP. =02, OBC of HP-
1, General IRDP of HP-1.Gen.
Physically Handicapped (Low Vision of
HP-1.
Pay Scale:- Rs 7810/- P.M. consolidated fixed contractual amount)
A) Essential Qualification
(i)Should have passed 10+2 examination or its equivalent from a recognized
Board of School Education/University.
(ii) Should possess a minimum speed of 30 words per minute in English
typewriting or 25 words per minute in Hindi typewriting on Computer.
(iii) Should have the Knowledge of word Processing in Computer as Prescribed
by the recruiting authority.
b) Desirable Qualification
Knowledge of customs manners and dialects of Himachal Pradesh and
suitability for appointment in the peculiar conditions prevailing in the
Pradesh.

Item-I(B)
Junior Scale Stenographer Number of Post:-02(General- 01, Physically
(on contract Basics ) Handicapped(Orthopedically Handicapped)
of HP.-01
Pay Scale Rs. 8710/- per Month (consolidated fixed contractual amount)
A)Essential Qualification (i) Should have passed 10+2 examination or its
equivalent from a Board of School Education/University recognized by the
H.P.Govt.;
ii) Must possess the following speed in shorthand and typewriting in both the
languages i.e. English and Hindi at the time of initial recruitment:-
Speed in Shorthand
English Hindi
80 WPM 70 WPM
 Speed in Typewriting
English Hindi
40WPM 30 WPM
iii) Should have the Knowledge of word processing in computer as prescribed
by the recruiting authority.
b) DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION (S):
c) Knowledge of customs, manner and dialects of Himachal Pradesh and
suitability for appointment in the peculiar conditions prevailing in the
Pradesh.
NOTE:- The number of post(s) is/are tentative and may increase or decrease
for different categories of candidates.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
(I) A candidate must be a citizen of India.
(II) The candidates name should be borne on the live register of any
of employment exchanges in H.P.
Essential Qualifications:-
(a) Essential Qualification for the post should be completed as on
last normal date for receipt of applications i.e 21.10. 2011
(b) The decision of the Commission as to the eligibility or otherwise
of a candidate for admission to interview or selection will be
final and no correspondence/ personal enquiries will be
entertained. The Commission will not be responsible for any
delay in receipt of applications, due to any reasons whatsoever.
(c) Onus of proving that the candidate is qualified shall be on the
candidate. In case no date of notification/declaration of final
result is mentioned in any certificate the date of issue of
certificate shall be deemed date of obtaining E.Q. Incomplete,
defectively filled up, and unsigned application will be rejected
straightway and no subsequent correspondence will be
entertained.
Age Limits:-
(a) A candidate must have attained the age of 18 years and must
not have attained the age of 45 years as on 01/01/2011.
.
(b) There is five years relaxation in upper age for SC/ST
OBC/WFF/ persons with disabilities of Himachal Pradesh. For
H.P. Govt. employees and Ex-Serviceman of H.P. Relaxation is
as per Government instructions.

NOTE I : Candidates should note that only the date of birth

as recorded in the Matriculation certificate as on
the date of submission of applications will be
accepted by the Commission and no subsequent
request for its change will be considered.
NOTE II : Candidates should also note that once a date of
birth has been claimed by them and entered in the
records of the Commission for the purpose of
admission to an examination,
 no change will be allowed subsequently (or at any
other examination of the Commission) on any
grounds whatsoever.

NOTE III: The candidate should exercise due care while

entering their date of birth in respective column of
the application Form. If on verification at any
subsequent stage, any variation is found in their
date of birth from the one entered in their
Matriculation or equivalent examination certificate,
disciplinary action will be taken against them by
the Commission under the Rules.
FEE
Category :-
Gen/ Gen. Orthopedically Handicapped /Hearing Impaired and
Gen. WFF of H.P =Rs.100/-

SC/ST/OBC/Gen. IRDP of H.P =Rs 25/-

Ex-Serviceman unless discharged at their own request before

completion of normal tenure and visually impaired candidates
of H.P. are exempted from payment of examination fee.

NOTE:- Fee once paid will not be refunded.

HOW TO APPLY:
(i) Candidates are required to visit the Commission
website at http://www.hp.gov.in/hppsc and
download the application Format.

(ii) Demand draft for examination fee is to be prepared in favour

of Secretary , H.P.Public Service Commission, Nigam Vihar,
Shimla-2, payable at Shimla.
(iii) Paste your one recent photograph, duly attested in the specified
box and send the Application Form duly signed by you (along
with Demand Draft) by Registered/ Speed Post so as to reach
on or before 21-10-2011.The Secretary, H.P. Public Service
Commission Nigam Vihar Shimla-171002. The application,
complete in all respect can also be deposited in the office of the
Commission in person. The benefit of additional time prescribed
to candidates of remote/ Tribal areas will be given only when
the applications are sent through post office located in such
areas . No such benefit will be given if applications are received
through courier or by hand.
(iv) In service candidates may apply to the Commission with
advance copy of application along with requisite fee with
information to their Head of Department/ Employer for issuing
of NOC . No in service candidate will be interviewed unless he/
she brings this required NOC from the concerned employer at
the time of interview.
 NOTE:
All candidates, whether already in Government Service, Government
owned industrial undertakings or other similar organisations or in
private employment should submit their applications direct to the
Commission. Persons already in Government service, whether in a
permanent or temporary capacity or as work charged employees other
than casual or daily rated employees or those serving under Public
Enterprises are however, required to inform their Head of
Office/Department that they have applied for the Examination.
NOTE:
Candidates should note that in case a communication is received
from their employer by the Commission withholding permission to
the candidates applying for/ appearing at the examination, their
application will be liable to be rejected/ candidature will be liable to
be cancelled.
If any candidate appears at a centre other than those indicated
by the Commission in his/her Admit Card, the papers of such a
candidate will not be evaluated and his/her candidature will be
liable to be cancelled.

SCREENING TEST / INTERVIEW:

1) In cases where the number of eligible candidates is inordinately

large in proportion to the number of posts, the Commission may restrict
the number of candidates to be called for interview by subjecting all the
eligible candidates to a screening test. Since the purpose of holding
screening test is only to short list the number of candidates, marks
obtained in screening test shall not be counted for deciding the merit of
candidate. Final selection of candidate will be made solely on the basis of
his/her performance in the interview which will be of maximum 100
marks. The minimum pass marks in interview are 45 for general category
and 35 marks for reserved category.

2) The candidates who will qualify in the screening test will be called
for typing / shorthand test and candidates 20 time of the posts will be
declared successful in the screening test. The total number of
candidates called for interview will be three time of total number of
vacancies .

Note-I:- The standard of examination will of 10+2 level.

OTHER CONDITIONS:-

1. Onus of proving that candidate is qualified shall be on the candidate. In case no

date of notification/declaration of final result is mentioned in any certificate the
date of issue of certificate shall be deemed date of obtaining Essential
Qualification .

2. Categories like General/Gen. IRDP/ SC/ST/OBC/ Persons with

disabilities /Ex-Servicemen/ WFF once claimed in the application
forms will not be substituted/changed later on.
3. The decision of the Commission as to the eligibility or otherwise of a
candidates for admission to interview or selection will be final and no
correspondence / personal enquiries will be entertained.

4. The SC/ST/OBC/IRDP Candidates must possess certificates based on

lineage of paternal families.

5. The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they
fulfill all the eligibility conditions for admission to the examination. Their
admission at all the stages of examination for which they are admitted by
the Commission viz. written examination and interview test will be purely
provisional, subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility
conditions. If on verification at any time before or after the written
examination or interview test, it is found that they do not fulfill any of
the eligibility conditions, their candidature for the examination will be
cancelled by the Commission.

6. A candidate who is or has been declared by the Commission to be guilty

of:
(i) Obtaining support for his/her candidature by the following
means, namely:-
(a) offering illegal gratification to, or
(b) applying pressure on, or
(c) blackmailing, or threatening to blackmail any person
connected with the conduct of the examination, or
(ii) impersonating, or
(iii) procuring impersonation by any person, or
(iv) submitting fabricated documents or documents which have
been tampered with, or
(v) making statements which are incorrect or false or suppressing
material information, or
(vi) resorting to the following means in connection with his/her
candidature for the examination, namely
(a) obtaining copy of question paper through improper
means,
(b) finding out the particulars of the persons connected with
secret work relating to the examination,
(c) influencing the examiners, or
(vii) using unfair means during the examination, or
(viii) writing obscene matter or drawing obscene sketches in the
scripts, or
(ix) misbehaving in the examination hall including tearing of the
scripts, provoking fellow examinees to boycott examination,
creating disorderly scene and the like, or
(x) harassing or doing bodily harm to the staff employed by the
Commission for the conduct of their examinations, or
(xi) being in possession of or using mobile phone, pager or any
electronic equipment or device or any other equipment capable
of being used as a communication device during the
examination; or
(xii) violating any of the instructions issued to candidates along with
their admission certificates permitting them to take the
examination, or
(xiii) attempting to commit or as the case may be abetting the
commission of all or any of the acts specified in the foregoing
clauses; may in addition to rendering himself/herself liable to
criminal prosecution, be liable
(a) to be disqualified by the Commission from the
examination for which he/she is a candidate and/or
(b) to be debarred either permanently or for a specified period
(i) by the Commission from any examination or
selection held by them.
(ii) by the Central Government from any employment
under them, and
(c) if he/she is already in service under Government to
disciplinary action under the appropriate Rules. Provided
that no penalty under these Rules shall be imposed
except after.
(i) giving the candidate an opportunity of making such
representation, in writing as he/she may wish to
make in that behalf; and
(ii) taking the representation, if any, submitted by the
candidate within the period allowed to him/her into
consideration.

Other Conditions
(i) The Centres of holding the examination are liable
to be changed at the discretion of the Commission. While
every effort will be made to allot the candidates to the
centre of their choice for examination, the Commission
may, at their discretion, allot a different centre to a
candidate when circumstances so warrant.
Centres of Examination.
1. Shimla
2. Bilaspur
3. Hamirpur
4. Mandi
5. Kullu
6. Chamba
7. Kangra
8. Una
9. Solan
10. Sirmour (at Nahan)

(ii). The decision of the Commission as to the eligibility

or otherwise of a candidate for admission to the
examination will be final and no correspondence / personal
inquiry will be entertained therefore. The Candidates are
requested to keep ready attested copies of the following
documents for submission to the Commission soon after
the declaration of the result of the Screening Test.
1. Certificate of age.
 2. Certificate of educational qualification.
3. Certificate in support of claim to belong to
Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other
Backward Classes/ Physically Disabled,
where applicable.
4. Certificate in support of claim for age/fee
concession, where applicable.
Note: Original certificates will have to be produced at the time of
interview. If any of their claims is found to be incorrect, they
may render themselves liable to disciplinary action by the
Commission
(ii). The eligibility conditions of the candidates called for viva-voce test will
also be determined on the day of interview on the basis of their
original documents and rejection, if any, at that stage.
(iv). If any candidate appears in the CLERKS / JUNIOR SCALE
STENOGRAPHERS examination on the centre other than the
allotted centre, his / her candidature will be rejected straightway
and no correspondence will be entertained in the matter.
(v). The category once claimed by the candidate will not be changed at
any stage. No correspondence regarding change of category will be
entertained.
(vi). The candidates applying offline must enclose self addressed post card
with the application for acknowledging the receipt of application.
(vi). Re-checking / Re-evaluation for the screening test shall not be
allowed in any case.
(vii). If any visually impaired candidate requires scribes, he / she has to
request for the same in writing to the Commission immediately after
receipt of his / her roll number. Such applications will be entertained
on merit and as per the rules.
(viii). The number of vacancies to be filled in on the basis of this screening
test may increase or decrease.
(ix). Disputes, if any, shall be subject to court jurisdiction at Shimla.

ADMISSION / REJECTION OF CANDIDATURE:

(i) Incomplete, unsigned, without photo or applications with

inadequate fees or applications received after the last date shall not be
entertained and shall be rejected straightway without providing
opportunity for corrections. Therefore, it is in the interest of the
candidates to fill up the applications carefully, submit them with
photograph and fees well in time.

(ii) The candidates are advised to carefully read the instructions contained
in this advertisement. The eligibility of candidates will be determined
on the basis of aforesaid instructions. The candidates who appear in
the aforesaid examination, if found ineligible subsequently, their
candidature will stand cancelled. The eligibility of candidates called for
the interview will be determined on the basis of original documents and
the Commission will not be responsible if the candidature of any
candidate is rejected at that stage or at the time of verification by the
 appointing authority. As such, admission to the examination /
interview shall be purely provisional.
(iii) The candidate must satisfy himself/herself before applying that
he/she fulfils all the eligibility criteria such as age, qualification(s) on
the last date fixed for receipt of the applications in Commission’s
Office.
(iv) The Commission shall not be liable for any delay in transit or by
postal authorities.
(v) The candidate(s) will be admitted provisionally on the basis of claims
made by him/her in their applications; therefore, they need not
enclose the certificate(s) of their eligibility.

DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR ADMISSION TO THE EXAMINATION:

No person shall be eligible for admission to the examination:-

a) If he/ she has been dismissed from any previous service;
b) If he/ she has been convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude
or has been bound down for good conduct under the provisions
contained in Chapter VIII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, or has
been permanently debarred / disqualified from appearing in any
examination or selection;
c) If he / she is found either directly or indirectly influencing the
selection process in any manner;
d) If he is a man, has more than one wife living and if a woman, has
married a man already having another wife; or
e) If he / she is an un-discharged insolvent.

ABBREVIATION: HP: Himachal Pradesh, PSC: Public Service Commission, SC:

Scheduled Caste of HP, ST: Scheduled Tribe of HP, OBC: Other Backward
Classes as declared by the Govt. of HP from time to time, EQ: Essential
qualifications, DQ: Desirable qualifications, SP: Special pay, Ex-man: Ex-
serviceman of H.P, categories of H.P.

Sd/-
(Anita Tegta) IAS
Secretary,
 HIMACHAL PRADESH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
APPLICATION FORM
ADVERTISEMENT NO---------------.

APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF ___________________________________________________________

IN HIMACHAL PRADESH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.

1. Name of the applicant:_________________________________________________ Paste Recent

(In capital letters)) passport size
photograph
2. Father’s Name :______________________________________________
duly attested.
3. Sex (Male/ Female):_______________________________

4. Date of Birth :

5. Correspondence Address (IN CAPTIAL LETTERS WITH PIN CODE AND

TELEPHONE NO.)

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

6. Permanent address( IN CAPITAL LETTERS WITH PIN CODE):

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

7. Name of the Employment Exchange……………………………….

8. Employment Exch. Registration No………………………………..

9. Tehsil ________________________________ Distt.__________________________

10. Name of category(Gen./Gen.IRDP/ SC/ST/OBC/WFF/Ex-Servicemen /

Physically handicapped/Visually Impaired):----------------------------------

11. Academic qualifications:

Sr. No. Exam. Passed % age of Year of Board/

marks passing University
12. Are you H.P Govt. employee:- (Yes /NO ) ______________________________

13. Give Chronological detail of your employment:

Sr. No. Name of Post held From To Whether Remarks

Deptt. permanent
Temporary/
Tenure
1

14.Particulars of Bank Draft:

Bank Draft No. Name of Bank Date of issue Amount

15. Centre for Examination / Screening Test _____________________________

I hereby declare that I am an Indian National and all statements made in

this application are true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and
belief . I understand that in the event of any information being found false or
incorrect , my candidature is liable to be cancelled.

Dated :
Signature of the applicant