CALCUTTA TELEPHONES BSNL

NOTICE
Holding Special recruitment drive for filling up the backlog vacancies reserved for SC, ST, OBC & PH candidates through competitive exam for recruitment of “TELECOM TECHNICAL ASSISTANT” (TTA) through Direct Recruitment Quota-2010.

Closing date: 31.08.2010

The exact Date, Time and Venue of Exam will be intimated to the eligible candidates through hall permits (Admit Cards) and will be available in the web site www.calcuttatelephones.com.

1. Applications are invited from eligible Indian Citizens for recruitment to the cadre of TELECOM TECHNICAL ASSISTANT (Group „C‟ non-Gazetted) in the initial pay scale of BSNL of Rs. 13,600 - 25,420/- plus usual allowances as admissible from time to time in Calcutta Telephone District.

2. Total number of posts to be filled up– 68 (may vary depending upon the availability of vacancies).
The details of reservation position is as under:-
TTA OBC- 40 SC- 16 ST- 9 PH- 3
Total=68

Candidates claiming the benefit of reservation under OBC category not covered under the Creamy Layer must ensure that they furnish the OBC certificate duly signed by the competent authority in prescribed format.
The closing date for receipt of application will be treated as the date of reckoning for OBC status of the candidate and also, for assuming that the candidate does not fall in the Creamy Layer.
Other Backward Class (OBC) for the purpose of Age relaxation and reservation will mean “Person of OBC category not belonging to the Creamy Layer” as defined in Govt. of India Dept. of Personal & Training O.M. No. 36012/22/93-Estt.(SCT), dated 08.09.1993. And Modified vide O.M. No. 36033/3/2004-Estt(Res) dated 09.03.2004 & 14.10.2008.
In respect of Physically Handicapped (PH) persons, candidates with following Physical disability will permitted.
i) Locomotive Impairment - OL (one leg affected or both legs affected but not arms)
ii) Hearing Impairment - Partially Deaf
( The minimum degree of disability is 40% in order for a person to be eligible for any concession/benefits) –Attested X-erox copy of Medical Certificate issued from Competent Authority to be attached.
Vacancies for Ex-serviceman will be reserved as per extant Government orders for Group “C” Posts.

3. Eligibility:- a) Nationality : Only Indian Nationals would be eligible to apply.
b) Educational Qualifications : The Applicant must possess as on 31.08.2010 (Closing date of receipt of application), the educational qualification in any of the following disciplines from a recognized institution/ university.
i) Three Years Engineering Diploma in
- Telecommunications Engineering
- Electronics Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Radio Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Instruments Technology
- Information Technology.
ii) M.Sc (Electronics) from a recognized institution/ university.
Note:- a) There is no equivalence provided. Only such qualification and streams as prescribed in the Recruitment Rules of TTA 2001 may be allowed.

b) Candidates possessing higher qualification in the eligible stream are allowed to appear in the examination.

c) Candidates possessing three year Diploma certificates are eligible to appear in the Exam irrespective of percentage of marks obtained by them.

d) In case a candidate is possessing requisite educational qualification, irrespective of having entered the course in the 2nd year through lateral entry level after 10+2, he/she will be eligible to appear in the exam.

e) Candidates who have not acquired/ will not acquire the educational qualification as on the stipulated date will not be eligible and need not apply.

c) Age:- i) Between 18 to 30 years of age for OBC Candidates and upto 40 years of age for OBC PH candidates as on the 31.08.2010 (closing date for receipt of applications).
ii) Between 18 to 32 years of age for SC/ST/Government Servant, Candidates and upto 42 years of age for SC PH /ST PH/ Government Servant PH, candidates as on the 31.08.2010 (closing date for receipt of applications).
iii) Between 18 to 37 years of age for General PH candidates as on the 31.08.2010 (closing date for receipt of applications).
iv) For Ex-Serviceman (Ex-S) for Group‟C‟ posts age concession will be allowed in accordance with the orders issued by the Government from time to time and they will be allowed to deduct military service from their actual age and such resultant age should not exceed the prescribed age limit by more than three years.
Age concession is not admissible to the sons, daughters and dependents of Ex-service man.
v) For departmental candidates (BSNL employees) upto 45 years in respect of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes candidates and upto 43 years in respect of OBC Candidates, in accordance with instruction or orders issued by the BSNL.
vi) For Government servants upto 5 years in accordance with the instruction or orders issued by Central Government.
vii) For residents of J&K – Relaxation shall be in accordance with DoP & T.O.M. No.15012/7/19912-Estt.(D) dated 06.12.2005 pertaining to “Residents of State of Jammu and Kashmir (Relaxation of upper Age Limit for Recruitment to Central Civil Services and Posts) Rules 1997”.
Note:- Candidates should note that only the date of birth as recorded in the Matriculation/Secondary Examination Certificate or an equivalent certificate on the date of submission of application will be accepted by the authority for determining the age eligibility and no subsequent request for its change will be considered or granted.

4. Selection: The candidates will be provisionally selected as Telecom. Technical Assistant (TTA) on the basis of an open Competitive Examination followed by a medical test. Appointment and posting will be subject other eligibility conditions and requirements. Candidates obtaining less than minimum qualifying marks in any paper shall not be considered for inclusion in the merit-list. The appearance of the name in the merit list does not confer any right to the candidate for employment. A final call letter/appointment letter will be issued to the candidate after completion of all other formalities.

5 . Bond and Training : -
i) All candidates provisionally selected for appointment against the vacancies for direct recruitment shall execute a bond for a period of five years from the date of their appointment as Telecom Technical Assistant in the proforma specified by the Department.
ii) The selected candidates before their appointment as Telecom Technical Assistant have to undergo the prescribed course of training in any of the training centers of the Department.
iii) During the period of training, the trainees will be entitled to stipend (training allowances) as directed by Department from time to time.

6. Probation Period :- The candidates appointed shall remain on probation for a period of two years.

7. Service Liability :- Normally within the territorial jurisdiction of Calcutta Telephones District but transferable any where in India in the interest of service. The candidates on appointment shall, if so required, be liable to serve in Territorial Army Signal Units for period specified in the Territorial Army act. and rules made there under.

8 . For the Employed Candidates:- Candidates working in Central/State Government Service/Public Sector under taking should send their applications through the head of their office/department so as to reach this office within due date i.e. 31.08.2010 (closing date for receipt of applications).
Application shall be straightway rejected if received late/ or not complete in all respect as provided in rules.

9 . Examination Fee :-
a) Examination fee of Rs.500/- (Five hundred) is payable by the applicant in the form of demand draft drawn in favour of A.O.(Cash)/BSNL/Calcutta and must be purchased/ issued after the date of advertisement. Fee remitted by Money Order or Cheques will not be accepted. Fee once paid will not be refunded under any circumstances.
b) No fee for the applicants of SC, ST and PH categories.

10 .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 entered into or contracted a marriage with any person shall be eligible for appointment to any of the above posts. Provided that the Central Govt. may if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and that there are other grounds for doing so, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.
An application will be summarily rejected at any stage of the recruitment process for not conforming to the official format/having incomplete information/wrong information/miss-representation of facts/left unsigned/ submitted without fee where due/without good quality photograph pasted at the appropriate place/not accompanied by attested copies of certificates showing category (SC/ST/OBC/EX-S/PH), age, educational qualification, age relaxation or for submitting more than one application.

11 . Concession for SC/ST Candidates:-
a) Traveling Allowances to SC/ST candidates: The applicants belonging to SC/ST categories will be entitled to T.A. as per provisions of Ministry of Finance (Deptt. Of Expenditure) OM No. 19014/3/77-E.IV(B) dtd.17.02.1978.
b) Pre-recruitment training for SC/ST candidates. Necessary arrangement for Pre-recruitment training for SC/ST Candidates applied for TTA DR exam will be conducted by this circle before Exam date. Candidates who are willing to take part in Pre-recruitment training are requested to apply in plain paper along with caste certificate and send the application in the O/o AGM(R&E), Calcutta Telephones, Taher Mansion, 3rd Floor, 8,Bentinck Street Kolkata-1 latest by 31.08.2010.

12 .How to Apply :- Application Form and syllabus will be available in the websites www.calcuttatelephones.com. Application Form as per format given duly filled in by the candidate enclosing only photocopies of all requisite certificates and detailed Mark Sheet duly attested by the candidate himself/herself and also by a Gazetted Officer should reach to the O/o AGM(R&E), Calcutta Telephones, Taher Mansion, 3rd Floor, 8,Bentinck Street Kolkata-1 latest by 31.08.2010 through registered post only. The envelope containing the application should be superscribed in bold letters “APPLICATION FOR TELECOM TECHNICAL ASSISTANT(TTA) Examination(SRD)”. Two self-addressed envelope sized 23 x 11 cms. should also be enclosed with the application. The departmental candidates must ensure that their applications (Through Proper Channel) also reach to the above address latest by the specified date i.e. 31.08.2010 otherwise their application will not be entertained.
Note :- Three recent identical coloured and clean passport size photographs (duly attested by Gazetted Officer) out of which one should be affixed in the space provided in the application and the rest should be enclosed with the application.
Instructions relating to submission of Application :-
i) In the columns of the Application Form, write the required information in
English (Capital letters).
ii) The envelope containing the application must be superscribed in bold letters as
“APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATION OF RECRUITMENT OF TELECOM
TECHNICAL ASSISTANT (TTA) (SRD) IN CALCUTTA TELEPHONES”.

iv) If a candidate has changed his/her name or dropped/added part of his/her name after matriculation/SSC/Higher Secondary, he/she is required to submit an attested copy of Gazette Notification to the effect that he/she has changed his/her name after Matric etc. The Changed name should also have been indicated in the Gazette Notification.

v) The authority will not be responsible for Postal delays.
vi) A candidate should minutely go through all the provisions in the Advertisement to ensure that he/she is eligible for the post for which he/she is applying in terms of requirements of age, educational qualification as on crucial date, etc. Their admission at all stages of examination will be purely provisional as the authority does not undertake any pre-examination scrutiny of documents. Thus if at any stage, it is found that candidate does not fulfill any of the eligibility conditions, his/her candidature will be cancelled by the authority.

13 . Syllabus for the Exam: There shall be only one paper of 200 marks having objective multiple choice pattern of 3 hours duration with the following details. Part-I -General ability test - 20 Marks,
Part-II -Basic Engineering - 90 Marks,
Part-III -Specialization - 90 Marks.
The total number of questions in the paper should be 200 and each question shall carry one marks.
The standard of paper in General ability test will be such as may be expected of an Engineering Diploma holder. The standard of papers in other subjects will approximately be that of Diploma level of an Indian Polytechnic. There shall be a single multiple choice objective type Paper of 3 hrs. duration as per details given below:-

 Part-I General ability test 20
Part-II Basic Engineering 90
Part-III Specialization 90

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