Organisation : H.P. Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission
Post Name : Himachal Pradesh Subordinate Allied Services/ Posts (Class-III, Non Gazetted) Examination-2017
Reference Number : Advertisement No. 13/2017
Apply Online : http://www.hppsc.hp.gov.in/hppscoafs/login.aspx
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Home Page : http://www.hppsc.hp.gov.in/hppsc/pag...fications.aspx

Himachal Pradesh Subordinate Allied Services/ Posts Exam :
ONLINE APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FROM THE DESIROUS AND ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES for recruitment to various post(s) to be filled up on the basis of Himachal Pradesh Subordinate Allied Services/ Posts Examination-2017. The detail of the post(s) is as under:-

Name of Department : Excise and Taxation
Name of post : Excise & Taxation Inspectors (Regular basis)
No. of posts : 06 (Gen.= 03, S.C.= 02, S.T. BPL = 01)
Pay scale :
i) Pay Band Rs. 10300-34800+ 3600(G.P)
ii) Pay Band Rs. 10300-34800+4200 (G.P)
(This pay band and Grade Pay will be given after two years of regular service)

Name of Department : Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs
Name of post : Inspector Grade-I (FCS & CA) (Contract basis)
No. of posts : 02 (Gen.=01, S.C.=01)
Pay scale : Fixed contractual amount @ Rs.13900/- per month

Name of Department : Cooperation
Name of post : Inspector (Audit) Cooperative Societies (Contract basis)
No. of posts : 64 (Gen.=26, S.C.=13, S.T.= 02, OBC = 10, Gen. BPL = 07, S.C. BPL = 01, S.T.BPL= 01, OBC BPL = 03, Gen. WFF =01)
Pay scale : Fixed contractual amount @ Rs.13900/- per month

Name of Department : Industries
Name of post : Extension Officer (Industries) (Contract basis)
No. of posts : 07 (Gen.=02, S.C.=03, OBC=01, Gen.BPL =01)
Pay scale : Fixed contractual amount @ Rs.13900/- per month

Name of Department : Election
Name of post : Election Kanungo (Contract basis)
No. of posts : 07 (Gen.=02, S.C.=02, OBC=01, Gen. BPL=02)
Pay scale : Fixed contractual amount @ Rs.8910/- per month

AGE: - Between 18 years and 45 years.
a. Age of a candidate shall be reckoned as on 01-01-2017.
b. Five years relaxation in upper age limit is admissible only to the bonafide SC of H.P. / ST of H.P. / OBC of H.P. /WFF of H.P. / Persons with disabilities of Himachal Pradesh. For H.P. Govt. employees and Ex-servicemen of H.P.; age relaxation is as per Government?s instructions issued from time to time.

Qualifications:
Essential:- A Candidate must hold a bachelor degree of any of the universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other Educational Institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be a deemed university under section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or possesses an equivalent qualification.

Note:- Candidates possessing professional and technical qualifications, which are recognized by the State Government as equivalent to professional or technical degree, would also be eligible for admission to the examination.

Desirable:- Knowledge of Customs, manners and dialects of Himachal Pradesh and suitability for appointment in peculiar conditions prevailing in the Pradesh.

Mode of Payment:
The candidates can pay requisite examination fee either through 'e-Challan’ or ‘e-Payment’ option.

(a) The candidates can deposit the requisite examination fees at any branch of Punjab National Bank through an (e-Challan) generated through the website of the Commission, i.e. hppsc.hp.gov.in Thereafter, the candidates are required to visit again the above mentioned website to access the home page of the “ON LINE APPLICATION FILLING SYSTEM” by entering User ID and Password earlier created by the candidates on or before the last date prescribed for submission of online recruitment applications (ORA).

Click on “FEE DETAILS” and enter the details of “Branch Code / Name, Transaction Number and date of deposit” and then click on “Update Fee Details”.

(b) The Candidates can also pay the requisite examination fee through Debit or Credit Card of any bank. Before applying online, all candidates are advised to go through detailed instruction given on the above mentioned website.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS:-
1. The candidates must read the INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY FOR APPLPYING ONLINE, which are available on the website of the Commission, i.e. hppsc.hp.gov.in before filling up Online Recruitment Application Forms (ORA) for the concerned post(s).
2. The candidates must ensure their eligibility in respect of category, age and essential qualification(s) etc. as mentioned in the advertisement to avoid rejection at any later stage.
3. Incomplete Online Recruitment Application Forms submitted without requisite examination fee, scanned photograph & scanned signatures of prescribed size, will be rejected straightway.

4. The benefit of reservation for various post(s) will be admissible only to the candidates, who are bonafide residents of Himachal Pradesh in respect of categories, viz., S.C., S.T., O.B.C., WFF and Physically Disabled (Orthopaedically Disabled/ Visually Impaired/ Blind / Hearing Impaired / Deaf & Dumb) etc.

5. The reserved category candidates belonging to other states will be treated as GENERAL CATEGORY CANDIDATES and the benefit of reservation and fee concession will not be admissible to such candidates.
6. Number of post(s) is/are tentative and may increase or decrease from time to time.

7. In service candidates may apply to the Commission along with requisite fee with information to their Head of Departments/ Employer for issuing NOC. No in service candidate will be allowed to appear in Main Examination unless he/she submit NOC from the concerned employer with application for main examination.

8. Disputes, if any, shall be subject to Court jurisdiction at Shimla.

9. The test will be conducted at various centers located at Shimla/ Mandi/ Sundernagar / Kangra /Dharamshala/ Palampur / Solan / Una / Nahan / Bilaspur / Kullu, Hamirpur and Chamba depending upon the number of candidates for a particular station. However, the allotment of examination centres will be at discretion of the Commission.

CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF ONLINE RECRUITMENT APPLICATIONS (ORA*) THROUGH ORA WEBSITE IS UPTO 18-12-2017 till 11:59 P.M. after which the link will be disabled.
DATE FOR DETERMINING THE ELIGIBILITY OF ALL CANDIDATES IN ALL RESPECT SHALL BE THE PRESCRIBED CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISISON OF ONLINE RECRUITMENT APPLICATIONS (ORA) i.e. 18-12-2017.

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION :
Initially, an objective type Preliminary Examination of three hours? duration, will be conducted consisting of one paper of 200 Questions one mark each of multiple choice answers for short listing the candidates for the Main examination. The marks obtained by the candidates in the Preliminary Examination will not be counted for determining their final order of merit.

The number of candidates to be called for (Main) written examination will be 20 times of the total number of posts advertised. The candidates having been declared qualified in the Preliminary Examination will be entitled for admission to the (Main) written examination consisting of three papers. The candidate shall have to pass all the three subjects.

Note:- There will be negative marking for incorrect answers (as detailed below) for all questions:-
(a) There are four alternatives for the answers to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, on fourth (0.25) of the marks assigned to that question will be deduced as penalty.
(b) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as wrong answer even if one of the given answers happen to be correct and there will be same penalty as above for that question.
(c) If a question is left blank i.e. no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

The candidates who are declared qualified in the Preliminary Examination shall be required to submit requisite documents in support of their eligibility for Main written examination separately on the prescribed application form, which will be uploaded on the official website of the Commission after the declaration of result of Preliminary Examination. No separate intimation will be issued in this regard.

Preference list for the posts advertised under rules, as mentioned in the Application Form shall be filled in / indicated by the candidate at the time of submission of application form for the main examination and the candidate will be selected in order of merit in accordance to the order of preference list.

Once preference list has been submitted, no change / amendment therein shall be permitted and no representation will be considered in this regard.

The candidates will be considered for selection only for those posts and in the order as indicated by him/her in the preference list. They will not be considered for any post not mentioned by them in the preference list, irrespective of the fact that in the order of merit they are eligible for selection to the posts.

If a candidate has not submitted the preference list duly filled in, to the Commission, or has submitted the preference list without his/her signature or has not expressed any choice / preference whatsoever in the preference list, will be considered for all posts in the order in which these have been listed in the advertisement.