SSC Combined Matric Level Examination 2008 Age Limit
3. Nationality / Citizenship:
A candidate must be either:
- a citizen of India, or
- a subject of Nepal, or
- a subject of Bhutan, or
a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January,1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
a
person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri
Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of
Tanzania(Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar),Zambia, Malawi, Zaire,
Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in
India.
Provided
that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above
shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been
issued by the Government of India.
A candidate in whose case a certificate of
eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the Examination but the
offer of appointment will be given only after the necessary eligibility
certificate has been issued to him by the Government of India.
4(A) Age Limit for Combined Matric Level Examination 2008:
18-27
years as on 01.08.2008, i.e. the candidate must have been born not
earlier than 2nd August, 1981 and not later than 1st August, 1990.
Note:I
As per extant Govt. Orders, the crucial date for age-limit is reckoned
with reference to the examination schedule / date of the Main
Examination. The Combined Matric Level (Main) Examination, 2008 is
likely to be held on 27-28th Sept., 2008 subject to unforeseen
administrative / public exigencies.
Note:II
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 Commission for determining the Age eligibility and no subsequent
request for its change will be considered or granted.
4(B) The Upper age limit as prescribed in Para 4(A) will be further relaxable:
Upto a maximum of 5 years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe category;
Upto
a maximum of 3 years if a candidate belongs to OBCs in accordance with
DPT OM NO.43013/2/95-Estt(SCT) dated 25.01.1995 read with amendments
made thereafter;
Upto a maximum of 10
years if the candidate is a physically handicapped person. For
candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC who are physically handicapped, the
maximum age relaxation of 10 years permissible for physically
handicapped shall be in addition to the age relaxation provided in
terms of column (i) and (ii) above;
Upto
the maximum of 5 years to candidates of Jammu and Kashmir who have
ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu and Kashmir during the
period from 1.1.1981 to 31.12.1990. (Any person intending to avail of
the aforesaid relaxation shall submit the certificate from either
District Magistrate within whose jurisdiction he had ordinarily resided
or any other authority so designated in this behalf by the Govt. of
Jammu and Kashmir to the effect that he had ordinarily been domiciled
in the State of Jammu and Kashmir during the period 01.01.1981 to
31.12.1990);
Upto the age of 35 years
(upto 40 years for members of Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes and 38
years for OBC) in the case of widows, divorced women and women
judicially separated from their husbands and who are not remarried;
Upto
a maximum of three years (8 years for SC/ST and 6 years for OBC
candidates) in the case of Defence Personnel disabled in operation
during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and
released as a consequence thereof.
Upto
45 years in respect of Service Clerks in the last year of their colour
service in the Armed Forces, i.e. those who are due for release from
the Army during the period 02nd August, 2008 to 1st August, 2009. Such
candidates are not entitled to any concession in fee.
Provided
that candidates admitted to the examination under this age concession
will be eligible to compete only for vacancies in Armed Forces
Headquarters and Inter-Service Organisation, which are not reserved for
Ex-serviceman.
Upper age limit is also
relaxable for retrenched employees of Chukha Hydel Project Authority in
Bhutan who were directly recruited, to the extent of service rendered
by them with the Authority (period of service rendered by the
retrenched employees will be decided on the basis of certificate issued
by the Chukha Hydel Project Authority).
4(C)
Age concession for Ex-S will be allowed in accordance with the orders
issued by the Government from time to time as indicated below:
For
the posts of LDCs and Grade ?D? Stenographers: Ex-Servicemen,
fulfilling the conditions laid down by the Govt. from time to time,
shall be allowed to deduct military service from their actual age and
such resultant age should not exceed the prescribed age limit by more
than 3 years ( 6 years in case of OBC and 8 years in case of SC/ST ).
For
the posts of Grade ?C? Stenographers: Age relaxation for Ex-Servicemen
is 5 years (8 years for OBC and 10 years for SC/ST)including ECOs/SSCOs
who have rendered at least 5 years of Military service as on 01.08.2008
and have been released on completion of assignment including those
whose assignment is to be completed within one year from the CLOSING
DATE, i.e., 14.12.2007 otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge
or on account of misconduct or inefficiency, physical disability
attributable to Military service or on invalidment.
Note:
Candidates admitted to the examination under this age concession will
be eligible to compete for all the vacancies whether reserved or not
for exservicemen.
Explanation: An
Ex-Serviceman means a person who has served in any rank whether as a
combatant or non-combatant in the Regular Army, Navy, Air Force of the
Indian Union, and
who retired from such
service after earning his/her pension. This would also include persons
who are retired/retire at their own request but after having earned
their pension; or
who has been released
from such service on medical grounds attributable to military
service/circumstances beyond his control and awarded medical or other
disability pension; or
who has been released, otherwise than on his own request from such service as a result of reduction in establishment; or
who
has been released from such service after completing the specific
period of engagements, otherwise than at his own request or by way of
dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency, and
has been given a gratuity; and includes personnel of the Territorial
Army of the following categories, namely :-
Pension holders for continuous embodied service,
Persons with disability attributable to military service; and
(c) Gallantry award winners.
Note-I:
Ex-servicemen who have already joined government job in civil side
after availing of the benefits given to ex-servicemen for their
re-employment are also eligible for the age concession,. However, such
candidates will not be eligible for the benefit of reservation as ExS
or for fee concession.
Note-II:
The period of "Call up Service" of an Ex-Serviceman in the Armed Forces
shall also be treated as service rendered in the Armed Forces for the
purpose of para 4(C) above.
Note-III:
For any Serviceman of the three Armed Forces of the Union to be treated
as Ex-Serviceman for the purpose of securing the benefits of
reservation, he must have already acquired, at the relevant time of
submitting his application for the Post/Service, the status of
ex-serviceman and/or is in a position to establish his acquired
entitlement by documentary evidence from the competent authority that
he would complete specified term of engagement from the Armed Forces
within the stipulated period of one year from the Closing date (i.e. 14.12.2007).
Note-IV: Age Concession is not admissible to the sons, daughters and dependents of Ex-servicemen.
Explanation:
The persons serving in the Armed Forces of the Union, who on retirement
from service, would come under the category of 'ex-serviceman' may be
permitted to apply for re-employment one year before the completion of
the specified terms of engagements and avail themselves of all
concessions available to ex-servicemen but shall not be permitted to
leave the uniform until they complete the specified term of engagement
in the Armed Forces of the Union.
SSC Combined Matric Level Examination 2008 Educational Qualifications
5. Educational Qualifications for SSC Combined Matric Level Examination 2008: (As on 1st August, 2008)
Must have passed Matriculation or equivalent or higher examination as on 01.08.2008.
6. 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 to the service, Provided
that Central government may, if satisfied that such marriage is
permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the
other party to the marriage and there are other grounds for so doing,
exempt any person from the operation of this rule.
7. A candidate must be in good
mental and bodily health and free from any physical defect likely to
interfere with the efficient discharge of his/her duties as an Officer
of the service. A candidate who, after such medical examination as may
be prescribed by the competent authority, is found not to satisfy these
requirements, will not be appointed. Only such candidates as are likely
to be considered for appointment will be medically examined.
Note: In
the case of the disabled Ex-Defence Services personnel, a certificate
of fitness granted by the Demobilisation Medical Board of the Defence
Services will be considered adequate for the purpose of appointment.
8.
The decision of the Commission as to the eligibility or otherwise of a
candidate for admission to the examination shall be final.
9. No candidate will be admitted to the examination unless he/she holds a certificate of admission (AC) from the Commission.
10.
Candidates (except ex-servicemen released from the Armed Forces and
those who are granted remission of fee vide Commission's advertisement)
must pay the fee prescribed therein.
11.
Any attempt on the part of a candidate to obtain support for or canvass
his candidature by any means may disqualify him for admission.
12. Action against candidates found guilty of misconduct:
Candidates
are warned that they should not furnish any particulars that are false
or suppress any material information while filling in the application
form.
Candidates are also warned that
they should in no case attempt to alter or otherwise tamper with any
entry in a document or the attested certified copy submitted by them
nor should they submit a tampered/fabricated document.
If there is any inaccuracy or any discrepancy, an explanation regarding this discrepancy should be submitted.
A candidate who is or has been declared by the Commission to be guilty of:-
- Obtaining support for his / her candidature by any means, or
- Impersonating, or
- Procuring impersonation by any person, or
- Submitting fabricated documents or documents which have been tampered with, or
- Making statements which are incorrect or false or suppressing material information, or
- Resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his candidature for the examination, or
- Writing irrelevant matters including obscene languages or pornographic mater in the script, or
- Misbehaving in any other manner in the examination hall, or
- Using unfair means in the examination hall, or
Possessing
Mobile Phones/Cellular Phones/Pagers/communication devices or any other
unauthorized electronic gadget inside the Examination premises/venue,
whether in use or not (Candidates by mere possession of any of these
items) will be deemed to have been using unfair means and would be
subject to disciplinary action as deemed fit, including ban from future
examination conducted by SSC, or
Taking away the Question Booklet/Answer Sheet with him/her from the
examination hall, or passing it on to unauthorised persons during the
conduct of the examination, or
Harassing or causing bodily harm to the staff employed by the Commission for the conduct of these examination, or
Violation
of any of the instructions issued to candidates alongwith their
Admission Certificates (AC) permitting them to take examination, or
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 liable to criminal prosecution, be liable:-
(a)
to be disqualified by the Commission from the examination for which he
is a candidate as also from any other examination/selection of the
Commission in which he might have appeared but the final
result/selection has not yet been declared/made, and/or
(a)to be debarred either permanently or for a specified period which may extend upto 10 years:-
(i) by the Commission from any examination or selection held by them;
(ii) by the Central Government from any employment under them; and
(c) to take disciplinary action under appropriate rules if he is already in service under Government, or
(d) to take any other appropriate legal action.
13.
Fee Payable: Rs.100/- (Rupees One Hundred only). No fee for Scheduled
Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Physically Handicapped/Ex- Servicemen.
Fee
concession is not admissible to sons and daughters of ExS or to persons
belonging to Other Backward Classes. Service clerks in the last year of
their colour service are also not exempted from payment of fee.
Ex-Servicemen
who have already taken up a Government job shall be considered against
General vacancies and, hence, shall not be entitled for fee concession
[Note-I of Para 4(C)].
14. Mode of Payment:
The
candidates should pay the fee by means of "Central Recruitment Fee
Stamps(CRFS)". These stamps are available at the counter of all
Departmental Post Offices of the country. These Recruitment Fee Stamps
may be pasted on the application form in the space earmarked for the
purpose.
These Recruitment Stamps must
be got cancelled from the Counter Clerks of any Post Office of issue
with the date stamp of the Issuing Office in such a manner that the
impression or the cancellation stamps partially overflows on the
Application Form itself, taking care at the same time that the
impression is clear and distinct to facilitate the identification of
date and Post Office of issue at any subsequent stage. After getting
the Recruitment Fee Stamps cancelled from the Post Office, the
candidate may submit their application to the concerned Regional Office
of the Commission in the usual manner after completing other
formalities.
Fee can also be paid
through Indian Postal Orders, payable to the ?Staff Selection
Commission? at the Post Office as indicated in column 5 of the table
given below para 15 of this Notice. The Postal Order should be properly
Crossed as ?A/c Payee only? and should be valid for at least six months
from the date of submission of the Application form by the Candidate.
Indian Postal Order (IPO) should not have been purchased prior to the
date of publication of this advertisement. Candidates should write
their Name and Address on the IPO in block letters at the specified
place very clearly and legibly.
Note I: Fee once paid will not be refunded under any circumstances.
Note II:
Fee paid by modes other than CRFS or IPO will not be accepted and the
applications of such candidates will be rejected forthright and the
payment made shall stand forfeited.
Note III:
Candidates may please note that non-cancellation of stamps from the
concerned Post Office in the manner indicated above, may lead to
rejection of his/her application form, so it is in the interest of
candidates that they get the CRFS cancelled from the concerned Post
Office.
SSC Combined Matric Level Examination 2008 Scheme of Examination
(I) Scheme of the Combined Matric Level Examination
The Scheme of the Examination will be conducted in three tiers as indicated below:
This Examination, as a part of 1st Tier, would be common for all the three categories of posts as under.
There
will be one paper having two parts ? General Intelligence and General
Awareness, each having 100 questions ? each question carrying one mark.
Scheme of Preliminary Examination for all candidates
other than Visually Handicapped candidates (including blind and
partially blind persons) with visual disability of forty percent and
above and opting for availing the ssistance of scribe.
| Category of Posts | Papers | No. of Ques. | Max.Marks | Total Duration/Timing |
|---|
| Stenographer Grade ?C?,Stenographer Grade ?D?, and Lower Division Clerk (LDC) | Part I General Intelligence | 100 | 100 | 2 Hours 10.00 A.M. to 12.00 Noon or 2.00 P.M. to 4.00 P.M. |
| Part II General Awareness | 100 | 100 |
Questions will be of Objective Multiple Type Choice. The questions will be set in Hindi/English.
Scheme
and Syllabus of Combined Matric Level (Preliminary) Examination, 2008
for Visually Handicapped candidates ( including blind and partially
blind persons )with visual disability of forty percent and above and
opting for availing the assistance of scribe.
| Part | Subject/Question | Maximum Marks | No. of Questions | Total Duration and Timings for VH candidates |
|---|
| I | General Awareness | 100 | 100 | 2.20 hours 10.00 AM to 12.20 P.M or 2.00 PM to 4.20 PM |
| II | English Language | 100 | 100 |
The above examination may be conducted in 2 shifts by the Commission, wherever necessary.
The
questions in both the parts will be Objective Multiple Choice-Type. The
Questions of Part I, i.e., General Awareness will be set both in
English and in Hindi.
Visually
Handicapped candidates, on prior request, will be allowed to avail the
facility of Scribes for indicating the replies on his/her behalf either
in Hindi or in English.
Candidates who
are declared successful by the Commission in the Combined Matric Level
(Preliminary) Examination, 2008 will have to appear in the Combined
Matric Level (Main) Examination, 2008.
This
examination, as part of 2nd tier, will be a descriptive (conventional)
type written examination. It will consist of different papers/subjects,
depending upon the category of post the candidate is appearing for. The
category-wise (i.e. nature of post applied for) details of
papers/subjects, maximum marks for each paper and duration for each
paper are indicated below:
Scheme of Written (Main) Examinations:
1. Written Examination for posts of Stenographers Grade ?C? and Stenographers Grade ?D? (Conventional Type):
| Paper No. | Subject / Paper | Max.Marks | Duration & Timings for General candidates | Duration & Timings for VH candidates |
|---|
Paper I
Part-A
Part-B | General English
General Studies | 100 Marks
100 Marks | 2 Hours 10.00 AM to 12.00 Noon | 2 hrs. and 20 min. 10.00 AM to 12.20 PM |
| Paper II | Essay | 100 marks | 2 Hours 2.00 PM to 4.00 PM | 2 hrs. and 20 min. 2.00 PM to 4.20 PM |
Essay
(Paper-II) will be compulsory only for those candidates who have opted
for the posts of Stenographers Grade ?C? and Stenographers Grade ?D?.
Candidates who have opted for the post of LDC only need not appear for
this paper.
There will be different set
of Questions for the papers on Arithmetic & General Studies for
Visually Handicapped (VH) candidates which shall not have any component
of Map /Graphs / Statistical Data / Diagrams / Figures / Geometrical
problems / Pie-chart etc.
VH candidates shall be allowed to bring their own Tailor frame and braille slate with paper for solving Arithmetical problems.
VH
candidates with 40% and above visual disability and opting for availing
the assistance of SCRIBE for the Preliminary Examination will have to
indicate in the Application Form, the language ( either Hindi or
English ) in which the SCRIBE will indicate the replies in the
Preliminary Examination and also the language and the language code( as
given in Annexure-X of the Notice ) for replying answers in the Main
Examination for Part B of Paper-I ( General Studies ) and Paper-II (
either Essay or Arithmetic ). If relevant information is not furnished,
the candidature will be cancelled forthwith.
The Commission will have the discretion to fix a qualifying standard for the written test.
2. Written Examination for LDCs (Conventional type):
| Paper No. | Subject / Paper | Max.Marks | Duration & Timings for General candidates | Duration & Timings for VH candidates |
|---|
Paper I
Part-A
Part-B | General English
General Studies | 100 Marks
100 Marks | 2 Hours 10.00 AM to 12.00 Noon | 2 hrs. and 20 min. 10.00 AM to 12.20 PM |
| Paper II | Arithmetic | 100 marks | 2 Hours 2.00 PM to 4.00 PM | 2 hrs. and 40 min. 2.00 PM to 4.40 PM |
Candidates,
after they are declared qualified in the Main Written Examination for a
particular category, will have to appear at the Typing Test and/or the
Stenography Test, as the case may be, depending upon the category of
the posts in which they had appeared and been declared qualified for
such skill test, as a part of 3rd tier of this Scheme of examination.
The details of such skill test, categorywise, are indicated below:
- Skill Test for Grade ?C? Stenographers
- Skill Test for Grade ?D? Stenographers
- Skill Test for LDCs
SSC Combined Matric Level Examination 2008 Mode of Selection
19. Mode of Selection:
Candidates
fulfilling the prescribed qualifications will be required to undergo a
Written Examination. The Commission holds full discretion to fix
minimum qualifying marks component-wise in Paper-I and II for different
categories, i.e., UR, SC, ST, OBC, etc.
Candidates
declared qualified on the basis of the Preliminary Examination would be
required to appear for the Main Examination and those who qualify the
Main examination will be called for skill test.
Final
Select List would be prepared on All- India basis in order of merit as
disclosed by the aggregate marks (marks of Written Examination and
SKILL test (in respect of Grade D and Grade C Stenos) ? (Typewriting
Test for LDCs is a qualifying test only) finally awarded to each
candidate as given under this scheme of recruitment and in that order
so many candidates as are found by the Commission to have qualified in
the Examination will be recommended for appointment upto the number of
un-reserved vacancies.
Provided that SC, ST and OBC candidates, who are
selected on their own merit without relaxed standards, alongwith
candidates belonging to other communities, will not be adjusted against
the reserved share of vacancies.
The
reserved vacancies will be filled up separately from amongst the
eligible SCs, STs and OBCs which will, thus, comprise of SC, ST and OBC
candidates who are lower in merit than the last general candidate on
merit list of unreserved category but otherwise found suitable for
appointment even by relaxed standard.
Provided
that the candidates belonging to the PH (OH, HH and VH ) category or
Ex-Servicemen, to the extent the number of vacancies reserved for them,
be recommended at the relaxed standards to make up for the deficiency
in the reserved quota subject to fitness of such candidates for
selection, irrespective of their ranks in the order of merit.
However,
an Ex-Serviceman or Physically Handicapped category candidate who
qualifies on the basis of relaxed standards viz. age limit, experience
or qualifications, permitted number of chances in written examination,
extended zone of consideration, etc. is to be counted against reserved
vacancies and not against general vacancies.
In
so far as cases of Ex-Servicemen are concerned, deduction of Military
Service rendered from the age of Ex-Servicemen is permissible against
the reserved or unreserved posts and such exemption cannot be termed as
relaxed standards in regard to age.
Success
in the examination confers no right of appointment unless government is
satisfied after such enquiry as may be considered necessary that the
candidate is suitable in all respects for appointment to the service /
post.
Resolution of tie cases
(A) in case of stenographer grade ?d? and stenographer grade ?c? examination
If
there are candidates having the same aggregate marks in the written
examination plus Stenography Test then the tie is resolved by the
Commission by referring to the total marks in the written examination,
i.e., a candidate having more marks in the written examination gets
preference over the candidates having the same aggregate marks.
If
the tie still persists, then the marks in the paper where the first
cutoff is given is referred to, i.e., a candidate having more marks in
this paper is given preference.
This
procedure is followed by Date of Birth, i.e., the candidate older in
age gets preference. Lastly, if the tie still persists, the tie is
finally resolved by referring to the alphabetical order of names, i.e.,
a candidate whose name begins with the alphabet which comes first in
the alphabetical order gets preference.
(B) In case of LDCs Examination
If
there are candidates having the same aggregate marks in the written
examination ( Typing Test is of qualifying nature ) then the tie is
resolved by the Commission by referring to the marks of the paper where
the first cut-off is given, i.e., a candidate having more marks in this
paper is given preference.
If the tie
still persists then Date of Birth of the candidates is referred to,
i.e., the candidate older in age gets preference. Lastly, if the tie
still persists, the tie is finally resolved by referring to the
alphabetical order of names, i.e., a candidate whose name begins with
the alphabet which comes first in the alphabetical order gets
preference.
Note: 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 will be purely provisional,
subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If,
on verification, at any time before or after the written examination
and skill 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.
