Section Officer Commercial Audit Examination (SO Audit)

SSC Section Officer (SO) Commercial AuditExamination Eligibility

Nationality/Citizenchip:

A candidate must be either:

(a) a citizen of India, or
(b) a subject of Nepal, or
(c) a subject of Bhutan, or
(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January, 1962,withthe intention of permanently settling in India, or
(e) 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 Vietnamwith 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 ofeligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

A candidate in whose case a certificate ofeligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination but the Offer ofappointment will be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate hasbeen issued to him by the Government of India.

Age Limit : Between 18 to 27years

The Upper age limit as prescribed in above willbe further relaxable:

(i) Upto a maximum of 5 years if a candidatebelongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe category.

(ii) Upto a maximum of 3 years if a candidatebelongs to OBCs in accordance with DP&T OM NO.36012/22/93-Estt.(SCT) dated8.9.1993 & OM No.43013/2/95-Estt (SCT) dated 25.01.95 with its subsequentamendments.

Note-I: The OBC candidatesshould furnish the relevant OBC Certificate in the prescribed format prescribedfor Central Government jobs( as per Annexure-VII) issued by the competentauthority on or before the Closing Date(20.07.2007)as stipulated in the Notice.OBC certificate obtained otherwise than the prescribed certificate meant forCentral Government Jobs will not be considered for seeking relaxationwhatsoever.

(iii) Upto a maximum of 10 years if the candidateis a physically handicapped person. For candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBCs andwho are also physically handicapped, the maximum relaxation of 10 yearspermissible for physically handicapped shall be in addition to the agerelaxation provided in terms of sub-paras (i) and (ii) above.

(iv) Upto the maximum of 5 years to candidates ofJammu and Kashmir who have ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu andKashmir during the period from 1.1.80 to 31.12.89. Any person intending toavail of the aforesaid relaxation shall submit the certificate from eitherDistrict Magistrate within whose jurisdiction he had ordinarily resided or anyother authority so designated in this behalf by the Govt. of Jammu and Kashmirto the effect that he had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu and Kashmir .

The upper age limit as prescribed in Para 4(A)above will be relax able upto a maximum of 5 years (8 years for OBCs and 10years for SCs/STs) in case of Ex-Serviceman and Commissioned Officers includingECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least 5 years military service as on20.07.2007(Closing date for receipt of completed application form) and havebeen released - (i) on completion of assignment (including those whoseassignment is due to be completed within one year) otherwise than by way ofdismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency, or (ii) onaccount of physical disability attributable to military service, or (iii) oninvalidment.

Explanation: An ex-servicemanmeans a person who has served in any rank whether as a combatant ornon-combatant in the Regular Army, Navy, Air Force of the Indian Union and (i)who retired from such service after earning his/her pension. This would alsoinclude persons who are released/retired at their own request but after havingearned their pension; or (ii) who has been released from such service onmedical grounds attributable to military service / circumstances beyond hiscontrol and awarded medical or other disability pension; or (iii) who has beenreleased, otherwise than on his own request from such service as a result ofreduction in establishment; or (iv) who has been released from such serviceafter completing the specific period of engagements, otherwise than at his ownrequest or by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct orinefficiency, and has been given a gratuity; and includes personnel of theTerritorial Army of the following categories, namely :-

(a) Pension holders for continuous embodied service,
(b) Persons with disability attributable to military service; and
(c) Gallantry award winners.

Note-I: Ex-servicemen, who havealready joined government job in civil side after availing of the benefitsgiven to Ex-Servicemen for their re-employment, are also eligible for the ageconcession. However, such candidates will NOT be eligible for the benefit ofreservation as ExS or for fee concession.

Note-II: The period of"Call up Service" of an Ex-Serviceman in the Armed Forces shall alsobe treated as service rendered in the Armed Forces for purpose of above.

Note-III: For any serviceman ofthe three Armed Forces of the Union to be treated as Ex-Serviceman for thepurpose of securing the benefits of reservation; he must have already acquired,at the relevant time of submitting his application for the Post/Service, thestatus of ex-serviceman and/or is in a position to establish his acquiredentitlement by documentary evidence from the competent authority that he wouldcomplete specified term of engagement from the Armed Forces within thestipulated period of one year from the closing date

Explanation: The persons servingin the Armed Forces of the Union, who on retirement from service, would comeunder the category of 'ex-serviceman', may be permitted to apply forreemployment one year before the completion of the specified terms ofengagements and avail themselves of all concessions available to ex-servicemenbut shall not be permitted to leave the uniform until they complete thespecified term of engagement in the Armed Forces of the Union.

Note-IV: This concession ofapplying one year before the completion of specified term of engagement is notavailable in respect of Educational Qualifications i.e. the candidate must havethe required educational qualifications on the date of application and must bein a position to produce the necessary document in support thereof on or beforethe normal closing date i.e. 20.07.2007.

Note-V: The format ofcertificate/undertaking to be submitted by the candidates in this connection isgiven in Appendix IV & V.

Note-VI:Age concession is notadmissible to the sons, daughters and dependents of ex-servicemen.

Age relaxation for central government civilianemployees:

The Upper age limit is relaxable upto the age of32 years (37 years for SCs/STs candidates and 35 years for OBCs candidates} tothe Departmental candidates (Central Government employees holding civil posts)who have rendered not less than 3 years continuous service on regular basis.

SSC Section Officer (SO) Commercial Audit Examination EducationalQualification

Bachelor's Degree in Commerce of a recognisedUniversity or Chartered Accountancy or Institute of CostandWorks Accountancy(ICWA)or Company Secretaryship (CS) from recognizedinstitutes/organizations.

Note-I: Candidates who do notpossess the proof of passing the required examination for obtaining theprescribed educational qualification as on the stipulated date are NOT eligibleand need not apply for the post.

Note-II: Marks-sheet/ProvisionalCertificates/Certificates(Degree) of Graduation issued by the CompetentAuthorities (University) would be accepted as proof of possessing the minimumEducational Qualifications by the applicants.

Note-III: All candidates who aredeclared qualified by the Commission for appearing at the PersonalityTest/Interview will be required to produce proof of passing the requisiteExamination as a result of which the candidate has claimed to be educationallyqualified on the date mentioned above, at the time of such PersonalityTest/Interview, failing which the candidature of such candidates will becancelled by the Commission without any further correspondence in this regard.

6. No person:

(a) who has entered into or contracted a marriagewith a person having spouse living; or

(b) who, having a spouse living, has entered intoor contracted a marriage with any person, shall be eligible for appointment toservice.

Provided that Central government may, ifsatisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicableto such person and the other party to the marriage and there are other groundsfor so doing, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.

7. A candidate must be in good mental and bodilyhealth and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the efficientdischarge of his duties as an officer of the service. A candidate who aftersuch medical examination as may be prescribed by the competent authority, isfound not to satisfy these requirements, will not be appointed. Only suchcandidates as are likely to be considered for appointment will be medicallyexamined.

Note: In the case of thedisabled Ex-Defence personnel, a certificate of fitness granted by theDemobilization Medical Board of the Defence Services will be consideredadequate for the purposes of appointment.

8. The decision of the Commission as to theeligibility or otherwise of a candidate for admission to the examination shallbe final.

9. No candidate will be admitted to theexamination unless he/she holds a Admission Certificate (AC) from theCommission.

10. All candidates other than (SC/ST/PH andex-servicemen released from the Armed Forces who are granted remission of fee)must pay the fee prescribed therein.

11. Any attempt on the part of a candidate toobtain support for his candidature by any means may disqualify him foradmission.

12. Action against candidates found guilty ofmisconduct:

Candidates are warned that they should notfurnish any particulars that are false or suppress any material informationwhile filling in the application form. Candidates are also warned that theyshould in no case attempt to alter or otherwise tamper with any entry in adocument or the attested certified copy submitted by them nor should theysubmit a tampered/fabricated document.

If there is any inaccuracy or any discrepancy, anexplanation regarding this discrepancy should be submitted.

A candidate who is or has been declared by theCommission to be guilty of:-

(i) Obtaining support for his/her candidature byany means, or

(ii) Impersonating, or

(iii) Procuring impersonation by any person, or

(iv) Submitting fabricated documents or documentswhich have been tampered with, or

(v) Making statements which are incorrect orfalse or suppressing material information,or

(vi) Resorting to any other irregular or impropermeans in connection with his candidature for the examination/selection, or

(vii) Writing irrelevant matters includingobscene languages or pornographic matter in the script, or

(viii) Committing mischief or misbehaving in anyother manner in the examination hall, or

(ix) Using unfair means in the examination hall,or

(x) Possessing Mobile Phones/Cellularphones/pagers and/or any other unauthorized electronic gadget inside theExamination premises/venue l whether in use or not (mere possession of any ofthese items will be deemed to have been using unfair means and wouldaccordingly be liable to disciplinary action as deemed fit, including ban fromfuture examination conducted by S.S.C.); or

(xi) Taking away the Question Booklet/AnswerSheet with him/her from the examination hall, or passing it on to unauthorisedpersons during the conduct of the examination, or

(xii) Harassing or doing bodily harm to the staffemployed by the Commission for the conduct of these examination, or

(xiii) Violation of any of the instructionsissued to candidates alongwith their Admission Certificates permitting them totake examination, or

(xiv) Attempting to commit, or as the case maybe, abetting the commission of all or any of the acts specified in the foregoingclauses, may, in addition to rendering himself liable to criminal prosecution,be liable:-

(a) to be disqualified by theCommission from the examination for which he is a candidate as also from anyother examination/selection of the Commission in which he might have appearedbut the final result/selection has not yet been declared/made, and/or

(b) to be debarred eitherpermanently or for a specified period which may extend upto 10 years:-

(i) by the Commission from allexaminations or selections held by them;

(ii) by the Central Governmentfrom any employment under them, and

(c) to disciplinary action underappropriate rules if he is already in service under Government;

(d) or to take any otherappropriate legal action.

SSC Section Officer (SO) Commercial Audit Examination Scheme

Scheme of Examination andSyllabus:

Scheme of Examination

The examination will consist of two stages/parts viz.

Part-I Written Examination carrying 400 marks, and

Part-II Personality Test (Interview) carrying maximum of100 marks.

Part-I: Written Examination

Note-I : Paper I will be consistof objective type multiple choice questions only. The question papers (TestBooklets) for (a) General Awareness as well as (b) Arithmetical Ability will beset in both the languages - English & Hindi.

Note-II: Candidates must writethe papers in their own hand. In no circumstances, will they be allowed thehelp of a scribe to write the answers for them.

Note-III: In the questionpapers, wherever necessary, in question involving numerals, the Metric systemof weight and measures only be set.

Note-IV: Candidates are notpermitted to use calculators or any mechanical/electric or electronic devicefor answering any paper (Test Booklets). They should not, therefore, bring thesame inside the Examination Hall. Possession thereof, whether in use or not,may be termed as ?using unfair means in the Examination?.

Note-V: Paper II (ConventionalPaper) will be evaluated in respect of only those candidates who qualify inPaper I (Objective Type Paper) at the standard, which may be decided by theCommission at its discretion.

PART-II Personality Test (INTERVIEW):

The personality test will carry maximum of 100marks.

The Interview / personality test is structured insuch a manner that the candidates? interests, knowledge, various traits,aptitude, suitability, etc. are probed, among other things, through academic qualifications,extra-curricular activities, general awareness/ knowledge, depth of knowledgeof the subject studied (10+2 onwards), communicative skill and personality etc.

Note-I: Only those candidateswho secure in the written examination the minimum qualifying marks in Part-I,as may be fixed by the Commission at their discretion, will be eligible to becalled for personality test.

Provided that candidates belonging to ScheduledCastes, Scheduled Tribes, OBC and PH categories may be called for the Personalitytest/Interview by the Commission applying relaxed standards if the Commissionis of the opinion that sufficient number of candidates of these categories arenot likely to be called for the personality test on the basis of generalstandard in order to fill up the vacancies reserved for these categories (i.e.SC, ST, PH and OBC).

Note-II: Central Governmentcivilian employees must furnish "No Objection Certificate" from theirEmployer/Office at the time of the Interview/Personality test that in the eventof their final selection for the relevant posts through the Commission?sexamination, they would be relieved by the Office for joining the newpost/service else their candidature will be cancelled The Interview will beheld at the Commission's Regional Offices or other centers as may be decided bythe Commission.

SC/ST candidates called for interview will bepaid TA as per Govt. Orders. However no TA is payable to any candidate forappearing in the written examination.

Canvassing in any form will disqualify thecandidate.

Note-II:Candidates are requiredto submit alongwith their applications attested certificate(s) in support oftheir claims regarding age, educational qualifications, ScheduledCaste/Scheduled Tribe/Other Backward Classes/PH and Ex-Serviceman etc. Thecandidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all theeligibility conditions for admission to the examination. Their admission at allthe stages of examination for which they are admitted by the Commission(written examination and interview test) will be purely PROVISIONAL, subject totheir satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If on verification atany time before or after the written examination and interview test, it isfound that they do not fulfill any of the eligibility conditions, theircandidature for the examination will be cancelled by the Commission.

Note III: Candidates have theoption to submit either self attested/self certified photocopies of variousdocuments or to submit photocopies of various documents duly attested by aGazetted Officer as per extant procedure alongwith the application form.However, the original documents/certificates will be verified at the time ofPersonality Test and their candidature will be subject to result of such scrutiny.While exercising the facility of self-attestation of various documents, thecandidates are warned that:

(a) any wrong attestations so as to mislead theCommission or to gain access to our Examinations, would lead to criminal/debaraction against the candidates, besides cancellation of their candidatures; and

(b) All original certificates will be checked atthe time of Personality Test, as The case may be and their candidature issubject to result of such scrutiny.