Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission
Advertisement No. 4/ 2017
Online Recruitment Applications (ORA*) are invited from desirous and eligible candidates for recruitment to the posts of Range Forest Officer, Class-II (Gazetted) (on Contract basis) in the Department of Forests, Himachal Pradesh through ORA, which shall be available on the Commission’s website www.hp.gov.in/hppsc up to 11th April, 2017 till 11:59 P.M. (IST), thereafter link will be disabled.
Detail of post(s) and eligibility conditions are given as under :-
Department of Forests, H.P
Name of the post : Range Forest Officer, Class-II (Gazetted) (on Contract basis)
No. of posts : 50 posts (category wise detail of posts has been appended below)
Age : 21 to 31 years. The upper age limit for direct recruitment shall be 42 years to the candidates already in service of the Government including those who have been appointed on
adhoc or on contract basis
Pay band : Rs 10300-34800/- + Rs 4800 (G.P.) (Contractual emoluments: ` 15100/- per month)
Essential Qualification:-
Candidates must possess Bachelor’s Degree ( or equivalent in Science or Engineering from any recognized University with at least one of the following subjects:
(i) Agriculture
(ii) Botany
(iii) Chemistry
(iv) Computer Application/ Science.
(v) Engineering
Electrical/ Electronics/ Mechanical)
(vi) Environmental Sciences
(vii) Forestry
(viii) Geology
(ix) Horticulture
(x) Mathematics
(xi) Physics
(xii) Statistics
(xiii) Veterinary Sciences
(xiv) Zoology
Provided that the candidates belonging to General Category can avail 6 chances to appear in the examination. There shall be no limit for the candidates belonging to SCs/ STs/OBCs categories:
Provided further that a government servant who is holding substantive/ officiating appointment in Himachal Pradesh shall be eligible to appear in the examination if he possess at least Bachelor’s degree of any recognized university or equivalent with atleast one of the above mentioned subjects, subject to 6 chances in case of candidate belonging to General category and with no limit for SCs/STs/OBCs candidates. These chances will be inclusive of chances they might have availed as a direct candidate:
Provided further that only those candidates who qualify the written test will be called for the physical test and the number of candidates called for physical test will be five times the number of vacancies
(b) Desirable Qualification:-
Knowledge of customs manner and dialects of Himachal Pradesh and
suitability for appointment in peculiar conditions prevailing in the Pradesh.
RULES RELATING TO THE SUBJECTS AND STANDARDS OF THE
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POST OF RANGE FOREST
OFFICER, CLASS-II (GAZETTED):-
1. The candidates who will qualify the Written Examination will be called for physical standard test and the candidates five times of the number of vacancies will be declared successful in the written examination.
2. The written examination shall include two compulsory and two optional papers.
3. A candidate shall specify in his/her application form the optional subjects he / she desires to take but may intimate any change of intention to the Secretary, Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission not later than the last date notified for submission of applications online.
4. A candidate shall answer the optional papers in English or Hindi only which is at his/ her option choice.
5. No candidate shall be considered to have qualified the written examinationunless he/ she obtains at least 40% marks in each compulsory papers and 45% marks in aggregate.
6. Provided that in case there is a tie between or amongst the candidates onaccount of having obtained equal minimum qualifying marks in the written examination all such candidates shall be called for the interview / personality test.
7. The names of the candidates who are called for the interview/ personality test shall be arranged in order of merit on the basis of aggregate marks obtained in the written examination.
8. The ranking will be decided on the basis of the marks obtained in all compulsory and optional papers excluding marks of English Paper though it would be necessary to obtain 40% marks in each optional paper to qualify.
9. The final ranking shall be determined on the basis of the marks obtained by the candidates in the main examination (written as well as interview/ personality test).
10. In the event of a tie, order of merit shall be determined in accordance with the highest marks secured by a candidate in interview/ personality test and if the marks in the interview / personality test are also equal, then the order of merit shall be decided in accordance with the highest marks obtained by such candidates in the compulsory papers and if the marks in the aggregate of the compulsory papers are also equal, then the elder candidate shall be placed higher in the merit.
11. Credit will be given for good English/ Hindi including orderly, effective and exact expression combined with the economy of words in all subjects of the examination and not only in subjects which are especially devoted to English/ Hindi.
12. All papers shall be of three hours duration.
Interview / Personality test:
Total number of candidates who shall qualify the physical test and to be called for interview/ Personality test will be three times the number of vacancies advertised who will have before the Commission a record of their career. They will be asked questions on matters of general interest. The object of the interview / 6 personality test is to assess the personal suitability of the candidate of the service. The test is intended to judge the mental caliber of candidate. In broad terms, this is really an assessment of not only their intellectual qualities but also social traits and their interest in current affairs including the knowledge of customs, manners and dialects of Himachal Pradesh. Some of the qualities to be judged are mental alertness, critical powers of assimilation, care and logical exposition, balance of judgments, variety and depth of interest, ability for social cohesion and leadership, intellectual and moral integrity
HOW TO APPLY:-
Detailed instructions for filling up Online Recruitment Applications are available on the above mentioned website.
Online Recruitment Applications (ORA*) are invited from desirous and eligible candidates for recruitment to the posts of Range Forest Officer, Class-II (Gazetted) (on Contract basis) in the Department of Forests, Himachal Pradesh through ORA, which shall be available on the Commission’s website www.hp.gov.in/hppsc up to 11th April, 2017 till 11:59 P.M. (IST), thereafter link will be disabled.
a) Desirous/ eligible candidates should apply online through official website of the Commission. Applications received through any other mode would not be accepted.
b) After submitting the Online Recruitment Application(s) (ORA), the candidates are required to take a printout of the finally submitted Online Recruitment Application and submit the same along with requisite self attested/ attested documents / certificates in support of their eligibility to the Commission on the day of examination for the concerned post.
EXAMINATION FEES:- The detail of fee for respective categories is as under:-
Mode of Payment:-
Candidates can pay requisite Examination Fee either through ‘e-Challan’ or through ‘e-Payment’ option.
1. 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. Thereafter, candidates are required to visit again the above mentioned website to access the home page of the “ONLINE APPLICATION FILING SYSTEM” by entering User ID and password earlier created by the candidates on or before the last date. Click on “FEE DETAILS” and enter the details of “Branch Code/ Name, Transaction Number and Date of deposit” & then click on “Update Fee Details.”
2. The candidates can also pay requisite examination fees through Debit or Credit Card of any Bank. Before applying online, all candidates are advised to go through detailed instructions given on the above mentioned website.
FACILITATION COUNTER FOR GUIDANCE OF CANDIDATES:–
In case of any guidance/ information/ clarification regarding their Online Recruitment Applications, candidature etc.; candidates can contact HPPSC’s Reception Counter in person or on Toll Free No. 1800-180-8004 or Phone No. 0177- 2624313 and 2629739 on any working day between 10:00 A.M. to 05:00 P.M. For queries related to submission of Online Recruitment Application(s), candidates can also contact on Ph. No. 0177-2629738 on any working day between 10:00 A.M. to 05:00 P.M
ADMISSION/ REJECTION:-
The information in respect of provisionally admitted candidates on claim basis and rejected candidates (for want of requisite fees) will be uploaded on website of the Commission before the conduct of Screening Test/ Examination for the concerned post(s).
The candidates are required to submit their requisite documents in support of their eligibility for the concerned post on the day of Examination as per essential qualification(s) for the concerned post(s). The requisite documents submitted by the candidates, will be scrutinized and list of proposed rejected candidates will be uploaded on the website of the Commission for information of all concerned. Besides, concerned candidates will be informed through e-mail(s) and SMSes. No separate intimation in this regard will be sent by post.
Seven days’ time will be given to file representation(s) along with supporting documents against the proposed rejections, if any, from the date of uploading the list of rejected candidates on the website of the Commission for the concerned post(s), failing which, no representation(s) will be entertained thereafter.
Candidates are advised to visit the Commission’s website from time to time for updates in their own interest.
e- Admission Certificate(s): No Admission Certificate(s) will be sent by post and provisionally admitted candidates will have to download their respective e-Admission Certificate along with instructions for the concerned post(s) from the official website of the Commission. Therefore, the candidates are advised to remember their User ID(s) and password(s) earlier created by the candidates to log in to download their respective e-Admission Certificate(s). The provisionally admitted candidates will have to paste a passport size photograph duly self attested / attested by a Gazetted Officer on the space provided on the downloaded e-Admission Certificate(s), failing which he/she will not be allowed to appear in the Screening Test/Examination, in any condition/ circumstances, whatsoever.
SUBMISSION OF CERTIFICATES/ DOCUMENTS:-
- THE CANDIDATES WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT THE PRINTOUT/ HARD COPY OF ONLINE RECRUITMENT APPLICATIONS (ORA) ALONGWITH SELF ATTESTED/ ATTESTED COPIES OF REQUISITE DOCUMENTS/ CERTIFICATES, i.e. ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATION(S), AGE, EXPERIENCE AND CATEGORY IN SUPPORT OF THEIR ELIGIBILITY ON THE DAY OF SCREENING TEST/ EXAMINATION FOR THE CONCERNED POST, FAILING WHICH THEIR CANDIDATURE WILL STAND CANCELLED.
- Furnishing of false information or suppression of any material fact(s) in the Online Recruitment Application form(s) would entail disqualification of the candidate and he / she will be disqualified from appearing for recruitment to any post to be advertised by this Commission for a period of three years from the date of submission of application by such candidate(s).
- The detailed particulars of such candidates will be uploaded on the website of the Commission to blacklist such debarred candidates.
Note: Original certificates will have to be produced at the time of interview/ personality test. If any of their claims is found to be incorrect; besides rejection they may render themselves liable to disciplinary action by the Commission
ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS:–
(i) The date of determining the eligibility of all candidates in terms of essential qualification(s), experience etc., if any, shall be reckoned as on the closing date, 11th April, 2017 for submission of Online Recruitment Applications (ORA) on Commission’s website.
(ii) If no post is reserved for a particular reserved category falling under vertical reservation, then such candidates can be considered against General / UR category, provided such candidates will have to fulfill the criteria, i.e. age limit, experience, qualification etc., which are applicable to General category candidates. In other words, when a relaxed standard is applied in selecting SC/ ST/ OBC candidate, for example in the age limit, experience, qualification etc. then such candidates would be deemed as unavailable for consideration against unreserved vacancies in accordance with the instructions of the Government (in the Department of Personnel) issued vide letter No. PER (AP)-C-F (1)-2/2001 dated 12th November, 2014.
(iii)The decision of the Commission regarding eligibility etc. of a candidate for admission to Personality Test/ interview or selection will be final and no correspondence / personal enquiries will be entertained.
(iv)Onus of proving that a candidate has acquired requisite degree/ essential qualification by the stipulated date, shall be on the candidate and in the absence of proof to the contrary, the date as mentioned on the face of certificate/ degree or the date of issue of certificate / degree shall be taken as date of acquiring essential educational qualification. No extra opportunity shall be provided to the candidates to produce appropriate certificates at the time of interview.
(v) In respect of equivalent clause in Essential Qualifications, if a candidate is claiming a particular qualification as equivalent qualification as per the requirement of advertisement, then the candidate is required to produce order/ letter in this regard, indicating the Authority (with number and date) under which it has been so treated otherwise the Online Recruitment Application is liable to be rejected
Clarification:– (i) 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. (ii) Age of a candidate shall be reckoned as on 01.01.2017.
CHECK LIST: VERIFY THE FOLLOWING BEFORE SUBMITING THE ONLINE RECRUITMENT APPLICATION OR DOCUMENTS/ CERTIFICATES:-
a) That no column is wrongly filled or kept blank as the information furnished therein would be used to determine the eligibility of candidates to be called for interviews.
b) In order to ascertain the eligibility for the concerned post(s), a printout of the finally submitted Online Recruitment Application (ORA) has to be submitted along with all requisite attested copies of certificates/ documents to the Commission on the day of Screening Test for the concerned post(s).
c) That copies of only following documents/certificates are provided in support of claims made/ information given in the Online Recruitment Application:-
i) Degree/Diploma certificates along with Marks Sheets of all years in support of Educational Qualifications. The provisional certificate(s) along with marks sheets of all semesters/ years. ii) Matriculation certificate for age proof.
iii) Experience certificate(s) wherever required. 13 iv) Order/ letter in respect of equivalent Educational Qualifications claimed, indicating the authority (with number & date) under which it has been so treated.
DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR ADMISSION TO THE EXAMINATION(s): No candidate will be eligible for admission to the examination:- a) If he/ she has been dismissed from any previous Govt./ Semi Govt. service; b) If he/ she has been convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude 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; or d) If he / she is an un-discharged insolvent.
Abbreviations: H.P: Himachal Pradesh, PSC: Public Service Commission, UR: Unreserved, SC: Scheduled Caste of H.P, ST: Scheduled Tribe of H.P, OBC: Other Backward Classes of H.P as declared by the Govt. of H.P from time to time, Ex-SM: Ex-servicemen of H.P., WFF: Wards of Freedom Fighters of H.P, Wards of Ex-SM: Dependent sons, daughters and wives of Ex-SM of H.P., PWDs: Persons with disabilities of H.P., VI: Visually impaired, HI: Hearing Impaired and EQ: Essential qualification(s)
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