Himachal Pradesh State Co operative Bank 2021 Jobs Recruitment Notification. HPSCB inviting applications for the positions of Junior Clerk & more. Interested and Eligible candidates can apply for the positions.
Last Date for Submission of Application is on 02nd July, 2021.
No.of Posts and Vacancies :-
Junior Clerk - 144 Posts
Steno - 05 Posts
Qualification Details:
The HP State Cooperative Bank Ltd., which is a leading Cooperative Bank in the country and the Apex Cooperative Bank in Himachal Pradesh invites ONLINE applications from eligible candidates for the recruitment to the posts of JUNIOR CLERK and STENO/STENO-TYPIST in the Bank on REGULAR BASIS. The desirous candidates should read detailed Instructions for Recruitment on Bank’s website www.hpscb.com. The last date for applying for these posts is 02.07.2021 Applications can be filled ONLINE in Recruitment Link on the website between 05.06.2021 to 02.07.2021 alongwith payment of requisite fee.
1. Name of the Post: Jr. Clerks
2. No of Post: 144
3. Essential Qualifications:
a) Educational Qualifications for Junior Clerks (Direct Recruits): 10+2 with 50% marks or Graduate or above of a recognised University. Provided that the candidate should have passed Matriculation and 10+2 from any School/Institution situated within Himachal Pradesh. This condition shall, however, not apply to Bonafide Himachalis.
b)
(i) 10+2 with 50% marks or Graduate or above of a recognized University. Provided that the candidate should have passed Matriculation and 10+2 from any School/Institution situated within Himachal Pradesh. This condition shall, however, not apply to Bonafide Himachalis.
(ii) A minimum of continuous 5 years service as Secretary as defined in Rule 2(vii) of the H.P. Cooperative Societies Rules, 1971 of Primary Agriculture Credit Society. For a candidate possessing Graduate Degree, required experience shall be three years instead of five years.
(iii) Should be below 45 years of age as on 01.01.2021.
(iv) All employees of PACS who are covered under the definition of “trained Secretaries” are eligible for the posts.
(v) Candidate should not be directly or indirectly a defaulter of his/her society.
c)
(i) 10+2 with 50% marks or Graduate or above of a recognised University. Provided that the candidate should have passed Matriculation and 10+2 from any School/Institution situated within Himachal Pradesh. This condition shall, however, not apply to Bonafide Himachalis.
(ii) A minimum of continuous 7 years service in a cooperative society. For a candidate possessing Graduate Degree, required experience shall be five years instead of seven years.
(iii)Should be below 45 years of age as on 01.01.2021.
(iv)All employees of other cooperative societies and employees of PACS who are not covered under the definition of “trained Secretaries” are eligible for the posts.
(v) Candidate should not be directly or indirectly a defaulter of his/her society.
4. Emoluments: All the posts will be filled on regular basis in the pay scale having Pay Band of Rs. 10300- 34800/- plus Grade Pay of Rs. 3200/-.
a) Name of post: Junior Clerk, Pay Scale: 10300-34800, Total Emoluments: Rs. 35863 + admissible allowances Per Month.
Age:
Age (As on 01.01.2021): Candidate should be above 18 years and below 45 years of age.
Application Fee:
General/ Obc/ Ex-servicemen / Wff / Physically Handicapped: Rs.1000/-, Sc/st/ Irdp/ Bpl/antodaya /ews Category: Rs.800/-, Female Candidates Of All Categories: Rs.800/-
General Instructions:
1. The candidates must read the rules and regulations carefully.
2. Incomplete application form shall not be accepted.
3. The possibility of occurrence of some problem in conducting examination cannot be ruled out completely, which may impact test delivery and/or result from being generated. In that event, every effort will be made to rectify the problem, which may include shifting the candidates to the other centres or to conduct another examination if considered necessary. Decision of HPSCB in this regard shall be final. Candidates not willing to accept such change shall lose his/her candidature for the exam.
4. Since the applications are being sought online and no other documents have been sought at the time of application, the candidate has to ensure that he/she possesses all the qualifications for the post applied, including working experience where desired.
5. The candidate shall appear in the examination at his/her own responsibility and he/she does not possess any right to be selected but subsequently, if the candidate is declared successful in online examination, he/she shall be considered for appointment only when he/she appears for the evaluation of relevant documents before scrutiny committee constituted for said purpose and submits all the required original documents to the concerned officer for verification and further recourse.
6. If, at any time, it comes to notice that the candidate did not possess the required qualifications at the time of filling the application form, his/her application shall be cancelled at any stage of the selection process even though he/she may have been selected.
7. Recruitment to the posts shall be on a probation for a period of two years, provided if the appointing authority is of the option that an extension of the probationary period is necessary, it may further extend the period by such time as it may deem fit. Provided further that the total period of the probation shall in no case exceed three years. If the work or conduct of a probationer is not considered satisfactory by the Managing Director, the services of the probationer may be terminated by the Bank without assigning any reason, whatsoever by an order in writing under the signature of the Managing Director.
8. In case the performance of the probationer is not found satisfactory, the services of the probationer will be terminated without assigning any reason as per the relevant provisions of Bank’s Service Rules.
9. Candidates already employed in regular (confirmed) services will have to submit NOC and a good character certificate from his employer at the time of evaluation of relevant documents. Non-availibility of such NOC at the time of evaluation of documents will result in cancellation of candidature.
10. Fee once paid shall not be refunded. HPSCB reserves the right to change the vacant post details at any time and also to cancel the recruitment procedure at any stage. The decision on it of HPSCB shall be final.
11. Decision of HPSCB in all matters relating to recruitment will be final and binding on the candidates. No correspondence or personal enquiries shall be entertained by HPSCB in this behalf.
12. If the examination is held in more than one session, the scores across various sessions will be equated to adjust for slight differences in difficulty level of different test batteries used across sessions. More than one session may be required if the node capacity is less or some technical disruption takes place at any center or for any candidate.
13. Selected candidates will be posted anywhere in area of operation of H.P. State Cooperative Bank in Himachal Pradesh.
14. Instances for providing incorrect information and/or process violation by a candidate detected at any stage of the selection process will lead to disqualification of the candidate from the selection process and he/she will not be allowed to appear in any recruitment process organized by HPSCB in future. If such instances go undetected during the current selection process but are detected subsequently, such disqualification will take place with retrospective affect.
15. The selection of candidate will be on the basis of final merit list prepared by HPSCB on the basis of total marks obtained in online Phase-II (Main Examination) and subsequent evaluation of relevant documents as per laid down criteria. If two or more candidate gets equal marks, the preference shall be given to candidates possessing higher academic qualifications and those belonging to the State of H.P..
16. Responses (answers) of a candidate in online examination will be analyzed to detect patterns of similarity of right and wrong answers. If, in the analytical procedure adopted in this regard, it is inferred/concluded that the responses have been shared and scores obtained are not genuine/valid, the candidature may be cancelled and/or the result withheld.
Important Dates:
1. Opening date of submission of online application. 05.06.2021
2. Last date of submission of online application. 02.07.2021
3. Date of downloading of Call Letters. Around 7 days before examination date
4. Date of online Examination. Proposed in the month of August, 2021. Exact date will be decided by the Bank keeping in view the prevailing situation. The candidates will be informed accordingly on Bank’s website so that they can download their call letters.
5. Date of declaration of result for Online Examination. Around 15 days after the conduct of the examination.
Address:
The Himachal Pradesh State Cooperative Bank Ltd., Head Office, The Mall Shimla- 171001
Selection Process :
The pattern of the Examinations which will be conducted online shall be as follows:
1. Syllabus: The level of examination and syllabus for examination shall be in accordance with the minimum level of educational qualification criteria provided for the post. The minimum level of educational qualification for the post of Jr. Clerks/ Steno/Steno-Typist is 10+2 with 50 % marks.
2. Total marks for Phase-I (Preliminary Examination): The Phase-I (Preliminary Examination) will be of 100 marks which shall be qualifying in nature. The merit obtained by candidate in Phase-I (Preliminary Examination) will not be considered while preparing final merit list.
3. Total marks for Phase-II (Main Examination) & Evaluation of documents: As per the provisions of Bank’s Service Rules, the marks for Phase-II (Main Examination) shall be 85 % and marks for Evaluation of documents shall be 15 %. Accordingly, the Phase-II (Main Examination) shall be of 85 marks and Evaluation of documents of candidates declared successful in Phase-II (Main Examination), shall be of 15 marks as per the laid down criteria.
4. Merit of written examination/test: The overall minimum qualifying marks in the online examination shall be 45% of total marks prescribed for written test, meaning thereby that merit of written exam/test shall not slide down below 45% marks in any case.
5. Duration of written Test: The duration for phase-I (Preliminary examination) shall be 1 hour and for Phase-II (Main examination) the duration shall be of 2 hours as mentioned above.
How to Apply :
Candidates can apply online only from 05.06.2021 to 02.07.2021 and no other mode of application will be accepted.
Important Points To Be Noted Before Registration: Before applying online, candidates should-
(i) scan their:
- photograph (4.5cm × 3.5cm)
- signature (with black ink)
- left thumb impression (on white paper with black or blue ink)
- a hand written declaration (on a white paper with black ink) (text given below) ensuring that the all these scanned documents adhere to the required specifications as given in Annexure III to this Advertisement.
(ii) Signature in Capital Letters will NOT be accepted.
(iii) The left thumb impression should be properly scanned and not smudged. (If a candidate is not having left thumb, he/she may use his/ her right thumb for applying.)
(iv) The text for the hand written declaration is as follows – “I,(Name of the candidate), hereby declare that all the information submitted by me in the application form is correct, true and valid. I will present the supporting documents as and when required.”
(v) The above mentioned hand written declaration has to be in the candidate’s hand writing and in English only. If it is written and uploaded by anybody else or in any other language, the application will be considered as invalid. (In the case of Visually Impaired candidates who cannot write, they may get the text of declaration typed and put their left hand thumb impression below the typed declaration and upload the document as per specifications.)
(vi) Keep the necessary details/documents ready to make Online Payment of the requisite application fee/ intimation charges
(vii) Have a valid personal email ID and mobile no., which should be kept active till the completion of this Recruitment Process. Bank may send intimation to download call letters for the Examination etc. through the registered e-mail ID. In case a candidate does not have a valid personal e-mail ID, he/she should create his/her new e-mail ID and mobile no. before applying online and must maintain that email account and mobile number.