(Notification) SSC Multi Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff (MTS) and Havaldar (CBIC & CBN) Examination - 2021

F.No.3/2/2021-P&P-I (Vol-I). The Staff Selection Commission will hold a competitive examination for recruitment of Multi Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff (in Pay Level-1 as per Pay Matrix of 7th  Pay Commission), a General Central Service Group ‘C’ Non-Gazetted, Non-Ministerial post in various Ministries/ Departments/ Offices of the Government of India and various Constitutional Bodies/ Statutory Bodies/ Tribunals, etc., in different States/ Union Territories and Havaldar (in Pay Level-1 as per Pay Matrix of 7th  Pay Commission), a General Central Service Group ‘C’ Non-Gazetted, Non- Ministerial post in Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) and Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) under Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.

Post Details:

Age Limit (As on 01-01-2022):

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The age limits for the posts as per the Recruitment Rules of various User Departments are:
18-25 years (i.e. candidates born not before 02-01-1997 and not later    than   01-01-2004)   for   MTS   and   Havaldar   in   CBN (Department of Revenue).
18-27 years (i.e. candidates born not before 02-01-1995 and not later than 01-01-2004) for Havaldar in CBIC (Department of Revenue) and few posts of MTS.

Essential Educational Qualifications (As on 30.04.2022):

1. The  candidates  must  have  passed  Matriculation  Examination  or equivalent from a recognized Board.
2. As per Ministry of Human Resource Development Notification dated 10-06-2015  published  in  the  Gazette  of  India,  all  the  degrees/ diplomas/ certificates awarded through Open and Distance Learning mode of education by the Universities established by an Act of Parliament or State Legislature, Institutions Deemed to be Universities under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 and Institutions   of   National   Importance   declared   under   an   Act   of Parliament stand automatically recognized for the purpose of employment to posts and services under the   Central Government provided  they have been approved by the Distance Education Bureau, University Grants Commission. Accordingly, unless such degrees are recognized for the relevant period when the candidates acquired the qualification, they will not be accepted for the purpose of Educational Qualification.
3. All the candidates who are called for Document Verification will be required to produce the relevant Certificates such as Mark sheets, Provisional    Certificates   etc.   for   completion   of   Matriculation   or equivalent in original as proof of having acquired the minimum educational qualification on or before the cut-off date, failing which the    candidature   of  such   candidates   will  be  cancelled  by  the Commission. The candidates who are able to prove, by documentary evidence, that the result of the qualifying examination was declared on or before the cut-off date and he has been declared passed, will also be considered to meet the educational qualification.  It is reiterated that the result of requisite educational qualification must have been declared by the Board/ Institute/ University by the specified date. Mere processing of the result by the Board/ University/ Institute by the cut-off date does not fulfill the EQ requirement.
4. Candidates possessing equivalent educational qualification shall also produce    relevant   Equivalence   Certificate   from   the   authorities concerned  at  the  time  of  Document  Verification.  However,  final decision regarding selection of such candidates will be taken by the User Departments/ Appointing Authorities concerned.

How to apply:

1. Applications must be submitted in online mode at the website of the Commission i.e.  https://ssc.nic.in. For detailed instructions, please refer    to   Annexure-III  and   Annexure-IV  of  this  Notice.  Sample proforma of One-time Registration and online Application Form are attached as  Annexure-IIIA and Annexure-IVA respectively.
2. In the online Application Form, candidates are required to upload the scanned colour passport size photograph in JPEG format (20 KB to 50 KB). The photograph should not be more than three months old from the date of publication of the Notice of Examination. Image dimension of the photograph should be about 3.5 cm (width) x 4.5 cm (height). The photograph should be without cap, spectacles and the frontal view of the face should be clearly visible.
3. If  the proper photograph  is  not  uploaded by a candidate, his candidature will be cancelled. Specimen of photographs which are acceptable/ not acceptable is given at Annexure-V.
4. Last date and time for submission of online applications is 30-04-2022 (23:00).
5. Candidates are advised in their own interest to submit online applications much before the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection/ inability or failure to login to the SSC website on account of heavy load on the website during the closing days.
6. The Commission will not be responsible for the candidates not being able to submit their applications within the last date on account of the aforesaid reasons or for any other reason beyond the control of the Commission.
7. Before  submission  of  the  online  application,  candidates  must check through Preview/ Print option that they have filled correct details in each field of the form.

Application Fee:

• Fee payable:  Rs. 100/- (Rupees one hundred only).

Scheme of Examination:

• The  examination  will  consist  of  a  Computer  Based  Examination (Paper-I), Physical Efficiency Test (PET)/ Physical Standard Test (PST) (only for the post of Havaldar) and a Descriptive Paper (Paper-II).
• The schedule of examinations indicated in the Notice is tentative. Any change in the schedule of examinations will be informed to candidates only through the website of the Commission.
• There  shall  be  no  provision  for  re-evaluation/  re-checking  of  the scores. No correspondence in this regard shall be entertained.

Paper-I (Computer Based Examination):

• Paper-I  will  consist  of  Objective  Type,  Multiple  choice questions.  The questions will be set both in English & Hindi for Part-II, III & IV.
• There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer. Candidates are, therefore, advised to keep this in mind while answering the questions.
• Marks  scored  by  candidates  in  Paper-I  (Computer  Based Examination),   if   conducted   in   multiple  shifts,  will  be normalized   by   using   the   formula   published   by   the Commission through Notice No: 1-1/2018-P&P-I dated 07- 02-2019  and  such  normalized  scores  will  be  used  to determine final merit and cut-off marks.
• Tentative Answer Keys of the Computer Based Examination will be placed on the website of the Commission after the Examination. Candidates may go through the Answer Keys and    submit  online  representations,  if  any,  within  the stipulated time limit on payment of Rs 100/- per question. Representations received through any other mode e.g. letter, application,        email,    etc.    will    not    be    entertained. Representations   regarding   the   Answer   Keys   will   be scrutinized    before  finalizing  the  Answer  Keys  and  the decision of the Commission in this regard will be final.

Paper-II (Descriptive):

• Paper-II will be of descriptive type in ‘Pen and Paper’ Mode in which the candidates will be required to write a short essay and a letter in English or any language included in the Schedule-VIII of the Constitution.
• Paper-II will only be of qualifying nature and is intended to test elementary language skills in view of categorization of the post as Group-C and in view of job requirements. However, marks scored by the candidates in Paper-II will be used to decide merit in case more than one candidate score equal normalized marks in Paper-I.
• Paper-II will be held only for those candidates who meet the cut-off prescribed by the Commission in Paper-I for different categories.
• In Paper-II, candidates must write their correct Roll Number at the prescribed places on the cover page of the Answer Book. Candidates must also affix signature and Left-hand Thumb Impression in the relevant columns in the Answer Book. Answer Books not bearing Roll Number, Signature and Left-hand Thumb Impression shall be awarded zero marks.
• Candidates must not write any personal identity e.g. name, roll number, mobile number, address, etc. inside the Answer Book (Paper-II). Failure to adhere to these instructions will be treated as Unfair Means (UFM) and such candidates will be    awarded  zero  marks  and  their  candidature  will  be rejected.

Mode of selection:

• Minimum qualifying marks in Paper-I are as follows:

UR                                     :        30%
OBC/ EWS                        :        25%
All other categories             :        20%

• The recruitment process for the post of MTS will consist of Paper-I i.e. Computer Based Examination (CBE), Paper-II (Descriptive) and Document Verification.
• The  recruitment  process  for  the  post of  Havaldar  will  consist  of Paper-I i.e. Computer Based Examination (CBE), Physical Efficiency Test (PET)/ Physical Standard Test (PST), Paper-II (Descriptive) and Document Verification.
• For the post of MTS, there will be separate category-wise, State/ UT- wise cut-offs in Paper-I. As the vacancies for MTS are in two age groups i.e. (i) 18 to 25 years and (ii) 18 to 27 years, the Commission may fix separate age group-wise, category-wise and State/ UT-wise cut-offs in Paper-I.
• For the post of MTS, candidates will be shortlisted for appearing in Paper-II on the basis of their performance in Paper-I. Normalized scores of the candidates will be used to determine merit in Paper-I.
• For the post of Havaldar, candidates will be shortlisted in the ratio of 1: 6 (vacancies: candidates) for appearing in PET/ PST and Paper-II on the basis of their performance in Paper-I. Normalized scores of the candidates will be used to determine merit in Paper-I. The Commission may fix CCA-wise and category-wise cut-offs in Paper-I.
• As per the provisions at Para-18.4, 18.5 and 18.6 above, there will be two separate lists of candidates for the posts of MTS and Havaldar. Therefore, common candidates may get shortlisted for the posts of MTS and Havaldar.
• The candidates who fail to qualify PET/ PST will not be considered for the post of Havaldar. However, if the candidate is also shortlisted for the post of MTS, his candidature will remain valid for the post of MTS.
• Paper-II will be qualifying in nature. Minimum qualifying marks in

Paper-II are as follows:
UR                                     :        40%
All other categories             :        35%

• For  the  post  of  MTS,  based  on  the  performance  in  Paper-I  and scoring the cut-off marks in Paper-II, candidates will be shortlisted for appearing in the Document Verification to check their eligibility as per the information given by them in the online Application Form. The eligible candidates whose documents are found in order will be considered for final selection.
• For  the  post  of  Havaldar,  based  on  the  performance  in  Paper-I, qualifying in PET/ PST and scoring the cut-off marks in Paper-II, candidates    will  be  shortlisted  for  appearing  in  the  Document Verification to check their eligibility as per the information given by them in the online Application Form. The eligible candidates whose documents are found in order will be considered for final selection.
• Final selection and allocation of Post-cum-States/ UTs/ CCAs will be made on the basis of performance of the candidates in Paper-I, the preference of Post-cum-States/ UTs/ CCAs given by them in the online Application Form and the age-group of the candidates. Normalized scores of the candidates in Paper-I will be used to determine merit and the candidates will only be considered against the vacancies of Post-cum-States/ UTs/ CCAs for which they have given their preference in the online Application Form. In the final result, there will be a single select list for all the posts. Once a Post- cum-State/ UT/ CCA is allocated, no change will be made by the Commission due to non-fulfillment of any post specific requirements of physical/ medical/ educational standards.
• As the vacancies for the post of MTS are in two age groups i.e. (i) 18 to 25 years and (ii) 18 to 27 years, therefore, in the final result, there will be separate age group-wise, State/ UT-wise and category-wise cut-offs. For the candidates who are eligible for both the age-groups, vacancies will first be filled in the age-group of 18-25 years.
• Further allocation of Ministries/ Department/ Offices in the allocated States/ UTs for the post of MTS will be made by the Regional Offices of the Commission by using the standard methodology.
• Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, OBC, EWS, ESM and PwD categories may be qualified by applying relaxed standards  if  the  Commission  is  of  the  opinion  that  sufficient numbers  of  candidates  of  these  categories  are  not  likely  to  be available    in  order  to  fill  up  the  vacancies  reserved  for  these categories.
• SC, ST, OBC, EWS, ESM, and PwD candidates, who are selected on their own merit without relaxed standards, will not be adjusted against the reserved share of vacancies. Such candidates will be accommodated against the unreserved vacancies in the post as per their position in the overall merit or vacancies earmarked for their category, whichever is advantageous to them. The reserved vacancies will be filled up separately from amongst the eligible SC, ST, OBC, ESM, EWS and PwD candidates.
• SC, ST, OBC, EWS, ESM, and PwD candidate who qualify on the basis of relaxed standards viz. age limit, experience or qualifications, permitted number of chances, extended zone of consideration, etc., irrespective of his merit position, is to be counted against reserved vacancies and not against un-reserved vacancies. Such candidates may also be recommended at the relaxed standards to the extent of number of vacancies reserved for them, to make up for the deficiency in the reserved quota, irrespective of their rank in the order of merit. In so far as cases of ex-serviceman are concerned, deduction of the military    service   rendered   from   the   age   of   ex-servicemen   is permissible  against  the  reserved  or  unreserved  posts  and  such exemption will not be termed as relaxed standards in regard to age. Similarly for PwD candidates, relaxation of 10 years in upper age limit will not be termed as relaxed standards.
• A person with disability who is selected on his own merit can be appointed against an unreserved vacancy provided the post is identified suitable for Persons with Disability of relevant category.
• 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.
• The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all the eligibility conditions for admission to the examination. Their admission at all stages of the 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(s), it is found that they do not fulfill any of the eligibility conditions, their candidature for the examination will be cancelled.
• Candidates  on  final  selection  may  be  required  to  acquire  the proficiency  in  local  language  of  the  allotted State/ UT/  CCA for confirmation of a candidate to the allotted post by the User Ministry/ Department/ Office concerned.
• If a candidate scoring more than cut-off marks in any Tier/ stage of the examination is not qualified for the subsequent stage/ final selection due to any reason, he must represent to the concerned Regional    Office  of  the  Commission  within  two  months  of  the declaration of the result or two weeks prior to the conduct of next stage of the examination, whichever is earlier.
• If  a  candidate  is  finally  selected  and  does  not  receive  any correspondence from the Commission or the User Department concerned within a period of one year from the declaration of final result, he must communicate immediately thereafter with the User Department concerned.

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