(Jobs) Senior Secretariat Assistant/Upper Division Clerk Grade LDC Examination, 2023 & 2024

(Jobs) Senior Secretariat Assistant/Upper Division Clerk Grade LDC Examination, 2023 & 2024

HQ-PPII03(9)/2/2023-PP_II (Comp No. 7589): The Staff Selection Commission will hold a Limited Departmental Competitive Examination on 13.05.2024 at Delhi for making additions to the Select List of Senior Secretariat Assistant/ Upper Division Clerk Grade {Pay Level-4 (Rs 25500 – Rs. 81100)} of the following Services/Cadres (subject to availability of vacancies):

Post Detail :

Details of tentative vacancies for recruitment years 2023 & 2024 in respect of abovementioned Services/Cadres, as reported by their respective Service/Cadre Controlling Authorities, are as under:- 

Tentative vacancies for the recruitment year, 2023

Sr. No.

Name of Service/Cadre

UR

SC

ST

PwBD

Total

1

Central VigilanceCommission

To be intimated later

2

Railway Board Secretariat Clerical Service

To be intimated later

3

Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service

18

04

02

01

24

4

Election Commission of India

To be intimated later

5

Central Administrative Tribunal

06

01

-

-

07

6

Central Translation Bureau

02

01

-

-

03

7

Soil and Land Use Survey of India

01

-

-

-

01

8

Ministry of Tourism

02

01

-

-

03

9

Central Passport Organization, M/o External Affairs

-

02

01

-

03

Tentative vacancies for the recruitment year, 2024

Sr. No.

Name of Service/Cadre

UR

SC

ST

PwBD

Total

1

Central Vigilance Commission

To be intimated later

2

Railway Board Secretariat Clerical Service

To be intimated later

3

Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service

09

02

01

-

12

4

Election Commission of India

To be intimated later

5

Central Administrative Tribunal

05

-

-

-

05

6

Central Translation Bureau

02

01

-

-

03

7

Forest Survey of India

07

01

-

-

08

 

3. Educational Qualifications:

Sl. N

Name of the Services/ Cadres

Crucial date for counting  of approved service

Conditions of Eligibility

1

Central Vigilance  Commission

For the year, 2023:

01.07.2023 For  the  year,2024:

01.07.2024

Eligibility service for the Limited Departmental  Examination  shall  be  five years   regular   service   in   the   Junior

Secretariat   Assistant   (JSA)   Grade   in Central Vigilance Commission.

2

Railway Board Secretariat Clerical Service

For the year, 2023:

01.01.2023 For  the  year,2024: 01.01.2024

Any permanent or  regularly appointed temporary Lower Division Clerk of the service  who  satisfies  the  following

conditions shall be eligible to appear at the examination.

(a)   Length of Service:-

He should have, on the crucial date rendered not less than five years’ approved  and  continuous  service  in the Lower Division Grade of the Service,Provided   that   any   period   of   his absence on Military duties may be allowed to be counted towards the prescribed length of service in the Lower Division Grade.

 

 

 

Provided further that, if he had been appointed   to   the   Lower Division Grade  of  the  Railway  Board Secretariat Clerical Service on the results  of  the  Competitive Examination  including  a Limited Departmental  Competitive Examination,  the    results    of such examination should have been announced not less than five years before the crucial date and he should have  rendered  not  less  than  four years’ approved and continued service in that grade.

(b)    Type Writing Test : Unless exempted from passing the typewriting test held by the Union Public Service Commission  or  Secretariat  Training School for the purpose of confirmation, in the Lower Division Grade, he should have passed this test on or before the date of notification of the examination.

NOTE: Special provision regarding eligibility of Lower Division Clerks joining military service on account of the emergency:

Protection shall be afforded to Lower Division Clerks, who because of their having joined (or been called up for) military service during the emergency, cannot appear in the examination, in the manner prescribed from time to time by the Central Government in the Ministry of Railways in this behalf.

3

Armed Forces  Headquarters Clerical Servic

For the year, 2023:

01.07.2023 For the year,2024:

e 01.07.2024

On the crucial date must have rendered   not   less   than   5   years approved  continuous  service  in  the Junior Secretariat Assistant Grade:

Provided   that   if   he   had   been appointed to the Junior Secretariat Assistant Grade on the result of the Competitive Examinations including Limited Departmental Examinations, the result of such Examination should have been announced not less than five years before the crucial date and he should have rendered not less than

4   years   of   approved   continuous

 

 

 

service  in  the  grade  on  the  crucial date.

4

Election Commission India

For the year, 2023: 01.07.2023

For the year,2024: 01.07.2024

Junior Secretariat Assistant/Lower Division Clerk who has completed a minimum   of   three   years   regular service is eligible for Limited Departmental Competitive Examination.

5

Central Administrative Tribunal

For the year,2023: 01.01.2023 

For the year,2024: 01.01.2024

Eligibility service for the Limited Departmental  Competitive Examination   shall   be   five   years regular service in the Lower Division Clerk Grade.

6

Central Translation Bureau

For the year,2023: 01.01.2023 

For the year,2024: 01.01.2024 

Such Lower Division Clerk in the pay band-1, Rs. 5200-20200 with grade pay of Rs.1900 of the cadre who have rendered five years regular service in the grade.

7

Central Passport Organization, M/o  External Affairs

For the year, 2023:01.07.2023 

For the year,2024: 01.07.2024

Junior Passport Assistant with 6 years’ service in the grade rendered after appointment thereto on regular basis and possessing a Bachelor’s degree of a recognized university or its equivalent.

8

Soil and Land  Use Survey  of India, D/o Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

For the year,2023:01.08.2022

The eligibility service shall be five years regular service in the Lower Division Clerk Grade in Soil & Land Use Survey of India.

9

Forest Survey of India,  D/o Environment, Forest & Climate Change

For the year,2024: 01.01.2024

Lower Division Clerk with five years of regular service in the grade in Forest Survey of India.

10

Ministry of Tourism

For the year 2023: 01.08.2023

LDC in the Pay Matrix 2 and who possess  12th   or  equivalent qualification and have rendered 5 years’ regular service in the Grade.

Name of Service/Cadre :

Sl. No.

Name of Service/Cadre

1

Central Vigilance Commission

2

Railway Board Secretariat Clerical Service

3

Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service

4

Election Commission of India

5

Central Administrative Tribunal

6

Central Translation Bureau

7

Central Passport Organization, M/o External Affairs

8

Soil and Land Use Survey of India, D/o Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

9

Forest Survey of India, D/o Environment, Forest & Climate Change

10

Ministry of Tourism

Scheme of Examination: 

The Examination shall be conducted according to the following plan:

Part-I (Computer Based Examination & Written Examination)

(i) Part-I consists of two papers; viz., Paper-I-Computer Based Examination (200 marks); and Paper-II- Written Examination (100 marks). Questions in Paper-I will be of Objective Type Multiple Choice only whereas Paper-II will be of descriptive type. There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in computer based examination in Paper-I. The details of the Computer Based/Written Examination are mentioned below: 

Subject

Paper

No. of Questions

Maximum marks

Time duration

(a) General Awareness

 

 

 

I

(100Questions)

200 Marks

2 hours

(2 hours 40 minutes for the candidates eligible for  scribe  as  per  para25.1, 25.2 & 25.3)

(b) English Language and Comprehension

(100 Questions)

(c)   Noting,Drafting &  Office Procedure (Conventional type)

II

-----

100 Marks

2 hours

(2 hours 40 minutes for the candidates eligible for scribe as per para 25.1, 25.2 & 25.3)

ii) The questions in Paper-I & Paper-II will be set both in English & Hindi exceptpart (b) of Paper-I. There will be no Question Paper in Braille for Visually Handicapped candidates.
iii) Candidates are allowed option to answer Paper-II (Noting, Drafting and Office Procedure) either in English or in Hindi.
iii) Tentative Answer Keys of 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 time limit given by the Commission, on payment of Rs. 100/- per question which is nonrefundable. Representations on the matter received through any other modalities; i.e., letter, application, email, etc. will not be entertained. Representation regarding the Answer Keys will be scrutinized before finalizing the Answer Keys and the decision of the Commission in this regard will be final.
iv) There shall be no provision for re-evaluation/re-checking of scores of any stage/paper(s) of the Examination. No correspondence in this regard shall be entertained.
v) The schedule of examination indicated in the Notice is tentative. Any change in the schedule of examination will be informed to candidates only through the website of the Commission.

PART-II EVALUATION OF RECORD OF SERVICE (100 Marks)

100 marks are earmarked for evaluation of record of service (APARs). Marks obtained in Part-II would be added for ascertaining the rank of the candidate. Once the APARs have been evaluated, no request for change in APAR grading, etc. at a subsequent date will be entertained by the Commission under any circumstances.

How To Apply :

Part-I(One-Time Registration)

1. Read the instructions given in the Notice of Examination carefully before filling up the online 'Registration Form' and “Application Form‟.
2. Before proceeding with One-Time Registration, keep the following information/ documents ready:
a. Mobile Number(to be verified through OTP) 
b. Email ID (to be verified through OTP).
c. Aadhaar Number. If Aadhaar Number is not available, please give one of the following ID Numbers.(You will be required to show the original document at a later stage):

i. Voter ID Card
ii. PAN
iii. Passport
iv. Driving License
v. School/College ID
vi. Employer ID(Govt./ PSU/ Private)

d. Information about the Board, Roll Number and Year of Passing the Matriculation (10th) Examination.
e. Disability Certificate Number, if you are a person with benchmark disability.

3. For One-Time Registration, click on “Register Now” link provided in “Login‟ Section on https://ssc.nic.in.
4. One-Time Registration process requires filling up of following information:
a. Basic details
b. Additional and contact details
c. Declaration.

Important Dates :

Dates for submission  of online applications

02.02.2024 to 21.02.2024

Last  date and time  for  receipt  of  online applications

21.02.2024 (2300hours)

Schedule  of Computer  Based Examination (Tentative)

13.05.2024

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Click Here to Apply Online

Courtesy: SSC