(Notification) Direct Recruitment of Postman/Mailguard at India Post - 2014

India Post

Direct Recruitment to the Cadre of Postman/Mailguard

The detailed guidelines, conditions and instructions for the Direct Recruitment to the cadre of Postman/Mailguard 2014 are given below, which must be read carefully by the applicant and satisfy himself about the eligibility to the post of Postman/Mailguard and then apply for the same. It will be presumed that all guidelines, conditions & instructions are acceptable to the candidates who are applying for the post.

Details of vacancies category wise and Division wise

S. No Name of Division/Unit No of vacancies
  (POSTMAN) OC SC ST OBC Total Ex-ser No of vacancy in
Physically Handicapped (with
category)
01. New Delhi South West
Division 		62 14 12 16 104 11 03(OH)
02. New Delhi West Division 64 10 14 19 107 11 03 (OH)
03. Delhi East Division 57 06 17 27 107 11 01(OH), 02(HH)
04. New Delhi Central
Division		 57 08 05 13 83 08 02 (HH)
05. Delhi North Division 60 11 20 25 116 11 03 (HH)
06. New Delhi South
Division 		76 14 25 45 160 16 03(VH-Low Vision), 01(OH)
07. Delhi GPO 20 NIL 05 05 30 03 02(VH-Low-Vision),01(HH)
08. New Delhi HO 15 01 06 03 25 02 01(VH-Low Vision)
  Total 411 64 104 153 732 73 22
  (MAILGUARD)              
01. New Delhi Sorting
Division		 01 Nil Nil Nil 01 Nil Nil
02. Delhi Sorting Division 02 Nil 01 01 04 01 01(VH-Low Vision)
03. Airmail Sorting Division 03 Nil Nil Nil 03 Nil Nil
  Total 06 Nil 01 01 08 01 01

Scale of Pay

Rs 5200-20200 with a grade pay of Rs 2000/- + other admissible allowances as prescribed from time to time.

Age Limit

Between 18 and 27 years , For General categories (Unreserved applicants i.e OC candidates )

(i) Permissible relaxation of upper age limit as per Govt. of India orders are as indicated below:

Category Age relaxation permissible beyond the upper age limit
Schedule Cast/Schedule
Tribes(SCs/STs) 		5 years
Other backward classes 3 Years
Physically Handicapped PH + Unreserved - 10 Years
PH + SC/ST - 15 Years
PH+ OBC - 13 Years
Ex-Servicemen 3 Years after deduction of service rendered in Military(not less than 6 months
continuous service) from the actual age as on crucial date for reckoning of age
limit
Serving Govt. employees
who have rendered not
less than 3 years regular
continuous service as on
crucial date for reckoning
of age limit 		Upto 40 Years for OC candidates (General )
Upto 45 Years for SC/ST candidates
Upto 43 Years for OBC candidates

Crucial Date for reckoning of age limit- The crucial date for determining the age limit shall be as on  16-8-2013. The candidate whose age between 18 to 27 years as on 3-12-2014 i.e closing date for online registration of applications is also eligible for the said posts.

Educational Qualification

Matriculation pass from a recognized Board or University.

Pattern & Syllabus of Examination

The applicants shall be subjected to an Aptitude Test with total 100 maximum marks covering the following subjects/topics. Aptitude test will be comprising 4 parts(Part A, B, C(i) & C(ii)). The duration of the Aptitude test will be of 2 hours(120 minutes). These is no negative marking.

Part Syllabus
A- General Knowledge
(25 marks with 25 questions
of 1 mark each) 		Topics: Geography, Indian History, Freedom Struggle, Culture & Sports, General
Politics & Constitution of India, Economics, General Science , Current Affairs
and Reasoning & Analytical ability of 10th standard.( 2 to 3 questions from each
topic)
B- Mathematics (25 marks
with 25 questions of 1
marks each)		 Topics: Number systems, Computation of whole numbers, Decimals &
fractions, Relationship between Numbers, Fundamental arithmetical
operations, Percentage, Ratio & Proportion, Profit & loss, Simple Interest,
Average, Discount, Partnership, Time & work, Time & Distance, Use of Tables &
Graphs, Mensuration.( 1 to 2 questions from each topic)
C(i) – English (25 marks with
25 questions of 1 marks
each)		 Topics: Articles, Prepositions, conjunctions, tenses, verbs, synonyms and
antonyms, vocabulary, sentence structure, Proverbs, Phrases, Questions from a
small unseen passage etc (Five question from one unseen passage and 2 to 3
questions from remaining topics)
C(ii)- Hindi (25 marks with
25 questions of 1 mark
each) 		Topics (for Hindi): Shabd Pad, Kriya Bhed, Mishr & Sanyukt Vakya, Vakyo ka
Rupantran, Swar Sandhi, Alankar, Samas, Muhavare & Lokoktiyan, Ashudh
Vakya Shodhan, Apathit Gadyansh.( 5 questions from one Apathit Gadyansh
and 2 to 3 questions from remaining topics)

Qualifying Marks/ Criteria

The minimum qualifying marks to be obtained in each part of the Aptitude test is prescribed as under:

Unreserved candidates(OC) 40% marks i.e minimum 10 marks in each part and 40 % in aggregate. The
candidate has to qualify in each part i.e Part A, B ,C(i) and C(ii) besides
securing prescribed aggregate marks.
OBC 37% marks i.e minimum 9 marks in each part and 37% in aggregate. The
candidate has to qualify in each part i.e Part A, B ,C(i) and C(ii) besides
securing prescribed aggregate marks
SC/ST 33% marks i.e minimum 8 marks in each part and 33% in aggregate. The
candidate has to qualify in each part i.e Part A, B ,C(i) and C(ii) besides
securing prescribed aggregate marks.

The selection will purely on merit basis which will be prepared on the basis of marks obtained in the Aptitude test separately for each category. It is further stated that if two or more candidates secure equal marks in Aptitude test and they are standing in the last position in the merit list than it is clearly stated that  the candidate senior in age will be considered for selection.

Preparation of Merit List

A common merit list for the whole Delhi Circle shall be prepared in respect of all categories of post put together. For the said purpose candidate shall indicate their preference of the Post and also indicate their preference for Divisions/Unit in the online application. Thereafter the candidates will be allotted to the posts and the divisions as per their preference based on their position in the merit list and availability of vacancies.

Such candidates who are not able to get the allocation in any of the post of his preference because of his/her performance, such candidates might be allocated to the post/division where the vacancy exits. The candidates will have to give an undertaking that in event of his/her not getting the post in his/her preference , he/she is willing to accept the appointment in any category of the post /division to which he/she is allotted. The candidates who do not indicate their preference it will be presumed that they have equal preference for all the posts/divisions and may be allocated to the post/division where vacancyexists at the discretion of the competent authority.

Structure of Fees

(i) Cost of application form registration: Rs100/- for all categories of applicants who have registered .

(ii) Examination Fee - The examination fee prescribed for all male applicants in General, OBC and Ex-servicemen categories is Rs 400/- Candidates belonging to Scheduled Cast/Scheduled Tribe /Physically Impaired/Women are exempted for payment of examination fee.

Probation Period & Training

  • Probation Period – 2 Years

  • Training- The training will be imparted to the selected candidates as prescribed.

How to Apply

  • The applicant has to access the IndiaPost website www.indiapost.gov.in in the Opportunity Section with seeing the detailed notification issued by the Department and instructions sheet/information brochure.

  • Before starting registration of his/her application on the website the applicant should read the notification/instruction sheet carefully. He/she has to evaluate his/her eligibility for the category. His/her eligibility will be evaluated during the registration process and the process shall terminate for ineligible applicants and reasons thereof would be prompted.

  • Before starting his/her registration of application on-line, the applicant should be ready with the soft copies of passport size photo (not more than 40 KB in .jpg/.jpeg format) and signature(not more than 40 KB in .ipg/ipeg format) which are required to be uploaded after filling up of the inputs and uploading the application on-line.

  • One applicant has to submit only one application. If more than one application is registered, it will lead to rejection of all the applications registered by the applicants.

  • Applicants should fill the detail/inputs in the on-line application at the appropriate places very carefully and click on SUBMIT button at the end of the registration of online application form. Before pressing the SUBMIT button the applicants are advised to verify carefully every field/inputs mentioned in the application. Name of the applicant of his/her father etc should be spelt correctly in the application as it so appears in the matriculation certificate /marksheet . Any change/alteration found/detected later on may lead to his disqualification of candidature.

  • The applicants will kindly note that the particulars mentioned in the on-line application will be considered as final and no change/alteration/modification will be allowed/entertained after submission of the on-line application under any circumstances.

  • After successful registration, a provisional unique registration number (URN) will be generated by the system and displayed on the screen. The Applicant will be informed the registration number through SMS on the given mobile number in the application. The applicant has to generate the Challan in triplicate to enable him to pay the fee. Applicant has to take out a printout of the system generated fee payment Challan. The applicant has to retain a copy of his challan for future reference.

  • The applicant is further advised to fill in the on-line application form in one go and save the data. The applicant can edit the particulars if needed before final submission of the application form. Once the application is filled completely, the applicant should submit the data.

Mode of Payment

The applicants have to approach the identified e-payment post offices (list of Post offices in Annexure-I) and to produce fee payment challan printed by him and to PAY THE FEE IN CASH(INR) ONLY. Once the fee has been paid the registration process is completed. After expiry of three working days from payment of fee, the confirmation of fee will be given through SMS. The printout of filled application form will be obtained by the applicant after confirmation of the fee. In case of non-payment of application registered will not be considered for further process. The applicants who have registered their applications on the closing date of registration are permitted to pay the fee till 5-12-2014

Important Dates

The closing date for registration of application : The registration of on-line application will commence on 3-11-2014 and closed by 3-12-2014 by 23.59 hrs.

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