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(Notification) SSC Lower Division Grade Limited Departmental Competitive Examination-2017

Staff Selection Commission will hold a Limited Departmental Competitive Examination on 30-07-2017 (Sunday) for recruitment to vacancies in Lower Division Grade reserved for regularly appointed Group ‘C’ Staff in the Grade Pay of Rs. 1800/- in (i) Central Secretariat Clerical Service, (ii) Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service, (iii) Indian Foreign Service (IFS) (B), (iv) Central Passport Organization under Ministry of External Affairs (v) Ministry of Railways (Railway Board), (vi) Department of Legal Affairs (DoLA) and (vi) O/o Registrar General of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Only eligible employees for each of the above cadres will be considered for appointment in respective vacancies in the cadres. The examination will be held at New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Allahabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Guwahati, Chandigarh and Raipur. In case the Commission receives less than ten (10) applications from eligible candidates for appearing in the examination at a particular centre, such candidates may be directed by the Commission to appear from the Delhi Centre at their own expense and risk. There will be no Centre at any Indian Mission abroad. A candidate serving at an Indian Mission abroad will have to appear in this examination from any of the Examination Centres, mentioned above at his/ her own expense.

PAY SCALE:

Pay Band-I (Rs.5200-20200/-) with Grade Pay of Rs.1900/-.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

As on 01.08.2017, the candidate must have passed 12th Standard examination from a recognized Board or equivalent.

AGE LIMIT:

Not more than 45 years of age as on 01.08.2017. This age limit is relaxable upto a maximum of 5 years for SC/ST candidates

SELECTION OF CANDIDATES:

The Commission have the discretion to fix different qualifying standards in different papers. The names of the candidates who are considered by the Commission to be suitable for appointment on the result of the examination shall be arranged in a single list in order of merit separately for each Cadre/Service.

Scheme of the examination:

Paper No	Subject	Maximum Marks	Duration and Timing for General Candidates	Duration and Timings for VH/OH (afflicted by Cerebral Palsy and locomotor disability wherein the dominant writing extremity is affected to the extent of slowing down the performance of the candidate candidates)
I.	Short Essay (Hindi or English)	100	1 hour 30 minutes. 10.00 AM to 11.30 AM	2 Hours 10.00 AM to 12.00 Noon
II . Objective Type in Computer Based Mode	(a) Language (General English or Samanya Hindi) (50 questions) - 50 marks (b)General Knowledge (50 questions) - 50 marks	100	2 Hours 02.00 PM to 04.00 PM	2 Hours 40 minutes. 02.00 PM to 04.40 PM

SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION:-

PAPER-I	SHORT ESSAY (100 Marks)	One Essay of 400-500 words to be written on any of the several specified subjects.
PAPER-II	(a) LANGUAGE (General English or Samanya Hindi) (50-Questions) - 50 marks. (b) General Knowledge (50-Questions) -50 Marks	Candidate will be tested in simple composition, and Applied Grammar. Knowledge of current events, matters of every day observation, experience and general information about India.

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION:-

(i) Application in prescribed format as given in Annexure-I of the Notice or on Plain Paper (in A4 size) duly typed in double space on one side, in the format and manner as given in the application form (Annexure-I) of the Notice and duly signed by the candidate. Signature should not be in capital letters, The application should be filled by the candidate in his/ her own handwriting giving all the required information. One recent good quality passport size photograph should be pasted on the application form and one identical photograph should be attached with the application. Duly filled in application, complete in all respects must reach the Regional Director (NR), Staff Selection Commission, Block No. 12, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003, latest by 25.06.2017 (5.00 PM) and by 02.07.2017 (5.00 PM) in the case of candidates residing in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Jammu & Kashmir, Lahaul and Spiti District and Pangi Sub-Division of Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Island, Lakashadweep and for candidates residing abroad. The forwarding authority should put his/her signatures and Office Seal on photograph of the candidate pasted on the application form so that half portion of Seal appears on application form & half thereof on the photograph without defacing the candidate’s photograph.

(ii) Application received after the Closing Date or not accompanied by photograph in the manner prescribed in Para-13 (i) above shall be rejected summarily. A candidate must submit his/ her application through the Head of his/ her Department or Office concerned who will complete the endorsement at the end of the application form and forward it to the Commission.

It will be the responsibility of the Department or Office concerned to ensure eligibility of the candidates as laid down in Para-4. Applications received by the Commission after the closing date will be rejected forthwith without any correspondence with the candidate and no subsequent request for re-consideration will be entertained by the Commission under any circumstances.