No.

60-212014-SpB-t
Government
of India,
Ministry of Communications
& lT
Department
of
posts
Dak Bhawan, Sansacl Marg,
New Delhi, dated 21't, February, 2014
To
1. All Chief Post Masters General,
2. All Post Masters General,
3. Director, RAKPNA, Ghaziabad,
4. All Postal Training Centers,
5. Corrtroller of Foreign Mail, Mumbai,
6. chief General Manager,
postar
Life Insurance. New Delhi.
7. Director, Postal Life Insurance.
Kolkata
sub: Revised Procedure,
scheme and syilabus for filling up of the
post of Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistant.
Sir/Madam.
I atn directed to refer to Directorate's letter No. 60-g/2009-5PB-l
dated B'" May, 2012 circulating therewith the revised procedure for filling
up of the posts of Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistant and subsequent
cornmunications on the sr_rbiect.
2. while there is no change in the syilabus and pattern
of the
exanrination, the mininrum educational qualifications, procedure
ancl
schetre for the examination have since been revised to fill up the following
posts by direct recruitrnent -
a) Postal Assistant irr Post Offices
b) Postal Assistant in Savings Bank Control Organisatiorr
c) Postal Assistant in Circle Office / Regional Office
d) Postal Assistant in Returned Letter Office
f'r
n\
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Postal Assistant in Mail Motor Services
Postal Assistant in Foreign Post Organisation
Sorling Assistant in Railway Mail Service
3. In brief, the educatronal
qualifications and age lirnit
the Recruitment Rules and the scheme of examination,
decided bv the Directorate is indicated in the annexure'
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result to
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as
prescribed in
syllabus etc. as
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outsourced Agency viz M/s cMC Ltd have been entrusted to
applications conduct the examination and rnake available the
resoective Circles
cost of Application Form shall be { 100 (Rupees one hundred
the Examination Fee shall be { 400 (Rupees Four hundred
5. The candidates would be required to subrnit applications Ort Line
Full details of schenre of examination, syllabus, details of the vacancles
etc. shall be reflected on the www.pasadrexarn2ol4.in
website. However,
the Circles shall issue a brief notification/advertisement
regarding filling Ltp
of the vacanctes in the local leading two news
papers (one English and
one Hindi/Local Language) enabling the aspiring candidates
to access
lndia Post website to ascertairr the eligibility conditions,
syllabus'
pattern
of exatlittatiotr elc
7. Candidates
beIonging to SC/ST,
physica||y handicallpeci
candidates
and women candidates as
per the Government
of lrtdia
instructions
on the subject are exempted
from paying the Examination
Fee. However, they would have to pay the cost of applicatron
foim i'e' ?
'100/-
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8 A blinker will be provided
on India Post website for PA/SA direct
recrurtmenl
2013-i4 with a direction to the candidates
to visit
WWWlCsAqrcIqUZ!-14 in for On-Line application
fo rnr.
www.pasadrexarn20l4.in
website will be loaded by outsourced Agency
viz' M/s CMC The aspiring candidates will have to access the websire
and submit an on-Line apprication
and upload their scannecl photograph
and signature.
I The adrnitted applicants / candidate will be provided
wilr Unique
Registration Number with challan for making payment
of the fee through
e-payment gateway provided
in the Contputerrzed
post
Offices.
10. Facilities would be made available to the aspiring candidates
residing in remote areas like North-East, Lakshadweep, Andanran and
Nicobar lslands, at the cornputerised
post
offices in that area for
subtnitting their applications On-Line through internet facility and also for
making payment of fee through e-payment.
11 once the applicant rnakes payment of the fee through e-payment,
the agetrcy will cross check the payment particulars and irrtimate the
applicartts through e-nrail about tl-re receipt of the applicatiorrs ancJ its
acceptance after successful registration.
12. Iher /\dnrit Cards of adnritted candidates shall be unloadecl on the
website and thc availabilrty of the sanre shall be intrmated to the
candidates through SMS / E-rnails to enable them to download the same.
13. Since the applications would be received on line, it would not be
possible to examine the candidates' eligibility with refererrce to their
testirnonials regarding their educational qualification, age etc., while
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issLting Admit Card/Hall Tickets to them. Their eligibility shall be decidecl
ofl the basis of cletails grven l,,y therl in their application arrd the
candidature of all the candidates shall be treated as
provisional
under
intimation to them lt shall be made clear to the candidates that if the
information furnished by them is found to be falselincorrect at any stage of
the recruitment procedure, their candidature will stand surrmarily rejected.
However, after the declaration of the result and before issue of tlre
appointment letter the Circles shall call for the documents fronr the
candidates so admitted and selected provisionally and verify their clairn
regarding educational qualification, age etc and thereafter only issue the
offer of appointrnent.
14. In order to ensure that there is transparency in the selection
process, the marks obtained by the candidates in Aptitude lest ott the
brasis of which tlrey are called for Conrputer lest shall be hosted on the
website of India Post by CMC Ltd [--irrally, the list of tlte cartclidates
selected for appoirrtment shall be hosted by respective Circles on tlte
website.
15. A waiting list shall be prepared to the extettt of vacartcies
annoLlnced in the relevant category. The candidates in the waiting list wtll
be considered only in case the selected candidates do not resporrd or
refuse to accept the offer of appointment. The names of the candidates in
the waiting list shall not be announced. This list will be kept operative for
a period of six months extendable by another six months or till the tlext
examination is held, whichever is earller.
1ti Wherever proviclecl to fill Lrp the vacancies, which have ret-nained
u1{illetJ after the conduct of Departnrental Exarnittation by Grarnin Dak
Sewaks. the examination for Gramin Dak Sewaks will also be held on the
san'te date and time decided for
as per
the sarre syllabus etc. as
decided
as per
the provision
Recrr-iitment
Rules
A
the direct recruitment
frorn open market
rn the annexure but their eligibility will be
made in this regard
for GDS rn ilte
1i lir tltis it,.,:_l:rrci
lite ijrrc;les
applicatioirs frorn ilre eligrble GDS
sarne to the agency through Nodal
will send Adrnit Cards by post
displaying on the website.
will issr-re an internal Circular invitrrrg
in the prescribecl
format and send the
Officers with an inventory. The agency
through the Nodal Officers besicres
l B The records of the examination when received frorr outsourceci
Agency viz. M/s CMC. shall be preserved
by the Circles.
19' f his issues in sltpersession
of all the earlier conrnrunic;ations
issr,recj on the subject.
20. Further detailed instructions
regarding flre conduct of the
exarnination shall be issued by DE Branch shorfly
Yours faithfully,
N
1ru.TlPaitel
Director (SPN)
Copy to DDG(R&P)
Annexure
A. Educational
and other
qualifications required for direct recruits'
i) 10+2 standard or 12tt'class
pass, front recognized Universrty
or Bc'rard of
school Education or Board of secondary
Education with English as a compulsory
subject
(exclurdrng vocational streams).
(ii) Must have studied local language
of the state or Union Territory of the
concerned
Postal circle or Hindr as a subject at least in Matriculation
or
equivalent.
B. Age limit for direct recruits.
18 27 yrrlfs
(Rr:laxable for candiclates
belonging
to scheduled
castesisc;hedr-tled
liibes rrp to 5 ycars and for canclidates
belorrgirrg
to other
[Jackward
Classes urp to 3 years anci for Govertrment
servants
up to the age of
4O years tn accordance
with the instructions
or orders issued by the Goverrrnrent
of India)
Note: The crucral date for deternrining
the age lirnit for all the carrdidates
slrall be
the closing date for receipt of applications
from candidates
in India
(not the
closing
date
prescribed for those in Assam, Meghalaya,
Arunachal
Pradesh'
Mrzoram,
Manrpur,
Nagaland,
Tripura, Sikkim, Ladakh Division
of Jamnlr-t and
Kashmir
state, Lahaul
and spiti District and Pangi sub-division
of charnba
District of Hir-nachal
Pradesh, Andaman
and Nicobar lslands or Lakshadweep)'
Note-2 ln the case of recruitrnent
made through the Employment
Exchange'
the
crucial date for deterrnining
the age lirnit shall be the last date trp to which tlte
Erlploymer-rt
Exchange
is asked
to submit the names
C. Pattern
of examination
Paper-l
Candidates
strall be subjected
to an
following
subjects/toP
tcs'
Total Marks-i00
objective
type Aptitt-lde
l-est
covering
tf le
(1) Part'A'-
25
questions on General
Knowledge'
which
may
inc|ude
questlons on current
events,
spotls,
history,
geograpny,
basiceconomics,generalpolity'lndianConstttution'sclerrce
environment
etc. - 25 marks
The
considered
l.
ca nd idates,
each part.
ll.
33% and for
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(2)
Part 'B' - 25 questions of Mathernatics of nratriculation
standard which may cover number system, sirrrplification,
decimals, fractions. srmple and compound interest, percerrtage.
average profit and loss discount, mensuration, tinre and work,
time and distance etc.
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25 marks
(3) Part 'C' - 25 questions on English, which may cover grammar
(propositions, adverbs, conjunction, direct/indirect,
singular/plural tense, anonyms/synonyms etc.).
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25 marks
(4) Part 'D'
-
25 marks on Reasoning and Analytical Ability.
-
25 marks
The total duration of the Aptitude Test will be two hours.
candidates are required to obtain marks as under for being
for further selection process:
Mirrimum Marks: Parts A/B/C/D-Minimum 10 marks by OC
B rlarks bv SC/ST c:rriclidates and 9 tnarks bv OBC candidates in
Minimum aggregate marks- For OC candidates 40ok, for SC/ST
OBC candidates 37%.
Paper-ll
Computer/Typing Test
Test shall be of the dr-rration of 3O minutes ('15 minutes each forTyping and Data
Entry) consisting of (i) one passage of 450 words in English or 375 words in
Hindi to be typed with a minimum speed of 30 25 words per minute arrd (ii) Data
Entry or sotre figures and letters eaclr carrytng equal marks
Qualification
Marks: Computer/Typing Test will be of qualifyittg nature
with mininrum of 4Oa/o marks to be secured by OC candidates, 3il'7,r ntarks
by SC/ST candidates and 37o/o matks bV OBC candidates'
D. Selection
process
i. All the eligible candidates shall be called for the Aptitude test.
ii. No weightage of marks secured by the candidates in 1O+2 or 12il' class
will be given while preparing the merit list.
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rii. candidates numbering five trmes the number of vacancies in each
category r.e. oc, oBC, sc and ST for each circle shall be cleclared
qualified
for computer Test based on the marks securecl by thenr in tne
Aptitude test
tv. A cotrrrtron rnertt list for the whole Circle shall be preparecl on ilte basis
of the nrarks obtairred by the candidates in the Aptitude Test subject to tne
condition that they have qualified
the Computer Test.
E. Allocation of the successful candidates
Candidates slrall be allowed to apply for all allied cadres of
postal
Assistant / Sorting Assistant, in various Divisions where the vacancies
exist Therefore, the Circles, while notifying the vacancies shall indicate
the vacancies reporled by the various Divisions of all the Cadres of Postal
Assistant / Sorting Assistant and ask the candidates to indicate their
preferences for allocation to one or more than one Cadre and Division.
The candidates will be allocated the Cadre and Division as ner therr
preference based on their position in the merit list and availability of
vacancy. Such candidates who are not able to get the allocation in any of
the Cadres/ Divisions of their preference because the candidates above
them in tlre rnerit list had to be allocated the Cadres/Division(s) preferred
by thern, st-tclr cantliclate;s shall be allocated the Cadre/Division where the
varcancies exist. l-lowever, tlre candidates will have to give an underlaking
that in tlre event of their not gettirrg the post in the Cadre/Division of their
preference they are willing to accept the appoirrtrnent in any
Cadre/Division Regarding the candidates, who do not indicate their
preference
,it
will be presumed that they have equal preference for all the
Cadres/Divisions and shall be allocated the Cadre/Division where the
vacancies exist.