HPPSC Himachal Pradesh Releases 15 Vacancies for Assistant Professor on Regular Basis

Note: Original certificates will have to be produced at the time of personality test. If any, if their claim is found to be incorrect; besides rejection they may render themselves liable to disciplinary action by the Commission.

1. The date of determining the eligibility of all candidates in terms of essential qualification(s), experience etc., if any, shall be reckoned as on the closing date, 28th Dec.,2018 for submission of Online Applications through OTRS portal.

2. If no post is reserved for a particular reserved category falling under vertical reservation, then such candidates can be considered against General / UR category, provided such

candidates will have to fulfill the criteria, i.e. age limit, experience, qualification etc., which are applicable to General category candidates. In other words, when a relaxed standard is applied in selecting SC/ ST/ OBC candidate, for example in the age limit, experience, qualification etc. then such candidates would be deemed as unavailable for consideration against unreserved vacancies in accordance with the instructions of the Government (in the Department of Personnel) issued vide letter No. PER (AP)-C-F (1)- 2/2001 dated 12th November, 2014.

3. For recruitment to the post(s) to be filled up on the basis of experience, it will be necessary for the candidates to have the required experience for determining his/ her eligibility after acquiring the requisite essential educational qualification(s).

4. The decision of the Commission regarding eligibility etc. of a candidate for admission to Personality Test or selection will be final and no correspondence / personal enquiries will

be entertained.

5. Onus of proving that a candidate has acquired requisite degree/ essential qualification by the stipulated date, shall be on the candidate and in the absence of proof to the contrary, the date as mentioned on the face of certificate/ degree or the date of issue of certificate/degree shall be taken as date of acquiring essential educational qualification. No extra opportunity shall be provided to the candidates to produce appropriate certificates at the time of personality test(s).

6. In respect of equivalent clause in Essential Qualifications, if a candidate is claiming a particular qualification as equivalent qualification as per the requirement of advertisement, then the candidate is required to produce order/ letter in this regard, indicating the Authority (with number and date) under which it has been so treated otherwise the candidature/Online Application is liable to be rejected.

AGE:- As mentioned against post.

1. Five years relaxation in upper age limit is admissible only to the bonafide SC of H.P. / ST of H.P. / OBC of H.P. /WFF of H.P. / Persons with disabilities of Himachal Pradesh. For

H.P. Govt. employees and Ex-Servicemen of H.P.; age relaxation is as per Government’s instructions issued from time to time.

2. Age of a candidate shall be reckoned as on 01.01.2018.

1 (i) In cases where the number of eligible candidates for recruitment to the post(s) advertised by the Commission is inordinately large, the Commission may limit / shortlist the number of eligible candidates to be called for personality test(s) by subjecting them to either Computer based Screening Test (objective-type) or Offline Screening Test (objective / descriptive) of two hours duration. Marks obtained in the Screening Test are only meant to short list the number of candidates for personality test(s) and are in no way to be presumed by the candidates as being their merit for final selection. Minimum pass marks in Computer Based Test / Offline Test (objective or descriptive) are 25% for the candidates of General category and 20% for the candidates of reserved categories. Any correlation drawn by the candidates between their score in the Screening Test and final merit at a later stage is completely unwarranted. No representation(s) shall be entertained in this regard. Final selection of a candidate will be made solely on the basis of his/ her performance in the Personality Test, which will be of maximum 100 marks. The minimum pass marks in personality test are 45 for the candidates of general category and 35 marks for the candidates of reserved categories.

(ii) (a) Where selection is to be made on the basis of performance of the candidates having qualified the Computer Based Test / Offline Test (objective or descriptive), before the Personality Test Board, a candidate scoring more marks in the Personality Test shall be placed above the candidate scoring lesser marks in the Personality Test. If the candidates will score equal marks in the Personality Test, then a candidate securing more marks in the Computer Based Test / Offline Test (objective or descriptive) will be placed above the candidate securing lesser marks in the Computer Based Test / Offline Test (objective / descriptive). In case the marks of Computer Based Test / Offline Test (objective or descriptive) are equal then the candidate who is senior in age will be placed above the candidate junior in age.

(b) Where selection is to be made purely on the basis of performance of the candidates before the Personality Test Board, a candidate scoring more marks in the Personality Test shall be placed above the candidate scoring lesser marks in the Personality Test. If the candidates will score equal marks in the Personality Test, then a candidate who is senior in age will be placed above the candidate junior in age.

(iii) In the Computer Based Test (CBT) (objective type) there will be 100 questions of 01 mark each on the basis of syllabus to be approved by the Commission for the test. Each question will be followed by four (a, b, c. d) answer options. The candidate will have to click on the circle adjacent to the option he / she think is correct. The key of CBT (objective type) shall be uploaded online on the ‘MY EXAMINATION MY ONLINE REVIEW’ in the User ID of the concerned candidates immediately after the conduct of computer based test for calling objections against the answer key, if any. Three days time from the day of publishing the key (day of publishing the key plus 3 (three) days upto 11.59 P.M. of the last date of receipt of objections after which the link will be disabled) shall be given for inviting objections in the key which shall be submitted only in online mode. Objection(s) submitted in any other mode will not be entertained. The objections, if any, will be got verified from the concerned Subject Expert / Paper Setter and, if found correct, a revised key of that screening test shall be prepared. After finalization of answer key category-wise zone of consideration in the ratio of 1:6 + 3 i.e. six times plus three the number of post(s) advertised will be prepared on the basis of performance of the candidates in the Computer Based Test (objective type) to check their eligibility by the Branch responsible for making direct recruitment on the basis of documents uploaded by them on the OTRS portal. In case the number of candidate(s) to be declared qualified for personality test fall(s) below the prescribed ratio i.e. six candidates for a single post and three candidates for every subsequent post then to meet this shortfall an additional zone of consideration as per requirement shall be prepared. The final / revised answer key along with question paper shall be uploaded on the website of the Commission immediately after the declaration of the result of CBT .

(iv) In the Offline Test (objective type) there will be 100 questions of 01 mark each on the basis of syllabus to be approved by the Commission for the test. Each question will be followed by four (a, b, c. d) answer options. The candidate will have to encircle / blacken the option he / she thinks is right / correct on the OMR answer sheet. The key of Offline Test (objective type) shall be uploaded on the official website immediately after the conduct of test for inviting objections, if any, from the candidates. Seven days time (day of publishing the key plus seven days upto 05.00 P.M. of the prescribed last date of receipt of objections) shall be given for inviting objections, if any, against the provisional key. The objections, if any, will be got verified from the concerned Subject Expert / Paper Setter and, if found correct, a revised key of that Screening Test shall be prepared. After finalization of answer key, the OMR answer sheets of the candidates who appeared in the Screening Test shall be scanned in the OMR Scanner and evaluated by using the final / revised answer key to prepare a category-wise zone of consideration in the ratio of 1:6 + 3 i.e. six times plus three in proportion to the number of post(s) advertised on the basis of performance of the candidates in the Screening Test, to check their eligibility by the Branch responsible for making direct recruitment on the basis of documents uploaded by them on the OTRS portal. In case the number of candidate(s) to be declared qualified for personality test fall(s) below the prescribed ratio i.e. six candidates for a single post and three candidates for every subsequent post then to meet this shortfall an additional zone of consideration as per requirement shall be prepared. The final / revised answer key shall be uploaded on the website of the Commission immediately after the declaration of result of screening Test.

(v) There will be negative marking for incorrect answers (as detailed below) for all questions:-

a. There are four alternatives for the answers to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one fourth (0.25) of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.

b. If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happen to be correct and there will be same penalty as above for that question.

c. If a question is left blank i.e. no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

d. Where there will be two correct answers instead of one correct answer out of four options of a question, all those candidates who will click / encode any one of these two correct answers will be awarded marks allotted to that question.

2. (i) The result of the candidate shall be made available on the website of the Commission after the recommendation has been sent to the Administrative Department concerned. It shall be made in the format (a) marks obtained in each paper of the written examination/screening test by the candidate (b) cut off percentage or cut off marks and (c) marks obtained by the candidate in the Personality Test. This information can be viewed by the candidate concerned by opening his/her log in/user ID. Besides this no other information shall be made available either by means of a hard copy or soft copy.

(ii) For more information of candidates, HPPSC (Procedure & Transaction of Business and Procedure for the Conduct of Examinations, Screening Tests & Interviews etc.) Rules, 2018 is available on Commission’s website.

(iii) The eligibility of candidate(s) called for the personality test will be determined on the basis of original documents produced on the day of personality test and the Commission will not be responsible if the candidature of any candidate is rejected at that stage or at the time of verification by the appointing authority. As such, admission to the screening

test/ examination/ personality test shall be purely provisional.

(iv) Summoning of the candidate(s) for Personality Test; conveys no assurance whatsoever that they will be selected or recommended. Appointment orders to the selected

candidate(s) will be issued by the appropriate appointing authority.

(v) If any person with disability requires scribe/ reader, having disability of 40% or more, he / she has to request for the same in writing to the Commission alongwith copy of disability certificate issued by the competent authority at least seven days prior to the screening test for the concerned post. Such applications will be entertained on merit and

as per rules.

(vi) Re-checking/ re-evaluation, for the written examination(s)/ Screening Tests will not be allowed in any case.

(vii) Disputes, if any, shall be subject to Court jurisdiction at Shimla.

1. All candidates, whether in Government Service or Government owned Industrial or Public Enterprises or other similar organizations or in private employment should submit their applications online directly to the Commission. Persons already in regular Government service, whether in a permanent or temporary capacity are required to submit a declaration that they have informed in writing to their Head of Office/ Department that they have applied for a particular post. In case, a communication is received from their employer by the Commission withholding permission to any candidate applying for/ appearing for the examination, his/her application(s) will be liable to be rejected.

2. Contract/Casual/ adhoc / daily rated/ work charged employees do not need to produce NOC from the concerned employer.