Recruitment Notification 02/2007
Recruitment in CLERICAL CADRE
VIJAYA BANK, a leading Nationalised Bank, having Head Office in Bangalore, with
all India representation, invites applications from INDIAN Citizens for
recruitment for the post of Clerk.
Last date for receipt of applications : 26.05.2007
Last date for receipt of applications
from far-flung areas : 02.06.2007
Date of Written Examination : 29.07.2007
1. Name of the post : Clerk
2. Cadre : Clerical
3. Scale of Pay & allowances : Rs.4410-215/3-5055-335/3-6060-
470/4-7940-500/3-9440-560/4-11680-970/1-12650-560/1-13210
4. Number of Vacancies : 93
STATE WISE DISTRIBUTION OF VACANCIES
State
Code State / Union Territory Category-wise apportionment of vacancies
Apportionment of vacancies to Persons with Disability
SC ST OBC GEN Total OH VH HI
1 Andhra Pradesh 3 1 4 9 17 - - -
2 Delhi 2 1 4 8 15 - - 1
3 Haryana 1 - 1 3 5 - - -
4 Himachal Pradesh 1 - - 1 2 - - -
5 Karnataka 2 1 3 6 12 1 - -
6 Maharashtra 1 1 3 7 12 1* - -
7 Punjab 3 - 2 5 10 - - -
8 Rajasthan 2 1 2 5 10 - 1 -
9 Tamil Nadu 2 - 3 5 10 - - -
TOTAL 17 5 22 49 93 2 1 1
*Backlog brought forward from the previous recruitment process.
Abbreviations: SC-Scheduled Caste, ST-Scheduled Tribe, OBC-Other Backward
Classes, GEN-General, PWD -Persons With Disability, OH- Orthopaedically
Handicapped, VH-Visually Handicapped, HI-Hearing Impaired
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5.
Minimum Age as on : 18 years
01.01.2007
6. Maximum Age as on : 28 years with the following relaxation as
01.01.2007 per rules.
Relaxation in Upper Age Limit
a) Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) candidates by 5 years
b) Other Backward Classes (OBC) candidates by 3 years
c) Persons with Disability - by 10 years
d) Ex-serviceman means a person who has served in any rank
(whether as a combatant or as a non-combatant) in the regular Army, Navy and
Air Force of the Indian Union but does not include a person who has served in
the Defence Security Corps, the General Reserve Engineering Force, the Lok
Sahayak Sena and the Para Military Forces, and
a. Who has retired from such service after earning his pension OR
b. Who has been released from such service on medical grounds attributable
to Military Service or circumstances beyond his control and awarded medical or
other disability pension OR
c. Who has been released otherwise than on his own request, from such
service as a result of reduction in establishment OR
d. Who has been released from such service after completing the specific
period of engagement, otherwise than at his own request or by way of dismissal
or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency, and has been given a
gratuity, and includes personnel of the Territorial Army of the following
categories :
i. Pension
holders for continuous embodied service;
ii. Persons
with disability attributable to military service; and
iii. Gallantory
award winners
is eligible for age relaxation by 3 years plus period of service in Armed
Forces subject to ceiling of 50 years of age.
e) All persons who are ordinarily being domiciled in Kashmir
Division of Jammu & Kashmir State during 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989 by 5 years.
Note: a) An Ex-serviceman who has once joined a government job i.e., the civil
side after availing of the benefits given to him as an ex-serviceman for his
re-employment, his ex-serviceman status for the purpose of the employment in
Government ceases. b) The relaxation in upper age limit is allowed on
cumulative basis as per Government guidelines. c) All persons eligible for age
relaxation under 6(e) above, must produce the domicile certificate at the time
of interview from the District Magistrate in the Kashmir Division within whose
jurisdiction he/she had ordinarily resided or any other authority designated in
this regard by Government of J&K to the effect that the candidate had
ordinarily been domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of J&K during 1
st Jan, 1980 to the 31 st day of December 1989.
Relaxation in upper age limit available to SC/ST/OBC candidates is allowed on
cumulative basis with only one of the remaining categories for which age
relaxation is permitted as mentioned above.
7. Eligibility Criteria : Nationality/Citizenship :
A candidate must be either (i) a citizen of India or (ii) a subject of Nepal or
(iii) a subject of Bhutan or (iv) a Tibetian refugee who came over to India
before 01.01.1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India or (v) a
person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, east
African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly
Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Mallawi, Zaha, Ethiopia and Vietnam, with the
intention of permanently settling in India, provided that the candidates
belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above, should be a person in
whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by Government of
India. A candidate in whose case a notification of eligibility is necessary may
be admitted to the interview conducted by the Bank but on final selection, the
offer of appointment may be given, only after the necessary eligibility
certificate has been issued to him by the Government of India.
(a) Candidates with following disability are eligible to apply:
Hearing Impairment(HI) - Means loss of 60 decibels or more in the better ear in
the conversational range of frequencies .
Locomotor Disability or Cerebral Palsy(OH) - Person who has a minimum of 40%
physical defect or deformity which causes inteference with the normal
functioning of the bones, muscles and joints and is so certified by a Medical
Board appointed by the State Government .
Visually Handicapped (VH) - Refers to a condition where a person suffers from
any of the following conditions :
(a) Total absence of sight or (b) Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200
(Snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses or (c) Limitation of the
field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degrees or worse.
In the written examination to be held, the blind candidates and candidates
whose writing speed is affected by cerebral palsy can use own scribe at their
cost. In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply :
i) The candidate will have to arrange his own scribe at his own cost. ii) The
academic qualification of the scribe should be one grade lower than that of the
candidate. iii) The scribe should be from any academic discipline. The scribe
should possess less marks than the candidate and not more than 60% in his own
academic stream. iv) Both the candidate as well as the scribe will have to give
a suitable undertaking, confirming that the scribe fulfills all the stipulated
eligibility criteria for a scribe as mentioned above. Further, in case it later
transpires that he did not fulfill any of the laid down eligibility criteria or
suppressed material facts, the candidature of the applicant will stand
cancelled, irrespective of the result of the written test. v) Such candidates
who use a scribe shall be eligible for extra time of 20 minutes for every hour
of the examination .
(b) As the reservation for Persons with disability (PWD) is on horizontal
basis, the selected candidates will be placed in the appropriate category (viz.
SC/ST/OBC/GEN) to which they belong.
Note:
(a) In case of non-availability of reserved candidates, Bank reserves its
right to interchange these categories as per Government directives.
(b) It is clarified that it may not be possible to employ Persons with
disability (PWD) in all offices/branches of the Bank and they will have to work
in the post identified by the Bank as suitable for them.
(c) The number of vacancies as also the number of reserved vacancies is
provisional and may vary according to actual requirements of the Bank.
The selected candidate is liable to be posted, at the sole discretion of the
Bank and as per its exigencies, at any of the Banks Branches/Offices within the
State where the candidate has applied for.
8. Educational Qualification :(As on 1.1.2007)
(a) Pass with minimum 60% marks in aggregate in higher secondary
examination/10+2 of 10+2+3 pattern or its equivalent OR
Degree in any discipline or its equivalent
All educational qualification should be from a recognized University / Board /
Central / State / UT administration.
(b) Knowledge of official language of the State where vacancies are
advertised, to read, write and speak is essential.
(c) Computer literacy:
The candidate should have computer literacy and should be able to operate
computer system in DOS and Windows mode.
9. Selection Process:
Written Examination:
There shall be two types of tests, i.e., Objective and Descriptive:
a) Objective Test
- 260 marks for a maximum duration of 1 hour 35 minutes.
- Wrong answers given in the objective test will result in negative
marks.
- Candidates should secure a minimum of 40% (35% for SC/ST) in each of
the following papers as qualifying marks.
SNo. Name of the paper Marks
1. Test of Reasoning Ability 50 questions carry-ing 80 marks.
2. Numerical Aptitude 50 questions carry-ing 80 marks.
3. Test of Clerical Aptitude 50 questions carrying 50 marks
4. Test of English Language 50 questions carrying 50 marks.
Total 4 papers 200 questions carrying 260 marks.
b) Descriptive Test:
Assessment of Details of the Test Qualifying Marks
Higher order cognitive abilities , wealth of ideas, organisation of ideas in a
logical coherent manner & communication skills. 5 compulsory questions with
internal options for 100 marks.
Duration: 1 hr.
Option to answer either in Hindi or English or the official language of the
State. Minimum 40%(35% for SC/ST Candidates) but marks so obtained are not
reckoned for merit ranking.
Note : The Bank reserves the right if it so desires to hold a second stage of
written test on the basis of order of merit in the written examination of first
stage as referred above. If the second stage of written examination is held the
subsequent process of interview and further process would be on the basis of
order of merit of the second stage examination.
The Written Test will be scheduled at the following centers and the address of
the Venue will be advised in the call letters:
Centre Code Name of the Centre For the States of
1 Bangalore Karnataka,
2 Chandigarh Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab,
3 Chennai Tamilnadu
4 Delhi Delhi
5 Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh
6 Jaipur Rajasthan
7 Mumbai Maharastra
Note:
(i) Request for change of the examination center shall not be entertained.
(ii) Bank reserves the right to cancel any of the centers and add some other
centers, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility, etc. Bank
also reserves the right to allot the candidates to any of the centers other
than the one he/she has opted for.
The selection will be made on the basis of performance in written test and
interview and such selection will be made amongst the candidates opted for the
test/interview in that particular State Only. Mere passing of written test does
not make a candidate eligible to be called for interview. Only candidates short
listed on the basis of performance in written examination will be called for
interview.
Interview:
a) Those candidates who have secured the minimum qualifying marks
stipulated for Written Test (i.e., Descriptive as well as Objective) shall be
called for interview in the ratio of 1:3 (1:5 in the case of SC/ST). In other
words, for every single post, three/five such candidates would be called for
interview depending upon their merit ranking as per the marks obtained by them
in objective tests.
b) Only those candidates who rank sufficiently high in the written test will
be called for interview. Mere eligibility/pass in the test shall not vest any
right in a candidate for being called for interview.
c) An interview shall be conducted to assess the personality traits having
bearing on general demeanor, interpersonal competence, adaptability, courtesy,
self confidence & temperament and communication skills.
d) Maximum marks for interview shall be 75 with a minimum qualifying marks
of 40% (35% for SC/ST).
10. Final Selection:
Final selection will be on the basis of the merit ranking reckoned after adding
the marks obtained in the objective/passing of the descriptive test and
interview.
11. Pre-examination Training - SC/ST/Minority Communities candidates:
It is proposed to impart Pre-examination Training to a limited number of
candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes/Minority Communities
at Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore Centres at the discretion of the Bank. An
eligible candidate who wishes to avail Pre-examination Training should fill in
the relevant column in the application format. All expenses regarding
travelling, boarding, lodging etc., will be borne by the candidate for
attending the Pre-examination Training programme at the concerned Training
Centre. If sufficient number of candidates are not willing to undergo training
at a centre or due to administrative exigencies, the Bank reserves the right to
allot a nearby centre for Pre-examination training.
12. Application Fee / Postage Charges :
Application fee : Rs.300/- (inclusive of Rs.50/- towards Postage Charges)
For SC/ST : Rs.50/- towards Postage Charges only
should be sent by Demand Draft/Pay Order/Bankers Cheque favouring "Vijaya Bank,
Recruitment (Clerk) Project, 2007" payable at Mumbai only. It must be
purchased on or after the date of advertisement but on or before the last date
stipulated for submission of application. Cash/Cheques/Money Orders/ Postal
Stamps/Postal Orders, etc., will not be accepted. Candidate's name and date of
birth should be written on the reverse of the demand draft. Application once
made will not be allowed to be withdrawn and fee once paid, will not be
refunded on any account nor can it be held in reserve for any other examination
or selection.
13. Probation : Six months
14. General Instructions :
(a)The Bank takes no responsibility for any delay in receipt or loss in postal
transit of any application or communication. (b) As the applications are to be
processed by a computerized system, it is essential that the application is
strictly in accordance with the prescribed format and properly and completely
filled and contains no corrections/alterations/overwriting.(c) Before applying
for the post, the candidate should ensure that he fulfils the eligibility and
other norms mentioned in this advertisement. Decision of Bank in all matters
regarding eligibility of the candidate, the stages at which such scrutiny of
eligibility is to be undertaken, the documents to be produced for the purpose
of the conduct of examination, interview, selection and any other matter
relating to recruitment will be final and binding on the candidate. The Bank in
this behalf, shall entertain no correspondence or personal enquiries. In case,
it is detected at any stage of recruitment that a candidate does not fulfill
the eligibility norms and/or that he has furnished incorrect/false information
or has suppressed any material facts, his candidature will stand cancelled. If
any of these shortcomings is/are detected, even after appointment, his services
are liable to be terminated. (i) Candidates should send an attested copy of
their Caste Certificate/Certificate of Handicap issued by the Competent
Authority as specified below (15). However, these candidates will have to
produce original caste certificates/ relevant certificates at the time of
interview, failing which, his candidature will be cancelled. (ii) Candidates
belonging to OBCs but coming in the 'CREAMY LAYER' are not entitled to OBC
reservation. OBC certificates in the format as prescribed by the Government of
India and issued by the Competent Authority inter-alia, specifically stating
that the candidate does not belong to the socially advanced sections, excluded
from the benefits of reservation for OBCs in civil posts and services under
Government of India, i.e., carrying CREAMY LAYER clause, based on income for
the financial year 2005-06 issued on or after 01.04.2006 should be submitted.
(iii) PWD candidates claiming the benefit of reservations/age relaxation should
submit a copy of Medical Certificate issued recently as specified in the
Disabilities Act of 1995 in support of their disability. (d) An application not
accompanied by copies of relevant certificates, where necessary or requisite
fee or not in prescribed format or not signed by the candidate or incomplete in
any respect, will not be entertained. (e) A recent recognizable passport size
photograph should be firmly pasted on the application and should be signed
across by the candidate. 3 copies of the same photograph should be retained for
use at the time of interview. The candidates are advised not to change their
appearance till the recruitment process is complete. Failure to produce the
same photograph at the time of interview may lead to disqualification. (f) The
candidates will have to appear for written test at their own expenses.
SC/ST candidates who will attend the inteview will be reimbursed Second Class
Rail/Bus Fare by the shortest route on production of evidence of travel. (g)
Any request for change of address will not be entertained. (h) Any resultant
dispute arising out of this advertisement shall be subject to the sole
jurisdiction of the Courts situated in Bangalore. (i) The Bank takes no
responsibility to connect any certificate/remittance sent separately. (j) In
case any dispute arises on account of interpretation in version other than
English, English version will prevail. (k) No candidate is permitted to use
calculator, telephones of any kind, pagers or any other such instruments. (l)
The candidates will appear for the written examination at the allotted centers
at their expenses and risks and the Bank will not be responsible for any
injury/losses etc. of any nature. (m) The Bank, may, at its discretion hold
re-examination wherever necessary in respect of a center/venue/specific post of
a candidate(s). (n) Appointment of selected candidates is subject to his/her
being declared medically fit as per the requirement of the Bank. Such
appointment will also be subject to the Service and Conduct Rules of the Bank.
(o) Action against candidates found guilty of misconduct : Candidates are
advised in their own interest that they should not furnish any particulars that
are false, tampered, fabricated or should not suppress any material information
while filling up the application form. At the time of Written
Examination/interview, if a candidate is (or has been) found guilty of: (i)
using unfair means during the examination or (ii) impersonating or procuring
impersonation by any person or (iii) misbehaving in the examination hall or
taking away the question booklet/answer sheet from the examination hall or (iv)
resorting to any irregular or improper means in connection with his/her
candidature by selection or (v) obtaining support for his candidature by any
means, such a candidate may in addition to rendering himself/herself liable to
criminal prosecution, be liable : (1) to be disqualified from the examination
for which he/she is a candidate; (2) to be debarred, either permanently or for
a specified period, from any examination or recruitment conducted by Bank. (p)
Though the post called for is Clerk, the Bank reserves right to designate the
appointed candidate as Clerk, Clerk-cum-Telephone Operator, Clerk-cum-Typist,
Clerk-cum-Data Entry Operator, etc. (q) The applicant who has applied under a
particular State will have to appear for the written examination at the centre
indicated under that State only. (r) Candidates already employed in
Government/Public Sector Undertakings shall be required to produce a No
Objection Certificate from their employer at the time of interview. (s)
Candidates submitting more than one application in response to the
advertisement are liable to be disqualified. (t) Application fee once paid will
not be refunded on any account nor can this fee be held in reserve for any
other test or selection. (u) Selected candidates may be assigned any
designation as may be prevailing in the Bank and not necessarily the name of
the post given in the advertisement. (v) Candidates willing to serve any where
in the State where vacancies are advertised, only need apply. (w) Candidates'
admission to the test is strictly provisional. The mere fact that the call
letter has been issued to the candidate does not imply that his candidature has
been finally cleared by the Bank.
15. THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY FOR THE ISSUE OF THE CERTIFICATE TO OBC/PHYSICALLY
CHALLENGED IS AS UNDER:
For OBC: (a) District Magistrate/Additional District Magistrate/
Collector/Deputy Commissioner/Taluka Magistrate/Executive Magistrate/ Extra
Assistant Commissioner. (b) Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Additional Chief
Presidency Magistrate/ Presidency Magistrate. (c) Revenue Officer not below the
rank of Tahsildar. (d) Sub-divisional Officer of the area where the candidate
and/or his family normally resides.
For Persons With Disability: Authorised certifying authority will be Medical
Board at the District level. The Medical Board will consist of Chief Medical
Officer, Sub-Divisional Medical Officer in the District and an Orthopaedic
Surgeon.
16. HOW TO APPLY:
a) Application should be neatly typed or hand-written in English on a
foolscap size paper in the format given at the end of this advertisement.
b) The examination for the post of clerk will be held simultaneously at all
centers. Hence, candidates are advised to send application for only
one center.
c) A recent passport size photograph bearing full signature of the
candidate across the same with date should be pasted at the right hand top
corner at the space provided in the application.
d) Each application must be accompanied by (i) Bank Draft payable at Mumbai
(ii) Copies of under mentioned certificates (only attested true copies of
certificates) should be sent by candidates along with the application :
A. Secondary School Certificate/School Leaving Certificate or any
other documentary proof of age.
B. Marks Sheets (year-wise) showing specifically the subject
studied and certificate/s in support of educational qualifications viz., SSLC,
Graduate Degree, Post-
graduate Degree, Professional Research, etc.
C. OBC/Persons With Disability certificate/s as detailed in Sl.No.15
wherever applicable.
e) Selected candidates will be required to produce a valid discharge
certificate from the present employer before joining the service.
f) Employees of Vijaya Bank who satisfy the eligibility criteria, should
route their applications through the Asst. General Manager, Vijaya Bank, Head
Office, Personnel Department (HRD), Bangalore-1. Application complete in all
respects should be sent only by ordinary post in a closed envelope superscribed
"Vijaya Bank Recruitment Project-Clerical, Post Box No.7479, Jogeshwari (East),
Mumbai - 400 060
17. LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS :
The applications should reach at the specified Post Box number ON OR BEFORE
26.05.2007. For the candidates staying abroad and for those posting application
from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Minicoy islands, Assam, Meghalaya,
Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Ladakh division
of J&K State, Lahaul and Spiti District and Pangi sub-division of Chamba
District of Himachal Pradesh, the last date for receipt of application will be
02.06.2007. An application received after the last date will not be entertained
by the Bank.
The Bank will not be responsible for loss of application in transit or for
rejection of application because of non-receipt of application on or before the
stipulated date.
18. Call Letters :
Call letter for written examination will be sent to the eligible candidates at
the correspondence address given in their application form by ordinary post and
requests for sending letters to a different address subsequently will not be
entertained. An eligible candidate who does not receive the call letter by
23.07.2007 may contact the Bank at Head Office, Personnel Department (HRD),
41/2, M G Road, Bangalore - 560 001 indicating his/her name, address, date of
birth, details of Bank Demand Draft and examination center opted, to enable the
Bank to take immediate remedial action. Candidates may also visit Banks website
between 24.07.2007 and 28.07.2007 for announcement regarding call letter and
written examination.
Date : 19.04.2007
Place : Bangalore. GENERAL MANAGER (PERSONNEL)
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