Dates for submission of online applications: 10.10.2020 to 04.11.2020

Last date and time for receipt of applications: 04.11.2020 (23:30) 

Last date and time for making online fee payment: 06.11.2020 (23:30)

Last date and time for generation of offline Challan: 08.11.2020 (23:30)

Last date for payment through Challan (during working hours of Bank): 10.11.2020 Dates of the Computer Based Examination: 29.03.2021 to 31.03.2021

2.                 Age Limit:

(a)    Stenographer Grade „C‟: 18 to 30 years as on 01.08.2020 i.e. candidates born not before 02-08-1990 and not later than 01-08-2002 are eligible to apply.

(b)    Stenographer Grade „D‟: 18 to 27 years as on 01.08.2020 i.e. candidates born not before 02-08-1993 and not later than 01-08-2002 are eligible to apply.

(c)    Permissible relaxation in upper age limit as specified in Para-5 (a) and 5 (b) above and category codes for claiming age relaxation are as follows:

 

 

Code No.	Category	Age-relaxation         permissible beyond the upper age limit
01	SC/ ST	5 years
02	OBC	3 years
03	PwD (Unreserved)	10 years
04	PwD (OBC)	13 years
05	PwD (SC/ ST)	15 years
06	Ex-Servicemen (ESM)	03 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on closing date of receipt of online application.
08	Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof	03 years
09	Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (SC/ ST)	08 years

Permissible relaxation in upper age limit for Group ‘C’ posts only
10	Central Govt. Civilian Employees: Who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of online applications.	Up to 40 years of age
11	Central Govt. Civilian Employees: Who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of online applications. (SC/ ST)	Up to 45 years of age
12	Widows/    Divorced    Women/     Women    judicially separated and who are not remarried.	Up to 35 years of age
13	Widows/    Divorced    Women/     Women    judicially separated and who are not remarried (SC/ ST )	Up to 40 years of age

2.                 Educational Qualifications (As on 01.08.2020):

(a)   Candidates must have passed 12^th standard or equivalent examination from a recognized Board or University.

(b)   As per Ministry of Human Resource Development Notification dated 10.06.2015 published in the Gazette of India all the degrees/ diplomas/ certificates awarded through Open and Distance Learning mode of  education  by  the Universities established by an Act  of Parliament or State Legislature, Institutions Deemed to be Universities under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 and Institutions of National Importance declared under an Act of Parliament stand automatically recognized for the purpose of employment to posts and services under the Central Government provided they have been approved by the Distance Education Bureau, University Grants Commission. However, such degrees should be recognized for the relevant period when the candidate acquired the said qualification.

(c)   As per UGC (Open and Distance Learning) Regulations, 2017 published in official Gazette on 23-06-2017, under Part-III (8) (v), the programmes in engineering, medicine, dental, nursing, pharmacy, architecture and physiotherapy etc are not permitted to be offered under Open and Distance Learning mode. However, pursuant to the Hon‟ble Supreme Court Order dated 11- 03-2019 in MA No. 3092/2018 in W.P. (C) No. 382/2018 titled Mukul Kumar Sharma & others Vs AICTE and others, B. Tech. degree/ diploma in Engineering awarded by IGNOU to the students who were enrolled up to academic year 2009-10 shall be treated as valid, wherever applicable.

(d)   All candidates who are declared qualified in the Computer Based Examination and the Skill Test will be required to produce all the relevant Certificates in original such as Mark sheets, Provisional Certificates etc. for completion of 12^th standard or equivalent examination as proof of having acquired the minimum educational qualification on or before 01.08.2020, failing which the candidature of such candidates will be cancelled by the Commission. The candidates who are able to prove, by documentary evidence, that the result of the qualifying examination was declared on or before the cut-off date and he/ she has been declared passed, will also be considered to meet the educational qualification. It is reiterated that the result of requisite educational qualification must have been declared by the concerned Board by the specified date. Mere processing of the result by the Board by the crucial cut-off date does not fulfill the EQ requirement.

(e)   Order/ letter in respect of equivalent Educational Qualifications will be required to be produced by the candidates at the time of Document Verification or as and when required by the Commission, indicating the Authority (with number and date) under which it has been so treated, in respect of equivalent clause in Essential Qualifications, if a candidate is claiming a particular qualification as equivalent qualification as per the requirement of the Notice of examination.

(f)   Candidates who have not acquired the essential qualification as on 01.08.2020 will not be eligible and need not apply.

2.                 Scheme of Examination

(a)   The details of the Computer Based Examination are mentioned below:

 

Date    of Exam	Part	Subject	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Total Duration
29.03.2021 to 31.03.2021	I	General Intelligence & Reasoning	50	50	2 Hours (2 hours and 40 minutes for the candidates eligible for scribe as per Para-7 (a) and 7 (b) above)
	II	General Awareness	50	50
	III	English        Language and Comprehension	100	100

(b)   Question paper will be of Objective Type Multiple Choice only. The questions will be set both in English & Hindi.

(c)   There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer. Candidates are, therefore, advised to keep this in mind while answering the questions.

(d)   Marks scored by candidates in the Computer Based Examination will be normalized by using the formula published by the Commission vide Notice No: 1-1/2018-P&P-I dated 07-02-2019 and such normalized scores will be used to determine final merit and cut-off marks.

(e)   Tentative Answer Keys of the Computer Based Examination will be placed on the website of the Commission after the Examination. Candidates may go through the Answer Keys and submit online representations, if any, within the time limit given by the Commission, on payment of Rs 100/- per question. Any representation regarding the Answer Keys received through the online modality within the time limit fixed by the Commission at the time of uploading of the Answer Keys will be scrutinized before finalizing the Answer Keys and the decision of the Commission in this regard will be final. Representations on the matter received through any other modalities e.g. letter, application, email, etc will not be entertained.

(f)   The dates of examination indicated in the Notice are tentative. Any change in the schedule of examination will be informed to candidates only through the website of the  Commission.

(g)   There shall be no provision for re-evaluation/ re-checking in the Examination. No correspondence in this regard shall be entertained.