RECRUITMENT OF POSTAL ASSISTANT / SORTING ASSISTANT IN GUJRAT POSTAL CIRCLE

7. Selection Process: All Applicants belonging to various categories who have obtained the
following marks in 10+2 examination shall be called for appearing in the Aptitude Test.
OC 60% and above
SC/ST 45% and above
OBC 55% and above
No weightage of marks secured by the Applicants in 10+2 examination will be given while
preparing the Merit List.
Applicants numbering five times the number of vacancies in each category shall be
declared qualified for appearing Computer/Typing Test based on the marks secured by them in
Aptitude Test (Paper-I). The minimum qualifying marks to be obtained in each part of Aptitude
Test is :
OC 40% i.e. 10 marks in each part & 40% in aggregate
SC/ST 33% i.e. 8 marks in each part & 33% in aggregate
OBC 38% i.e. 9 marks in each part & 38% in aggregate
The final merit shall be prepared on the basis of the aggregate marks obtained by the
Applicants in the Aptitude Test (Paper-I) only subject to their qualifying in Computer/ Typing
Test (Paper-II). Allocation of successful candidates will be as per Sl. 25.1 of the Information
Brochure/ Instruction sheet.

8. Cost of Application form:The Application Form is sold at a price of Rs. 50 and the sale will
be through All Head Post Offices and identified Post Offices in the Circle. The sale will commence
from 11.08.2012 and last date for sale closes on 25.09.2012. There will be no sale after
25.09.2012.

9. Examination Fee: the Applicants have to pay the prescribed examination fee of Rs. 200 and
it should be deposited in a Post Office of the Circle concerned to which the Applicant is applying
and obtain ACG-67/UCR receipt. ALL FEMALE CANDIDATES AND APPLICANTS BELONGING
TO SCHEDULED CASTE/ SCHEDULED TRIBE/ PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CATEGORIES
ARE EXEMPTED FROM PAYMENT OF EXAMINATION FEE. NO EXAMINATION FEE EXEMPTION
HOWEVER AVAILABLE TO OBC APPLICANTS AND THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PAY THE
EXAMINATION FEE IN FULL. Applications received without prescribed fee receipt shall be
summarily rejected.
Note. I: Fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances.
Note. II: Fee paid through any mode other than UCR/ACG-67 in Post Office will not be accepted.

10. The candidate has to apply for one Post only, and if a candidate submits more than one
Application Form, his/her candidature shall liable to be cancelled and no communication will
be sent in this regard.

11. The Applicants have to indicate their option of Division, in the Circle, to which they
intend to apply and also indicate the options for Examination Centres belonging to that Circle
only. For example, a candidate applying for Haryana Circle has to indicate options of
divisions/units in Haryana Circle and also to indicate Examination Centres in that Circle only.
Allotment of examination city in the Postal Circle is the prerogative of the Postal Department and
change in allotment of Examination city is not permitted at any stage.

12. How to apply: The Applicants have to carefully read & follow the instructions given in
Information Brochure/Instruction sheet supplied along with Application Form in filling the
same. The Applications which do not conform to the conditions are liable to be rejected
summarily.

13. Mode of Despatch: The Applicants duly filled in along with original receipt of ACG-
67/UCR issued by Post Office of the Circle towards payment of Examination Fee have to be sent
to “Direct Recruitment Cell, New Delhi HO, New Delhi-110001” through SPEED POST/
REGISTERED POST OF INDIA POST only. The Applications received through courier or
delivered in person will not be accepted.
i) The Applicants need not enclose/attach copies of any Certificates/ Testimonials along
with the Application except original ACG-67/UCR receipt issued by Post Office towards payment
of Examination fee. All the Applications are treated as provisional and admit card will be issued
subject to his/her satisfying the eligibility conditions.
ii) The original OMR Application Form obtained through Post Office alone should be used
for applying for the Post. Xerox/Photostat copies will not be accepted under any
circumstances.

14. The Applicants have to enclose a Window Envelope affixing a postage stamp of Rs. 5
(provided along with their OMR Application form) and send it along with the filled OMR
Application Form to enable for despatching the Admit Cards.

15. Last date for receipt of Applications by the Recruitment agency is fixed as 01.10.2012
and for those residing in Assam/ Meghalaya/ Arunachal Pradesh/ Mizoram/ Manipur/
Nagaland/ Tripura/ Sikkim/ Ladakh division of J&K State, Lahaul & Spiti District of Himachal
Pradesh and Pangi sub division of Chamba Dist. in Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar
Islands and Lakshdweep will be 11.10.2012.

16. The Aptitude Test will be preferably conducted on a common date for all the Postal
Circles in India. The Admit Card issued to the candidates will be purely provisional subject to
his/her satisfying the eligibility conditions.

17. Applicants may visit the website www.indiapost.gov.in on regular basis till the last date of
examination so that he/she gets last minute update if any in schedule of examination/eligibility
status/venue status/other information related to the Recruitment process.


Sd/-
(V.K. Darji)
Asstt. Director Postal Services (PMI)
O/o The Chief Postmaster General,
Gujarat Circle, Ahmedabad-380001