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NOTIFICATION
No. RE/34-20/2015 dated 15th April, 2015
Government of India,
Department of Posts
Office of the Chief Postmaster General,
Odisha Circle, Bhubaneswar-751001.
DIRECT RECRUITMENT OF GRAMIN DAK SEVAK IN POSTAL/RMS DIVISIONS OF
ODISHA POSTAL CIRCLE
Applications are invited from the eligible persons in pursuance of the
Recruitment Rules,2015 framed and subsequent modifications made for GRAMIN
DAK SEVAK(GDS) published vide Postal Directorate letter No. 17-39/6/2012-GDS
and 17-39/6/2012-GDS dtd 14.01.2015 for filling the vacancies of GRAMIN DAK
SEVAK(GDS) in Postal Divisions, RMS Divisions in Odisha Postal Circle. The categories
of Gramin Dak Sevaks for which applications invited are as follows-
i. Gramin Dak Sevak Branch Postmaster (GDS BPM)
ii. Gramin Dak Sevak Mail Deliverer (GDSMD)
iii. Gramin Dak Sevak Mail Carrier (GDS MC)
iv. Gramin Dak Sevak Mail Packer ( GDS Packer)
v. Gramin Dak Sevak Stamp Vendor (GDS Stamp Vendor)
vi. Gramin Dak Sevak Mailman (GDSMM)
vii.
2. The details of category-wise vacancies in each cadre in each of the Postal/RMS
Divisions is furnished under the link “VACANCIES” for GRAMIN DAK SEVAK(GDS).
3. The words PH-I, PH-II and PH-III shown in the vacancy position represents
Visually Impaired, Hearing Impaired and Orthopedically Impaired respectively
4. CATEGORIES OF APPLICANTS ELIGIBLE TO CLAIM PH CONCESSION.
(A) Visually Impaired: Categories of Visually Impaired persons suitable for the posts:
Low Vision
Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with correcting
lenses;
- c. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degrees or worse.
(B) Hearing Impaired: Categories suitable for the posts :: The Deaf or those in whom
the sense of hearing is non functional for ordinary purposes of life. They do not hear,
understand sounds at all even with amplified speech. The cases included in this category will
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be those having hearing loss more than 90 decibels (db) in the better ear (Profound
impairment) or the total loss of hearing in both ears.
(C) Orthopaedically Impaired: The Orthopedically Impaired are those who have a
minimum 40% of physical defect or deformity which causes an interference with the normal
functioning of bones, muscles and joints. Categories of Orthopedically Impaired applicants
suitable for the posts:
1. One Arm affected
2. One Leg Affected
3. One Arm & One Leg Affected
4. Both Legs Affected
5. Muscular Weakness.
The Applicants should possess valid Medical certificate in the forms prescribed by the
Government issued by competent Medical authorities for the purpose of employment, as on
the date of Registration.
Note: The applicant can avail relaxation only for the Predominant disability. The applicant
should be in possession of Original Medical Certificate for the same issued by competent
medical authorities in the format prescribed by the Government at the time of Online
Registration. In the event of their selection under PH categories mentioned above, their
engagement shall be subject to capacity of the candidate to perform the job, in consultation
with the prescribed medical authority.
5. The vacancies indicated in the enclosures are likely to vary/change
without any prior intimation or assigning any reason.
6. Scale of Time Related Continuity Allowance (TRCA)
Category of GDS TRCA in Rs Workload in
points
Workload in hours
GDS Branch Postmaster 2745-50-4245 75 points Up to 3 hours work
3200-60-5000 87.5 points More than 3 hours up to
3 hrs 30 min
3660-70-5760 100 points Up to 4 hours
4115-75-6365 112.5 points More than 4 hours up to
4 hrs 30 min
4575-85-7125 Up to 125
points
More than 4 hours 30
min up to 5 hrs
GDS Mail
Deliverer/Stamp Vendor
2665-50-4165 ----- For work up to 3 hrs for
new entrants
3330-60-5130 --- For work up to 3 hrs 45
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minutes
4220-75-6470 ---- More than 3 hrs 45
minutes up to 5 hours
GDS Mail
Carrier/Packer/Mailman
2295-45-3695 ---- For work up to 3 hrs for
new entrants
2870-50-4370 ---- More than 3 hrs up to 3
hrs 45 minutes
3665-65-5585 ---- More than 3 hrs 45
minutes up to 5 hours
In addition to the TRCA, admissible allowances as prescribed from time to time will
be paid.
7. Age limit: 18-30 years: (a) For General Category (Unreserved Applicants )
and maximum age limit of Casual Labourers shall be 35 yeras
(b) Permissible relaxation of upper age limit as per Government of India orders
are as indicated below:-
Category Age relaxation permissible beyond the Upper age
limit.
Scheduled Castes/
Scheduled Tribes
(SCs/STs)
5 years
Other Backward Castes
(OBC)
3 years
Physically Handicapped PH+ Unreserved 10 years.
In regard to PH+SC/ST 15 years.
In regard to PH+OBC 13 years
Casual Labourers 38 years & 40 years for SC/ST with further relaxable to
the extent of number of years of service as provided in
the relevant provision concerning casual labourers
serving in the Department and engaged on or before
01.09.1993
8. Crucial date for reckoning of age limit:- The crucial date for determining
the age limit shall be as on the date of notification of vacancy.
9. Educational Qualification:- (a) Secondary School Examination pass certificate of
10th standard conducted by any board of school education in India.
(b) The candidates for all approved categories referred to in (a) above will be
required to furnish at least 60 days’ duration basic computer training certificate
from a recognized Computer Training Institute. Computer Certificates from Central
Government/ State Government/University/Boards etc. will also be acceptable for
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this purpose. Certificates from Private Computer Training Institutes shall also be
acceptable subject to their recognition by the Chief Postmaster General, Odisha
Postal Circle based on their reputation, capability and quality of education. This
requirement of basic computer knowledge certificate shall be relaxable where a
candidate has studied computer as a subject in Matriculation or Class XII of higher
educational qualification and in such cases , a separate certficate will not be
insisted upon.
9©- Residence-
Residence in post village/delivery jurisdiction of the Post Office within one month
after selection but before engagement shall be mandatory for a GDS. Failure to
reside in place of duty for GDS BPM and within delivery jurisdiction of the Post
Office for other categories of GDS after engagement shall be treated as violative of
conditions of engagement and liable for disciplinary action under Rule-10 of the
Conduct Rules, requiring removal/dismissal. Post office shall be located in the
accommodation to be provided by GDS BPM suitable for use as Post Office
premises.
9(d) Other terms and conditions-
(i) A GDS shall not be required to perform duty beyond a maximum period of 5
hours a day.
(ii) A GDS shall not be retained beyond 65 years of age
(iii) A GDS shall have to give an undertaking that he has other sources of income
besides the allowances to be paid by the Government for adequate means of
livelihood for himself/herself and his/her family. This condition is required to
be complied within 30 days after selection but before engagement.
(iv) A GDS can be transferred from one post/unit to another post/unit in public
interest.
(v) A GDS shall be outside the Civil Services of the Union.
(vi) A GDS shall not claim to be at par with the Central Government employees.
(vii) Combination of duties of a GDS shall be permissible.
(viii) On engagement as GDS, the person so engaged shall be required to furnish
security in such manner as may be prescribed from time to time. The existing
security amount in case of GDS Branch Postmaster & other approved
categories of GDS is Rs 25000-& Rs 10000- respectively.
9(e)- Disqualification-
If an applicant holds any Govt. Post, holds any elective post, is a member of any
political organization, is involved in any criminal case, has been convicted by any
court of law, then his/her candidature will not be accepted.
10. Pattern of Examination: The applicants shall be subjected to an Aptitude
Test with a total 100 maximum marks covering the following subjects/topics.
Aptitude Test will be comprising three parts (Part A, B(I) & B(II)). The duration of
the Aptitude Test will be for 2 hours (120 minutes). There is no negative marking.
Part ‘A’ Mathematics ( Topics: Number systems, Decimals and Fractions,
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50 marks with 50
questions of 1 mark
each)
Percentages, Ratio and Proportion,Profit and loss,
Simple interest, Average , Discount, Partnership, Time
& work, and Time & distance.
Part B(i) English ( 25
marks with 25
questions of 1 mark
each)
Topics- Articles, Prepositions, Conjuctions, Tenses,
Verbs, Synonyms & Antonyms, Vocabulary, Sentence
structure, Proverbs, Phrases& question from a small
unseen passage.
Part B(ii)- Regional
Language- Odia ( 25
marks with 25
questions of 1 mark
each)
Topics- Mishra o Sanyukta Vakya, Vakya ra Rupantara,
Swara Sandhi, Alankara, Rudhi o Lokakatha, Ashuddha
Vakya Suddharupa, Padhinathiba Gandyansha-
11. All eligible Applicants belonging to various categories who have the
educational qualification of (a) Secondary School Examination pass certificate of
10th standard conducted by any board of school education in India and (b) 60 days’
duration basic computer training certificate from a recognized Computer Training
Institute shall be invited for appearing in Aptitude test. No weightage for
marks secured by the Applicants will be given while preparing the
Merit Lists.
11.1 Total number of applicants as per the total number of vacancies in each
category i.e., OC, SC, ST, OBC, etc shall be declared qualified in descending order
of merit based on the marks secured by them in the Aptitude Test. The minimum
qualifying marks to be obtained in each part of the Aptitude Test is prescribed as
under:-
Parts A Minimum 20 marks for OC, 17 marks for SC/ST and 19 marks for
OBC candidates .
Part-B( I),
B(II)Two
segments)
Minimum 10 marks for OC, 8 marks for SC/ST and 9 marks for OBC
candidates in each segment
40% marks for OC, 33 marks for SC/ST and 37 marks for OBC candidate in aggregate.
11.2 The merit list for the whole Divisions shall be prepared in respect of all
categories of posts put together. For the said purpose, the candidates shall furnish a
single application online only and is allowed to give an option for a maximum of
ten(10) Posts in order of their preference. The details of posts is given in the
Instruction Sheet for the applicant. Thereafter, the candidates will be allotted to the
posts and division as per their preference based on their position in the merit list and
availability of vacancy. In case the name of a particular candidate figures in select
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panel for more than one post, he/she will be offered, subject to availability , the post
against which his/her preference is highest.
The candidates who are not able to get the allocation in any of the post of his/her
preference because of his/her performance, such candidates might be allocated to
the post/division where the vacancies exist. The candidates will have to give an
undertaking that in the event of his/her not getting the post in his preference, he/she
is willing to accept the appointment in any category of the post to which he/she is
allotted. The candidates who do not indicate their preference, it will be
presumed that they have equal preference for all the posts and may be
allocated to the post to the Division where vacancy exists at the discretion of
the Competent Authority.
12. Cost of Application Form Registration: -Rs. 100- for all categories of
applicants who have registered.
13. Examination Fee: - The Examination fee prescribed for all male applicants in
General and OBC categories is Rs. 400/-. Candidates belonging to Scheduled
Castes / Scheduled Tribes / Physically Impaired/ Women are exempted from
payment of Examination Fee.
14.(i) The vacancies for each category of post in 18 Postal Divisions and 3 RMS
Divisions under Odisha Postal Circle is displayed under the link “VACANCIES” on the
website http://odisha.postalcareers.in, www. Odishapost.gov.in, www.indiapost.gov.in.
The Examination Cities/Venues and the details of Postal/RMS Divisions in the Circle
are also displayed in the website for facilitating the applicants for indicating his
preference of posts/division while submitting their online application.
(ii)The Applicants are clearly informed that the allotment of Examination City in the
Postal Circle applied for is the prerogative of the Department and requests received
for any change in examination centre/venue will not be permitted under any
circumstances. Examination City is allotted as per the Preferences marked by the
applicant. However depending upon of the candidates volume of the exam city other
exam cities of this Postal Circle may also be considered out of other city options.
(iii) The applicants have to access the http://odisha.postalcareers.in, www.
odishapost.gov.in, www.indiapost.gov.in regarding detailed information on the
recruitment process from portal in PDF Format. The applicant has to fill the inputs
including standard information i.e. Name, DOB, community, sex, educational
qualification, etc. No column of the application form should be left blank.
15. How to Apply:-
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(i) The Applicant has to access the website http://odisha.postalcareers.in or
seeing the detailed Notification/Advertisement issued by the Department and the
Instruction Sheet.
(ii) Before starting Registration of his/her application on the website, the
Applicant should read the notification, instruction sheet and FAQs carefully. He/she
has to evaluate his/her eligibility for the category. His/her eligibility will be
evaluated during the registration process and the process shall terminate for
ineligible applicants and reasons there for would be prompted.
(iii) Before starting his/her registration of his/her application on-line, the applicant
should be ready with the soft copies of passport size photo (not more than 20 KB in
.JPG/JPEG format) and signature (not more than 10 KB in .jpg/jpeg format) which
are required to be uploaded after filling up of the inputs and uploading the
application on-line.
(iv) One applicant has to submit only one application. If more than one
application is registered, it will lead to rejection of all the applications registered by
the applicant.
(v) Applicant should fill the details/inputs in the On-line Application at the
appropriate places very carefully and click on the SUBMIT button at the end of the
Registration of On-line Application Form. Before Pressing the SUBMIT button, the
applicants are advised to verify carefully every field/inputs mentioned in the
application. Name of the Applicant or his/her father name etc. should be spelt
correctly in the Application as it so appears in the Secondary School Certificate
Examination/mark sheet. Any change/alternation found/detected later on may lead
to his disqualification of candidature.
(vi) The applicants will kindly note that the particulars mentioned in the On-line
application will be considered as final and no change/alteration/modification will
be allowed/entertained after submission of the On-line application under any
circumstances.
(vii) After successful registration, a provisional Unique Registration Number (URN)
will be generated by the system and displayed on the screen. The registration
number along with password shall be sent to the Applicant to the given
email ID and SMS to given Mobile Number in the application. The Applicant has
to use the registration number and password for log in into the website
where he can generate, the challan in triplicate to enable him to pay the fee.
Applicant has to take out a print out of the system generated Fee Payment Challan.
The Applicant has to retain this number and password for future references.
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(viii) The Applicant is further advised to fill in the On-line Application Form in one
go and save the data. The Applicant can edit the particulars if needed before final
Submission of the Application Form. Once the application is filled completely, the
applicant should submit the data.
(ix) Mode of Payment:- The Cost of Application Form and Examination Fee are
already prescribed in Para No. 12 and 13 above of this notification. The applicants
have to approach their nearest e-payment Post Offices, (listed under e-payment link
of http://odisha.postalcareers.in and to produce Fee Payment Challan printed by him
& to pay the FEE in CASH (INR) only. Once the fee has been paid, the Registration
process is completed. The Applicant can check his/her status of payment on the
website http://odisha.postalcareers.in after 3 working days after payment of the fee.
In case of Non-payment the application registered will not be considered for
further process. The applicants who have registered the applications on the
closing date of registration are permitted to pay the FEE till 18th May, 2015.
16. The Applicants after successful registration of the On-Line Application are
advised to keep print out of the “PREVIEW” of his Application, copy of fee challan,
receipt issued by the Post office and Registration slip for any future reference.
17. The Applicants are advised not to enclose/upload copies of any
certificates/documents. The application Registered on-line will be treated as
Provisional and it will be subject to Verification of respective Certificates/documents.
The Applicant has to furnish a Declaration to the effect that the inputs furnished by
him/her are true, complete and correct to best of his/her knowledge and they will be
supported by the original documents/testimonials as and when required/demanded.
Any false/incorrect information found/detected at any stage, his/her
candidature/appointment will be summarily rejected/terminated. Therefore it is
mandatory for the applicant to Tick the Check Box about this Declaration at end of
the Application form, before saving and uploading the application.
18. Closing Date for Registration of Application. The registration of on-line
application will commence on 15/04/2015 at 00:00hrs and closes by 14/05/2015 by
23:59hrs.
Asst. Director(RE)
For Chief Postmaster General,
Odisha Circle, Bhubaneswar-751001.
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