Recruitment of Postal Assistants

Cost of Application:Rs.25.00 No.of Total Vacancies- 881 Last date to submitt:-20-10-2009

DEPARTMENT OF POSTS - INDIA

PROSPECTUS FOR RECRUITMENT OF POSTAL ASSISTANTS AND SORTING ASSISTANTS

PROSPECTUS

PART – A

THE DETAILS IN THIS PROSPECTUS ARE APPLICABLE FOR RECRUITMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING POSTS:

a) Postal Assistants in Post Offices f)Postal Assistants in Foreign Post Offices

b) Postal Assistants in Circle Offices and Regional Offices g)Postal Assistan ts in Mail Motor Services.

c) Postal Assistants in Savings Bank Control Organization h)Postal Assistan ts in Postal Stores Depots.

d) Sorting Assistants in Railway Mail Service.

e) Postal and Sorting Assistants in Army Postal service.

1. SCALE OF PAY :The scale of pay is Rs.5,200 – 20,200 +Grade Pay Rs.2,400 + Admissible Allowance.

2. PROBATION : The candidates selected will be appointed and will be on probation as per rules till the successful

completion of probation as per rules.

3 . ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS :

3.1 Age: a)Between 18 to 25 years as on last date prescribed for receipt of application as shown in the advertisement

and in the list co ntaining vacancy position supplied with this prospectus.

Upper age limit is relaxable for:-

a) SC/ST by 5 years

b) OBC b y 3 years

c) Physically handicap ped by 10 years: and

d) Ex-Servicemen b y the Length of Military Service plus three years.

EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED :-

a) Postal/Sorting Assistants :

i) Pass in 10+2 or 12 Class Examination or recognized University or Board of School Education or Board of Secondary t h

Education(excluding vocation al streams).

ii) Candidates for the posts of Postal Assistants in Post Office, Sorting Assistants in Railway Mail Service and Postal/Sorting

Assistants in Army Postal Service should have the above educational qualifications with English as a compulsory subject.

iii) The candidates should have knowledge of local languages of the state i..e. should have studied Telugu(and/or any other local

language declared as local language by Andhra Pradesh State Government) as a subject at least upto Matriculation level(SSC).

iv) Candidates with higher qualificatio ns are also considered. But they have to fulfill the requirements mentio ned in Sub paras (i) to

(iii) above.

v) Candidates who have passed Vocational or Job Oriented Course(JOC) are NOT eligible.

vi) Desirable qualification: Typing knowledge and Computer knowledge.