Recruitment of Clerical Cadre - 2012

UCO Bank, a leading Public Sector Bank, invites applications for Clerical posts, from Indian citizens who have taken the Common Written Examination for Clerical cadre conducted by IBPS in 2011 and have a Valid Score Card issued by IBPS.

DETAILS OF VACANCIES:

Since clerical cadre recruitment would be on State-wise basis, it will, therefore, be necessary that candidates apply for vacancies of a State from which they have appeared for the Common Written Examination and in which they have qualified.

-           denoted “No Vacancy”

Abbreviations used: 

SCALE OF PAY: ` 7200 – 400/3 – 8400 – 500/3 – 9900 – 600/4 – 12300 - 700/7 – 17200 – 1300/1 –      18500 – 800/1 – 19300 (20 years)                                                 

 DA, HRA, CCA, Graduation Pay, Medical, LFC, Terminal Benefits, other allowances etc. will be paid as per prevailing rules in the Bank depending upon place of posting.

PROBATION PERIOD: On appointment, candidates will be on probation for a minimum period of       6 months, which may be extended by another 3 months in the Bank’s discretion. On successful completion of the probation, they will be confirmed in the Bank’s services.

Note:  

Ø  It is clarified that Persons with Disabilities will have to work in Branches/Offices which have posts identified by the Bank as suitable for them.

Ø  Candidates belonging to Reserved Category, including Persons with Disabilities, for which no reservation has been announced, are free to apply for vacancies announced for General category, provided they fulfill the eligibility criteria laid down for General category.

Ø  The number of vacancies and also the number of reserved vacancies is provisional and may vary according to actual requirements of the Bank.

1.   ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: NATIONALITY/ CITIZENSHIP:

A candidate must be either i) a Citizen of India or ii) a subject of Nepal or iii) subject of Bhutan or iv) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1^st  January, 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, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.  Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.  A candidate in whose case a certificate 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 Government of India has issued the necessary eligibility certificate to him/her.

2.       ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AS ON 01.08.2011 FOR THE ABOVE POST IS PRESCRIBED AS UNDER:

Note:

1.      Degrees obtained from the recognised Universities/Institutes, recognised by the Govt. of India only, will be considered. 

2.      The educational qualification prescribed for the post is the minimum.

3.      Candidates must specifically indicate the class/division and percentage of marks obtained calculated to the nearest two decimals in the relevant column of the application. Where no percentage of marks is awarded by the University, but only CGPA/OGPA is awarded, the same should be converted into percentage.

4.      The result of the qualifying examination, i.e. graduation or equivalent to graduation, as the case may be, should have been announced by the University on or before 01.08.2011.

5.      Candidates should have obtained the specified IBPS Score in each test and/ in aggregate in the Common Written Examination conducted for Clerical cadre in 2011-12. Candidates should be able to produce the Score Card in support of the scores mentioned in the online application form, if called for further selection processes such as Interview.

3. RELAXATION IN UPPER AGE LIMIT: 

Note:

a)   (i) Candidates still serving in Defence Services and desirous of applying under Ex-Servicemen category should submit a certificate from the competent authority, at the time of  interview that they would be released/ retired on or before 31.07.2012,  and if they fail to report within this time their offer of appointment will be withdrawn. (ii) Ex-Servicemen candidates who have already secured employment under the Central Government in Group C & D will be permitted the benefit of age relaxation as prescribed for Ex-Servicemen for securing another employment in a higher grade or cadre in Group C/D under the Central Government. However such candidates will not be eligible for the benefit of reservation for Ex-Servicemen in Central Govt. Jobs.  (iii) Territorial Army personnel will however be treated as Ex-Servicemen w.e.f 15.11.1986.  (iv) An Ex-Servicemen who has once joined a Government job on civil side after availing of the benefits given to him as an Ex-Servicemen for his re-employment, his Ex-Servicemen status for the purpose of the re-employment in Government ceases.

b)      In case, a candidate who is eligible for relaxation under more than one of the above categories, the age relaxation will be available on cumulative basis with any one of the remaining categories for which age relaxation is permitted as mentioned above. This cumulative age relaxation is available to SC/ST/OBC candidates only.

c)      The candidates eligible for age relaxation under 3 (iv) 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 Govt. 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^stJan. 1980 and the 31^st day of December 1989.

d)      All persons eligible for age relaxation under Sl. No. 3 (vi) must produce a certificate issued by the District Magistrate to the effect that they are eligible for relief in terms of rehabilitation package for 1984 Riots Affected persons sanctioned by Government and communicated by Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services communication no. F.No. 9/21/206-IR dated 27.07.2007.

RESERVATIONS:

A.   Reservation for SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates will be provided as per Government guidelines.

B.   Persons with Disabilities:

Under Section 33 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995, only such persons would be eligible for reservation who suffer from not less than 40% of relevant disability and are certified by a Medical Board appointed by the Central/State Govt. Accordingly, candidates with the following disabilities are eligible to apply. Applicants claiming such benefits should produce certificate in original in support of their claim at the time of Interview conducted by the Bank, if called by the Bank.

Visually Impaired (VI)

Blindness refers to condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions namely (i) Total absence of sight, (ii) Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses. (iii) Limitation of the field of vision subtending in angle of 20 degrees or worse.

Low vision means a person with impairment of visual functioning even after treatment or standard refractive connection but who uses or is potentially capable of using vision for the planning of execution of a task with appropriate assistive device.

Deaf & Hearing Impaired (HI)

The deaf are those persons in whom the sense of hearing is non- functional for ordinary purposes of life i.e. total loss of hearing in both ears. They do not hear; understand sounds at all even with amplified speech. Hearing impairment means loss of sixty decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies.

Orthopaedically Challenged (OC)

Locomotor Disability means disability of bones, joints or muscles leading to substantial restriction of the movement of the limbs or any form of cerebral palsy. Cerebral Palsy means a group of non-progressive conditions of person characterized by abnormal motor control posture resulting from brain insult or injuries occurring in the pre-natal, peri-natal or infant period of development.

All the cases of Orthopaedically Challenged Persons would be covered under the category of ‘Locomotor disability or cerebral palsy’.

  C. Definition of Ex-Servicemen (EXSM)

Ex-Servicemen (EXSM): Only those candidates shall be treated as Ex-Servicemen who fulfill the revised definition as laid down in Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms Notification No.36034/5/85 Estt. (SCT) dated 27.01.1986 as amended from time to time.

Disabled Ex-Servicemen (DISXS): Ex-servicemen who while serving in Armed Forces of the union were disabled in operation against the enemy or in disturbed areas shall be treated as DISXS.

Dependents Of Ex-Servicemen Killed In Action (DXS): Servicemen killed in the following operations would be deemed to have been killed in action attributable to military service (a) war (b) war like operations or Border skirmishes either with Pakistan on cease fire line or any other country (c) fighting against armed hostiles in a counter insurgency environment viz: Nagaland, Mizoram, etc. (d) serving with peace keeping mission abroad (e) laying or clearance of mines including enemy mines as also mine sweeping operation between one month before and three months after conclusion of an operation (f)  frost bite during actual operations or during the period specified by the Government (g) dealing with agitating para-military forces personnel (h) IPKF Personnel killed during the operations in Sri Lanka.

As the reservation for Persons with Disabilities/ Ex-Servicemen is on horizontal basis, the selected candidates will be placed in the appropriate category (viz. SC/ST/OBC/ GEN) to which they belong.

APPLICATION FEE  (INCLUDING POSTAGE/ INTIMATION CHARGES) (NON-REFUNDABLE) :

Requisite Application Fee may be paid through CBS at any of the Branches of UCO Bank only, by means of a Payment Challan as per the format given on the Bank’s website. 

NOTE:

(i)   Demand Drafts, Cheques, Money Orders, Postal Orders, Pay Orders, Banker’s Cheques, postal stamps, etc., will not be accepted

(ii)    The payment towards application fee through CBS can be made from 16.05.2012 to 02.06.2012.

(iii)  The CBS fee payment challan contains two parts. The first part will be retained by the Branch. The candidate’s copy of the fee payment challan must be retained with the candidate after the necessary details such as Transaction ID; Branch Code etc. are filled in by the bank official.

(iv)  Application once made will not be allowed to be withdrawn and fee once paid will not be refunded under any circumstances nor can it be held in reserve for any other future selection process.

6.   THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY FOR ISSUE OF CERTIFICATE TO SC/ST/OBC/PWD CANDIDATES IS AS UNDER:

(a)                For SC/ST/OBC:

             District Magistrate/Additional Dist Magistrate/Collector/Deputy Commissioner/ Additional Dy. Commissioner/Dy.Collector/First Class Stipendiary Magistrate/Sub-Division Magistrate/ Taluka Magistrate/Executive Magistrate/Extra Assistant Commissioner/ Chief Presidency Magistrate/Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate/Presidency Magistrate/ Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tahsildar/Sub-Divisional Officer of the area where the candidate and/or his/her family normally resides.

(b)                For Persons with Disabilities:

Authorised Certifying Authority will be Medical Board at the District level. The Medical Board consists of Chief Medical Officer, Sub-Divisional Medical Officer in the District and a member who is a specialist in Orthopaedics, ENT or Ophthalmology, as the case may be.

7.    SELECTION PROCEDURE:    

   Selection for Clerical Cadre posts will be made on the basis of performance in Common Written Examination (CWE) conducted by IBPS in November-December 2011 and Interview.   

 8.   INTERVIEW:

Depending upon the number of vacancies, the Bank reserves the right to call only those candidates who have sufficiently high IBPS score in Common Written Examination for Interview.

The total marks for Interview will be 75. Minimum qualifying marks will be 40% (35% in case of SC, ST, OBC, EXS and PWD Candidates.

Candidate should have proficiency in the Official language of the State for which he/ she has applied. There may be some questions in the local language at the time of interview.

9.    INTERVIEW CENTRES:

The Interview will be held at the following centres. Addresses of the venues will be advised in the call letters.  The addresses of the venues will also be displayed in the Bank’s website one week before the dates for commencement of Interviews. List of Interview centres will be as below:

(i)                    Candidates are required to apply online through website www.ucobank.com. No other means/ mode of application will be accepted.

(ii)                  Candidates should ensure that their personal email ID (as specified in the online application form while applying for Common Written Examination CWE conducted in November/ December 2011) is kept active during the currency of a recruitment project. Bank will send call letters for Interview etc. to the registered e-mail ID.

(iii)                Applicants are first required to go to the Bank’s website www.ucobank.com and click on the link “Recruitment of Clerical Cadre - 2012”.

(iv)                Thereafter, open the Recruitment Notification entitled “UCO BANK CLERICAL CADRE RECRUITMENT PROJECT-2012”.

-          The candidate should take a printout of the fee payment challan.

-          Fill in the Fee Payment Challan in a clear and legible handwriting in BLOCK LETTERS.

-          Go to the nearest UCO Bank Branch with the Fee payment Challan and pay, in Cash, the appropriate Application Fee in CBS Account No. & Branch (as mentioned in Challan form) in the name & style of “UCO BANK CLERICAL CADRE RECRUITMENT PROJECT-2012”. The details about payment of fee are mentioned in point No. 5 above.

Candidates may find out the required branch address from the Bank’s website ‘www.ucobank.com’ under head Branch Locator.

(v)                  Obtain the Applicant’s Counterfoil Copy of the Application Fee Payment Challan duly authenticated by the Bank with (a) Branch Name (b) Transaction id /Scroll number (c) Date of Deposit & amount filled by the Branch Official.

(vi)           Candidates are now ready to Apply Online by re-visiting the Recruitment Link on the Bank’s website and going to the sublink titled “ONLINE APPLICATION FOR UCO BANK CLERICAL CADRE RECRUITMENT PROJECT-2012” to open up the appropriate Online Application Format. All the fields in the online Application format should be filled up carefully.

(vii)              Carefully fill in the details such as fee payment details from the CBS Challan in the Online

                    Application Form, scores obtained in stipulated CWE etc. at the appropriate places.

(viii)            Original fee payment receipt i.e. CBS challan will have to be submitted with the Call Letter at the time of Interview. Without original CBS challan the candidate will not be allowed to appear in the Interview. Candidates are also advised to keep a photocopy of the fee payment challan.

(ix)                The name of the candidate or his/her father/husband etc. should be spelt correctly in the application as it appears in the certificates/mark sheets. Any change / alteration found may disqualify the candidature.

(x)                  CANDIDATES SHOULD NOT SUBMIT A PRINTOUT OF THE APPLICATION /

                    FEE PAYMENT RECEIPT (CBS challan) TO THE BANK AT THIS STAGE

(xi)                The Application printout along with the fee payment receipt and required copies of documents should be kept ready for submission, if shortlisted for Interview.

(xii)              Please note that the above procedure is the only valid procedure for applying.  No other mode of application or incomplete steps would be accepted and such applications would be rejected.

The applicant should sign and affix his/her photograph on such printout of application and keep the same ready for submission, if selected for Interview along with copies of required documents mentioned below:

1.      Original fee payment receipt (CBS challan)

2.      Valid IBPS Score Card for the stipulated examination

3.      Attested copy of School leaving certificate or any other document showing proof of age acceptable to the Bank.

4.      Attested copies of Mark sheets / certificates in support of Educational Qualification.

5.      Attested copy of certificate of Computer Course, as applicable.

6.      Caste / PWD any other related certificate as applicable.

7.      Photo identity proof.

         If selected for interview, candidates serving in Government / Public Sector Undertakings (including Banks & Financial Institutions) will be required to submit their applications accompanied by a “No Objection Certificate” from their employer, in the absence of which their candidature will not be considered.

It is for the candidate to ensure that he / she has met with the eligibility criteria and complied with the requirements and adhered to the instructions contained in this advertisement as well as in the application form. Candidates are, therefore, urged to carefully read the advertisement and complete the application form and submit the same as per instructions given in this regard.

14.       CALL LETTERS FOR THE INTERVIEW

Only those candidates, who have met with the eligibility criteria & who have cleared their Common Written Examination of IBPS and who are shortlisted for appearing in the Personal Interview will be intimated either by e-mail (online) or may download the call letter from the Bank’s website. No communication/ intimations regarding interviews will be sent by post. The name of candidates who are finally short-listed for interview will also be available on the Bank’s website www.ucobank.com. Applicants are requested to keep track of the same by visiting Bank’s website from time to time. Similarly, final selection result will be available on Bank’s Web site.

Candidate has to affix his/her photograph on the call letter. Candidate has to bring the call letter along with original fee payment receipt and requisite enclosures while attending the interview without which he / she will not be allowed to take up the Interview.