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Notification for Post Office (West Bengal Circle)

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Applications are invited by the respective engaging authorities as shown in the annexure
‘I’ against each post, from eligible candidates for the selection and engagement to the following
posts of Gramin Dak Sevaks.

Job Position
  • Branch Post-Master (BPM)
Qualification
  • Secondary School Examination pass certificate of 10th standard with passing marks in Mathematics, local language and English (having been studied as compulsory or elective subjects) conducted by any recognized Board of School Education by the Government of India/State Governments/ Union Territories in India shall be a mandatory educational qualification for all approved categories of Gramin Dak Sevaks.(Referred to in Directorate Order No 17-31/2016-GDS dated 25.06.2018).
Age
  • The minimum and maximum of age for the purpose of engagement to GDS posts shall be 18 and 40 years respectively as on 20.07.2021 the date of notification of the vacancies. The relaxation for the age candidatws can check the website.
Salary
  • The remuneration for this post is Rs. 12,000 – Rs. 14,500. For detailed information of the remuneration candidates can go through the official notification which is attached below.
Job Profile
  • The Job Profile of Branch Post Master will include managing affairs of Branch Post Office, India Posts Payments Bank (IPPB) and ensuring uninterrupted counter operation during the prescribed working hours using the handheld device/Smartphone/laptop supplied by the Department.
  • The overall management of postal facilities, maintenance of records, upkeep of handheld device / laptop / equipment ensuring online transactions, and marketing of Postal, India Post Payments Bank services and procurement of business in the villages or Gram Panchayats within the jurisdiction of the Branch Post Office should rest on the shoulders of Branch Postmasters.
  • The work performed for IPPB will not be included in calculation of TRCA, since the same is being done on incentive basis.
  • Branch Postmaster will be the team leader of the Branch Post Office and overall responsibility of smooth and timely functioning of Post Office including mail conveyance and mail delivery.
  • He/she might be assisted by Assistant Branch Post Master of the same Branch Post Office.
  • BPM will be required to do combined duties of ABPMs as and when ordered.
  • He will also be required to do marketing, organizing melas, business procurement and any other work assigned by IPO/ASPO/SPOs/SSPOs/SRM/SSRM and other Supervising authorities.
  • In some of the Branch Post Offices, the BPM has to do all the work of BPM/ABPM.
Job Position
  • Assistant Branch Post Master (ABPM)
Qualification
  • Secondary School Examination pass certificate of 10th standard with passing marks in Mathematics, local language and English (having been studied as compulsory or elective subjects) conducted by any recognized Board of School Education by the Government of India/State Governments/ Union Territories in India shall be a mandatory educational qualification for all approved categories of Gramin Dak Sevaks.(Referred to in Directorate Order No 17-31/2016-GDS dated 25.06.2018).
Age
  • The minimum and maximum of age for the purpose of engagement to GDS posts shall be 18 and 40 years respectively as on 20.07.2021 the date of notification of the vacancies. The relaxation for the age candidatws can check the website.
Salary
  • The remuneration for this post is Rs. 10,000 – Rs. 12,000. For detailed information of the remuneration candidates can go through the official notification which is attached below.
Job Profile
  • The Job Profile of Assistant Branch Post Master will include all functions of sale of stamps/stationery, conveyance and Delivery of mail at doorstep deposits/payments/other transactions under IPPB, assisting Branch Postmasters in counter duties using the handheld device/Smart phone supplied by the Department.
  • The work performed for IPPB will not be included in calculation of TRCA, since the same is being done on incentive basis.
  • He will also be required to do marketing, organizing melas, business procurement and any other work assigned by the Branch Postmaster or PO/ASPO/SPOs/SSPOs/SRM/SSRM and other Supervising authorities.
  • ABPMs will also be required to do Combined Duty of BPMs as and when ordered.
Job Position
  • Dak Sevak
Qualification
  • Secondary School Examination pass certificate of 10th standard with passing marks in Mathematics, local language and English (having been studied as compulsory or elective subjects) conducted by any recognized Board of School Education by the Government of India/State Governments/ Union Territories in India shall be a mandatory educational qualification for all approved categories of Gramin Dak Sevaks.(Referred to in Directorate Order No 17-31/2016-GDS dated 25.06.2018).
Age
  • The minimum and maximum of age for the purpose of engagement to GDS posts shall be 18 and 40 years respectively as on 20.07.2021 the date of notification of the vacancies. The relaxation for the age candidatws can check the website.
Salary
  • The remuneration for this post is Rs. 10,000 – Rs. 12,000. For detailed information of the remuneration candidates can go through the official notification which is attached below.
Job Profile
  • The Job Profile of Dak Sevaks will include all functions of viz sale of stamps and stationery, conveyance and delivery of mail and any other duties assigned by Postmaster/Sub Postmaster including IPPB work in the Departmental Post Offices/RMS.
  • The work performed for IPPB will not be included in calculation of TRCA, since the same is being done on incentive basis.
  • He may also have to assist Post Masters/Sub Postmasters in managing the smooth functioning of Departmental Post Offices and do marketing, business procurement or any other work assigned by the Post Master or IPO/ASPO/SPOs/SSPOs/SRM/SSRM and other Supervising authorities.
  • In Railway Mail Services (RMS), GDS has to handle the work related to RMS, like, closing/opening of bags, transport of bags from one place to other manually and any other works allotted by the RMS authorities.

General Instructions

  • The candidate must have the knowledge of local language so that it will help them to do their job effectively & efficiently.
  • The candidate must have the Basic knowledge of Computer.
  • Knowledge of Cycling is a pre-requisite condition for all GDS posts.
  • The candidate applying for the post shall note that he/ she will have adequate means of livelihood to support himself/ herself and his/ her family from other sources so as to have to supplement his/her income.
  • 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 candidate selected for the engagement of BPM shall have to provide centrally located accommodation in the Branch Post Office village within 30 days for use as Post Office premises and the expenditure of the hiring if any needs to be borne by the candidates.
  • No person holding an elective office will be considered for engagement to the post.
  • The candidate selected as Gramin Dak Sevak shall not engage in any activity with any outside agency which would be detrimental to the business or interest of the Post Office.
  • Past experience or service of any kind will not be considered for selection.
  • A Gramin Dak Sevak shall be outside the Civil Service of the Union and governed by GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules 2020 as amended from time to time.
  • The Branch Office (BO) should be located in the main busy part of the post village.
  • The Branch Post Office should not be housed in Verandahs, Courtyards, Kitchen, SPWC under the stairs, bed room, damaged rooms, makeshift accommodations, isolated buildings outside the village etc. which are difficult to access/approach by the Customers.
  • The Branch Post Office accommodation should preferably be a Brick Mortar structure to ensure safety and security.
  • Terms and conditions of engagement to GDS posts shall apply as stipulated in the relevant rules of GDS (Conduct & Engagement) Rules, 2020.
  • The candidate selected as Gramin Dak Sevak shall not engage in any activity with any outside agency which would be detrimental to the business or interest of the Post Office.
  • Production of SC/ST/OBC/disability/EWSs certificate in the prescribed format would be compulsory in case of such candidates.
  • Method of engagement will continue to be as online engagement process for engagement of all categories of GDS as notified vide Directorate Letter No 17-23/2016-GDS dated 01.08.2016.

Selection Criteria

  • The Selection will be made as per the automatic generated merit list as per the rules based on the candidates online submitted applications.
  • No weightage will be given for higher educational qualification. Only marks obtained in 10th standard of approved Boards aggregated to percentage to the accuracy of 4 decimals will be the criteria for finalizing the selection. Passing of all the subjects as per the respective approved board norms is mandatory subject to the conditions referred in Clause B of Notifications pertaining to Required Educational Qualifications for taking candidate into account for calculating the merit.
  • Candidates having both marks and grades in the marks list have to apply with marks only. In case any candidates apply with grades only his application liable for disqualification.
  • In case of the marks lists containing the Grades/ Points, marks will be reckoned by taking conversion of Grades and points with the multiplication factor (9.5) against the maximum points or grade as 100.
  • In case candidates get the same marks, the merit order would be taken as DOB (higher age as merit), ST trans-woman, ST female, SC trans-woman, SC female, OBC trans-woman, OBC female, EWS trans-woman, EWS female, UR trans-woman, UR female, ST trans-male, ST Male, SC trans-male, SC Male, OBC trans-male, OBC male, EWS trans-male, EWS male, UR trans-male, UR male.
  • A candidate can apply for a maximum of twenty posts as per cycle of online engagement. This inter alia means that a prospective candidate can apply for twenty posts on a single application spread across one or all Circles. However, this count of twenty posts is inclusive of vacancies arising in candidate’s Home Circle. (Home Circle means the circle in the native/ domicile state of prospective candidate in which he/she is permanently residing and studied SSC where Postal Circle is providing opportunity). Hence, candidates should be advised to exercise due care while utilizing the twenty choices available to her/him in each Cycle. However, only one post will be offered for each Circle if she/he has applied for one or more posts in each Circle.
  • If a candidate opts for five posts with preference post1, post2, post3, post4, post5 etc and selected as meritorious in more than one post, the post in the order of preference will be offered and the candidature for all the remaining posts will be forfeited.Similarly, in case of a candidate if joins at any selected post, offers to the remaining choices will automatically be forfeited. If a candidate has applied for more than one circle only one post will be offered per circle.
  • Applicants submitted applications with incomplete/incorrect data will also be rejected from consideration. Candidate should select appropriate Board basing on the year of pass and Board of pass from the respective states which recognised the Boards. Any deviation with reference to the documents submitted and data entered will also liable for rejection of the candidature.

Cycle of Notification

  • In a Year all the circles will notify required GDS vacancies in one or more times. Each time will be referred with cycle number.
  • In case candidate willfully uploads wrong documents/information and unnecessary documents, his candidature will not be considered. Similarly, in case the candidate enters marks erroneously either high or low with reference to marks list uploaded then the candidature will also not be considered.
  • The candidate will get an SMS on his provisional selection on the prescribed date after selection. Mere getting SMS or any other communication on selection will not entitle the candidate to claim for regular selection/appointment. The final selection/appointment will be based on satisfactory completion of verification and genuineness of all educational & other documents produced by the candidates by the concerned Engaging authorities.
  • Department is not responsible for non-receipt of email/SMS by the candidate due to any specific reason or without any reason arising out of providers services and other dependencies. However, a physical communication in regard to provisional selection intimation will be sent by respective Engaging authorities in due course as per the selection procedure.
  • Department of Posts does not make any phone calls to the candidates. The correspondence, if any, is made with candidates through respective Engaging Authority only. Candidates are advised not to disclose their registration number and mobile numbers to others and be guarded against any unscrupulous phone calls.
  • The Candidate can view his/her application status in the website by providing the registration number and mobile number till the results are announced.

How to Apply

  • The Candidates must ensure to go through the notification and instructions thoroughly and understood well before registering himself for applying online.
  • The Candidate has to ensure himself that he is eligible by all respects for the Circle/Post he selected.
  • Only one Registration is to be made for one candidate. The same registration number should be used for submission of applications during the cycle to any of the circles.
  • In case of any duplicate Registration is found by altering the basic details like change of father name, change of Date of Birth, Applying one Registration with UR category and another registration etc; will be treated as duplicate registration. all the candidatures relating to all such duplicate Registration and all such registrations will be deleted for consideration.
  • The Candidates need not submit any physical application. It should also be noted that any application is physical sent stating that the application could not be uploaded, it will not be processed.
  • While selecting board name candidates ensure that they are selecting the correct board name with appropriate configuration. Any application submitted against with board name other than the actual board of pass that application will automatically rejected. In case any Board of candidate passed is not available the same is to be taken up with the respective postal circle Administration in which the Board is Registered.
  • The Candidate should ensure to upload all the mandate documents such as photo, signature, SSC certificate, community certificate and other documents should be submitted in legible and clearly scanned. Since, Non submission and submission of non legible blurred documents will be summarily rejected and the application is liable for rejection for all purposes. And certificates with vital information blurred, his/her candidature will be rejected.
  • The Candidates should ensure that they are eligible for making fee payment before making payment. Since, Fee once paid will not be refunded. And also should note that in case of online payment sometimes the settlement may take up to 72 hours, hence candidates those or making online fee payment on the last days should ensure to get it settled. In any case if the payment made is not settled and application could not be submitted those fees also will not be refunded.
  • The candidates are advised in their own interest to submit online applications much before the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection/ inability or failure to login to the website on account of heavy load on the website during the closing days.

Note Down the Importants

  • Only online application will be accepted from the candidate. The Candidate who desires to apply online will have to register himself / herself in the portal through https://indiapost.gov.in or https://appost.in/gdsonline with effect from 20.07.2021 to 19.08.2021
  • Applicant of category OC/OBC/EWS Male / trans-man should pay a fee of Rs. 100/- (Rupees one hundred) for each set of five options. Candidate who requires to make the payment has to visit any Head Post Office or other identified Post Offices in India. Names of the offices are available in the website http://appost.in/gdsonline.
  • The payment of fee is exempted for all Female / trans-woman candidates as well PwD candidates.
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