Central Office, Mumbai – 400 021
RECRUITMENT & PROMOTION DIVISION, HUMAN RESOURCES DEPT.
Recruitment of Probationary Officers in the JMG Scale I-2010
Central Bank of India, a leading Public Sector Bank, invites applications from Indian Citizens for appointment of Probationary Officers in Junior Management Grade Scale I. The details are given below:
IMPORTANT: Candidates are required to apply on-line through Banks’ website www.centralbankofindia.co.in. No other means/modes of application will be accepted.
Opening date for On-line Registration
06.05.2010
Closing date for On-line Registration (For all applicants
Including those from Far Flung areas).
05.06.2010
Date of Written exam for Probationary Officers
25.07.2010
1. The Post wise & Scale wise break up of vacancies is as under: -
Post Code
No.
POST
CATEGORY
SCALE
NO.
OF
POSTS
01
Probationary Officers
Mainstream
JMG Scale I
500
2. Details of Reservation are as under : -
Post
Code
SCALE
SC
ST
OBC
GEN
TOTAL
Out of Which
OC
HI
VI
01
Scale I
75
40*
135
250
500
5
9*
5
*Includes shortfall vacancies of previous year.
Note: (i) The number of vacancies as also number of reserved vacancies are provisional and
may vary according to actual requirement of the Bank.
(ii) Reservation For Persons With Disabilities (PWD): -
· Reservations for PWD Candidates are on horizontal basis and the selected candidates will be placed in appropriate category (viz. SC/ST/OBC/General) to which they belong. PWD candidates with minimum 40% disability are eligible to apply under PWD Category as per Government Guidelines.
· (a) The definitions of the Hearing Impaired (HI), Orthopaedically Challenged (OC) and Visually Impaired (VI) are as prescribed in "The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights & Full Participation) Act, 1995".
(b) 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.
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3. The age, qualification and experience (as on 01.04.2010) for the above posts is prescribed
as under:
Post
Code
Name of the Post
Age
Qualifications & Experience
01
Probationary Officer
(Scale I)
Minimum- 21 Years
Maximum-30 Years
QUALIFICATION: A Graduate from a recognized university with 55% Marks aggregate (50% for SC/ST/PWD candidates).
Basic knowledge on Computer applications (Certificate from a reputed/recognized Training Institute, acceptable to Bank is required).
NOTE: The percentage of marks in Graduation shall be arrived at by dividing the aggregate of marks
obtained by the candidate in all subjects by maximum marks of all subjects of Course
(both for Pass/ Honours course) for all the years of the course.
4. Relaxation in Upper Age Limit:
(i)
Scheduled Caste/Tribe Candidates
By 05 years
(ii)
Other Backward Class (OBC) Candidates
By 03 years
(iii)
Ex-Servicemen / Commissioned officers including ECOs/SSCOs
who have rendered at least five years of military service and
have been released
(a) On Completion of assignment (including those
whose assignment is due to be completed within
12 months from the date of application) otherwise
than by way of dismissal or discharge on account
of misconduct or inefficiency.
(b) On account of physical disability attributable
to military service or
(c) On invalidment
By 05 years
(iv)
Persons With Disability
By 10 years
(v)
The Children/Family Members of those who had died in the 1984 riots.
By 5 years
(vi)
Persons domiciled in state of Jammu and Kashmir during
the period from 01.01.80 to 31.12.89
By 05 years
(vii)
Officers in the RRBs who have put in a minimum 5 years of
Service
By the Number of years of
Service put in as an officer
in an RRB subject to a maximum of 5 years.
(vii)
Clerical Employees of Central Bank of India.
By 3 Years
Note: The relaxation in age is available to SC/ST/OBC categories on cumulative basis with only one of the remaining categories for which age relaxation is permitted. OBC candidates in the "creamy layer" will be treated as "General Candidates".
5. Scales of Pay:
Scale of Pay #
Approx. total emoluments at the start
of the Scale + DA + CCA + HRA in Metro Centres.
5.1
JMG Scale I
Rs.10,000-470/6-12820-500/3-14320-560/7-18240.
Rs. 18,126/-
#- Under Revision.
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In addition, accommodation (in lieu of HRA / Rent Reimbursement), conveyance, medical reimbursement, LFC, Superannuation benefits, etc., admissible as per the rules of the Bank.
6. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:NATIONALITY / CITIZENSHIP:
A candidate must be either (i) a Citizen of India or (ii) a subject of Nepal or (iii) a subject of Bhutan or (iv) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st 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 examination / 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.
7. SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Selection will be on the basis of Written Test and/or Group Discussions, Interview depending on the number of applications received for each post. Merely satisfying the eligibility norm does not entitle a candidate to be called for Written Test / GD / Personality Test / Interview. The Bank reserves the right to call only the requisite number of candidates for the GD / Interview after preliminary screening / short-listing with reference to candidates qualifications, suitability, experience, etc.
7.1 WRITTEN TEST
Written Test will comprise (i) Objective Test on Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning, General Awareness and English & (ii) Descriptive Test. The Descriptive Test shall be to assess the candidates’ knowledge on Socio- economic development and Communication Skills. Descriptive test paper of only those candidates will be evaluated who are adequately high in percentile ranking in each of all the four objective tests and have scored overall aggregate 50% and above in case of General category and aggregate 45% and above in case SC/ST/OBC/PWD category. The qualifying marks for descriptive test will also be 50% for General category and 45% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD. The merit list of written examination will be based on the aggregate of the marks obtained by the candidates in Objective and Descriptive tests. However, the number of candidates to be called for Group Discussion and/or Interview will be as per the appropriate cut off mark decided by the Bank. Merely securing 50 % marks (45 % for reserved category candidates) in the Written Test will not entitle any candidate to be called for GD and/ or Interview. Further details regarding the Written Test i.e. number of questions, duration, etc., shall be advised along with the call letter. The candidates have an option to answer the Written Test (Descriptive Test) in either English or Hindi (only in one language).
7.2 GROUP DISCUSSIONS AND/OR INTERVIEW
The short listed candidates in the order of ranking in the written test (above minimum qualifying marks) as per the cut-off marks determined by the Bank shall be called for GD/Personality test / Interview depending upon the vacancies in each category and the decision of the Bank in this regard is final. The minimum qualifying marks for Group Discussion/Interview will be 40% (35 % for reserved category candidates).
7.3 FINAL SELECTION
Those candidates who qualify in both Written Test & Group Discussion/Interview as mentioned above, will be considered for Final Selection. Merit List of such candidates will be prepared based on the aggregate marks (Written Test and GD/Interview) obtained by them and depending on the vacancies, selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category.
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Results of the candidates who have qualified in the Written Test and thereafter the list of candidates finally selected will be available on the Bank's website and the decision of the Bank in this regard is final.
8. DETAILS OF WRITTEN TEST:
8.1 The written test will be held on 25.07.2010 at the following centers and the address of the venue will be advised in the call letters. Detailed List of written test centers with the center codes is given below:-
Centre
Code
Name of Center
Contact Address
Telephone No./Fax/
E-mail Address
11
Ahmedabad
Chief Manager (HRD)
Central Bank of India
Zonal Office, Central Bank Bldg.,P.O.No.205, Lal Darwaja, Ahmedabad-380 001
079-25503586.
Email
zmahmezo@centralbank.co.in
Fax- (079)25505995
12
Bangalore
Regional Manager
Central Bank of India
Regional Office, P.B.No.5129, No.24, Cresent road,
Bangalore- 560001
080-22265652/53/54
Email
rmbangro@centralbank.co.in
Fax-(080) 22258581
13
Bhopal
Chief Manager (HRD)
Central Bank of India , Zonal Office, 9,Arera Hills,
BHOPAL-462011
0755-2552023,2674033/34/35/36 E-mail
zmbhopzo@centralbank.co.in
Fax 0755- 2552019
14
Bhubaneshwar
Regional Manager
Central Bank of India
Regional Office, 94, Janpath,
Unit no. 111,
Bhubneshwar-751001
0674-2534388,2534125
Email
rmbhubro@centralbank.co.in
Fax-(0674)-2534025
15
Chandigarh
Chief Manager (HRD)
Central Bank of India
Zonal Office, P.B.No.13,
No. 58-59, Bank square,
Sector 17B,
Chandigarh-160017
0172-2704787
Email
zmchanzo@centralbank.co.in
Fax-(0172)-2700647
16
Chennai
Chief Manager (HRD)
Central Bank of India
Zonal Office, PO Box.503
48/49,Montieth Road,
Egmore, CHENNAI-600008.
044-23464210/11/12/13/14
E-mail
zmchenzo@centralbank.in
Fax 044 – 23464200
17
Delhi
Chief Manager (HRD)
Central Bank of India
Zonal Office, PO Box 7007 Link House, Press Area,
3, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg
New Delhi-110 002
011- 23318964,23319268,
23319269,23319280
E-mail
cmprsdelzo@centralbank.co.in
Fax 011 - 23311332
18
Guwahati
Chief Manager (HRD)
Central Bank of India
Zonal Office, G S Road,
Central Bank Bldg.,Bangagarh,
Guwahati-781005
0361-2457651/52
Email
zmguwazo@centralbank.co.in
Fax (0361)-2452154
19
Hyderabad
Chief Manager (HRD)
Central Bank of India
Zonal Office, Bank Street,
Koti, Hyderabad-500 095
040-23468911-18
E-mail
zmhydezo@centralbank.co.in
Fax - 040 – 23468902
20
Kolkata
Chief Manager (HRD)
Central Bank of India
Zonal Office, 33, N S Road
KOLKATA-700 001
033-22301270,22301275,
22307007, 22308921
Fax - 033 – 22309864
E-mail cmprskolkzo@centralbank.co.in
21
Lucknow
Chief Manager (HRD)
Central Bank of India
Zonal Office, Akash Deep
23, Vidhan Sabha Marg
LUCKNOW- 226 001
0522-2611301/04, 2626301
Fax - 0522 – 2621213/240
E-mail cmpersluckzo@centralbank.co.in
22
Mumbai
Chief Manager (CSD)
Central Bank of India
Central Office, 12th floor, Chandermukhi,
Nariman Point,
MUMBAI-400 019
022-66387884
Fax 022 - 22853074
E-mail
cmcsd@centralbank.co.in
23
Patna
Chief Manager (HRD)
Central Bank of India
Zonal Office, 2nd Floor,Block-B
Maurya Lok Complex,
Dak Banglow Road,
Patna- 800001
0612-2226607
Email
zmpatnazo@centralbank.co.in
Fax-(0612)-2221898
24
Pune
Chief Manager (HRD)
Central Bank of India
Zonal Office, P B No 98, 317, M G Road, Pune-411001
020-26131611/12/13/14/15/16/17
Email
zmpunezo@centralbank.co.in
Fax- (020)26131618
25
Raipur
Chief Manager (HRD)
Central Bank of India
Zonal Office, 1st floor, Block C, Bombay Market, G E Road, Raipur-492001
0771-2226756/2225171
Email
zmraipzo@centralbank.co.in
Fax-(0771) 2224530
26
Tiruchirapalli
Regional Manager
Central Bank of India, Regional Office, P B No 350, 1-C,
Ranga Complex, Trichy Karur Road, Chintamani,
Tiruchirapalli- 620002.
0431- 2701892,
Email
rmtiruro@centralbank.co.in
Fax- (0431) 2701833.
NOTE: (i) Request for change of Center of Examination shall NOT be entertained.
(ii) Bank reserves the right to cancel any of the centers and/or add some other
centers, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility, etc. Bank also reserves the right to allot the candidate to any other centers other than the one he/she has opted for.
8.2 PRE-EXAMINATION TRAINING:
The Bank intends to impart free non-residential Pre-Examination Training [PET] of Six days to a limited number of candidates belonging to Schedule Caste/Schedule Tribe /Minorities Communities at centres located at Bhopal , Chennai, Kolkata , Lucknow & Pune, in consonance with the guidelines issued by the Government of India. Candidates belonging to the above categories who desire to avail themselves of such Pre-Examination Training may indicate to that effect and should fill in the relevant column in the On-line application. Selection for the PET from among the candidates will be made on the priority of the date of receipt of application. All expenses for attending the Pre-Examination Training programme at the concerned Training Centre relating to travel, boarding, lodging, etc. will have to be made and borne by the candidate. The Bank has discretion to add or delete from the centers for PET indicated above.
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9. APPLICATION FEE (INCLUDING POSTAGE CHARGES) (NON-REFUNDABLE):
Rs. 25/- (as postal charges only for SC/ST/PWD candidates) and Rs.300/-per application (including Postal Charges) for other candidates. Requisite Fees is to be paid in any of the notified Core Banking Branch of the Bank by Fee Payment Receipt, the print out of which can be downloaded from the website. Application once made will not be allowed to be withdrawn and fees once paid will NOT be refunded on any count nor can it be held in reserve for any other examination or selection. Applications not registered on-line will not be accepted.
10. GENERAL ELIGIBILITY:
10.1 Medical Fitness, Character and caste (wherever applicable) verification of
selected candidates:
The appointment of selected candidates will be subject to their being declared medically Fit by a Doctor or a panel of Doctors approved by the Bank and upon satisfactory verification of their character, antecedents and caste certificates (wherever applicable). Till such time, their appointment will be provisional.
10.2 Probation and Confirmation:
The selected candidates will be on probation for a period of 2 years from the date of joining. Their confirmation in the Bank service will be decided in terms of the provision of the Central Bank of India (Officers) Service Regulations.
10.3 Posting and Transferability of the selected candidates:
The selected candidates will be posted and thereafter liable to be transferred any where in India.
11. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
(a) It shall be noted that the Candidates are required to apply on –line through website www.centralbankofindia.co.in. No other means /mode of applications will be accepted. Application link from website will be open from 06.05.2010 to 05.06.2010.
(b) Before applying the candidate should ensure that he/she fulfills the eligibility criteria and other norms mentioned in this advertisement. Decision of the Bank in all matters regarding eligibility of the candidate, the stages at which such scrutiny of eligibility is to be undertaken, the documents to be produced for the purpose of the conduct of examination, interview, selection and any other matter relating to recruitment will be final and binding on the candidate. The Bank in this behalf shall entertain no correspondence or personal enquiries.
(c) Admission to written test will be purely provisional without verification of age /essential minimum educational qualification / category (SC/ST/OBC/PWD) etc. of the candidates with reference to documents.
(d) In case, it is detected at any stage of recruitment that a candidate does not fulfill the eligibility norms and/or that he/she has furnished any incorrect / false information/certificate/documents or has suppressed any material fact(s), his/her candidature will stand cancelled. If any of these shortcomings is/are detected even after appointment, his /her services are liable to be terminated.
(e) Candidates must bring the Originals for verification and submit the attested photocopies of all the certificates in support of educational qualification, experience, date of birth and Caste/Handicapped (if any) at the time of GD/Interview. Candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PWD category must also submit attested photo copy of SC/ST/OBC/PWD Certificate, issued by the Competent Authority in the prescribed format as prescribed by the Government of India at the time of GD/Interview. In case of candidates belonging to OBC Category, the Certificate inter-alia must specify that the candidate does not belong to ”CREAMY LAYER" section excluded from the benefits of reservations for OBCs in Civil Posts and Services under Government of India. OBC certificate should be issued on or after 06.05.2009. “Persons with Disabilities” claiming
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the benefit of reservations/age relaxation should submit a copy of Medical Certificate as specified in the "The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights & Full Participation) Act, 1995 in support of their disability at the time of GD/Interview.
(f) The Bank takes no responsibility for any delay in receipt or loss of any communication in postal transit.
(g) As the applications are to be processed by a Computerised System, it is essential that the application is properly & completely filled on-line. Application should NOT be sent to the Bank’s Offices.
(h) The candidates will have to appear for Written Test/Interview at their own expense.
(i) Candidates serving in Government/Public Sector Undertakings (including banks) should produce a "No Objection Certificate" from their employer at the time of interview in the absence of which their candidature may not be considered.
(j) Only candidates willing to serve anywhere in India should apply.
(k) Any request for change of address will not be entertained.
(l) Any resultant dispute arising out of this advertisement shall be subject to the sole jurisdiction of the Courts situated at Mumbai.
(m) In case any dispute arises on account of interpretation of version other than English, English version will prevail.
(n) No candidate is permitted to use calculator, mobile/telephones of any kind, pagers or any such Instruments during the written examination/selection process.
(o) The candidate will appear for the Written Test/Interview at the allotted centre at his/her own expense and risk and the Bank will not be responsible for any injury, losses, etc. of any nature.
(p) The Bank may at its discretion hold re-examination wherever necessary in respect of a center / venue.
(q) Appointment of selected candidates is subject to his/her being declared medically fit as per the requirement of the Bank. Such appointment will also be subject to the Service & Conduct Rules of the Bank.
(r) Banking is a versatile activity, which needs all round grooming of the selected candidates. Accordingly, the Officers recruited/selected in the Bank, will be required to acquire overall knowledge of various facets of banking for which the Bank will provide necessary on-the-job / theoretical training at its Branches/ Offices and Training Institutions so as to enable the candidates recruited, to perform/undertake all types of banking activities.
(s) PWD candidates intending to use services of Scribe may do so at their own cost. The academic qualification of the scribe should be one grade lower than the eligibility criteria stipulated for the post. The scribe should possess less mark than the candidate and not more than 60 % in his own academic stream. The scribe can be from any academic stream. Both the candidate & Scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking confirming that the scribe fulfills the eligibility criteria as mentioned above. Further, in case, at later stage, it transpires that Scribe does not fulfill the eligibility criteria, the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled irrespective of the result of the Written Exam. Such candidates who use a Scribe shall be eligible for extra time of 20 minutes for every hour of the examination.
(t) Action against candidates found guilty of misconduct:- Candidates are advised in their own interest that they should not furnish any particulars that are false, tampered, fabricated or should not suppress any material information while filing up the application form. At the time of written examination/interview, if a candidate is (or has been) found guilty of:
(i)Using unfair means during the examination Or (ii) Impersonating or procuring impersonation by any person Or (iii) Misbehaving in the examination hall or taking away the question booklet/answer
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sheet from the examination hall, Or (iv) Resorting to any irregular or improper means in connection with his/her candidature by selection Or (v) Obtaining support for his/her candidature by any means. Such a candidate, in addition to rendering himself/herself liable to criminal prosecution shall be liable:
a. To be disqualified from the examination for which he/she is a candidate.
b. To be debarred, either permanently or for a specified period, from any examination or
recruitment conducted by Bank.
The Bank would be analyzing the responses of a candidate with other appeared candidates to detect patterns of similarity. If as per the laid down procedures it is suspected that the responses have been shared and the scores obtained are not genuine/valid, the Bank reserves the right to cancel his/her candidature.
12. THE COMPETANT AUTHORITY FOR THE ISSUE OF THE CERTIFICATE TO
SC/ST/OBC/PWD IS AS UNDER: -
(a) For SC/ST/OBC: (1) District Magistrate / Additional District Magistrate / Collector / Dy.Commissioner / Addl Dy.Commissioner / Dy.Collector /First classs stipendiary Magistrate/Sub-Divl. Magistrate / Taluka Magistrate / Executive Magistrate / Extra Asstt.
(2) Chief Residency Magistrate / Addl. Chief Residency Magistrate / Residency Magistrate. (3) Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar / Sub-Divl.Officer of the area where the candidate and / or his family normally resides.
(b) For Physically Handicapped: - Authorized certifying authority will be medical board at the District level. The Medical Board will consist of Chief Medical officer / Sub-Divl. Medical Officer in the district and an orthopedic surgeon.
13. HOW TO APPLY: - Candidates are required to apply on –line through website
www.centralbankofindia.co.in. No other means /mode of applications will be accepted. Application link from website will be open from 06.05.2010 to 05.06.2010.
The guidelines for filling application on-line is given as under:
The candidates should have their Fee Payment Receipt (FPR) ready before applying on-line, as the FPR details are required to be entered in the on-line application. The candidates must download a copy of Fee Payment Receipt from Bank’s Website and deposit the Application Fees in any of the Bank’s notified CBS branches. Without the valid FPR details, data will not be registered. The FPR should not be dated before 06.05.2010 and not after 05.06.2010. Even if the Bank extends the date of On-line registration by one or two days, the valid dates of Fee Payment receipt (FPR) will not be changed. Candidates should ensure that on deposit of fee, the branch issues to him/her a copy of FPR which should invariably mention under noted items :-
i) Journal number (7-10 digits) ii) Branch Name iii) Branch code number and iv) Date of deposit. &
v) Name of the candidate.
· The original receipt should be retained and produced at the time of written test. The candidate shall be allowed to appear in the written test on submission of Call letter along with Original Fee Payment Receipt (FPR). The candidates may retain the Xerox copy of FPR for further reference.
The candidates must possess a valid email id for filling the application. In case candidate is not having a valid id, he can create a new email id. This email-id should be kept active during this recruitment project.
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· The candidate must retain the Application print out of on-line application & photocopy of Fee receipt for further reference. The print out of the on-line application will have invariably to be submitted at the time of GD/Interview.
CALL LETTERS FOR THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION:-
The date of written examination is tentatively fixed as 25.07.2010. However, it will be intimated in the call letter alongwith the centre / venue of the examination, well in advance of the date of written examination. Call letters for the written test will be sent by post (UPC) to the eligible candidates to the address given in the application form. An eligible candidate who does not receive his call letter by 19th July, 2010, should contact the official at the address for the respective centres given above furnishing his or her name, registration number, details of FPR, etc., for taking immediate remedial action. Duplicate call letters will be issued at the contact addresses mentioned above between 19th July, 2010 to 24th July, 2010.
Mumbai
GENERAL MANAGER (HRD)
