NOTIFICATION FOR ENGAGEMENT OF GRAMIN DAKSEVAKS
Applications are invited from the eligible candidates for engagement of 38,926 Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS)as BPM/ABPM/ Dak Sevak. Application are to be submitted online at https://indiapostgdsonline.gov.in. Applications
submitted through
any other mode will not be considered and rejected. Details of vacant
posts for which applications are called for are given
in Annexure-I.
2.
Engagement Schedule is as under: -
(i)
Application Submission Start Date: 02/05/2022
(ii)
Application Submission End Date: 05/06/2022
3.
Emoluments: Emoluments in the form of Time Related Continuity Allowance(TRCA) is paid to GDS.The
following minimum TRCA shall be payable to different categories of GDS after
engagement: -
Sl. |
Category |
Minimum TRCA for 4 Hours/Level 1 in TRCA Slab |
i. |
BPM |
Rs.12,000/- |
ii. |
ABPM/DakSevak |
Rs.10,000/- |
Note 1: OM. No.17-31/2016-GDS dated 25.06.2018 related to payment
of TRCA and other allowances to all approved categories of GDS is available on www.indiapost.gov.inunder Employee Corner,
Circulars, Rules and Latest
Orders GDS.
Note 2: GDSare
holder of a Civil posts but they are outside of regular Civil Services
of Union of India.
Note:-3 GDSare governed by GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules,2020issued vide OM. No. 17-30/2019-GDS dated 14.02.2020andamended from time to time, is available on www.indiapost.gov.in under Employee Corner Circulars, Rules and Latest Orders,GDS.
4. Eligibility AGE
1.
Minimum age:18 years
2.
Maximum age:40 years
3.
Age will be determined as on the last date of submission
of application as per notification.
4.
Sl.No. Category Permissible age relaxation 1. Schedule Cast/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) 5 years 2. Other Backward Classes (OBC) 3 years 3. Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) No relaxation* 4. Persons with
Disabilities (PwD)* 10 years* 5. Persons with
Disabilities (PwD)* +
OBC 13 years* 6. Persons with Disabilities (PwD)* + SC/ST 15 years*
Permissible relaxations in Upper age limit for different categories are as under:-
Note:-1* There will be no relaxation in upper age limit to EWS candidates. However, the persons belonging to EWS who are not covered under the scheme of reservation for SC, ST and OBC shall get
10% reservation in engagement to the GDS posts.
The
instructions issued by the Department vide no.19-11/97-ED & TRG dated 27.11.1997, No. 17-08/2017-GDS dated 26.02.2019and No.
17-09/2019-GDS dated 26.02.2019providing for adequate representation of SC/ST/OBC communities, Persons with Disability and Economically
Weaker Sections
(EWSs) respectively will continue to apply. Thepermissible disability for personswith Disabilitywill be as given below
in GDS posts:-
Sl. |
Name of the Posts |
Categories of disability suitable for the post. |
1 |
BPM/ ABPM/ DakSevaks |
a) Low vision (LV), b) D(Deaf), HH (Hard of hearing), c)
One Arm (OA), One leg (OL), Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victim, d) Specific learning disability. Multiple disabilities from amongst disabilities mentioned at (a) to (d) above except Deaf and Blindness. |
5. Educational Qualification
Secondary School Examination pass certificate of 10th standard having passed in Mathematics 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 GDS.
6. Compulsory knowledge of Local Language
The candidate should have studied the local languagei.e. (Name of Local language) at least up to 10th standard
[as compulsory or elective subjects].
7.
Knowledge of Cycling
Knowledge of Cycling is a pre-requisite condition for all GDS posts. In case of a candidate having knowledge of riding a scooter or motor cycle, that may be considered as knowledge of cycling also. The candidate has to submit
a declaration to this effectin
Annexure-III.
8. Adequate alternate means of Livelihood
The candidate applying for the post shall note that he/she shall have adequate means of livelihood as stipulated in Rule 3-A (iii) of GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules, 2020to support himself/ herself and his/ her family from other sources so as to supplement his/her income. However, this shall not be a pre-requisite for candidates for the purpose of selection. Selected candidate shall be required to comply with this
condition within 30 days after selection but before engagement. The candidate shall furnish an undertaking in the application form itself in Annexure-IVthat he/ she has other sources of income besides the allowances to be paid by the Government to support livelihood for himself/ herself and his/her family. The candidate after selection as GDS
shall have to give the undertaking again before engagement.
9.
No person holding an
elective office will be considered
for engagement to the post.
10.
The candidate selected as GDS shall not engage in any
activity with any outside agency,
which would be detrimental to the business or interest of the Post Office.
11.
Past experience or service of any kind will not be considered for selection.
12. Residence and Accommodation for locating Branch Post Office
(i)
The candidates must provide accommodation for Branch
Post Office after selection but
before engagement. A
declaration to this effect with details
of accommodation is to be
submitted before engagement.
This condition is applicable for GDSBPM post only. GDS BPM is required to reside in Post village only and ABPMs/Dak Sevaks are required to reside within delivery jurisdictions of the Post Office
(HO/SO/BO) concerned. The accommodation should meetthe following
prescribed standards:-
(a)
Branch Post Office may function
in a building owned by Gram Panchayat
or Central government or by State government such as
school or offices or BPM’s own house or a proper rented
accommodation at
a busy place of the village(Gram Panchayat
building, where available, is preferred). The accommodation for the GDS
Branch Office should be exclusively
available for Post Office use. It may work from a village shop but Post office working from shop should
have an exclusive space to keep the
registers, micro ATM or hand-held device and other items apart from space for prominently exhibiting the signage etc. giving due importance to Post Office.
(b)
Location-The GraminDakSevak Branch
Office (GDS BO) should be
located in the main busy part of the village.The candidate selected forthe 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 candidate.
(c)
Size- The minimum size of GDS Branch
Office should not be less than 100 sq. feet preferably in 10’x10’ dimensions and atground floor.
(d)
Approach- The GDS Branch Office should have direct access/approach from village road and should
be located in front
portion of the building in which it is housed. The GDS BO should not be housed in Verandas,Courtyards, Kitchen, SPWC under the stairs, bed room, damaged rooms, make-shift accommodations, isolated
buildings
outside the village etc. which are
difficult to access/approach by the
Customers.
(e)
Structure -The GDS Branch Office accommodation should preferably be a Brick and Mortar structure to ensure
safety and security. The room should be properly ventilated and lighted and should be properly
maintained and neatly
white washed.
(f)
Power
supply – The post
office room should have electrical power connection
for charging of handheld devices and for fan, electricity bulb etc. It
should have suitable
place to install
solar panels as well
provided by Department.
(g)
At present DARPAN devices are using Network ServiceProviders(NSPs)like Airtel, Vodafone/Idea, BSNL&Jio for
ensuring connectivity to Branch Post Offices. While providing accommodation for GDS BO, it should be ensured that, Network is available for any one of these NSPs or any other NSP(s) if so allowed
by Department of Posts.
Further, it is clarified that the candidate who provide the above prescribed standards of accommodation after selection but before engagement and if he is engaged as GDS BPM will be entitled for the
drawl of Composite allowance @ Rs.500/-per month. If the candidate is selected and engaged where the Branch Post Office is accommodated in a rent free accommodation, he/she will be entitled
for Composite allowance Rs.250/- equal to that of BPMs who provide non-standard accommodation (i.e. accommodation that does not fulfill above
standards is treated as non-standard accommodation).
13.
Production of SC/ST/OBC/Disability/ Economically Weaker
Sections Certificate.
Production of SC/ST/OBC/disability/EWSs certificate in the prescribed format is compulsory in case of such candidates.
14. Method of Submission of Application and Fee
Application can be submitted
online only at https://indiapostgdsonline.gov.in. Applications received through any other mode shall not
be entertained.
Fee: A
fee of Rs.100/-/-(Rupees one hundred
only) is to be
paid by the applicants for all posts
notified in the chosen Division. However,
payment of fee is exempted for all
female candidates, SC/ST
candidates, PwD candidates and Transwomen candidates.
15.
How to
apply:- (a) Candidate who desires to apply
online will have to register himself / herself in
the portal through https://indiapostgdsonline.gov.in with the following basic details to obtain the Registration Number:-
i)
Name (In capital
letter as per X class certificate Marks Memo including spaces)
ii)
Father’s Name / Mother’s Name
iii)
Mobile Number
iv)
Email ID
v)
Date of Birth
vi)
Gender
vii)
Community
viii) PwD – Type of
Disability – (HH/OH/VH)- Percentage of disability
ix)
State in which
Xth class passed
x)
Language studied in Xth class
xi)
Year of Passing
Xth class
xii)
Scanned Passport Photograph
xiii) Scanned Signature
(b)
Only one Registration is allowed for one candidate
for schedule 1 & 2 in a calendar Year. The same
registration number should be used for submission of applications.Once registered the same mobile number will not be allowed for
further
Registrations of any other candidate. In
case any duplicate Registration is
found by altering the basic details, the candidature relating to all such Registrations will be removed for
consideration of selection.Any
candidate who forgot the registration
number can retrieve the registration number through option ‘Forgot
registration’.
(c)
The candidates must have own active email
id and mobile number.
(d)
Selection of Division
and exercising preferences:-
The candidate can select only one Division for submission of his/her candidature for all the eligible posts of the Selected Division.The candidate has to validate his/her details by giving Registration number and OTP sent to the registered mobile number. On selecting the Division, a list of all eligible posts (based on community and age) will be displayed against which candidate has to give his/her preference.Preference and option once exercised /submitted by the candidate is final and will not be changed under any circumstances. Hence, candidates should exercise due care. Candidate will not be considered for a post, for which he/she has not given/indicated his/her preference. However, only one post will be offered among all the posts
in a
notification if she/he has
applied for one or more posts in any one Division under any
Circle.
Example: - 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 firstpost in the order of preference, against which he/she is found most suitable, will be offered and the candidature for all the
remaining posts will be forfeited. However, basing on the merit, the
candidate gets choice of post and on offering
such post, his other preferences will be forfeited for consideration for other preferences.
16. Procedure of Fee Payment:-
i.
Applicants, except exempted
category of candidate, should pay a fee of
Rs.100/- (Rupees one hundred) for all posts within the chosen Division. Candidate who requires to make the payment of fee may pay the fee through online mode of payment using the link provided for payment. All recognized
Credit/Debit cards and Net Banking facility/ UPI can be used for this purpose. Charges applicable for usage of Debit/Credit cards and net banking as per the
rules from time to time will be levied to the candidates. Fee may also be paidat any Head Post Office in India.
ii.
For making the payment of fee the candidate should refer the Registration Number.
iii.
Fee once paid will not be refunded. Hence, candidate
is requested to ensure his/her
eligibility for applying to particular Division before making the fee payment.
iv.
Candidates who are exempted from payment of fee may
apply online directly.
17. Uploading of documents:-
The candidates must upload the following documents in the formats and sizes as prescribed. Hence,
it is advised to keep the scanned documents ready in softcopy form before applying online.
Sl. No. |
Name of the Document |
Uploading file format |
Permitted file size |
Is the upload mandatory or not |
1 |
Recent Photograph |
.jpg/.jpeg |
Not exceeding 50kb |
Mandatory |
2 |
Signature |
.jpg/.jpeg |
Not exceeding 20kb |
Mandatory |
18. Submission of 10thClassmarks details: -
Candidate has to
submit the details of marks obtained in the 10thclass. In case the marksheet contains grades/points etc
apart from marks, only marks need to be submitted. In
cases where the board has awarded
grades/points in place of marks, the
same may be submitted in application.
19.
An undertaking has to be submitted by the candidate in
Annexure-II declaring that he/she has adequate
knowledge to operate
computer Desktop/laptop/POS/mobile etc. to work on the Departmental software.
20.
Job Profile:-
(i)
BRANCH POSTMASTER (BPM)
The Job Profile of Branch Post Master will include-
a)
Carrying out transactions (offline
and online) of Branch Post Office and India Post Payments Bank(IPPB) using the handheld device/mobile device/smartphone.
b)
Marketing of Postal products and
services, India Post Payments Bank services, various
services provided by Customer Services
Centres (CSC), procurement of business in the villages
or Gram Panchayats
within the jurisdiction of the Branch Post Office. This would include organizing melas and door-to-door canvassing for business requirements and popularising schemes
of government.
c)
Maintenance of records, upkeep of handheld
device/mobile device/smartphone.
d)
Branch Postmaster has the 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. BPM will be
required to do combined duties of ABPMs as and when
ordered. In some of the
Branch Post Offices, there may not be ABPM post and the BPM has to do all the work of the BO.
e) Any other work assigned
by superiors like IPO/ASPO/SPOs/SSPOs etc.
(ii)
ASSISTANT BRANCH POSTMASTER (ABPM)
The Job Profile of Assistant Branch
Post Master will include:-
a)
Sale of stamps/stationery, conveyance and delivery of mail at doorstep, deposits/payments/other transactions of IPPB.
b)
Assisting Branch Postmaster in counter duties using handheld
device/mobile device/smartphone.
c)
Marketing of Postal products and
services, India Post Payments Bank services,
various services provided
by Customer Services
Centre’s(CSC), procurement of business in the villages
or Gram
Panchayats within the jurisdiction of the Branch Post
Office. This would include organizing melas and door-to-door canvassing for business requirements and popularizing schemes of
government.
d)
ABPM will also be required to do
Combined Duty of BPMs as and when ordered.
e) Any other work assigned by superiors like IPO/ASPO/SPOs/SSPOs etc.
(iii)
DAK SEVAK
Dak Sevaks will be
engaged in Departmental offices like Sub post offices, Head Post offices etc. The Job Profile of DakSevak will include:-
a)
Sale of stamps/stationery, conveyance and delivery of mail at doorstep,
deposits/payments/other transactions of IPPBand any other duties
assigned by Postmaster/Sub Postmaster.
b)
Dak Sevaks may have to work in sorting
offices of Railway Mail Service (RMS).
c)
Dak Sevaks in mail offices and Business
Offices will handle receiving and dispatching of mail bag, transhipment of bags
d)
DakSevaks 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 etc.
21. SELECTION CRITERIAAND COMMUNICATIONS OF SELECTION:-
(i)
Selection will be made as per the system generated
merit list based on the merit position of the
candidate and the preference of posts submitted. This shall be subject to fulfilling of all eligibility criteria as per
the rules.
(ii)
Notice for documents verification will be sent only to
the most suitable candidate for the post based on merit and preference submitted.
(iii)
Provisionally selected candidatewhile attending to the
Documents verification, the candidate has to come alongwith original
documentsand one set of photo
copies for submission. Adequate time
will be given to selected candidate to report with original certificates for
verification. If the verification is successful,
provisional engagement order will be given. Else, the next candidate
in merit will get the
system- generated email/SMS.
(iv)
The provisional engagement letter will be issued
through email and notified through
SMS. In case there is no response within the given time in the said provisional engagement letter, a final reminder
through
email, sms and Registered Post will be sent giving additional time to
report for joining. If there is still no response, the candidature shall be cancelled.
(v) 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. However, the merit calculation will be made on the score of the subjects for which merit is considered as per the
Board.
(vi)
For applicants with marks, their total
marks will be worked out by taking into account the marks obtained
in the compulsory and elective/optional
subjects (other
than extra subjects, if any).
(vii)
For applicants having both Total Marks and Grading Point (i.e. mark list issued with
total marks and grading point both),
in such cases the method
used will be as follows :-
“The candidate’s total marks
will be worked out while ignoring the Grading
Point; this methodology will ensure that candidate possessing higher
marks will be selected.”
(viii)
For candidates having
grades subject-wise,
marks will be arrived for each subject
(compulsory and elective subjects
but not extra subjects), by applying
the multiplying factor of 9.5 in the following
manner:-
Grade |
Grade Point |
Multiplication factor |
A1 |
10 |
9.5 |
A2 |
9 |
9.5 |
B1 |
8 |
9.5 |
B2 |
7 |
9.5 |
C1 |
6 |
9.5 |
C2 |
5 |
9.5 |
D |
4 |
9.5 |
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.
(ix)
Where Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is also provided, the marks will be arrived at by
multiplying the CGPA by 9.5. Where individual grades in each subject as well as CGPA is given, the higher of
the two marks will be taken. Where two or more candidates have equal
marks, the candidate having the higher age (older candidate) will be given preference.
(x).
Candidates having both marks and grades in the marks
list have to apply with marks only. In case any candidate
applies with grades
only his application will be liable
for disqualification.
(xi).
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.
(xii).
If a candidate opts for five posts with preference
post1, post2, post3, post4, post5etc
and selected as meritorious in more than one post, the post in the order of preference will be offered. The
candidature for all the remaining posts will be forfeited.
(xiii) Applications submitted without complete data will be rejected.In case a candidate uploads wrong documents/information and unnecessary
documents, candidature will be rejected. Similarly, in case the candidate enters marks erroneously either high or low with reference to marks list uploaded, the candidature will be rejected at the time of document
verification.An undertaking will be obtained
from the candidate in the format annexed
as Annexure-V.
(XIV) The selection process will be completed by 15.11.2022. Applications pending after 15.11.2022 shall not be considered for engagement. Applications for which email/sms notification for documents verification is yet to be sent, shall be considered as
pending. Such applications shall have no rights for engagement after
15.11.2022 with respect to his/her application already submitted
against this notification.
22.
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS:-
a.
The Department of Posts and engaging authority of each
post reserves the sole right to
modify, cancel the notification of a post at any time without assigning any reason Or to stop ongoing
process.Candidates should note that once the details of Registration or of
application are submitted the details cannot be modified or altered. Such requests
will not be entertained at any
level.
b.
Department of Posts is not responsible for non-receipt of email/SMS by the candidate due to any specific reason or
without any reason arising out of network services providers and other
dependencies.
c.
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 personal
information/registration number/ mobile
numbers/emailids to others and be guarded
against any unscrupulous phone calls.
d. Candidate can view his/her application status in the website by providing the registration number
and mobile number
till the results are announced.
For Queries, Division
wise helpdesk and mobile numbers
are provided in the website.
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