Postal Recruitment

DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

OFFICE THE CHIEF POSTMASTER GENERAL, A.P. CIRCLE, HYDERABAD - 500 001

Notification No. RE/1-22/PM & MG/DR/2013 & 2014 dtd. at Hyd-1, the 16-1-2015

DIRECT RECRUITMENT TO THE OF POSTMAN / MAIL GUARD

       Application are invited from the desirous & eligible Application to fill up the posts of Postman and Mail Guard in the following Postal Divisions / Units in Andhra Pradesh Postal Cricle in the pay scale of Rs.5200-20200 (PB-1) + Grade Pay  Rs.2000/- + admissible allowances in accordance with Postman Recruitment Rules 2010 / Mail Guard Recruitment Rules 2010 notified wide No.311 dated 28/6-2012 to Postman Recruitment Rules. The details of vacancies are as furnished below:

NAME OF THE DIVISION	HYDERABAD REGION
	OC	SC	ST	OBC	PH			EX-SM	TOTAL
					PH-1 VH	PH-2 HH	PH-3 OH
ADILABAD	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6
HANAMKONDA	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3
KARIMNAGAR	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	4
MEDAK	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
NIZAMABAD	8	2	1	1	1	-	-	2	12
PEDDAPALLI	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3
SANGAREDDY	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
TOTAL	23	2	1	5	1	0	0	3	31

VH = Visually handicapped

HH = Hearing impaired

OH = Orthopedically impaired

3. Age Limit:-

18-27 years (Upper age limit relaxable for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes up to five years and for candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes up to three years & others in accordance with the instructions issued by the Government of India from time to time). Age relaxation for PH Persons and Ex Servicemen would be as per extant orders of Govt. of India issued from time to time. 
The age relaxation applicable only when a candidate applies against the post reserved for the relevant category. If they apply for any OC vacancy the age conditions applicable for OC candidates are to be fulfilled 

Note: The crucial date for determining the age limits shall be as on the closing datefor on line registration of applications i.e.,16-2-2015

4. Scale of Pay : Rs. 5200 - 20200 with Grade Pay of Rs.2000 + admissible allowance.No TA/DA is admissible.

5. Probation:- The candidates selected will be appointed and will be on probation for two years. Training will be imparted to the selected candidates as prescribed

6. Educational Qualification:-

i)For Postman:Matriculation/SSC from a recognized Board or University.

ii)For Mail Guard: Matriculation/SSC from any recognized Board or University

7. Eamination centre : Details will be intimated separately through Hall permit

8. Date of Examination: Details will be intimated through Hall permit

 9. i) Pattern and Syllabus for Examination to fill up the Posts of Postman & MailGuard by Direct Recruitment from Open Market:-

 Candidates shall be subjected to an Aptitude Test of the level of 10th Class/Matriculation covering the following subject/topics.

Total Marks: 100 :

There will be one paper comprising of following four parts.

Partt 'A'	25 Marks - 25 Questions on General Knowledge, Reasoning and analytical ability- Multiple Choice Question
Part 'B'	25 Marks - 25 Questions on Mathematics - Multiple Choice Questions
Part 'C'	Two Segments
(i)	25 Marks - 25 Questions - English language - Objective Type / Multiple Choice Questions
(ii)	25 Marks - 25 Questions - Telugu language - Objective Type / Multiple Choice Questions

ii) Duration of Examination : - 120 Minutes.

iii) Qualifying marks

a) Parts A & B- Minimum 10 marks for OC, 8 marks for SC/ST and 9 marks for OBC candidates in each part.

b) Part C (Two segments) - Minimum 10 marks for OC, 8 marks for SC/ST and 9 marks for OBC candidates in each segment.

c) 40 marks for OC, 33 marks for SC/ST and 37 marks for OBC candidates in aggregate with the condition as A & B above. 

10. APPLICATION FEE AND EXAMINATION FEE :

Cost of Application form Registration : Rs 100/-

Examination fee : Rs 400/-

Candidates belonging to SC/ST/PH/Women are exempted from payment of Examination fee.

The details of amount of fees to he paid by different categories are indicated in the following table. 

Sl No.	Category	Amount to be paid
		Applicaton Fee	Examination Fee
1	All female Candidates (OC/OBC/SC/ST)	RS.100/	Nil
2	Malc candidates (OC/OBC)	RS.100/	400/-
3	Male candidates (SC/ST)	RS.100/	Nil
4	All PH Candidates Both Male and Female (OC/OBC/SC/ST)	RS.100/	Nil
5	Ex service men (OC/OBC)	RS.100/	400/-
6	Ex service men (SC/ST)	RS.100/	Nil

11. The Candidates have to pay the prescribed fee mentioned above through "SUNAYASAM" in any Head Post office in Andhra Pradesh/Telangana States listed in the Annexure (The list of Head Post offices is enclosed as Annexure. The Fee is to be credited under Sunayasam Head: Postman Recruitment 2015 at the Head Post office. The candidate has to collect the receipt from the Post office counter and check the details of Receipt No., Mobile No. Pin code and Amount and ensure their correctness.The candidate has to wait till SMS is received to Mobile Number confirming the payment details which will take to 48 Hours. After this candidates have to follow the detailed instructions at para 15 below for further processing

12. Note: Fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances.

Fee paid through any mode other than e-payment will not be accepted/refunded.

13. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS  

(a) The Applicant has to access the website www.appost.in for seeing the detailed Notification/Advertisement issued by the Chief Postmaster General, A.P.Postal Circle, Hydcrabad and the Instruction Sheet/Information Brochure.

(b) Before starting Registration of his/her application on the website, the Applicant should read the notification, instruction sheet and FAQs carefully. He/she has to evaluate his/her eligibility for the category. His / her eligibility will be evaluated during the registration process and the process shall terminate for ineligible applicants and reasons there for would be prompted.

(c) Before starting his/her registration of his/her application on-line, the applicant should be ready with the soft copies of passport size photo (not more than 20 KB in JPG/JPEG format) and signature (not more than 10 KB in .jpg/jpeg format) which are required to be uploaded after filling up of the inputs and uploading the application on-line

(d) One applicant has to submit only one application. If more than one application is registered, it will lead to rejection of all the applications registered by the applicant.

14. PRELIMINARY INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW TO APPLY 

 The Prescribed Fee (application fee and Examination fee ) has to be paid as per the table at para above through "Sunayasam" option in any Head Post Office in Andhra Pradesh / Telangana States listed in the Annexure.

(b).The Fee is to be credited under "Sunayasam Head: Postman Recruitment 2015" at any Head Post Office with the details Name of the applicant , Gender .Category, Special Category as per Matriculation/SSC Records and Mobile Number for getting SMS.

(c).The Candidate has to collect the receipt from the counter and check the correctness of the details of Receipt no, mobile no., Pin code, Amount and ensure their correctness.

(d) The Candidate has to wait till SMS is received to his/her mobile number confirming the payment details (This will take 24-48 Hours)

(e).After receipt of SMS the candidate is eligible for applying to the post through online mode.

f).For applying, the candidate has to browse the website www.appost.in and should read the instructions and notification thoroughly. The Code Numbers for selecting the Division are given in the Para 2 (a) of the notification.

 15. INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW TO APPLY ONLINE 

(a).Before applying online the candidate has to keep all the relevant documents ready for entering the data as per the certificates (like DOB Proof, Certificate of caste, Ex Service man ,PH Certificate etc).

(b).The Candidate has to keep ready the soft copies of his/her recent passport size photograph in JPG format(size not to exceed 20 KB)

c)The Candidate has to keep ready a soft copy of his/her signature made on a piece of paper with black ink in JPG format. (size not to exceed 10 KB)

(d)The Candidate has to update all the mandatory fields and confirm the declaration

(e) The Candidate has to look at preview for verification and correctness of data fed before submitting his/her application.

(f) The Candidate has to submit the application by clicking "Save" button

(g) Since preview option is provided before saving the application no correspondence will be entertained for modifying the application.

h) The Candidate can take the print out of the application and keep for further correspondence. They should not submit the print out of their applications

i)Provision has been made to the candidates to know the status of application submitted through a grievance provision which is available in the website www.appost.in 

No documents to be attached as proof at the time of submitting the application.

The Last Date for Payment of Examination Fee is 16-2-2015 

16.The Applicants after successful registration of the On-Line Application are advised to keep print out of his/her "PREVIEW" of his Application, copy of fee chalan/ receiptissued by the Post office for any future reference.

17.The Applicants are advised not to enclose/upload copies of any certificates/documents. The application Registered On-line will be treated as Provisional and it will be subject to Verification of respective Certificates/documents

18.The Applicant has to furnish a Declaration to the effect that the inputs furnished by him/her are true, complete and correct to best of his/her knowledge and they will be supported by the original documents/testimonials as and when required/demanded. Any false/incorrect information found/detected at any stage,his/her candidature/appointment will he summarily rejected/terminated

 19. Closing Date for Payment of Application/Examination Fee.16-2-2015

20.Selection Procedure: Based on the marks obtained in the Aptitude Test, a merit list of qualified candidates will he prepared in each Postal/RMS Division separately. As per the availability of vacancies as notified above, selection will be made in the respective unit based on the merit list among the candidates applied for that particular Division/Unit.

21.Hall Permit: Hall Permit can he downloaded from the website : www.appost.in after Notifying the date of Examination in the Website

22.Requirement to serve in the Army Postal Service Any person appointed to the posts as per the notification shall be liable to serve in the Army Postal Service in India or abroad, if required

23.Disqualification:- A Person

a) Who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living

or

(b) Who having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person will not he eligible for appointment. Provided that the Central Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and there are other grounds for so doing,exempt any person from the operation of this rule.

24.The Notification can be downloaded from our website:www.appost.in

25.The applications are to be submitted online only. Manual applications will not be entertained.

26.Only single application will be entertained. If more than one application is registered, it will lead to rejection of all the applications registered by the applicant.

27.Fcc should be paid in one installment through Sunayasam option in any Head Post office in Andhra Pradesh/ Telangana States listed in the annexure. Payment made in any other mode will not be accepted / refunded.

28 For Receiving the SMS to the registered mobile number the candidate has to Note that the mobile given at the time of payment of fees is not registered under "DND"

29.The candidate has to look at preview for verification and correctness of data fed before submitting his / her application by clicking "SAVE" button once the application is successfully submitted no correspondence will be entertained for modifying the application.

30.No applications purchased from outside vendors will be accepted and no applications need to be sent by Post only the applications registered online in www.appost.in website only will be accepted. In respect of candidates who apply manually, no correspondence will he entertained and no Hall permit will he issued to all such candidates even if they pay the prescribed fees by any mode.

Asst.Director ( Recruitment & Welfare)

0/o Chief Postmaster General,

A.P.Circle, Hyderabad-