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PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Advt. No. 15

BARADARI GARDEN, PATIALA- 147001 WEBSITE
: http://ppsc.gov.in

General Information for the Candidates

For the 78 Posts of Naib Tehsildar in the Department of Revenue &
Rehabilitation, Govt. of Punjab
Introduction.
The Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) has been established under Article 315 of the
Constitution of India, with the basic purpose of recruiting officials in various departments of the
Government as per the requisitions sent by the Government in this regard from time to time.

1. The Punjab Public Service Commission invites Online Application Forms from eligible
candidates for recruitment to 78 posts of Naib Tehsildar in the Department of
Revenue & Rehabilitation, Govt. of Punjab.

Note : This Advertisement is being published as per the requisition received from the Department
of Revenue & Rehabilitation, Government of Punjab according to the Punjab (Group-B)
Service Rules-2019 vide letter No. 10(13)29/10.RE.1(2)now.R.E.3(1)/8819 dated
09.07.2020 & letter No. 10(13)29/10.RE.1 (2)now.R.E.3(1)/11737 dated 17-9-2020 &
letter No 10(13)29/10.RE.1 (2)now.R.E.3(1)/15445 dated 07-12-2020 (attached as
Annexure-I)

2. Reservation of Posts:

Category Name of Category No. of Posts reserved for

Code Posts women out of Total
Posts.
71 General 27 08

72/73 ESM/LDESM Punjab 07 03

74 Freedom Fighter,Punjab 01 01

75 Sports Person, Punjab 01 01

76 Persons with Disability,Punjab

Blind & Low Vision =01 04 01

Deaf & Hard of Hearing =01 -
Locomotive Disability =01 -
Intellectual Disability =01 -
77 Scheduled Castes Other, Punjab 08 03

78/79 Scheduled Castes ESM/LDESM,Punjab 01 00

81 Balmiki/Mazbhi Sikhs,Punjab 07 03

82/83 Balmiki/ Mazhbi Sikh ESM/LDESM,Punjab 02 00

84 Balmiki/Mazbhi Sikh Sports Persons Punjab 01 00

85 Backward Classes,Punjab 09 03

86/87 Backward Classes ESM/LDESM, Punjab 02 00

92 Economically Weaker Sections,Punjab 08 01

Total 78 24

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 Note:1 The number of posts may be increased or decreased by the Govt. at any time
before the selection process is complete without giving any prior notice to the
candidates.

Note:2 The Punjab Civil Services (Reservation for women) Rules 2020 issued by the
Department of Social Security that provides for 33% reservation for women
is attached as Annexure-VI with General Information for candidates.

PAY SCALE:- Rs. 35400/- Initial Pay.

NOTE: The minimum pay admissible for the ibid posts shall be as per the notification of
Finance department dated 19/10/2020 (APPENDIX-I) and as per Notification No.
7/204/2012-4FP1/66, Dated 15/01/2015 Govt. of Punjab, Department of Finance
(Finance Personnel-I Branch) Chandigarh, and Notification No. 1/62016-
4P.P.1/834680/1 dated 07/09/2016 Govt. of Punjab,Department of Personnel PP-I
Branch Chandigarh, fixed emolument equal to Minimum Pay without any allowance
will be paid during the probation period of 3 years.

4.0 ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS :-

4.1 Should be Graduate from a recognised university or institution

4.2 Punjabi of Matric or its equivalent Standard is essential.

Provided further that where a ward of Defence Service Personnel, who is a bonafide
resident of Punjab State, is appointed by direct appointment, he shall have to pass an
examination of Punjabi Language equivalent to Matriculation Standard or he shall have to
qualify a test conducted by the Language Wing of the Department of Education of Punjab
Government within a period of two years from the date of his appointment.
Provided further that where a War Hero, who has been discharged from defence services or
paramilitary forces on account of disability suffered by him and his widow or dependent
member of his family, is appointed under the instructions issued in this behalf by the
Government, the person so appointed will not be required to possess aforesaid knowledge of
Punjabi language:

5.0 AGE
(i) Candidates should not be below 18 years and above 37 years of age as on 01.01.2021

(ii) The Upper age limit is relaxed up to 42 years for Scheduled Castes and Backward
Classes of Punjab..
(iii) Upper age limit may be relaxed up to 45 years for Punjab Govt. and its
Board/Corporation/Commission and Authorities employees, all States/ Central
Government employees
(iv) Ex-servicemen of Punjab Domicile shall be allowed to deduct the period of his
service in the Armed Forces of Union from his actual age and if the resultant age
does not exceed the maximum age limit prescribed for direct appointment to such
a vacancy in the Service Rules concerned by more than three years, he shall be
deemed to satisfy the condition regarding age limit.
(v) Upper age limit is also relaxable up to 42 years for Widows, Divorcees and certain
other Categories of Women.
(vi) Upper age limit is also relaxed upto 47 years for Persons with Disability of
Punjab.
6.0 Competitive Examination for selection

(a) The written competitive examination for the post will be scheduled tentatively in
February. The scheme for Competitive Examination for selection of candidates
for the post of Naib Tehsildar in the Department of Revenue &
Rehabilitation , Govt. of Punjab is in following sequence:-
Marks for Competitive Examination 300
(120 Questions of 2.5 marks each. Total
time allotted will be 2 hours.

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 The pattern for written exam comprising of 120 questions would be as below:
No. of questions from Logical Reasoning 40
and Mental Ability
No. of questions from General Knowledge 80
& Current Affairs of National and
International importance.

(b) As per the instructions of Govt. of Punjab Department of Personnel

issued vide its letter No. 12/152/2015-5PP2/720133/1 dated 28.03.2016,
the selection for these posts will be finalised on the basis of written
examination only.
(c) No interview shall be conducted for selection to these posts.
(d) No candidate shall be eligible to be appointed unless he/she obtains 45%
marks in the competitive examination (read 40% for the candidates belonging to
Schedules Caste of Punjab and Backward Classes of Punjab).

7.0 The salient features of the written competitive exam shall be as follows:-
(a) There will be no negative marking in the written test, for questions wrongly
answered or questions not answered.
(b) After the answer key is put on the PPSC website (after written examination),
candidates will be permitted to raise objections if any. Candidates will be given
four days to deliberate before putting up objections. Any objection found '
frivolous' may draw negative marking, equal to the weightage of the question.
(c) Final result shall be prepared on the basis of the marks obtained by the Candidates
in the Written Competitive Examination.

8.0 Information about the examination centre(s) shall be mentioned on Admit Cards of
all candidates. The Public Notice to download the admit cards will be uploaded
shortly.
8.1 All candidates who apply for ibid posts will be treated “provisionally eligible”
for appearing in the competitive exam. Acceptance of applications at this stage
and allotment of Roll Numbers by PPSC does not indicate acceptance of
candidature by the PPSC, since there is no scrutiny of documents before the
written test.
8.2 The scrutiny of application forms shall be done after the conduct of the examination
During the process of scrutiny, the application forms and other relevant documents,
certificates, etc of the candidates shall be examined to determine their eligibility as
on 08.01.2021 Candidates not meeting the eligibility criteria will be rejected after the
scrutiny process or any time thereafter if found ineligible.
8.3 The candidates applying for the Competitive Examination should ensure that they
fulfill all the eligibility conditions for admission to the examination. Their admission
at all the stages of examination for which they are admitted by the Commission will
be purely provisional, subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If on
checking at any time before or after the Competitive Examination, it is found that
they do not fulfill any of the eligibility conditions; their candidature for the
examination will be cancelled by the Commission. If any of their claims is found to
be incorrect, they may render themselves liable to disciplinary action by the
Commission or the civil court. Any attempt on the part of a candidate to obtain
support for his candidature by any unfair means will render him/ her liable for
disqualification and disciplinary action.

9.0 Nationality:

A candidate shall be a:
i) Citizen of India; or

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 ii) Citizen of Nepal; or iii) Subject of Bhutan; or iv) Tibetan refugee
who came over to India before the Ist 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 and East African countries of Kenya, Uganda and 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) and (v) shall be a person
in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of Punjab
in the Department of Home Affairs and Justice.
10.0 Submission of Application Form
The candidates can ONLY apply by filling Online Application Form, a link of which is
available on the website of the Commission http://ppsc.gov.in No other mode of
application will be accepted.

Process Step Last Date

To make new registration for applying for the post. (Step-1) 08.01.2021

By 11:59:00 PM
To deposit the Application fees by system generated (Step-2 15.01.2021
Bank Challan Form.

[ During Banking
Hours]
10.0 (a) The candidates are NOT REQUIRED to send the Hard Copy of the Online Application
Form to the Office of Punjab Public Service Commission. However, the candidates must
take out the hard copy in soft form or print out at the time of applying otherwise he/she
will not be able to take out the copy at the later stage. He/she must retain the hard/soft
copy of online application form along with all eligibility documents ready to be sent at a
short notice to PPSC whenever required by PPSC.
(b) However, candidates applying under the Sports Category if any such post exists, will
send a hard copy of 'On line Application Form' along with Sports Gradation Certificate
and other certificates related to sports to establish his eligibility under the sports category
at the reception counter of PPSC by hand by 15.01.2021..
(c) Also, Persons with disabilities must submit the hardcopies of Online Application
Form alongwith Disability Certificate and request for scribe, if any and other eligibility
documents at the reception counter of PPSC by hand by 15.01.2021. For any assistance
Persons with disabilities may contact Superintendent Examination : 0175-5014832.

(d) The following SELF ATTESTED CERTIFICATES shall be submitted by

candidates when asked at short notice:
1. Proof of Date of Birth : Certificate of Matriculation/Higher Secondary.
2. Proof of having passed Punjabi Language.
3. Relevant Degree and DMC Certificate.
4. Reserved Category Certificate issued by the Competent Authority( If
Applicable)
5. Experience certificate issued by Competent Authority.
6. If ESM, certificates/documents mentioning the following:-
i) Date of Enrolment ii) Date of
Release/Discharge iii) Reason of
Release/ Discharge
7. Certificate as proof of age relaxation claim. (If Applicable) 8.
Certificate as proof of fee concession (If Applicable)
9. Proof of being Govt. Employee.
10. Copy of Bank Challan ( PPSSC Copy only)

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 (e) The Candidates SHALL sign the declaration on Page No. 2 of the print out of Online
Application Form before submitting the same The Candidates SHALL sign the declaration
on last page of the print out of Online Application Form before submitting the same.
11.0 Application and Examination Fee
The candidates are required to pay the Application fee as per Govt. Letter No. 10/20/2007
3PP3/97751/1 dated 17-9-2013 as mentioned below:-

Name of Category Online Examination Fee Total

Application
charges

Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes of all Rs. 500/- Rs. 625/- 1125/-
States and Backward Classes of Punjab
State only.

Ex-Servicemen of Punjab state only Rs. 500/- No Fee to be paid 500/-

All Others Categories (including Rs 500/- Rs. 2500/- 3000/-

Lineal Descendent of Ex-servicemen,
Punjab)

Person with Disability, (Physical Rs. 500/- Rs. 1250/- 1750/-

Handicapped) Punjab State only.

The candidates entitled to fee concession/exemption MUST submit with their

Application Form, a self attested copy of the certificate certifying their claim for fee
concession/exemption. Candidates who do not submit such a certificate shall not be
entitled to fee concession/exemption under any circumstances.

Application fee MUST be submitted through any Branch of State Bank of India only.
Candidate should carefully fill the details in the Online Application Form and click on
the "SUBMIT" button at the end of the Online Application Format. Before pressing the
"SUBMIT" Button, candidates are advised to verify every detail filled in the application.
After submitting the online application form, the candidate should take a printout of the
system generated Bank challan. No Change/Edit will be allowed after Submitting the
Application Form. The application fee is non-refundable.

12.0 Conditions which may render a candidate ineligible

12.1 The following conditions, among others, may render the candidates ineligible:
a) Insufficient fee;
b) Application fee deposited by means other than a Bank Challan.
c) Late receipt of print out of Online Application Form;
d) Wrong/incomplete information given in the application form;
e) Candidates debarred by the PPSC/other Public Service Commissions;
f) Non-fulfillment of any of the eligibility conditions, including those
of age and educational qualifications.

Important Note

12.2 Candidates can apply for a post in only one category. If any candidate applies for
the same post in more than one category, the category in which he/she registered
first will be considered and the subsequent applications will automatically stand
rejected.
12.3 Only Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes, Ex-Servicemen/ LDESM, Persons
with disability, Freedom Fighter & Sports Persons of Punjab domicile are eligible
for the benefit of reservation.
12.4 A candidate should indicate the specific category for which he/she wants to be
considered and category once opted cannot be changed under any circumstances.

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 12.5 SC/ST Candidates belonging to other States are required to fill their Post Category
as General Category (Code 71). They are entitled only to fee concession but not
entitled to avail reservation/age relaxation.
12.6 Ex-servicemen/Lineal Descendent of Ex-Servicemen (LDESM)/Grand children of
Gallantry Award Winners who have domicile of Punjab are eligible for
reservation under the Ex-Servicemen category. LDESM/Grand children of
Gallantry Award Winners shall be considered against the vacancies for Ex-
servicemen ONLY IF no Ex-servicemen are available. In case sufficient numbers
of Ex-servicemen are available, then LDESM shall be treated in his/her basic
category.
13.0 CATEGORIES

Candidates should select their categories carefully, because candidates belonging to

categories other than category 71 (General), are entitled to fee
concession/exemption, age relaxation and job reservation. The category once
selected by a candidate will not be changed under any circumstances. Candidates
shall submit certificates issued by the Competent Authority in support of their
claim to a particular category.
Categories and Category Code
Code No. Category Name
71 General Category
72 ESM, Punjab
73 LDESM, Punjab
74 Freedom Fighter, Punjab
75 Sports Person, Punjab
76 Person with Disability, Punjab:
A : Blind and Low Vision
B : Deaf and Hard of Hearing
C : Locomotive Disability
D : Intellectual Disability
77 SC Others, Punjab
78 SC ESM, Punjab
79 SC LDESM, Punjab
80 SC Sports Person, Punjab
81 Balmiki/ Mazhbi Sikh, Punjab
82 Balmiki/ Mazhbi Sikh ESM, Punjab
83 Balmiki/ Mazhbi Sikh LDESM, Punjab
84 Balmiki/ Mazhbi Sikh Sports Person, Punjab
85 BC, Punjab
86 BC ESM, Punjab
87 BC LDESM, Punjab
92 Economically Weaker Section.

CODE FOR AGE RELAXATION (If claimed)

Code No Category Name
91 State Government/Central Government Employees.
92 SC Punjab only
93 Balmiki/Mazhbi Sikh Punjab Only
94 Widows & certain other categories of women of Punjab.

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 95 B.C., Punjab Only
96 ESM, Punjab Only
97 Person with Disability, (Physical Handicapped) Punjab Only 98 SC
Punjab only+ State Government/Central Government Employees.
99 SC Punjab only + ESM, Punjab.
100 SC Punjab only + Person with Disability, (Physical Handicapped) Punjab.
Balmiki/Mazhbi Sikh Punjab only+ State Government/Central
Government
101
Employees.
102 Balmiki/Mazhbi Sikh Punjab only + ESM, Punjab.
Balmiki/Mazhbi Sikh Punjab only + Person with Disability, (Physical
103
Handicapped) Punjab.
104 B.C., Punjab. + State Government/Central Government Employees.
105 B.C., Punjab. + ESM, Punjab
106 B.C., Punjab. + Person with Disability, (Physical Handicapped) Punjab.

DEFINITION OF CATEGORIES

14.1 BACKWARD CLASSES (PUNJAB)

14.1.1 The candidates desiring to be considered for the Backward Classes category are
required to submit a certificate as per Punjab Government letter No.1/41/93 .
RCI/459 dated 17/1/1994, No. 1/41/93RC-1/1597, dated 17-8-2005,
No.1/41/93 RCI/209, dated 24.2.2009 and No.1/41/93 RCI/609 dated 24.10.2013
in the Section of prescribed proforma.
14.1.2 The BC Certificate in proforma other than the prescribed proforma will not be
accepted. The candidates belonging to Backward Classes are required to attach a
declaration (Annexure-V) along with Backward Class certificate that no change
occurred in their status and they do not fall in the section of creamy-layer as per
Govt. letter No.10/9/2009-RCI/62 Dated 08/1/2010.
14.1.3 The Competent Authorities to issue the necessary certificate are:
a) Deputy Commissioner
b) Additional Deputy Commissioner
c) Sub-Divisional Magistrate
d) Executive Magistrate (PCS Officers only)
e) Tehsildar
14.2 SON/DAUGHTER/GRAND SON/GRAND DAUGHTER OF FREEDOM
FIGHTERS (PUNJAB)
14.2.1 Candidates claiming to be son/grandson/daughter/granddaughter of Freedom
Fighters are required to submit a certificate issued by the competent authority (i.e.,
Deputy Commissioner of the district concerned) as per Punjab Government
Instructions No.9 (13) 3P-II-84/5822 dated 4/4/1985, No.1(135)-
8PII/7/310/20,dated 19.6.91 and No. 4-13-8 P-11-97/10112 dated 22/8/1997.
14.2.2 Only those Freedom Fighters and their son/daughter/grand-son/grand-daughter are
eligible for consideration for reservation under this category who:
a) belong to the State of Punjab; and
b) have either been granted a Freedom Fighter pension by the Punjab Government
or have been awarded Tamra Patra by the Government of India; or
c) are otherwise eligible for the grant of Freedom Fighter pension and Tamra Patra
but for any reason whatsoever did not apply for Freedom Fighter pension and
Tamra Patra but can obtain Freedom Fighter/ son/daughter/grandson/grand-
daughter of Freedom Fighter certificate from the General Administration
(Political wing) of the Punjab Government.

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 14.3 EX-SERVICEMEN (PUNJAB)
14.3.1 "Ex-serviceman" means a person who has served in any rank, whether as a combatant
4or a non combatant, in the Naval, Military and Air Force of the Union of India
(herein-after referred to as the Armed forces of the Union of India), and who has:
a) retired or released from such service at his or her own request after earning his
or her pension; or
b) been released from such service on medical grounds attributable to military
service or circumstances beyond his control and awarded medical or other
disability pension; or
c) been released otherwise than on his own request from such service as a result of
reduction in establishment; or
d) been released from such service after completing the specific period of
engagement otherwise than at his own request or by way of dismissal or
discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency and has been given a
gratuity;
"but does not include a person who has served in the Defence Security Corps, the
Reserve Engineering Force, the Lok Sahayak Sena and the Para Military Forces,
but includes personnel of the Lok Sahayak Sena of the following categories
namely:
a) Pension holders for continuous embodied service
b) Persons with disability attributable to military service; and
c) Gallantry award winners
14.3.2 Ex-servicemen should be of Punjab domicile and they should submit a Punjab
Resident Certificate from the competent authority, failing which would result in
cancellation of their candidature.
Explanation: The persons serving in the Armed Forces of the Union, who on retirement from
service would come under the category of "Ex-servicemen”, may be permitted to
apply for re-employment one year before the completion of specified terms of
engagement and avail themselves of all concessions available to Ex-servicemen but
shall not be permitted to leave the uniform until they complete the specified terms
of engagement in the Armed Forces of the Union.
14.3.3 As per Punjab Govt. letter No.15/25/2001-4DW/1591 dated 21/5/2002 an Ex
serviceman is allowed the benefit of Reservation for the second time and even
thereafter in subsequent recruitment in according with the provisions of these
Rules.

14.3.4 Provided that where an Ex-serviceman is not available for recruitment against a
reserved category, such a vacancy shall be reserved to be filled in by recruitment
of either the wife or one descendent child of an Ex-serviceman.
14.3.5 Provided further that the wife or the Lineal Descendent child of the Ex serviceman
shall be recruited against the reserved vacancy subject to the conditions that:
(i) he or she possesses the prescribed qualifications and the within the
prescribed age limit,
(ii) he or she is not already in service;
(iii) he or she will be eligible to avail the benefit only once in life.
Provided further that one grand Child of the Gallantry Award Winner shall be
recruited against the reserved vacancy, in case the benefit or reservation has not
been availed of by any of the children or dependents such winner or by the
winner himself subject to the conditions specified in the second proviso. For the
purpose ofl this proviso Gallantry Award Winner includes the winner of the
Paramvir Chakra,The Mahavir Chakra, the Vir Chakra, the Sena or Nao Sena or
Vayu Sena Medal and Mention-in-Despatches.
14.3.6 As per Punjab Government notification No.GSR9/Const./ Art309, 234 and
318/Amd(5)/2003 dated 06/11/2002 and letter No. 1/28/92-3ET/2805 dated
14/05/2003 and;
a) “Lineal Descendent” means sons/daughters (married/un-married/widowed
legally divorced) of the re-employed/ unemployed Ex-Serviceman.

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 b) “Wife” shall include the widow of an Ex-serviceman, provided she has not
re-married up to the date of the issue of the appointment letter.”
c) In any case, including the case where the Ex-Serviceman has died, his
sons/daughters shall be treated as “Lineal descendent” only if a certificate to
this effect has been issued by the authority appointed by the Government.

14.3.7 Definition of War Hero:-

“War hero” means a defence services personnel or a para-military forces
personnel, who is a bona fide resident of Punjab State and has been killed or
discharged from service on account of disability suffered by him on or after 1st
January, 1999, while fighting in war declared so by Government of India, in
operations in Kargil or any other sector in J. and K. in the on conflict with
Pakistan other operations which may be notified by the State Government to
have been undertaken for preserving the unity and integrity of the Country ; or
(i) A defence services personnel or a para-military forces personnel who was
a bona fide resident of Punjab State and was posthumously decorated with
Parmvir Chakra, Mahavir or Vir Chakra : provided that,—
(a) In exceptional instances, the cases of such War Heroes may also be covered,
with the prior approval of the Department of Personnel who though bona fide
residents of Punjab State are closely connected to the State of Punjab;
(b) In the case of War Heroes, falling in the category (II), the benefits to be given by
the State Government will be restricted only to first generation dependent
member/next of the kin. Note.- The Government reserves the right to include
any other category of Awardees for the purpose of providing employment to the
category of War Heroes, as may be notified.
14.4 SPORTS PERSON (PUNJAB)
A candidate can claim reservation under the Sports Person category only if:
14.4.1 a) He/ She belongs to State of Punjab; and
b) He/ She has won Gold, Silver or Bronze Medal in Senior National
Championship or National Games in team or individual events while
representing the State of Punjab in such sports events as have been conducted
by such respective National Sports federations as are affiliated or recognized
to the Indian Olympic Association;
or
c) He/ She has won first, second or third position in team or individual events and
or he/she won Gold or Silver or Bronze Medals at International Sports meets,
conducted by Sports Federation affiliated or recognized by the International
Olympic Committee or by the International Olympic Committee itself.
14.4.2 If candidate belongs to Sports Person, Punjab Category, an attested copy of
Gradation Certificate strictly in accordance with the Punjab Sportsman Rules, 1988
as amended on 20.07.2020 issued by the competent authority should be attached with
the application form.
14.4.3 Director Sports, Punjab is the competent authority to issue Sports Gradation
Certificate and any other Sports Certificate issued by any other authority will not be
accepted a valid Certificate for claim of reservation under the Sports Person, Punjab
Category.
14.4.4 Applicants claiming reservation under Sports Person, Punjab Category must submit
Resident Certificate from the competent authority, failing which would result in
cancellation of their candidature.

14.5 SCHEDULED CASTE, (PUNJAB)/ SCHEDULED TRIBES

The competent authorities for issuing Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes

certificates are:
15.5.1 District Magistrate/Additional District Magistrate/ Collector/Deputy Commissioner/
Additional Deputy Commissioner/ Deputy Collector/ Ist Class Stipendiary Magistrate/
City Magistrate/ Sub Divisional Magistrate/ Taluka Magistrate/ Executive
Magistrate/Extra Assistant Commissioner (Not below the rank of Ist Class Stipendiary
Magistrate);

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 14.5.2 Chief Presidency Magistrate/Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Presidency
Magistrate;
14.5.3 Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar;
14.5.4 Sub Divisional Officer (C) of the area where the candidate and or his family
formally resides;
14.5.5 Administrator/Secretary to Administrator/Development Officer Lakshadweep
Islands;
14.5.6 As per para-3 of Punjab Govt. Instructions No. 1/8/2007-RC-1/815, dated 10th
July, 2008, Head of Department or Head of Offices are competent to issue
Scheduled Castes Certificates to those applicants whose parents are serving or
residing in Chandigarh/Mohali on the basis of their parents service record.
14.6 WIDOWS AND CERTAIN OTHER CATEGORIES OF WOMEN
14.6.1 The definitions as per Government Instructions issued vide letter No.
1/50/83 5PP(1368)/3454 dated 23-4-84 as amended from time to time the widows and
certain other categories of women for reservation in employment is as under:
Widows;
14.6.2 Women who are legally separated from their husbands or have been
divorced; 14.6.3 Women whose husbands have been ordered by Civil or Criminal Courts
to pay maintenance to them;
14.6.4 Women whose husbands have remarried; and
14.6.5 Wives of serving military personnel or those who are disabled while in military
service.

14.7 DISABLED PERSONS (PUNJAB) RULES FOR EXAMINATION:

As per the Instructions of Govt. of Punjab, Department of Social Security and Women
and Child Development issued vide letter No. 1/1/2017-3DC/1588894/1 dated 03-
102019, the reservation for Disabled persons under Section 34 of the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities Act-2016 is as under :-

Sr.
No. Types of Disability Percentage

1 Blind and Low Vision 1%

2 Deaf and Hard of Hearing 1%

3 1%
Locomotive Disability
(including Cerebral palsy, Leprosy cured, Dwarfism, Acid attack
victims and Muscular dystrophy)
4 Intellectual Disability 1%
(including Autism ,and Specific disability) and Mental illness
Multiple disabilities specified in Serial No. 1 to 4 above, including
deaf-blindness

For definition of the above mentioned categories, please refer the Schedule appended to
the Right of Persons with Disabilities Act-2016 attached as Annexure-II

a) For Persons with disability compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour is allowed.
b) Persons with disability (with 40% more disability) who apply for scribe in a
prescribed format attached as Annexure-III compensatory time of 20 minutes
per hour is also allowed.

c) Punjab Public Service Commission has framed a panel of scribes having

qualification matriculation & above. The eligible candidates must request the
PPSC for scribe, if needed alongwith submission of hardcopies of Online
Application Form by 15.01.2021 in the office of PPSC by hand. On receipt of
request from the candidates, the candidate will be allotted scribe by PPSC and
he/she will be allowed to meet scribe 02 days before the examination.
However, if the candidate wants to bring his/her own scribe, the qualification of
scribe should be one step below the minimum prescribed qualification for the

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 post. The candidate opting for his/her own scribe should submit an affidavit
annexed as Annexure -IV.

NOTE :- Persons with disabilities must submit the hardcopies of Online

Application Form alongwith Disability Certificate and request for scribe,
if any and other eligibility documents at the reception counter of PPSC by
hand by 15.01.2021

14.8 Economically Weaker Section :

Residents of Punjab belonging of Economically Weaker Section (whose family
income is less that Rs. 8.00 lac per annum) who are not covered under the existing
scheme of reservation for Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes.
For this purpose *Family* will include the person who seeks benefit of reservation, his/her
parents, sibling below the age of 18 years, as also his/her spouse and children below the age
of 18 year. "Income" will include all sources for the financial year prior to the year of
application. Further a person will be excluded whose family owns/possesses any of the
following assets:
i) 5 acres Agricultural Land and above.
ii) Residential flat of 1000 sq.ft. and above
ii) Residential plot of 100 sq.yards and above in notified municipalities/nagar
Panchatyat.
iv) Residential plot of 200 sq.yards and above in other than the notified
municipalities/nagar Panchayat.
Note: (1) For any General query, candidates may contact the Commission's Office on telephone
number 0175-5014829, & 5014831 or by sending email with subject as “GENERAL
QUERY REGARDING THE POST OF NAIB TEHSILDAR [email protected]
& [email protected]

Note: (2) Candidates are advised in their own interest to apply using Online Application Form much
before the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid congestion on the web
server on account of heavy load on Internet/Website.

Note : (3) Candidates are advised to go through the 'General Information for the candidates' and
'Instructions for filling Online Application Form' carefully before filling up Online
Application Form. The Commission will not be responsible for any consequence arising
out of incorrect filling up of Application

Sd/-
Navreet Kaur Sekhon, PCS
Dated :17.12.2020 Secretary (Examinations)
Punjab Public Service Commission

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 ANNEXURE -II

THE SCHEDULE
[See clause (zc) of section 2]
SPECIFIED DISABILITY

1. Physical disability.—
A. Locomotor disability (a person's inability to execute distinctive activities
associated with movement of self and objects resulting from affliction of
musculoskeletal or nervous system or both), including—
(a) "leprosy cured person" means a person who has been cured of
leprosy but is suffering from—
(i) loss of sensation in hands or feet as well as loss of sensation and paresis
in the eye and eye-lid but with no manifest deformity;
(ii) manifest deformity and paresis but having sufficient mobility in their
hands and feet to enable them to engage in normal economic activity;
(iii) extreme physical deformity as well as advanced age which prevents
him/her from undertaking any gainful occupation, and the expression "leprosy
cured" shall construed accordingly;
(b) "cerebral palsy" means a Group of non-progressive neurological
condition affecting body movements and muscle coordination, caused by
damage to one or more specific areas of the brain, usually occurring before,
during or shortly after birth;
(c) "dwarfism" means a medical or genetic condition resulting in an
adult height of 4 feet 10 inches (147 centimeters) or less;
(d) "muscular dystrophy" means a group of hereditary genetic
muscle disease that weakens the muscles that move the human body and
persons with multiple dystrophy have incorrect and missing information in
their genes, which prevents them from making the proteins they need for
healthy muscles. It is characterised by progressive skeletal muscle weakness,
defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue;
(e) "acid attack victims" means a person disfigured due to violent
assaults by throwing of acid or similar corrosive substance.
B. Visual impairment—
(a) "blindness" means a condition where a person has any of the
following conditions, after best correction— (i) total absence of sight; or
(ii) visual acuity less than 3/60 or less than 10/200 (Snellen) in the better
eye with best possible correction; or
(iii) limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 10
degree.
(b) "low-vision" means a condition where a person has any of the
following conditions, namely:—
(i)visual acuity not exceeding 6/18 or less than 20/60 upto 3/60 or upto
10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with best possible corrections; or
(ii) limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 40 degree up
to 10 degree.
C. Hearing impairment —
(a) "deaf" means persons having 70 DB hearing loss in speech
frequencies in both ears;
(b) "hard of hearing" means person having 60 DB to 70 DB hearing
loss in speech frequencies in both ears;
D. "speech and language disability" means a permanent disability arising out of
conditions such as laryngectomy or aphasia affecting one or more
components of speech and language due to organic or neurological causes.

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2. Intellectual disability, a condition characterised by significant limitation
both in intellectual functioning (reasoning, learning, problem solving) and
in adaptive behaviour which covers a range of every day, social and
practical skills, including—
(a) "specific learning disabilities" means a heterogeneous group of
conditions wherein there is a deficit in processing language, spoken or
written, that may manifest itself as a difficulty to comprehend, speak, read,
write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations and includes such conditions
as perceptual disabilities, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia and
developmental aphasia;
(b) "autism spectrum disorder" means a neuro-developmental condition
typically appearing in the first three years of life that significantly affects a
person's ability to communicate, understand relationships and relate to
others, and is frequently associated with unusal or stereotypical rituals or
behaviours.
3. Mental behaviour,—
"mental illness" means a substantial disorder of thinking, mood, perception,
orientation or memory that grossly impairs judgment, behaviour, capacity to
recognise reality or ability to meet the ordinary demands of life, but does not
include retardation which is a conditon of arrested or incomplete
development of mind of a person, specially characterised by subnormality of
intelligence.
4. Disability caused due to—
(a) chronic neurological conditions, such as—
(i) "multiple sclerosis" means an inflammatory, nervous system
disease in which the myelin sheaths around the axons of nerve cells of the
brain and spinal cord are damaged, leading to demyelination and affecting
the ability of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord to communicate with
each other;
(ii) "parkinson's disease" means a progressive disease of the nervous
system marked by tremor, muscular rigidity, and slow, imprecise movement,
chiefly affecting middle-aged and elderly people associated with
degeneration of the basal ganglia of the brain and a deficiency of the
neurotransmitter dopamine.
(b) Blood disorder—
(i) "haemophilia" means an inheritable disease, usually affecting
only male but transmitted by women to their male children, characterised by
loss or impairment of the normal clotting ability of blood so that a minor
would may result in fatal bleeding;
(ii) "thalassemia" means a group of inherited disorders characterised
by reduced or absent amounts of haemoglobin.
(iii) "sickle cell disease" means a hemolytic disorder characterised by
chronic anemia, painful events, and various complications due to associated
tissue and organ damage; "hemolytic" refers to the destruction of the cell
membrane of red blood cells resulting in the release of hemoglobin.
5. Multiple Disabilities (more than one of the above specified disabilities)
including deaf blindness which means a condition in which a person may
have combination of hearing and visual impairments causing severe
communication, developmental, and educational problems.
6. Any other category as may be notified by the Central Government.

DR. G. NARAYANA RAJU,

Secretary to the Govt. of India.

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 ANNEXURE-III

AFFIDAVIT

I _____________________________a candidate with

___________(name of the disability) appearing for the
____________________________(name of the examination) bearing Roll.
No. __________ at_________________________
(name of the centre) in the District
_______________________________ (name of the State). My qualification
is____________________________________.
I do hereby state that _______________________(name of the
scribe)will provide the service of scribe for the undersigned for taking the
aforesaid examination.
I do hereby undertake that his qualification
is_______________In case, subsequently it is found that his/her
qualification is not as declared by the undersigned and is beyond my
qualification. I shall forfeit my right to the post and claims relating thereto.

Photograph of the Photograph of the

Scribe Candidate

(Signature of Scribe) (Signature of the candidate with Disability)

Place:

Date:

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 ANNEXURE-IV

PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, PATIALA

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Recruitment of ........... Post/Posts of .......................................................... in the

department of ..............................., Govt. of Punjab.

SCRIBE

Valid for

Examination Centre Name:

Name: Photo

Scribe for Roll No: .............

The above mentioned scribe has been allowed by Punjab Public

Service Commission Patiala for the Candidate ................................& bearing Roll
No......

Superintendent
(Examinations)

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