Notice Clerks
Notice Clerks
Notice Clerks
BANK OF INDIA, a leading Public Sector Bank having Head Office in Mumbai
invites applications for recruitment of 2467 posts in CLERICAL CADRE.
For Challan – Click appropriate Button and after making Fee Payment
(For other than SC/ST / PWD & Ex-Servicemen candidates) click ‘Apply On line’
for application provided at the end of the Advertisement / Notice – Page 16.
2. VACANCY POSITION:
STATE STATE /UNION TOTAL SC ST OBC GEN OUT OF WHICH
CODE TERRITORY (UR) VC HI OC XSM
11 Andhra Pradesh 130 20 12 34 64 1 1 1 18
12 Bihar 184 29 2 49 104 2 2 2 26
13 Chandigarh (U.T.) 20 4 - 5 11 - - - 03
14 Chhattisgarh 34 6 18 1 9 - - - 02
15 Delhi 193 28 20 50 95 2 2 2 27
16 Goa 34 0 22 1 11 - - - 01
17 Gujarat 84 2 62 6 14 - - - 03
18 Haryana 50 10 0 14 26 1 1 1 07
20 Jharkhand 290 33 81 33 143 3 3 3 40
21 Jammu & Kashmir 1 1
22 Karnataka 110 21 15 25 49 1 1 1 13
24 Madhya Pradesh 329 40 120 39 130 3 3 3 38
25 Maharashtra 363 16 220 42 85 2 2 2 23
26 Orissa 116 17 33 13 53 1 1 1 15
27 Puducherry (U.T.) 1 1
28 Punjab 45 13 0 09 23 - - - 07
29 Rajasthan 47 08 06 09 24 - - - 07
30 Tamilnadu 18 02 0 03 13 - - - 02
31 West Bengal 13 0 05 0 8 - - - -
32 Assam 3 01 02 0 0 - - - -
33 Tripura 2 0 01 0 01 - - - -
34 Meghalaya 2 0 02 0 0 - - - -
36 Uttar Pradesh 366 76 04 98 188 4 4 4 53
37 Uttarkhand 32 06 01 04 21 - - - 05
TOTAL 2467 332 627 435 1073 20 20 20 290
* Includes : SC –12; ST –417; OBC –Nil Backlog Vacancies
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Candidate belonging to reserved categories including Persons with Disabilities and Ex-
Servicemen, for which no reservation has been announced, are free to apply for
vacancies announced for unreserved category, however, they must fulfill all the eligibility
conditions of unreserved category.
i) Category of Persons :-
GEN (UR) - General (Unreserved);
SC – Scheduled Caste;
ST – Scheduled Tribe;
OBC–Other Backward Classes
XSM - Ex-Servicemen
PWD - Persons With Disabilities (Physically Challenged Persons) are: -
OC – Orthopaedically Challenged;
HI - Hearing Impaired.
VC - Visually Challenged (Blind / Partially Blind / Low Vision).
(a) Blindness refers to a person who suffers from either of the following
conditions:
(b) A person with Low Vision means one with impairment of visual functioning
even after treatment of standard refractive correction but who uses or is
potentially capable of using vision for the planning or execution of a task with
appropriate assisting device.
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iv) Deaf & Hearing Impaired (HI) :
(a) Deaf are those persons in whom the sense of hearing is non-functional
for ordinary purposes of life, i.e. with total loss of hearing in both ears.
They do not hear and understand sounds at all - even with amplified speech.
(b) Hearing impairment means loss of more than 60 decibels in the better
ear in the conversational range of frequencies.
3. RESERVATION IN POSTS:
(a) Reservation in posts for different categories of persons is as indicated in Para 2
above.
(b) The number of vacancies as also the number of reserved vacancies is provisional
and may vary according to the actual requirement of the Bank.
(c) In case of non-availability of reserved candidates, the Bank reserves its right to
inter-change these categories as per Government Directives.
(e) The selected candidate is liable to be posted, at the sole discretion of the Bank and
as per its exigencies, at any of the Bank’s Branches / Offices, anywhere in the
State for which he has applied.
Relaxation in the upper age limit for reserved posts is available as follows:-
iii) Persons with Disability (PWD) by 10 years on cumulative basis. The cumulative
age relaxation for PWD category candidates will therefore be (a) by 15 years
(10 + 5) for SC/ST; (b) by 13 years (10 + 3) for OBC; and (c) by 10 years (0 +
10) for General Candidates, subject to such cumulative relaxation not taking the
age of the candidate beyond 50 years as on 30.06.2010.
iv) All persons who have ordinarily been domiciled in Kashmir Division of J & K
State during 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989 by 5 years. Persons eligible for age
relaxation under this criteria must produce, if selected for interview, the domicile
certificate from the District Magistrate in the Kashmir Division within whose
jurisdiction he / she had ordinarily resided or any other authority designated in
this regard by Government of Jammu & Kashmir to the effect that the candidate
had ordinarily been domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of J & K
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during 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989.
vi) Ex-servicemen who fulfill the revised definition as laid down in Government of
India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms Notification
No.36034/5/85/Estt(SCT) dated 27.10.1986, as amended from time to time, who
have put in not less than 6 months continuous service in the Armed Forces shall
be allowed the benefit of age relaxation by deducting the length of such service
from his actual age and the resultant notional age does not exceed 36 years,
subject to his not exceeding the Maximum Age of 50 years. An Ex-Serviceman
who has once joined a Government job on the civil side, after availing of the
benefits given to him as an Ex-Serviceman for his re-employment, his Ex-
Serviceman status for the purpose of re-employment in job ceases.
5. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: `
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 1 st Jan.
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 Govt. of India. A candidate in whose case a certificate of
eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination &/or interview but on
final selection the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary
eligibility certificate has been issued to him by the Government of India.
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(ii) Applications from serving employees :
Subject to their fulfilling the eligibility criteria, serving employees of Bank of India may
also apply on-line for the aforesaid posts. Such candidates, if selected, shall resign
from their present positions in the bank and re-join the Bank’s service afresh.
(1) Pass with 50% marks in the aggregate, either in the Higher Secondary
School (HSC) Examination or Standard XII under the 10+2+3 pattern
or Standard XI under the 11+4 pattern or its equivalent of recognized
Educational Board, acceptable to the Bank.
or
a degree from UGC recognized University (Graduation level)
(5) The Educational Qualifications prescribed above for the post is the
minimum. Candidates must possess the qualifications as on 30/06/2010.
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(3) Computer Course Passing Certificate from a Computer Training
Institute in support of having completed the Foundation Course in
Computer Awareness.
(6) The Percentage of Marks stipulated for the Educational Qualification is for
General (Unreserved) Category Candidates. Candidates belonging to
the Reserved Category (SC / ST / OBC / PWD), filling in vacancies
reserved for the relevant category, will be entitled to a relaxation of 5%
Marks in relation to that stipulated for General Category Candidates.
Candidates belonging to SC / ST / OBC / PWD categories filling in
“unreserved” vacancies will not be entitled to the above referred
relaxation.
6. SELECTION METHODOLOGY:
The final selection will be made on the basis of the candidate’s performance in Written
objective test of 300 marks and Personal Interview of 100 Marks. In order to qualify for
interview the candidate is required to obtain minimum 40 % marks in each objective
test (35% marks for Reserved Category) and 50% marks in all the Objective Tests
taken together. (45% marks for Reserved Category).
Depending on the number of vacancies, only those candidates who have secured the
minimum qualifying marks stipulated for Written Test and rank sufficiently high in the
order of merit in the Written Test shall be called for a Personal interview in the ratio of 1:3.
Mere passing in the Written Test shall not vest any right in a candidate for being called
for Personal Interview.
State wise merit lists of candidates passing the Written Test and the Personal
Interview will be prepared in descending order on the basis of the aggregate marks
obtained in the Written Test (except DP) & Interview, under the respective SC / ST /
OBC / GEN Category.
Appointment of the short-listed / selected candidate is subject to his / her being declared
medically fit as per the requirement of the Bank. Such appointment and confirmation
in the services of the Bank will also be subject to receiving satisfactory references from
respectable referees, police verification of antecedents, caste / class verification,
and other compliances.
Note: In case of similar marks to two or more candidates the merit order of such
group of candidates will be as per their aggregate written test marks and further
as per their date of birth (i.e. more senior in age will be placed first before less
senior in age)
7. PROBATION:
The selected candidate will be on Probation for a period of 6 months of active service
from the date of his / her joining the Bank.
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8 WRITTEN EXAMINATION / PERSONAL INTERVIEW :
Sr.
Name of the Test Paper No. of Questions & Marks
No.
1. Test of Reasoning & Numerical 100 questions carrying 200
Aptitude marks.
2. 50 questions carrying 50
Test of Clerical Aptitude
marks.
3. Test of English Language 50 questions carrying 50
marks.
Composite 90 Minutes Duration 200 questions carrying 300
marks
Note : In order to qualify for interview the candidate is required to obtain minimum 40
% marks in each objective test (35% marks for Reserved Category) and 50% marks
in all the Objective Tests taken together. (45% marks for Reserved Category).
Note: The above Descriptive Test is only a qualifying in nature and not
reckoned for merit ranking, i.e. one must obtain a minimum of
50% marks and 45% marks for SC/ST/OBC/PWD category but the
marks so obtained are not added in the aggregate marks for
preparing merit list.
The candidate will have to arrange his own Scribe at his own cost.
The Scribe may be from any academic stream
The academic qualification of the Scribe should be one grade lower than the
stipulated minimum eligibility criteria and the Scribe should possess less marks than
the candidate and in no case more than 60% marks.
Both the candidate as well as the Scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking
confirming that the Scribe fulfils all the stipulated eligibility criteria as mentioned
above. In case it later transpires that the scribe did not fulfill any of the laid down
eligibility criteria or had suppressed material facts, the candidature of the applicant will
stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the written examination.
Candidates who use a Scribe will be eligible for extra time @ 20 minutes for
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every hour of the examination. Such candidates should visit our Zonal /
contact Office as given in para 9 and get the name of scribe authorised by
them one week before the test.
A candidate who does not receive the Examination Call Letter by 20.09.2010 and is not
able to download the same as said above should contact the concerned Zonal Office of
BANK OF INDIA located at the concerned State & Examination Centre he/she has
opted for at the addresses given below, with a written application indicating his / her
Name, Address, and details of payment made for issue of Duplicate Exam Call
Letters.
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Bank of india Shri Arvind Kumar Sharma
New Delhi Zonal Office, Senior Manager (HR)
NEW DELHI
15 DELHI 124, Jeevan Bharti Bldg., Tel. – 28844093
1501
Connaught Circus, Mobile : 9911305507
New Delhi
Bank of India, Shri Sadashiv Singbal
Goa Zonal Office, Manager (HR)
PANAJI Dempo House, 0832-2230035
16 GOA
1601 Post Box No. 291, Campal, Mob : 9823753527
Panjim, Goa – 403 001.
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Bank Of India Shri S.S. Nipunage
Pune Zonal Office, Sr. Manager HR
PUNE 1162/6, Shivaji Nagar, 020-25535766
2502 Near Observatory,
Ganeshkhind Road,
Pune-411 005
Bank of India, Shri M.N. Shinde
Nagpur Zonal Office, Ph.No. 5693014
NAGPUR Bank of India Bldg., S.V. Patel 0712-2532337
2503 Road (Kings Way), Nagpur, Mobile : 9922508915
Maharashtra – 440 001
The Bank reserves the right to prepone / postpone the Written Examination Dates and /
or to add to or delete or to modify / change the Examination Centre and the Venues
and / or to cancel the Written Examination.
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10. PRE-EXAMINATION TRAINING (PET) :
The Bank intends, in consonance with the guidelines issued by the Government of
India, to impart free non-residential Pre-Examination Training (PET) of six working days
to a limited number of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes at
Centres located at Navi Mumbai, Pune, Bhopal, NOIDA (New Delhi), Kolkata, Chennai
and Aurangabad. Selection for the PET from among the candidates will be made on the
priority of the date of online registration of Application Form. Candidates belonging to
the above categories and desirous of availing themselves of such Pre-examination
Training may indicate choice of PET Centre in the Application Form.
All expenses for attending the Pre-Examination Training (PET) 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 to or delete from the
Centers for PET indicated above.
Candidates are advised in their own interest that they should not furnish any particulars /
details / information or make statements that are false, tampered, fabricated or should not
suppress any material information while filling up the application form and submitting the
attested copies of testimonials. In case it is detected at any time that the candidate has
indulged in any of the abovementioned activities, he / she will not only be disqualified
but he / she will be liable to be dismissed from the services of the bank at any time,
even after being selected and after joining the Bank’s service.
Applicants are required to submit the application fees, as stated below, for the post
applied.
An application once made will not be allowed to be withdrawn, and the fees once paid
will not be refunded on any account nor can it be held in reserve for any other
examination.
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Candidates belonging to OBC category but coming in the "CREAMY LAYER" are
not entitled to the benefits of OBC reservation. They should indicate their category
as ‘GEN’ in the Application Form.
f) Candidates should ensure that they keep with themselves adequate (at
least 7) copies of the same photograph affixed by them on the Application
Form for future use during the entire recruitment process, i.e., at the time of
the Written Examination, Personal Interview, Medical Examination, Police
Verification Formats and the Formal Application Formats. Failure to
produce the same photograph at the various stages of the recruitment
process may lead to disqualification.
g) The candidates will appear for the written examination / personal interview /
medical examination, etc., at the allotted centres at their own cost and risks
and the Bank will not be responsible for any injury / loss, etc., of any nature.
However, eligible outstation SC / ST & persons with disabilities, attending the
interview would be reimbursed to & fro Second Class Rail/ Ordinary Bus fare
by the shortest route on production of satisfactory evidence of travel along
with an application in this regard.
j) Only those candidates who have met with the eligibility criteria & who have
cleared their Written Examination and who are short-listed for appearing
in the Personal Interview will be intimated either by email (online) or by
Speed Post or/ by Registered Post at the address or email address as
the case may be, furnished by them in the Application Form. The list of
candidates who are finally short-listed for interview will also be hosted on the
Bank’s Website www.bankofindia.co.in. Applicants are requested to keep
track of the same by visiting Bank’s website from time to time. Similar list will
be displayed for candidates selected for appointment;
m) The Bank reserves the right to alter, modify or change the eligibility criteria and
/ or any of the other terms and conditions spelt out in this advertisement;
including criteria for passing /method and procedure for selection.
n) While due care and caution will be exercised, the Bank takes no responsibility for
any delay in receipt or loss in postal transit of any communication;
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o) In case any dispute arises on account of interpretation in version other than
English, the English version will prevail;
p) Any resultant dispute arising out of this advertisement shall be subject to the sole
jurisdiction of the Courts situated at Mumbai;
c) Sub-Divisional Officer of the area where the candidate and/or his family
normally resides.
Authorised Certifying Authority will be the Medical Board at the District level. The
Medical Board will consist of a Chief Medical Officer, a Sub-Divisional
Medical Officer in the District and an Orthopedic Surgeon.
Even if the last date of registration is changed due to technical reasons, the valid
dates for payment of application fee / postal charges will not be changed. Payment
of fee by Demand Draft / Cheque / Money Orders / Postal Orders etc will not be
accepted. After registration the application printout need not be sent to the Bank.
The said application alongwith challan and copies of required documents mentioned
below should be kept ready for submission at the time of interview.
It is for the candidate to ensure that he / she has met with the eligibility criteria and
complied with the requirements and adhered to the instructions contained in this
advertisement as well as in the application form. Candidates are, therefore, urged to
carefully read the advertisement and complete the application form and submit the
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same as per instructions given in this regard.
Last but not the least, please note importantly that candidate who has been
declared successful, but subsequently found ineligible on verification of
documents, will not be allowed to take part in Interview Process and
inconvenience caused thereby will be at his/her cost and consequences.
PRINT CHALLAN
APPLY ON LINE *
(R.K. GOYAL)
Mumbai, GENERAL MANAGER (HR)
Date: 12/07/2010
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