Advertisement No. 2 / 2008

Recruitment in Class-III Cadre

Applications are invited from Indian Citizens fulfilling the eligibility criteria and residing in State of Maharashtra (excluding Vidarbha Region), State of Goa and Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and State of Gujarat for preparing the waiting list for the posts in Class III cadre, in the following categories. .

Post

Sr. No.	Post	Number of vacancies	General	Reserved vacancies (including short-fall)
				SC	ST	OBC
1	Junior Engineer (Civil)	7	4	-	-	3
2	Junior Engineer (Electrical)	4	2	-	-	2

One post has been kept reserved for Physically Handicapped Person (Hearing Impaired Partially Deaf), who will be considered on 'relaxed standards.' (Persons suffering from not less than 40% of the relevant disability shall alone be eligible for the benefit of reservation).

However, persons with following disabilities may also apply.

Post	OH	HI
Junior Engineer (Civil)	OA, OL, BL	PD
Junior Engineer (Electrical)	OA, OL, BL	PD

OH	=	Orthopaedically Handicapped
HI	=	Hearing Impaired.
OA	=	One Arm affected
OL	=	One Leg affected
BL	=	Both Leg affected but not arms
PD	=	Partially Deaf

Notes : The Bank reserves its right to increase / decrease the number of vacancies or not to fill up the vacancies in any of the posts / both the posts as per its requirement.

I. Eligibility Conditions

Applicant must fulfill the following conditions.

a) Educational Qualification

Junior Engineer (Civil & Electrical)

Matriculation or equivalent examination with Diploma in Civil / Electrical Engineering of a recognised University or Board. Candidates must have obtained their educational qualification from Universities / Boards located within the Recruitment Zone, viz. Boards / Universities situated in the State of Maharashtra (excluding Vidarbha Region) & Goa, Union Territories of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and State of Gujarat.

b) Experience

Junior Engineer (Civil)

At least one year's practical experience in execution / supervision of construction work and maintenance of building with a fair knowledge of R.C.C design and other civil works.

Junior Engineer (Electrical)

At least one year's practical experience in high tension & low tension electrical installations of large buildings and industrial structures. Experience in preparation of bills of quantities for internal and external installations in large office buildings, residential buildings, complexes, is desirable.

c) Age

Between 18 to 28 years as on 01.10.2008 The upper age limit is relaxable in case of :

i) Ex-Servicemen to the extent of service rendered by them in Armed Forces plus an additional period of 3 years, subject to a maximum of 50 years.

ii) Widows / Divorced women legally separated but not re-married upto 38 years ( 41 years for OBC).

iii) Other Backward Classes (OBCs) by 3 years, i.e. upto 31 years.

iv) Physically Handicapped Persons (PHP) by 10 years & 13 years for OBCs

v) Ex-employees of Banking Institutions / Government Offices who were retrenched after one year's service provided they apply through Employment Exchange, by 6 years.

II. Pay & Allowances

Initial starting pay of Rs.6,750/- per mensem in the scale of Rs.5450-220-6110-320-7390-430-9110-530-10700-700-14200 (20 years). Plus Additional Special Pay of Rs.150/- and allowances admissible from time to time. The total monthly emoluments at the current rates of allowances will be Rs.11,513/- approximately.

III) Description of Duties

Junior Engineer (Civil)

Supervision of civil construction work and maintenance of buildings and other related jobs.

Junior Engineer (Electrical)

Attending to electrical installations and minor electrical works and other related jobs.

IV) Place of Work

The vacancies are in the Western Zone which comprises the Bank's offices at Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad. Selected candidates may be posted at any of these centres.

V. General important instructions

A) Candidates holding higher qualification such as a Degree in Civil and Electrical Engineering are not eligible to apply.

B) Date of Birth as recorded in the School Leaving Certificate / Transfer Certificate / Certificate of Domicile / Birth Certificate issued by Municipal Corporation will be accepted as a proof of age.

C) The ex-servicemen, who have passed the qualifying examination from outside the Recruitment Zone either before or after leaving military service are eligible.

D) Merely fulfilling eligibility criteria does not entitle candidate to be called for interview. The Bank reserves the right to raise the minimum eligibility standards etc. in order to restrict the number of candidates to be called for interview commensurate with the number of vacancies. The decision of the Bank in this regard will be final.

VI. Definition of Ex-Serviceman

"Ex-serviceman means a person, who has served in any rank (whether as a combatant or as a non-combatant) in the regular Army, Navy and Air Force of the Indian Union but does not include a person who has served in the Defence Security Corps, the General Reserve Engineering Force, the Lok Sahayak Sena and the para Military forces and who has retired from such service after earning his/her pension: or who has 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 who has been released, otherwise than on his own request, from such service as a result of reduction in establishment; or who has 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 and includes personnel of the Territorial Army of the following categories, namely : pension holders for continuous embodied service;

i) person with disability attributable to military service, and
ii) gallantry award winners"

VII. Selection Process

Subject to the eligibility criteria and conditions laid down above, selection will be made through skill test and interviews of eligible candidates. Candidate selected for recruitment will be placed on Wait List to be prepared for each category.

VIII. How to Apply

i) Candidate must apply in the prescribed format of application published herewith. Format of application may also be down loaded from our web-site www.rbi.org.in. Application in any other format will be rejected.
 

ii) The format of the application form published herewith should not itself be used as application. Foolscap sheet (33 cm X 21 cm) should be used for the application. Application may be preferably typewritten or neatly hand written in Marathi / Hindi / English.

iii) Attested copies of all relevant documents / certificates should be attached. Latest signed passport size photograph (3 cm X 2.5 cm) should be affixed on the right hand top corner of the application.

iv) The application should be sent by ordinary post only or may be deposited in the box kept at the entrance to the RBI's Main Office Building on any day between 10.30 a.m. and 04.00 p.m. on week days (except Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays) in a cover superscribed 'Application for the post of _______________'. Application should be addressed to The Regional Director (Maharashtra & Goa), Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Department of Administration and Personnel Management, Recruitment Section, Main Building, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Post Box No.901, Fort, Mumbai 400 001. No application will be received in person or any acknowledgement given thereof.

IX) Ineligibility

Before applying for any of the posts mentioned in the advertisement, the candidates should ensure that they satisfy the eligibility norms in all respects as mentioned in the advertisement on the date specified. Applications incomplete in any respect not accompanied by relevant documents/certificate and/or received late shall be rejected. Bank's decision in this regard shall be final. The Bank reserve the right to reject any application / candidature at any stage of the recruitment process without assigning any reason/s.

X) Closing Date

Application complete in all respects must reach the Bank's Office on the aforesaid address latest by 27.10.2008.

XI) Warning

i) No correspondence will be entered into with candidates not found eligible/not considered for interviews.

ii) Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification. Any attempt on the part of the candidate to obtain support for his/her candidature by any means such as submitting fabricated documents, making statements which are incorrect/false, suppressing material information, resorting to irregular or improper means in connection with his/her candidature using unfair means etc. shall be disqualifying factor. If any unscrupulous person pretends to provide assistance by resorting to unfair means, a complaint may be lodged with any of the following.

a) Complaint Redressal Cell, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai – 400 001.
b) Central Vigilance Commission, Satarkata Bhavan, Block 'A' , General Post Office Complex, INA, New Delhi 110 023.

Regional Director, ( Maharashtra and Goa),
Reserve Bank of India
Mumbai 400001