Notification for Direct Recruitment to pm/mg

DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

OFFICE OF 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 164-2015

DIRECT RECRUITMENT TO THE CADRE OF POSTMAN/MAIL GUARD

Applications are invited from the desirous & eligible Applicants to fill up the

posts of Postman and Mail Guard in the following Postal Divisions / Units in Andhra

Pradesh Postal Circle 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 vide GOI Gazette order No.682 dated

20/12-2010 and subsequent amendment issued vide No.311 dated 28/6-2012 to

Postman Recruitment Rules. The details of vacancies are as furnished below:

Name of the Division

HYDERABAD CITY REGION

OC SC ST OBC

PH

Ex-

SM

Total

PH-1

VH

PH-2

HH

PH-3

OH

Hyderabad City Dn

13 2

3

7

1

-

-

2

25

Hyderabad South East

Dn

15 4

5

4

-

1

-

3

28

Secunderabad Dn

19 -

5

12

-

-

1

4

36

Hyderabad GPO

5

1 1

1

-

-

-

1

8

Total

52 7 14 24

1

1

1

10

97

HYDERABAD REGION

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

-

-

3

31

KURNOOL REGION

Anantapur

6

2

1

2

-

1

-

2

11

Chittoor

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

Hindupur

2

1 1

-

-

..

-

-

4

Kadapa

3

1 -

1

-

-

-

-

5

Kurnool

5

1 1

2

-

-

-

1

9

Nandyal

3

1 -

1

-

-

-

1

5

Proddatur

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

Tirupathi

3

3

-

-

-

-

-

1

6

Total

29 9

3

6

-

1

-

5

47

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VUAYAWADA REGION

OC SC ST OBC

PH1

VH

PH-2

HH

PH-3

OH

Ex-

SM

Total

Bhimavaram

5

3 1

-

-

-

1

1

9

Eluru

4

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

6

Gudivada

1 1 1

-

-

-

-

-

3

Gudur

3

1 1

-

-

-

-

1

5

Guntur

7

2

1

3

-

-

-

2

13

Khammam

2

1 1

-

-

-

-

-

4

Machilipatnam

3

-

2

1

-

-

1

6

Narasaraopet

3

1 -

-

-

-

.

..

-

4

Nellore

4

2

1

-

-

-

-

1

7

Prakasam

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

Tadepalligudem

2

1 -

-

-

-

-

-

3

Tenali

2

1 -

-

-

-

-

-

3

Vijayawada

7

3

3

-

1

-

-

2

13

Total

45 18 11 4

1

-

2

8

78

VISAKHAPATNAM REGION

Amalapuram

2

1 -

-

-

-

1

3

Anakapalle

2

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

Kakinada

3

1 1

1

-

-

-

1

6

Pravathipuram

1 -

-

-

-

-

-

-

3.

Rajahmundry

5

2

-

-

-

-

-

1

7

Srikakulam

2

1

-

-

-

-

-

3

Visakhapatnam

6

1 2

2

-

1

-

1

11

Vizianagaram

2

1 -

-

-

-

-

-

3

Total

23 9

3

3

-

1

-

4

38

MAIL GUARD VACANCIES

RMS DIVISIONS

OC SC ST OBC

PH-1

VH

PH-2

HH

PH-3

OH

Ex-

SM

Total

Hyd Stg Dn Hyderabad

2

1 -

-

-

3

RMS Z Dn Hyderabad

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

RMS TP DN Tirupati

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

RMS Y Dn Vijayawada

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

RMS V

Dn,Visakhapatnam

2

1 -

-

-

-

-

-

3

Total

8

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

10

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2.

Code list

Hyderabad City Dn ( 13 ) Hyderabad South East Dn(14), Secunderabad Dn( 15 )

Hyderabad GPO ( 51 )

Adilabad (01), Hanamkonda ( 02), Karimnagar( 03 ) Mahaboobnagar (04 )

Medak ( 05 ),Nalgonda ( 06), Nizamabad ( 07 ),Peddapalli ( 08 ),

Sangareddy ( 09 ) Wanaparthy(11), Warangal ( 12 )

Anantapur (16 ), Chittoor ( 17), Hindupur ( 19 ) Kadapa ( 18 ), Kurnool ( 20 ), Nandyal,(21)

Proddatur (22 ) Tirupathi(23)

Bhimavaram( 24 ), Eluru(25), Gudivada ( 26 ),Gudur( 27 ),Guntur( 28 ),Khammam(29)

Machilipatnam (30 ), Narasaraopet ( 31 ), Nellore (32) ,Ongole (33),

Tadepalligudem ( 34 ),Tenali ( 35) Vijyawada(36)

Amalapuram ( 37 ),Anakapalle( 38 ),Kakinda(39), Parvatipuram (40 ), Rajahmundry ( 41 ),

Srikakulam ( 42) Visakhapatnam ( 43 ) Vizianagaram ( 44 )

RMS Z Division Hyderabad ( 45 ), Hyderabad Stg Dn (46) RMS AG Division Guntakal (47 ),

RMS TP Division Tirupathi ( 48 ), RMS Y Division, Vijayawada( 49 ),

RMS V Division Visakhapatnam ( 50 ),

Note:

i) Vacancies notified are likely to vary/change without any prior intimation.

Total vacancies in the last column are inclusive of the vacancies shown under

PH I,II,III & Ex Serviceman Quota against Col. 6&7

*Candidates selected against PH and Ex service man quota will be adjusted in

their respective community against the vacancies earmarked in UR,SC,ST and

OBC.

ii) Categories of applicants eligible to claim PH concession

The words PH-1,PH-

II,PH-III shown in the vacancy position represents visually impaired, Hearing impaired

and orthopedically impaired respectively. Only such PH persons would be eligible for

reservation in posts who suffer from not less than 40% of relevant disability.

a)

VH= Visually handicapped - Low Vision only (Low vision means a person with

impairment of visual functioning even after treatment or standard refractive correction

but who uses or is potentially capable of using vision for the planning or execution of a

task with appropriate assistive device)

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b)

HH = Hearing impaired : Categories suitable for the posts: The deaf or those

in whom the sense of hearing is non functional for ordinary purposed life. They do not

hear, understand sounds at all even with amplified speech. The cases included in this

category will be those having hearing loss more than 90 decibles (DB) in the better ear

(Profound impairment) or the total loss of hearing in both ears

c)

OH= Orthopedically impaired: The orthopedically impaired are those who have

a minimum 40% of physical defect or deformity which causes on interference with the

normal functioning of bones muscles and joints. Categories of Orthopedically impaired

suitable for the posts :

OL= One Leg affected 0A=one arm affected, one arm & one leg affected, Both legs

effected, Muscular weakness

The applicant should possess valid medical certificate in the forms prescribed by the

Government issued by competent Medical authorities for the purpose of employment as

on the date of Registration.

The applicant can avail relaxation only for the predominant disability. The applicant

should he in possession of original medical certificate for the same issued by competent

medical authorities in the format prescribed by the Government at the time of

registration

iii) The department has right to cancel the recruitment process OR modify the

selection process with the reasons recorded in writing at any stage.

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 date

for 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

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7. Examination 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 & Mail

Guard 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.

Part '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.

13) 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.

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Table

Si

No

Category

Amount to be paid

Application 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

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.

12. (a) The Applicant is required to indicate the Division/Unit for which he is

applying for the post of Postman/Mail guard. Only One(1) Division/Unit is to be

indicated with Division/Unit Code.

(h) The vacancies for each division/unit is displayed under the link

"VACANCIES" on the website www.appost.in. Similarly vacancy position in respect of

Postman/Mail Guard in each division/unit wise is also displayed in the same link of

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the above mentioned website www.appost.in. The details of Divisions/units with their

code numbers are also displayed in the website for facilitating the applicants for

indicating his/her choice of division/unit while submitting their on-line application.

(c) The applicants have to access the website www.appost.in in regarding detailed

information on the recruitment process from portal. The applicant has to fill the inputs

including standard information i.e. Name, DOB, community, sex, Educational

qualification, etc.

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

(a ) The Prescribed Fee (application fee and Examination fee ) has to be paid as per the

table at para 10 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.

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(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/ receipt

issued 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.

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,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

(h) 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-1