NOTIFICATION FOR ENGAGEMENT OF GRAMIN DAKSEVAKS
Applications are invited from the eligible candidates
for engagement of 38,926 Gramin Dak
Sevaks (GDS)as BPM/ABPM/ Dak Sevak. Application are to be submitted online at https://indiapostgdsonline.gov.in. Applications
submitted
through any other mode will not be considered and rejected. Details of vacant posts for which applications are called for are given
in Annexure-I.
2.
Engagement Schedule
is as under: -
(i)
Application Submission Start Date: 02/05/2022
(ii)
Application Submission End Date: 05/06/2022
3.
Emoluments: Emoluments in the form of Time Related Continuity Allowance(TRCA) is paid to GDS.The
following minimum TRCA shall be payable to different categories of GDS after
engagement: -
|
Sl. |
Category |
Minimum TRCA for 4 Hours/Level
1 in TRCA Slab |
|
i. |
BPM |
Rs.12,000/- |
|
ii. |
ABPM/DakSevak |
Rs.10,000/- |
Note 1: OM. No.17-31/2016-GDS dated
25.06.2018 related to payment
of TRCA and other allowances to all approved categories of GDS is available on www.indiapost.gov.inunder Employee
Corner,
Circulars, Rules and Latest
Orders GDS.
Note 2: GDSare holder
of a Civil posts but they are outside of regular Civil Services of Union of India.
Note:-3 GDSare governed by GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules,2020issued vide OM. No. 17-30/2019-GDS dated 14.02.2020andamended from time to time, is available on www.indiapost.gov.in under Employee Corner Circulars, Rules and Latest Orders,GDS.
4.
Eligibility AGE
1.
Minimum age:18 years
4.
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10% reservation in engagement to the GDS posts.
The instructions issued by the Department vide no.19-11/97-ED & TRG dated 27.11.1997, No. 17-08/2017-GDS dated 26.02.2019and No.
17-09/2019-GDS dated 26.02.2019providing for adequate representation of SC/ST/OBC communities, Persons with Disability and Economically
Weaker Sections (EWSs) respectively will continue to apply. Thepermissible disability for personswith
Disabilitywill be as given below in GDS posts:-
|
Sl. |
Name of the Posts |
Categories of disability suitable for the post. |
|
1 |
BPM/ ABPM/ DakSevaks |
a) Low vision
(LV), b) D(Deaf), HH (Hard of hearing), c)
One Arm (OA), One leg (OL), Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack
Victim, d) Specific learning disability. Multiple disabilities from amongst
disabilities mentioned at (a) to (d) above except Deaf
and Blindness. |
5.
Educational Qualification
Secondary School Examination pass certificate of 10th standard
having passed in Mathematics and
English (having been studied as compulsory
or elective subjects) conducted by any recognized Board of School
Education by the Government of India/State Governments/ Union Territories in India shall be a mandatory
educational qualification for all approved categories of GDS.
6.
Compulsory knowledge of Local Language
The candidate should have studied the local languagei.e. (Name of
Local language) at least up to 10th standard
[as compulsory or elective subjects].
7.
Knowledge of Cycling
Knowledge of Cycling is a pre-requisite condition for all GDS posts.
In case of a candidate having knowledge of riding a scooter or
motor cycle, that may be considered as knowledge of cycling also. The candidate has to submit
a declaration to this effectin
Annexure-III.
8.
Adequate alternate means of Livelihood
The candidate applying for the post shall note that he/she shall have adequate means of livelihood as
stipulated in Rule 3-A (iii) of GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules, 2020to support himself/ herself
and his/ her
family from other sources so as to supplement his/her income. However,
this shall not be a pre-requisite for candidates for the purpose of selection. Selected candidate shall be required
to comply with this
condition within 30 days after selection but before engagement. The candidate shall
furnish an undertaking in the application form itself in Annexure-IVthat
he/ she has other sources
of income besides
the allowances to be paid by the Government to support livelihood for himself/ herself and his/her family. The candidate after selection as GDS
shall have to give the undertaking again before engagement.
9.
No person holding an elective office will be considered for engagement to the
post.
10.
The candidate selected as GDS shall
not engage in any activity with any outside
agency, which would be detrimental to the business or interest of the Post Office.
11.
Past experience or service
of any kind will not be considered for selection.
12.
Residence and Accommodation for locating Branch
Post Office
(i)
The candidates must provide
accommodation for Branch Post Office after
selection but before engagement. A declaration to this effect with details of accommodation is to be
submitted before engagement.
This condition is applicable for GDSBPM post only. GDS BPM is required
to reside in Post village only and ABPMs/Dak Sevaks are required to reside
within delivery jurisdictions of the Post Office
(HO/SO/BO) concerned. The accommodation should meetthe following
prescribed
standards:-
(a)
Branch Post Office may function in a building
owned by Gram Panchayat or Central government or by State government such as
school or
offices
or
BPM’s own house
or
a
proper
rented
accommodation at a busy place of the village(Gram Panchayat building, where available, is preferred). The accommodation
for the GDS Branch Office should be
exclusively available for Post Office use. It may work
from a village shop but Post office working from shop should have an exclusive space to keep the registers,
micro ATM or hand-held device and other items apart from space for prominently exhibiting the signage
etc. giving due
importance to Post Office.
(b)
Location-The GraminDakSevak Branch Office (GDS BO) should be
located in the main busy part of the village.The candidate selected forthe engagement of BPM shall have to provide centrally located accommodation in the Branch Post Office
village within 30 days for use
as Post Office
premises and the expenditure of the hiring,
if any,
needs to be borne by the candidate.
(c)
Size- The minimum size of GDS
Branch Office should not be less than
100 sq. feet preferably in 10’x10’ dimensions and atground floor.
(d)
Approach- The GDS Branch Office should have direct access/approach from village road and should
be located in front
portion of the building in which it is housed. The GDS BO should not be
housed in Verandas,Courtyards, Kitchen, SPWC under the stairs, bed room, damaged rooms, make-shift accommodations, isolated
buildings outside the village etc. which are difficult to access/approach by the
Customers.
(e)
Structure
-The GDS Branch Office accommodation
should preferably be a Brick and
Mortar structure to ensure safety and security. The room should be properly ventilated and lighted and should be properly
maintained and neatly
white washed.
(f)
Power
supply – The
post office room should have electrical power
connection for charging of handheld devices and for fan, electricity bulb etc. It should have suitable
place to install
solar panels as well
provided by Department.
(g)
At
present DARPAN devices
are using Network ServiceProviders(NSPs)like Airtel, Vodafone/Idea, BSNL&Jio for
ensuring connectivity to Branch Post Offices. While providing accommodation for GDS BO, it should be
ensured that, Network is available for any one of these NSPs or any other NSP(s) if so allowed
by Department of Posts.
Further, it is clarified that the candidate who provide the above prescribed standards of accommodation
after selection but before engagement and if he is engaged
as GDS BPM will be entitled for the
drawl of Composite allowance @ Rs.500/-per month. If the candidate is selected and engaged where the Branch Post Office is accommodated in a rent free accommodation, he/she will be entitled
for Composite allowance Rs.250/- equal to that of BPMs
who provide non-standard accommodation (i.e. accommodation that does not fulfill above
standards is treated as non-standard accommodation).
13.
Production of SC/ST/OBC/Disability/
Economically Weaker
Sections Certificate.
Production of SC/ST/OBC/disability/EWSs certificate in the prescribed format is compulsory in case of such candidates.
14.
Method of Submission of Application and Fee
Application can be submitted online only at https://indiapostgdsonline.gov.in. Applications
received through any other mode shall not be
entertained.
Fee: A fee of Rs.100/-/-(Rupees one
hundred only) is
to be paid by the applicants for all
posts notified in the chosen Division. However, payment of fee is
exempted for all female candidates, SC/ST candidates, PwD candidates and Transwomen candidates.
15.
How
to apply:- (a) Candidate
who desires to apply online will have to register
himself / herself
in the portal through https://indiapostgdsonline.gov.in with the following basic details
to obtain the Registration Number:-
i)
Name (In
capital letter as per X class certificate Marks Memo including spaces)
ii)
Father’s Name / Mother’s Name
iii)
Mobile Number
iv)
Email ID
v)
Date of Birth
vi)
Gender
vii) Community
viii)
PwD – Type of Disability – (HH/OH/VH)- Percentage of disability
ix)
State in which
Xth class passed
x)
Language studied in Xth class
xi)
Year of Passing
Xth class
xii) Scanned Passport
Photograph
xiii)
Scanned Signature
(b)
Only one Registration is allowed for one candidate
for schedule 1 & 2 in a calendar Year. The same
registration number should be used for submission of applications.Once
registered the same mobile number
will not be allowed for
further
Registrations of any other candidate.
In case any duplicate Registration is found by altering the basic details,
the candidature relating to all such Registrations
will be removed for consideration of selection.Any candidate who forgot the registration number can retrieve the registration
number through option ‘Forgot registration’.
(c)
The candidates must have own active email
id and mobile number.
(d)
Selection of Division and exercising preferences:-
The candidate can select only one Division for submission of his/her candidature for all the eligible posts of the Selected Division.The candidate has to validate his/her details by
giving Registration number and OTP sent to the registered mobile number. On selecting the Division,
a list of all eligible posts (based on community and age) will be displayed against
which candidate has to give his/her preference.Preference and option once exercised /submitted by the candidate
is final and will not be changed under any circumstances. Hence, candidates should exercise due care.
Candidate will not be considered for
a post, for which he/she has not given/indicated his/her preference. However, only one post will be offered
among all the posts
in a notification if she/he has applied for one or more posts in any
one Division under any Circle.
Example: - If a candidate opts for five posts with preference post1,
post2, post3, post4, post5 etc. and selected as meritorious in more than one post, the firstpost in the order of
preference, against which he/she is found most suitable, will be offered
and the candidature for all the
remaining posts will be forfeited. However, basing on the merit, the
candidate gets choice of post and on offering such post, his other preferences will be forfeited for consideration for other preferences.
16.
Procedure of Fee Payment:-
i.
Applicants, except exempted
category of candidate, should pay a fee of
Rs.100/- (Rupees one hundred) for all posts within the chosen Division. Candidate who requires to make the payment of fee may pay the fee
through online mode of payment
using the link provided for payment. All recognized
Credit/Debit cards and Net
Banking facility/ UPI can be used
for this purpose. Charges applicable
for usage of Debit/Credit cards and net banking as per the
rules
from time to time will be levied to the candidates. Fee
may also be paidat any Head Post Office in India.
ii.
For making the payment
of fee the candidate should refer the Registration Number.
iii.
Fee once paid will not be refunded.
Hence, candidate is requested to ensure
his/her eligibility for applying to particular Division before making the fee payment.
iv.
Candidates who are exempted from payment
of fee may apply online directly.
17.
Uploading of documents:-
The candidates must upload the following documents in
the formats and sizes as prescribed. Hence, it is advised to keep the scanned documents ready in softcopy
form before applying online.
|
Sl. No. |
Name of the Document |
Uploading file
format |
Permitted file size |
Is the upload mandatory or not |
|
1 |
Recent Photograph |
.jpg/.jpeg |
Not exceeding 50kb |
Mandatory |
|
2 |
Signature |
.jpg/.jpeg |
Not exceeding 20kb |
Mandatory |
18.
Submission of 10thClassmarks details: -
Candidate has to submit the details of marks obtained in the 10thclass. In case the marksheet contains grades/points etc apart from marks, only marks need to be submitted. In cases where the board has awarded
grades/points in place
of marks, the same may be submitted in application.
19.
An undertaking has to be submitted
by the candidate in Annexure-II
declaring that he/she has adequate knowledge
to operate computer
Desktop/laptop/POS/mobile etc. to work on the Departmental software.
20.
Job Profile:-
(i)
BRANCH POSTMASTER (BPM)
The Job Profile
of Branch Post Master will include-
a) Carrying out transactions (offline and online) of Branch Post Office and India Post Payments
Bank(IPPB) using the handheld
device/mobile device/smartphone.
b) Marketing of Postal products and services, India Post Payments
Bank services, various services provided
by Customer Services
Centres (CSC), procurement of business in the villages
or Gram Panchayats
within the jurisdiction of the Branch Post
Office. This would include organizing melas and door-to-door canvassing for business requirements and popularising schemes
of government.
c) Maintenance of records,
upkeep of handheld
device/mobile device/smartphone.
d) Branch Postmaster has the overall responsibility of smooth and
timely functioning of Post Office
including mail conveyance and mail delivery. He/she might be assisted
by Assistant Branch Post Master. BPM will be
required to do combined duties of ABPMs as and
when ordered. In some
of the Branch Post Offices, there may not be ABPM post and the BPM has to do all the work of the BO.
e)
Any other work assigned by superiors like IPO/ASPO/SPOs/SSPOs etc.
(ii)
ASSISTANT BRANCH POSTMASTER (ABPM)
The Job Profile
of Assistant Branch
Post Master will include:-
a) Sale of stamps/stationery, conveyance and delivery
of mail at doorstep, deposits/payments/other transactions of IPPB.
b)
Assisting Branch Postmaster in counter duties using handheld
device/mobile device/smartphone.
c)
Marketing of Postal
products and services, India Post Payments Bank services,
various services provided
by Customer Services
Centre’s(CSC), procurement of business in the villages
or Gram
Panchayats within the jurisdiction of the
Branch Post Office. This would include organizing melas and door-to-door canvassing for business requirements and popularizing schemes of
government.
d)
ABPM will also be
required to do Combined Duty of BPMs as and when ordered.
e) Any other work assigned by superiors like IPO/ASPO/SPOs/SSPOs etc.
(iii)
DAK SEVAK
Dak Sevaks will be
engaged in Departmental offices like Sub post offices, Head Post offices etc. The Job Profile
of DakSevak will include:-
a) Sale of stamps/stationery, conveyance and delivery
of mail at doorstep, deposits/payments/other transactions of
IPPBand any other duties assigned
by Postmaster/Sub Postmaster.
b) Dak Sevaks may have to work in sorting offices of Railway Mail Service
(RMS).
c) Dak Sevaks in mail offices and Business Offices will handle
receiving and dispatching of mail
bag, transhipment of bags
d) DakSevaks also have to assist Post Masters/Sub Postmasters in managing the smooth functioning of Departmental Post Offices and do marketing, business procurement or any other
work assigned by
the Post Master
or IPO/ASPO/SPOs/SSPOs/SRM/SSRM etc.
21.
SELECTION CRITERIAAND COMMUNICATIONS OF SELECTION:-
(i)
Selection will be made as per the system
generated merit list based
on the merit position of the candidate and the preference of posts submitted. This shall be subject to fulfilling of all eligibility criteria as per
the rules.
(ii)
Notice for documents verification
will be sent only to the most suitable candidate for the post based on merit and preference submitted.
(iii)
Provisionally selected
candidatewhile attending to the Documents verification, the candidate has to come alongwith original
documentsand one set of photo
copies for submission. Adequate time
will be given to selected
candidate to report with original
certificates for
verification. If the
verification is successful, provisional engagement order will be given. Else, the next candidate in merit
will get the system- generated email/SMS.
(iv)
The provisional engagement letter
will be issued through email and
notified through SMS. In case there is no response within the given time in the said provisional engagement letter, a final reminder
through
email, sms and Registered Post will be sent giving
additional time to
report for
joining. If there is still no response, the candidature shall be cancelled.
(v) No
weightage will be given for higher educational qualification. Only marks obtained in 10th standard of approved
Boards aggregated to percentage to the accuracy of 4 decimals will be the criteria for finalizing
the selection. Passing of all the
subjects as per the respective approved board
norms is mandatory. However, the merit calculation will be made on the score of the subjects for which merit
is considered as per the
Board.
(vi)
For applicants with
marks, their total marks will be worked out by
taking into account
the marks obtained
in the compulsory and elective/optional subjects (other than extra subjects, if any).
(vii)
For applicants having both Total Marks and Grading Point (i.e. mark list issued with total marks and grading point both), in such cases the method used will be as follows :-
“The
candidate’s total marks will be worked out while ignoring
the Grading Point; this methodology
will ensure that candidate possessing higher marks will be selected.”
(viii) For candidates having
grades subject-wise, marks will be arrived for each subject
(compulsory and elective subjects
but not extra subjects), by applying the multiplying factor of 9.5 in the following manner:-
|
Grade |
Grade Point |
Multiplication factor |
|
A1 |
10 |
9.5 |
|
A2 |
9 |
9.5 |
|
B1 |
8 |
9.5 |
|
B2 |
7 |
9.5 |
|
C1 |
6 |
9.5 |
|
C2 |
5 |
9.5 |
|
D |
4 |
9.5 |
In case of the marks lists containing the Grades/Points, marks will be reckoned by taking conversion of Grades and points with the multiplication factor (9.5) against the maximum points or grade as 100.
(ix)
Where Cumulative
Grade Point Average (CGPA) is also provided, the
marks will be arrived at by multiplying the CGPA by 9.5. Where individual grades in each subject as well as CGPA is given, the higher of
the two marks will be taken. Where two or more candidates
have equal
marks, the candidate having the higher age (older candidate) will be given preference.
(x).
Candidates having both marks and
grades in the marks list have to apply with marks only. In case any candidate
applies with grades
only his application will be liable
for disqualification.
(xi).
In case candidates get the same
marks, the merit order would be taken
as DOB (higher age as merit), ST trans-woman,
ST female, SC trans-woman, SC female, OBC trans-woman,
OBC female, EWS trans- woman, EWS female, UR trans-woman, UR female, ST trans-male,
ST Male, SC trans-male, SC Male, OBC trans-male,
OBC male, EWS trans- male, EWS male,
UR trans-male, UR male.
(xii).
If a candidate opts for five posts
with preference post1, post2, post3,
post4, post5etc and selected as meritorious in more than one post, the post in the order of preference will
be offered. The
candidature for all the remaining posts will be forfeited.
(xiii) Applications submitted without
complete data will be rejected.In case a candidate uploads
wrong documents/information and unnecessary
documents, candidature will be rejected. Similarly,
in case the candidate enters marks
erroneously either high or low with reference to marks list uploaded,
the candidature will be rejected
at the time of document
verification.An undertaking will be obtained from the candidate in the format annexed as Annexure-V.
(XIV) The selection process
will be completed by
15.11.2022. Applications pending
after 15.11.2022 shall not be considered for
engagement. Applications for which email/sms notification for documents
verification is yet to be sent, shall be considered as
pending. Such applications shall have no rights for engagement after
15.11.2022 with respect to his/her application already submitted
against this notification.
22. IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS:-
a.
The Department of Posts and
engaging authority of each post reserves the
sole right to modify, cancel the notification of a post at any time without assigning any reason Or to stop ongoing
process.Candidates should note that once the details of Registration or of
application are submitted the details cannot be modified or altered. Such requests
will not be entertained at any
level.
b.Department
of Posts is not responsible for non-receipt
of email/SMS by the candidate due to any specific reason or
without any reason arising out of network services providers and other
dependencies.
c.
Department of Posts does not make
any phone calls to the candidates. The correspondence, if any, is made with candidates through respective
Engaging Authority only. Candidates are advised not to disclose
their personal
information/registration number/ mobile numbers/emailids to others and be guarded against
any unscrupulous phone calls.
d.
Candidate can view his/her application status in the website
by providing the registration number
and mobile number
till the results are announced.
For Queries, Division
wise helpdesk and mobile numbers
are provided in the website.
Dated:
(Name of
Officer) Designation
Address
Office Seal
ANNEXURE-I
GraminDakSevak Vacancy Position
for Division
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Name of Post |
Name of Office |
TRCA |
No. of posts |
Account office/ Record office |
Taluk/Tehsil |
District |
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Community wise Consolidation of Posts:-
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Community |
No of Posts |
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OBC(As per state reservation %) |
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PwD(Low vision (LV) - 01 %) |
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PwD(D(Deaf), HH(Hard of hearing - 01%), |
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PwD(One Arm (OA), One leg (OL), Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victim - 01%) |
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PwD(Specific
learning disability -01%) |
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ST(As per state reservation %) |
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SC (As per
state reservation %) |
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EWS -10% |
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UR |
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Total |
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ANNEXURE-II
UNDERTAKING
I son/daughter/wife of hereby undertake to declare that, I will be able to use smart phone/laptop/handheld device supplied by the Department from the first day of
engagement.
2. Further, I also hereby
declare that I am computer
literate.
Place: Signature
Name of applicant/candidate:
Date: Address
ANNEXURE-III
DECLARATION
I son/daughter/wife of
hereby declare that, I am able ride bicycle for performing of my duty as a GDS BPM/ABM/DakSevaks.
2. I am also able to ride a scooter/motorbike (Optional).
Place: Signature
Name of applicant/candidate:
Date: Address
ANNEXURE-IV
UNDERTAKING
I son/daughter/wifeof
hereby
undertake to declare that, I have other sources of income besides the TRCA and allowances to be paid by the
Government to support livelihood for myself and my family,
in the event of my engagement to the post of
GraminDakSevak BPM/ABPM/DakSevaks."
Place: Signature
Name of applicant/candidate:
Date: Address
ANNEXURE-V
Undertaking
I
son/daughter/ wife
of hereby undertake to declare that, the details
furnished by me (i.e. Age/Address/Educational qualifications/Computer knowledge/EWS/PwD/Casteetc.) on the basis of which Iam applying for the posts of GDSBPM/ABPM/DakSevak are true to the best of my knowledge and belief . I
also undertake that, in case, any detail submitted by me is found to be false at any stage of engagement process/during engagement, my
candidature shall be liable to be rejected
against all the vacancies, applied for,
or
after my engagement, I shall be terminated
under GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules. I also understood
that I shall be liable for criminal/legal action for producing
anyof false details/documents etc.
Place: Signature
Name of applicant/candidate:
Date: Address
