PSPCL Jobs 2023 Assistant Lineman (ALM)

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PSPCL Jobs 2023 Assistant Lineman (ALM)

CIN No: U40109PB2010SGC033813, GSTIN No.: 03AAFCP5120Q1ZC, PAN No. AAFCP5120Q

Advertisement No. CRA 301/23

Recruitment for the Post of Assistant Lineman (ALM) in PSPCL

IMPORTANT DATES: PSPCL Jobs 2023 Assistant Lineman (ALM)

Start date of online registration and fees Deposit	26.12.2023
Last date of online registration and fees Deposit.	15.01.2024

Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), a Power Generating and Distribution company owned by Government of Punjab, which has played a key role in implementation of Punjab Government plans for 24*7 uninterrupted quality power supply in the State of Punjab, is looking for young & dynamic candidates with brilliant academic record for the post of Assistant Lineman.

The Pay-Scale will be as per PSPCL financial circular no. 21/2022 dated 17.08.22. The minimum Pay admissible as per 7th CPC/Pay Matrix and report of the inhouse Committee will be Rs.19900/-.per month.

The probation period for these posts will be 3 years or as per instructions issued by Govt. of Punjab from time to time.

During the probation period mentioned in the offer of appointment or extended probation period whichever is more, newly appointed candidates shall be paid ‘minimum admissible pay’ only as per Department of Finance (Finance Personnel 1 Branch) Chandigarh, letter No. 7/42/2020-5FP1/741-746, Chandigarh dated 17.07.2020 and it will not include any Grade pay, Dearness allowance, annual increment or any other allowance except the travelling allowance and medical reimbursement if any, as per the entitlement of the post held by such candidate. However, in case of appointment of candidates already in service of PSPCL, their pay shall be protected, if the ‘minimum admissible pay’ in the offer of appointment is lower than the pay actually drawn by them on the post they actually hold lien. But they will not be given any increment or allowance except TA and medical reimbursement during the probation period.

1.  Total number of vacancies to be filled for the post of Assistant Lineman are 2500.

Tentative category-wise detailed breakup of posts is given below:

TABLE-‘A’

Sr. No.	Name of Category	Total Posts	Posts reserved for women (out of total 2500 posts)
1	Gen-General	849	240
2	EWS -Economically Weaker Section	250	75
3	SC (MZB) -Scheduled Caste (Mazhabi Balmiki)	250	100
4	SC (MZB-XSM-Self/Dep.) -Scheduled Caste (Mazhabi Balmiki-Ex-servicemen- Self/Dependent)	50	—
5	SC (MZB-SP) – Scheduled Caste (Mazhabi Balmiki- Sports person)	13	—
6	SC (OT) – Scheduled Caste (Others)	250	100
7	SC (OT-XSM-Self/Dep.) – Scheduled Caste (Others-Ex- servicemen-Self/Dependent)	50	—
8	SC (OT-SP) – Scheduled Caste (Others-Sports person)	12	—
9	BC only – Backward Class only	250	100
10	BC (XSM-Self/Dep.) – Backward Class (Ex-servicemen- Self/Dependent)	50	—
11	XSM (Self/Dep.) – Ex-servicemen (Self/Dependent)	259	124
12	PWD (PD) – Person with disability	100	50
13	SP (G) – Sports person (General)	92	36
14	FF – Freedom Fighter	25	12
	TOTAL	2500	837

Note:

1. The candidates are advised to read it carefully before filling up online application as category/sub-category once filled up cannot be changed to any other category. Category once filled will be considered as final and no benefit of other category/sub-category will be admissible later on. It is further informed that candidature of such candidate who applies under wrong category will be ‘Rejected’ without giving any further notice.

• PSPCL reserves the right to increase or decrease the number of posts as indicated above or cancel the entire/partial recruitment against the said CRA- 301/23 or make any changes in conditions of this CRA at any stage without giving

any    reason/notice. Further, actual position of posts under a particular category/sub-category may vary.

Eligibility Criteria: PSPCL Jobs 2023 Assistant Lineman (ALM)

• Basic and professional qualification

1. Matriculation or equivalent and National Apprenticeship Certificate (NAC) in Lineman Trade.
2. The candidates who possess higher education i.e., Degree/ Diploma in Electrical Engineering will be considered only if they have minimum qualifications i.e., National Apprenticeship Certificate in Lineman Trade.

Note: Candidate(s) must have passed National Apprenticeship Certificate in Lineman trade upto last date of submission/registration of online application.

Knowledge of Punjabi:

The candidates must have passed Punjabi of at least Matriculation or its equivalent level upto last date of submission/registration of online application.

Age Limit: PSPCL Jobs 2023 Assistant Lineman (ALM)

As per Punjab Govt. Notification G.S.R.20/Const./Art.309/Amd.(10)/2010 dated 24.05.2010, candidates should not be below 18 years and above 37 years of age as on 01/01/2023 to be eligible for these posts and relaxation in age will be as per Govt. of Punjab instructions.

Relaxation in Upper Age Limit

Upper age limit relaxation is as admissible under rules/instructions of PSPCL/Punjab Government adopted by PSPCL from time to time. Relaxation in upper age in different categories, subject to the condition that the candidate is meeting other eligibility criteria for the post as given below:

1. SC and Backward class: 5 years over & above the normal maximum recruitment age.

• Ex-Serviceman (Self):    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.

• Physically Handicapped: 10 years over and above the normal maximum recruitment age.
• In case of the following, the upper age limit shall be 40 years:

1. Widow;

1. Women who are legally separated from their husbands or have been divorced;

1. Women whose husbands have been ordered by Civil or Criminal courts to pay maintenance to them;

1. Women who have, because of their desertion, been living separately from their husbands for more than two years.

• Women whose husbands have re-married; and

• Wives of the serving military personnel and wives of those who are disabled while in Military service.

• For serving employees of PSPCL/PSTCL/Punjab Govt.:

To the extent of service rendered in PSPCL or erstwhile PSEB/PSTCL/Punjab Govt.

Note:

• Only those candidates who fulfill the criteria of qualification, age, etc. and other requirements as mentioned in this CRA are eligible to apply against this recruitment. The candidate not meeting the above criteria will be rejected during checking of documents or at any time thereafter if found ineligible.
• The candidate must possess the above requisite qualifications up to last date of submission of online application & shall submit the proof in this regard at the time of document checking. Candidate who fails to do so, shall not be considered even if he/she has qualified the online test and no relaxation shall be given in this regard.

• Candidates who have appeared/are appearing in the relevant examination/certificate, but their result is awaited, can also apply but he/she must acquire the requisite qualifications upto the last date of submission of online application and shall produce the proof for the same. Candidate, who fails to do so even if he/she has qualified the online computer-based test, shall not be considered and no relaxation shall be given in this regard.

• The candidates whose result has been declared recently and the certificate is yet to be issued, then the date of declaration of result shall be considered as date of completion of his that qualification. However, candidates have to submit proof in this regard.

• Detailed instructions, given on the PSPCL website (www.pspcl.in), may be referred at the time of filling online application.

• Candidates in their own interest are advised not to wait till the last date & time and should submit their application well within the stipulated time. PSPCL shall not be held responsible, if any candidate(s) are not able to submit application and fee due to last time rush or any internet issue or any other reason whatsoever.

• Submission of application shall be considered complete if the application fee has been deposited. Application without deposit of requisite fee shall be rejected.

3.0      Online application fee: –

Fees Details (Non-Refundable):
Sr. No.	Category	Application fees	Applicable GST @ 18%	Total
A	B	C	D	E (C+D)
1	All candidates except Schedule Cast and Person with Disability category	Rs.800/- per Application	144	Rs 944 + Bank            Charges (if applicable)
2	Candidates Schedule Cast and Person with Disability Category	Rs. 500/- per Application	90	Rs 590 + Bank            Charges (if applicable)

*GST rate shall be applicable as per GOI norms issued from time to time.

·  Fee will be accepted by online mode only. No other mode for depositing fee is acceptable.

• Submission of application shall be considered complete only if the application fee has been deposited. Application without deposit of requisite fee shall be rejected.

• The fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances nor the fee can be held in reserve for any other recruitment or selection.

4.0  RESERVATION

• The reservation of posts for reserved categories is applicable for candidates of Punjab Domicile only.

• All reserved category candidates are required to produce Punjab Domicile during document checking.

(iii) Candidates are advised to read the category-wise breakup of posts very carefully before filling up the online application. If any candidate applies against any reserved category to which he/she belongs then he/she should possess reservation certificates in accordance with Govt. of Punjab instructions for that category/sub-category. The candidates are advised to fill/select their category carefully & with due diligence. The category once selected by a candidate will not be changed under any circumstances and the candidature of such candidate who applies against the category to which he/she does not belong shall be rejected without giving any further notice.

• Reservation for women shall be applicable as per The Punjab Civil Services (Reservation for Women) Rules 2020 and clarification issued by Govt. of Punjab, Department of Social Security and Women & Child Development vide memo no. 11/05/2017-1-SS(3SS) E-283416/370 dt. 07.02.2022 (Annexure- B).

• It is important to mention here that other than the categories shown in category-wise break up of posts in Table ‘A’, candidates belonging to Vimukt Jati and Bazigars, can also apply against SC/OT/Vimukt Jati and Bazigars category. As per Dept. of Social Justice Empowerment and Minorities (Reservation Cell), Govt. of Punjab notification no. 01/24/2020/RC1/321 dated 15.09.2022, reservation to Vimukt Jati and Bazigars will be applicable as per instructions issued vide no. 1/3/98-RC1/948 dated 20.12.2001.

• Reservation to Ex-serviceman category candidates will be given as per Govt. of Punjab, Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms (Personnel policy branch), notification no.G.S.R 11/Const./Arts. 309, 234, and 318/82 dated 02.02.1982 and GoP Department of Defence Services Welfare (Defence              welfare Branch) G.S.R 37/Const./Arts. 309,234,and318/Amd/11/2019 dated 14.10.2019 and amendments if any (Annexure-C). It should be noted that as per Punjab Recruitment of Ex- Servicemen Rules, 1982, preference shall be given to Ex- servicemen/Self and SC/BC (Ex-servicemen/Self) category candidate over Ex-servicemen/Dependent and SC/BC Ex-servicemen/Dependent category candidate.

(Note: As per Pb. Govt. Letter No. 15/25/2001-4DW/1591 dated 21.05.2002, an Ex-serviceman is allowed the benefit of Reservation for the second time and even thereafter in subsequent recruitments in accordance with the provisions of these Rules).

“Provided that where an Ex-serviceman is not available for recruitment against a reserved vacancy, such a vacancy shall be reserved to be filled in by recruitment of the wife or one dependent child of an Ex-serviceman, who has neither been recruited against a reserved vacancy under these rules;

“Provided further that the wife or the dependent child of the ex-serviceman shall be recruited against the reserved vacancy subject to the conditions that: –

• he or she possesses the prescribed qualifications and is within the prescribed age limits;
  • he or she is not already in service;
  • 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;

Explanation: For the purpose of 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.”

• Reservation to Persons with disability will be given as per ‘THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY ACT 2016’ and as per instructions issued vide No. 1/1/2017-3DC/1588894/1 dt 03.10.2019 by, Department of Social Security and Women and Child Development, Govt. of Punjab (Annexure-D). According to Section 2 (r) of The Rights of Person with Disabilities Act, 2016, “Person with Benchmark disability” means a person with not less than 40% of a specified disability. Only those persons with “Benchmark disabilities” and Punjab domicile would be eligible for reservation in the Persons with Disability category.

• As per Govt. of Punjab letter no. 1/3/2019-RC1/120 dated 28.05.2019 and letter no. 1/3/2019-RCI/700 dated 30.10.2020, 10% reservation has been provided to residents of Punjab belonging to (EWSs) Economically Weaker Sections (whose family income is less than Rs. 8.00 lacs per annum) who are not covered under the existing scheme of reservation for Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes. Reservation of EWS category will be governed by Govt. of Punjab notification no.1/3/2019-RC1/196 dated 18.03.2021.(Annexure-E)

• As per clause 6.2 of Principal Secy., Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities (Reservation Cell), Govt. of Punjab letter no. 1/3/2019-RCI/700 dated 30.10.2020 for EWS category candidates, it is mandatory to produce ‘Income and Asset Certificate’ showing gross annual income of his/her family for financial year 2022-23 which must be valid for the financial year 2023-24.

• The category-wise final merit shall be prepared based on the marks secured in Part-2 of Computer based test only (except for Sports person category candidates whose final merit shall be prepared by the O/o Director/Sports, Punjab as per Sports gradation policy no. 47/26/83-5Edu./2036 dated 10.12.1997 and Punjab Recruitment of Sportsman Rules, 1988 with applicable amendments, if any. The O/o 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 as valid Certificate for claim of reservation under the Sports Person, Punjab Category). After the process of document checking of candidates of Sportsperson category qualified in the online exam, their Sports Gradation certificates will be sent to the O/o Director/Sports, Punjab for verification and for issue of final list of Sports persons. Further, if two or more candidates have secured same marks in Part-2 of Computer based test, then their relative merit shall be determined by their age where higher age candidate shall be placed at higher merit.

(xi) Reservation Certificates shall be as per instructions mentioned in Table Below:

Category	Certificate
EWS (Economically Weaker Section)	Certificate as per the instructions of the concerned department of Govt, of Punjab.
SC/BC (Scheduled         Caste/ Backward Class)	Certificate as per the instructions of the concerned department of Govt, of Punjab.
XSM (Ex-servicemen/Self)	Ex-servicemen Certificate submitted by Self should be duly issued by the concerned District Sainik Welfare Officer, Govt. of Punjab.
XSM (Ex-servicemen/ Dependent)	Lineal Descendant Certificate duly issued by the concerned District Sainik Welfare Officer, Govt. of Punjab.
FF (Freedom Fighter)	The requisite certificate issued by the Deputy Commissioner of the concerned district as per the instructions of the Govt. of Punjab.
SP (Sports person)	A relevant Sports gradation Certificate as issued by Director Sports Department, Punjab.
PWD (Person with disability)	The PWD certificate with permanent disability shall be issued by Civil Surgeon of Govt. of Punjab. For PWD candidates who are applying for this post shall be given the reservation to the extent of disability allowed as per lists of posts identified by Pb. Govt. Please refer Annexure ‘A’

• Candidates must produce original reservation related certificate (as per their category mentioned in online application form) at the time of document checking.

5.0  Scheme of Examination ;

The Govt. of Punjab vide Notification, The Punjab Civil Services (General and Common Conditions of Service) Rule, 2022, No.G.S.R.72/Const/Art.309 /Amd. (22)/2022 dated 28.10.2022 has notified as under:

“Provided that no person shall be appointed to any post in Group- `C’ service unless he has passed a qualifying test of Punjabi Language equivalent to Matriculation standard with at least fifty per cent marks, to be conducted by respective recruitment agencies in addition to competitive examination. The test of Punjabi Language shall be a mandatory qualifying test and failure to secure a minimum of fifty per cent marks in Punjabi Language will disqualify the candidate for being considered in the final merit list of candidates to be selected irrespective of their scores or marks in other papers of the respective exam.”

Based on the above instructions, the recruitment Computer based online test will consist of two parts, Part-I and part-II as under:

Sr. No.	Topic	No. of questions
Part-I (Qualifying test of Punjabi language)
1	Knowledge of Punjabi Language	50 Questions
Part-II
1	Questions related to the concerned discipline of the post applied. (Technical Question)	50 Questions
2	Punjabi language Knowledge	20 Questions
3	General Knowledge	10 Questions
4	Reasoning	10 Questions
5.	Arithmetic	10 Questions

• The test of Punjabi Language (Part-I) will consist of 50 objective type questions (MCQ) and shall be a mandatory qualifying test and failure to secure a minimum of 50% marks (i.e. 25 marks) in Punjabi Language test (Part-I) will disqualify the candidate for being considered in the final merit list of candidates to be selected for document checking irrespective of their scores or marks in Part-II of the online test.
• Part-II of Online exam will be bilingual (English/Punjabi) except Punjabi language questions which will be only in Punjabi Language. Thus, during online examination candidates will have the option to choose language (English/Punjabi) of examination and the Part-II question paper will consist of 100 objective type questions (MCQ).
• All the multiple-choice questions will carry one mark for each correct answer.

There will be no negative marking.

• The exam would be of 3 hours (180 minutes) duration.
• The tentative syllabus for online written exam will be uploaded on website in due course.

5.1  Minimum qualifying marks in Part-II:

General Category candidates:                                      25% Reserve Category candidates:                                      20%

1. Reserve category candidate includes Economical Weaker Section, Scheduled Caste, Backward Class, Ex-Serviceman, Freedom Fighter, Sports person & Person with Disability candidates.

• If two or more candidates secure same marks, then their relative merit shall be determined by their age where higher age candidates shall be placed at higher merit.

5.2 Normalization:

Normalization means adjusting values measured on different scales to a notionally common scale.

Need for Normalization in Exam

Exam pertaining for a particular post/course could be spread across multiple shifts which will have different question paper for each shift. The normalization is to be done by considering the difficulty level of each set, since the questions may be different in different sets and difficulty level of a particular set may be different from other sets.

Hence the normalization of scores needs to be carried out for all the candidates who had written the exam, across shifts for the same post/course.

Normalization Method

The following has to be calculated for every shift for all the candidates who have written the exam for the same post:

1. Average score for each Shift

Xav = total marks scored by candidates in a shift divided by no. of candidates in the shift.

• Standard Deviation of score for each Shift. Standard Deviation is a measure that is used to quantify the amount of variation of a set of data values:

N       = Number of candidates

X       = Raw score of candidates

L       = Total Raw score for all candidates in a shift

Xav = Average which is total marks divided by no. of candidates. x       = Raw Score of Candidate – Simple Average (X-Xav)

Standard Deviation(S)=(∑x²)/N

Normalization Formula

Normalized Score for each candidate (Xn) = Xn = (S2 / S1) * (X – Xav) + Yav

Is the SD of the shift with the Highest Average Score taken as Base for normalization (Criteria for choosing the base for normalization is generally taken as the shift with ‘Highest Average’ of raw scores)

Standard Deviation for the corresponding shift (to be scaled to S2)

Raw score of a candidate

Simple average of the Shift

Average corresponding to shift with highest Average (taken as Base for normalization)

• Criteria for choosing the base for normalization is generally taken as the shift with ‘Highest Average’ of raw scores. Only exception is made if this shift (with highest average) has far less number of candidates as compared to other shifts. In that case we take the next shift with ‘highest Average’ as base for normalization.

• 70% of the average attendance is the limit. Any value below this should not be considered for the base.

6.0  ABOUT THE ONLINE TEST: –

1. The information regarding the online test (admit card, date & time of exam etc.) will be made available on website www.pspcl.in from time to time.   The online test is tentatively scheduled to be held at any Centre in Punjab which will be intimated while sending/uploading the admit card through PSPCL website (www.pspcl.in). The test Centre will be allotted by PSPCL while sending/uploading the admit card and no change of test Centre will be permissible. The exact date, time and venue of the online test and information regarding dispatch/uploading of e-Admit Cards to the candidates, with instructions of the test will be made available prior to the date of the test by email and on website of PSPCL.
2. Firstly, the admit cards with particulars of the candidates except test center will be uploaded atleast 7 days before the date of exam. Final admit card with test center shall be made available at least 3 days before the date of exam.
3. After conduct of the online test, the question paper-cum-answer key will be displayed on PSPCL’s website (www.pspcl.in) and notice will be issued, wherein, if a candidate have any objection on the answers displayed on website, then he/she can file objection regarding the same as per guidelines in the notice. On the basis of objections received, the question/answer keys will be reviewed by the expert committee and final merit shall be prepared accordingly. Normalization formula, as & if applicable, will also be applied on the merit list prepared after reviewing of the objections. The decision taken by expert committee shall be final.

7.0 Merit:

1. The merit list of candidates who qualifies in Part-I of exam shall be prepared on the basis of marks scored only in Part-II of online exam and only those candidates shall be considered in merit list who scores minimum qualifying marks in Part-II of online exam as mentioned above.
2. In case online exam is conducted in a single shift, result/final merit list shall be prepared on the basis of actual marks secured by the candidate in online examination.
3. It is informed that online exam conducted for a particular post could be spread across multiple shifts which will have different question paper for each shift. As such normalization (as above) will be done in order to neutralize the effect of difference in difficulty level of each set of papers in different shifts. The final merit list will be prepared on the basis of marks worked out after normalization in case exam is conducted in multiple shifts. Thus, raw marks may vary with normalized marks in the final merit list.
4. The category-wise final merit shall be prepared based on the marks secured in Part-2 of Computer based test only except for Sports person category candidates whose final merit shall be prepared by the O/o Director/Sports, Punjab as per Sports gradation policy no. 47/26/83-5Edu. /2036 dated 10.12.1997 and Punjab Recruitment of Sportsman Rules, 1988 with applicable amendments, if any. The O/o 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 as valid Certificate for claim of reservation under the Sports Person, Punjab Category). After the process of document checking of candidates of Sportsperson category qualified in the online exam, their Sports Gradation certificates will be sent to the O/o Director/Sports, Punjab for verification and for issue of final list of Sports persons.
5. Further, if two or more candidates have secured same marks in Part-2 of Computer based test, then their relative merit shall be determined by their age where higher age candidate shall be placed at higher merit.

8.0  Document checking process:

On the basis of result/merit list, candidates who qualify in online examination shall be called for document checking. Candidates must produce original documents/certificates before the document checking committee wherein their fulfillment of eligibility criteria w.r.t. to qualification, age, reservation etc. as per CRA shall be checked and the original documents shall be returned to the candidates on the same day after checking. However, the candidates must

submit one photocopy of all the documents, duly self-attested, to the document checking committee. The date of document checking shall be notified through registered e-mail IDs (as mentioned by the candidate in his/her online application form) and on PSPCL’s website (www.pspcl.in) only. Thus, candidates are advised to mention their email IDs very carefully and to visit the PSPCL site frequently.

Note:

1. It is further clarified that mere calling of any candidate for document checking doesn’t entitle him/her for selection/appointment to the said post.
2. Candidate shall be notified about the date of document checking through Registered E-mail ID (as mentioned by the candidate in his/her online application form) and on PSPCL’s website (www.pspcl.in) only. In case candidate does not appear on the 1stscheduled date, then 2nd chance (final chance) would be given to such candidate and in case he/she again fails to appear for document checking even on 2nd chance (final chance), then no further chance would be given & his/her candidature shall be cancelled/forfeited without any further notice.
3. Candidate has to himself/herself appear for the process of document checking. Nobody on candidate’s behalf can appear in the document checking. In case candidate himself/herself fails to appear before the document checking committee within stipulated time, then his/her candidature will be cancelled/forfeited without any further notice.

9.0   Offer of appointment/Joining: –

The successful candidates qualified in the online test and have successfully completed the process of document checking relating to the various qualifications and eligibility criteria such as age, academic qualification, passing of Punjabi language & certificates in respect of reservation etc. and found eligible after checking of his/her documents, shall be considered on the selection panel.

Note:

1. The candidature of a candidate will be rejected without any notice if any information, certificate or document provided by the candidate is found to be wrong/fake/fictitious/forged or bogus or does not meet with the eligibility criteria(s) as mentioned in the CRA. The candidate must acquire the requisite qualification upto the last date of submission of online application and shall produce proof for the same. Candidate, who fails to do so even if he/she has qualified the online exam shall not be considered and no relaxation shall be given in this regard.
   1. The offer of appointment, for the number of posts to be filled, shall be issued by the appointing authority to the candidates brought on the selection panel.

1. Those candidates who has been issued appointment letter shall be given 21 days to join the services of PSPCL. In case, candidate does not report for joining on scheduled date, then final/last notice of 21 days will be given to such candidates. In case, any candidate fails to join PSPCL within stipulated time period, his/her appointment letter shall be cancelled automatically without any further notice.

1. Candidate has to deposit all his/her original documents at the time of joining in the office of appointing authority for getting the same verified by appointing authority.

• Validity of selection panels for above said posts will be one year from the date of approval of 1st selection panel by the competent authority. After the expiry of validity of panel, waiting list shall cease to exist and candidates in waiting list will not be considered for selection. Even if document checking process of a candidate has been completed, he/she will not be considered for selection/issuance of appointment letter after expiry of validity of panel as mere calling of any candidate for document checking doesn’t entitle him/her for selection/appointment to the said post.

• Candidates working in Government/Semi-Government or Cooperative organizations shall have to submit “No objection certificate” from their organization after resigning and before joining PSPCL.

10.0             Training: –

PSPCL may depute the selected candidates to undergo training at Technical Training Institute, PSPCL, Patiala or any other institute in India.

11.0       ACTION AGAINST MISCONDUCT:

1. Candidates are advised in their own interest that they should not furnish any particulars that are false, tampered, fabricated, or should not suppress any material information while filling up the online application.

11.2               At any stage of recruitment, if a candidate is or has been found guilty of

• Using unfair means during the examination.
  • Impersonating or procuring impersonation by any person.
  • Misbehaving in the examination hall or taking away/destroying damaging any equipment or any other things in the examination hall.
  • Resorting to any irregular/unfair means in connection with his/her candidature during selection process.
  • Obtaining support for his/her candidature by any means.

• Apart    from    above,    any    other    unfair   means    relating   to   Conduct   of Examination or any other relevant matter.

Such candidates in addition to rendering himself/herself liable to criminal prosecution may also be liable to be:

• Disqualified from the examination hall.
  • Debarred either permanently or for a specified period from any examination/recruitment.
  • Mobile-phone/Cellphone/Hand-bag/Purse/ Non-Electronics instrument Electronics/Ornaments/Goods/Articles etc. are strictly not allowed and are banned in the examination complex.

1. Candidates are advised to bring only Admit Card, Photo Identity Card. Frisking will be done at entry point and during the exam. PSPCL or Examination Centre will not be responsible for keeping custody of any of prohibited items & the candidate shall be solely responsible for its safe custody outside the examination complex. Candidates should, therefore, read these instructions carefully and follow them strictly. If any of the candidates is found/possessing any of the prohibited items inside the examination hall, he/she shall be straightaway debarred from examination on the spot, apart from action as per law may also be initiated against him/her.

12.0       OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS: –

1. On successful registration of online application, candidates are advised not to attempt for re-registration for the same post since multiple registration number and password may create problem for candidates in future.

• Admit card for online test, containing the details of the Centre/venue for the examination etc. will be sent to the candidates at their registered e-mail ID. The candidates are required to take a printout of their admit card. Candidate can also download their admit card from the PSPCL website using their registration number and the password. Candidates will not be allowed to enter the examination hall without valid admit card.

• Candidates in their own interest are advised, not to wait till the last date & time and register their application well within the time. PSPCL shall not be held responsible, if the candidates are not able to submit their application due to last time rush.

• PSPCL does not assume any responsibility for the candidates not being able to submit their applications within the last date on account of the aforesaid reasons or for any other reason whatsoever.

• Candidates are also advised to keep copy of application form, payment slip and e-admit card with them for reference and record.

• Please note that the above procedure is the only valid procedure for applying. No other mode of application shall be accepted.

• Candidates serving in Govt./Quasi Govt. offices, public sector undertakings are required to submit “No objection Certificate” from their employer at the time of Joining, failing which their candidature may not be considered.

h.     Candidate should note that his/her candidature is purely “PROVISIONAL” subject to fulfillment of eligibility after document checking. Mere issue of admit card/passing of online examination will not imply that his/her candidature has been finally cleared by the PSPCL. Before submitting the application, the candidate must ensure that he/she fulfills all the eligibility criteria as laid down in this advertisement or amendments, if any, issued subsequently.

1. Candidates should only submit their application online and they are not required to send hard copy of online application form or any certificate to PSPCL separately.

• The decision of the PSPCL about the mode of selection to the post and eligibility conditions shall be final and binding. No correspondence will be entertained in this regard.

• No TA/DA will be paid for the journeys performed for the online test/document checking/counseling etc.

• Candidates are requested to mention their sub-category viz-a-viz Caste in online application form.

• All information including qualifications, category, age etc. declared by the candidate in their application is presumed to be correct subject to its checking conducted by documenting checking committee later-on in respect of those eligible candidates who may be called for document checking before their appointment for joining PSPCL. There is no mechanism to verify the information/data during the online application. If, at any stage (during document checking before issue of appointment letter or even after his/her joining the PSPCL), any information of the candidate is found to be wrong forged/fictitious/bogus, the candidature of such candidate will be cancelled ab initio and action will be taken against him/her according to law.

• Only those Government employees, if selected shall be eligible to be issued appointment letters who are certified by the Head of the Department as not having any pending disciplinary proceedings or undergoing punishment under Punjab Civil Services (Punishment & Appeal) Rules-1970, or any other applicable rules, as the case may be, not undergoing any trial/prosecution or any other material disqualification in terms of integrity and professional misconduct and necessary NOC should be obtained from the Head of the Department.
• The selected candidates will be governed by PSPCL Rules & Regulations amended from time to time.

• In case the candidate fails to deposit the requisite fee, his/her application shall stand automatically cancelled/rejected and shall not be considered for further processing.