Recruitment to the post of Assistant Director of Textiles in Class-II (Group-B) of Orissa Textiles and Sericulture Service (Textile Cadre) under the Textiles & Handloom Department

ADVERTISEMENT No.11 OF 2008-2009 (SHORT)

WEBSITE – http://opsc.nic.in.

THE LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATION 30^th APRIL, 2009 BY 5.00 P.M.

WARNING: Applications received incomplete in any respect are liable to be summarily rejected.

No correspondence on that score will be entertained.

1. Applications in the prescribed form are invited from prospective candidates for recruitment to 1(one) post of Assistant Director of Textiles in Class-II (Group-B) of Orissa Textiles and Sericulture Service (Textile Cadre) under the Textiles & Handloom Department in the pay scale of Rs.6500-200-10500/- with usual Dearness Allowances as may be sanctioned by the Government of Orissa from time to time. The post is temporary and likely to continue.

2. VACANCY POSITION :

Category No. of post

Un-reserved -- 1(One)

3. AGE : A candidate shall not ordinarily be below 21 (Twenty-one) years and above 32 (thirty-two) years of age on the 1^st August, 2009. The upper age limit is relaxable by 3(three) years for candidates belonging to Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (S.E.B.C.), by 5 (five) years for candidates, who belong to the categories of SC/ST, Women and eligible Ex-Servicemen and by 10(ten) years for Physically Handicapped candidates. The maximum age limit will be 50 (fifty) years in case of in-service candidate belonging to Textiles branch under the Director of Textiles, Orissa.

Provided that a person, who comes under more than one category mentioned above, shall be eligible for only one age relaxation benefit which shall be considered most beneficial to him/her.

SAVE AS PROVIDED ABOVE THE AGE LIMITS PRESCRIBED CAN IN NO CASE BE RELAXED.

Date of birth entered in the High School Certificate or equivalent Certificate issued by the concerned Board/Council will be accepted by the Commission. No other document relating to age like horoscope, affidavit, birth extracts from Municipal Corporation, Service records and the like will be accepted.

4. QUALIFICATION :

A candidate must have obtained –

(a) Degree in Textile Technology, Spinning and Weaving from a recognized Institution or Textile Chemistry.

OR

(b) Diploma in Textile Technology/Handloom Technology from a recognized Institution with minimum practical experience of three years in the Spinning/Weaving Department of a Textile Mill or Handloom Industry or under the State Government.

5. HOW TO APPLY : (a) (i) Application Form : For details please see the Long Advertisement, which can be obtained along with the prescribed Application Form from the Office of the Special Secretary, Orissa Public Service Commission, 19, Dr. P.K. Parija Road, Cuttack-753001. personally between 11.00 A.M. & 1.30 P.M. and 2.00 P.M. & 4.00 P.M. on any working day on cash payment of Rs.30/- (Rupees thirty) only or by Registered Post on remittance of Rs.55/- (Rupees fifty-five) only by Money Order. Full name and address of the candidate, and name of the Post/Service must be specified in the Money-Order coupon in BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS.

(ii) If Money-Order from any candidates for supply of prescribed Application Form is not received in the office of the O.P.S.C. before 10 (Ten) days from the last date for receipt of applications, the same shall not be accepted and accordingly no Application Form will be supplied to such candidates by Registered Post;

(iii) The candidates may also download the Prescribed Application Form and copy of Long Advertisement from the Website of the O.P.S.C., i.e. http://opsc.nic.in. The General and S.E.B.C. candidates downloading the Application Form will be required to pay Rs.130/- (Rs.30/- for prescribed Application Form + Rs.100/- towards Examination Fee) only in shape of Indian Postal Order/Bank Draft/Pay Order/Treasury Challan as provided under Paragraph-10 of the Long Advertisement at the time of submission of Application Form. The S.C./S.T. candidates downloading the prescribed Application Form will be required to pay Rs.30/- towards prescribed Application Form only in shape of Indian Postal Order/Bank Draft/Pay Order/Treasury Challan, as the case may be, at the time of submission of Application Form. The S.C./S.T. candidates are, however, exempted from paying the Examination Fee.

(b) (i) Last date for receipt of applications : Candidates are required to send their applications in prescribed form by Registered Post/Speed Post/Courier Service to the Special Secretary, Orissa Public Service Commission, 19, Dr. P.K. Parija Road, Cuttack-753001. The Commission shall not take any responsibility if the application is not received in time. The candidates may also submit their applications in closed covers in the Office of Orissa Public Service Commission directly/personally on or before the last date of receipt of applications at the Reception Counter. The closed envelope containing the application must be superscribed “Application for Assistant Director of Textiles”. The candidates submitting their applications directly/personally at the Reception Counter of Orissa Public Service Commission will be given proper acknowledgement receipt.

6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF APPLICATIONS -

Immediately on receipt of Application Form of a candidate, the Acknowledgement Card (Post Card in case of download Application Form) submitted by him/her along with the Application Form, will be despatched by the Commission’s Office to him/her. The mere fact that a candidate’s application has been acknowledged by the Commission, does not mean that his/her candidature for the recruitment has been accepted by the Commission.

7. FACILITATION COUNTER –

In case of any guidance/information regarding application or candidature etc., candidates may contact the O.P.S.C. Facilitation Counter over Telephone No.95671-2304141/2305611 & Extn.128.

C U T T A C K SPECIAL SECRETARY

ORISSA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION,

DATED : 15.04.2009 CUTTACK