Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Bringing transparency in recruitment of constables and sub inspectors

CHANDIGARH, APRIL 18
The  Haryana Cabinet which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mr Manohar Lal here today approved amendment in Punjab Police Rules, 1934 so as to bring complete transparency in recruitment process of Constables and Sub Inspectors. 
          As per these rules, all vacancies in the rank of Constable and 50 percent of the total (both temporary and permanent) in the rank of Sub Inspector will be filled by direct recruitment through Haryana Staff Selection Commission. Three percent vacancies out of the vacancies to be filled up by direct recruitment will be filled up from outstanding sportspersons.
          The Haryana Staff Selection Commission may co-opt one or more technical experts such as serving or retired police officer (not below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police), psychologists, doctors, subject matter experts etc. from time to time, to assist them. These experts shall be persons of repute in their respective fields having minimum 10 years experience. The Commission shall be responsible for maintaining a computer-based Management Information System for managing the entire selection process including, inter alia, receiving the on-line applications, processing, keeping record of progress of each candidate throughout the selection process and preparing the result etc.
          The minimum height for male candidates for recruitment as constables would 170 centimeter for general category and 168 centimeter for eligible reserve categories. The chest should be 83 centimeter (un-expanded) and 87 centimeter (expanded). For female candidates, minimum height should be 158 centimeter for general category and 156 centimeter for eligible reserve categories.
Knowledge Test (80 % weightage) 
          All candidates shall have to undergo a Knowledge Test of 80 marks comprising of objective type, multiple choice questions. The Knowledge Test shall be of the objective type having 100 multiple choice questions of 0.80 marks each and of ninety minutes duration. It shall be held simultaneously for all eligible candidates. The medium of examination shall be Hindi except where the knowledge of English language of the candidates is to be tested.
          The test paper shall include questions on General studies, Agriculture, Animal husbandry, Reasoning, Current affairs, Numerical ability, General science, Aptitude, relevant field / trade etc. There shall be at least ten questions relating to computer basic knowledge. The standard of questions shall be as expected of an educated person having passed 10+2 examination of Board of School Education, Haryana for post of Constable and Graduation from a recognized University for post of Sub- Inspector.
          The question papers shall be prepared and got printed with utmost secrecy. There shall be more than one different series of same set of question paper and no two adjacent candidates in the examination hall shall have the same series of question papers to avoid copying. The answer sheets shall be designed for Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) scanning. Carbonless paper shall be used for duplicate answer sheets. 
          The candidates shall carry the duplicate copy with them after Knowledge Test is over. The process of distribution of sealed quest papers and Optical Mark Recognition sheets to various examination centers shall be decided by the Haryana Staff Selection Commission. The candidate shall also affix his thumb impression on the OMR sheet to avoid impersonation.
          As soon as Knowledge Test is over, the answer sheets collected from each examination centre shall be put in sealed covers. These covers shall be put in boxes and again sealed and carried over to the evaluation centre(s). The answer key shall be made public on the official website of the Haryana Staff Selection Commission after the test expeditiously. At the evaluation centre, the boxes containing answer sheets shall be opened only by a Committee nominated by the Haryana Staff Select Commission. The OMR answer sheets shall be scanned and the result saved in the database.
Physical Measurement Test: 
          Candidates, seven times the number of vacancies in each category shall be declared to have qualified the Knowledge Test. The candidates who qualified the Knowledge Test shall have to undergo Physical Measurement Test. To make the entire process of the Physical Measurement Test tamper proof, fair and impartial, standard digital measurement devices shall used to the extent possible, in a manner that the candidates are able to read their measurements on a digital display monitor. The result Physical Measurement Test shall be prepared by the Commission and display the same on its official website expeditiously.
Physical Screening Test:
          All candidates, who qualified the Physical Measurement Test shall put to a Physical Screening Test, which will be of only qualifying nature to judge their physical fitness and endurance. In case of Male, the candidates will have to cover 2.5 km distance in qualifying time of 11 minutes. The female candidates will have to cover one km in qualifying time of five minutes and ex-serviceman will have to cover one km in four minutes
Scrutiny of documents (8% weightage) 
          All candidates who have qualified the Physical Screening Test shall be called for scrutiny of documents. Candidate with higher education with Graduate degree shall get three marks; while, candidate with Post Graduate degree shall get total five marks. The candidate having NCC certificate of A, B or C, level shall get 01, 02 and 03 markes respectively or candidate having Haryana Cadet Corps Certificate of A or B level shall get 01 and 03 marks respectively.
Interview-cum-Personality Test (I-PT) (12% weightage):-
          Candidates twice the number of vacancies, who qualify the Physical Screening Test, shall be called for Interview-cum-Personality Test. The Interview test shall be of total 12 marks.

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