HPPSC - Section officer Recruitment August 2024 - Notopedia

1. Read the advertisement carefully, Before you apply.

2. The candidates should apply online through the official link on or before 02 September 2024.

3. Keep your Documents whole, and at the time of submission check each document carefully.

4. Wherever an Application Fee is required for Submission of an Application, It Must be submitted on time, or else the Application will be rejected.

5. After successful submission of an application, it is required to have a copy of your application form, for further process.

6. For any other information, visit the official site.

General Instructions:

1. If any person with benchmark disability requires scribe/reader, having disability of 40% or more he/she has to request for the same in writing to the Commission alongwith copy of disability certificate issued by the competent authority atleast seven days prior to the screening test (Computer Based Test/ Offline Test) for the concerned post. such application will be entertained on merit and as per rules.

2. The candidates belonging to disabled categories are advised to claim their respective category only if the percentage of disability is 40% or more than this.

3. The applicant shall upload his/her latest photograph in the space provided in the application form. In case, photograph uploaded on the application of Preliminary examination is found different / varying to that of pasted on the Identity Card for appearing in the Main examination, the candidature of such candidates shall stand cancelled. Main examination, the Page 8 of 15 candidature of such candidates shall stand cancelled.

4. Generally Wards of Ex-serviceman erroneously apply against the post of Ex. Servicemen and choosing the code of ExServicemen of H.P. in the relevant Column of the Online Recruitment Application (ORA) resulting rejection of their candidature. Therefore, they shall write and choose the code of category(s) to which actually they belong and not select the code of Ex-Servicemen.

5. The Ex-servicemen candidates of H.P. must go through the relevant Rules and instructions of the reservation notified /issued by the H.P. Govt. from time to time in order to ensure their eligibility for admission to the aforesaid examination.

6. Reserved categories candidates are also required to go through the relevant instructions in order to ensure that they are eligible under the particular category(s).

7. Candidates are informed that as per Government of H.P. (in the Department of Personnel) notification No.Per (APB)B(15)-3/2022 dated 22-03-2023, the examinations conducted by the Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission willcome under the purview of Himachal Pradesh Prevention of Malpractice Act, 1984.

8. A candidate at any stage of examination /selection which shall include final selection and sending recommendation(s) thereof or during the course of examination or any selection process conducted or being conducted may in addition to rendering himself / herself liable to criminal prosecution under relevant laws (in the case of candidate already in service under Government, to disciplinary action and criminal prosecution under the appropriate rules and relevant laws) may be debarred from appearing in any written examination / Document verification/ Interview for a period not exceeding 15 years, or his candidature may be cancelled at the discretion of the Commission w.e.f. the date as may be decided by the Commission, if he or she is found to be guilty of the following: (i) obtaining / seeking support for his / her candidature whether in the Examination or Evaluation or Physical Test or Document verification or interview by any means; or (ii) impersonating; or (iii) procuring impersonation by any person; or (iv) submitting false/ fabricated documents or documents which have been tampered with; or (v) making statements which are incorrect or false or flouts any Instructions Guidelines, terms and condition, given in advertisements or instructions communicated in any manner or suppressing therein material information at any stage of selection; or (vi) resorting to the following means in connection with his / her candidature for the examination, namely: (a) obtaining copy of question paper through improper means; (b) finding out the particulars of the persons connected with secret work relating to the Examination; Evaluation, Physical Test and Interview /Document verification.

9. Influencing the Examiners; or (vii) using or attempting to use unfair means in the Examination Hall; or (viii) writing obscene matter or drawing obscene sketches in the scripts; or (ix) harassing, threatening or causing physical injury to the staff engaged in the conduct of Examination; Evaluation, Physical Test or Interview / Document Verification; or (x) violating any of the instructions given to the candidates in their admission card or other directives including oral instructions given by the centre supervisor /superintendent or other staff engaged in the conduct of Examination; Evaluation, Physical Test or Document Verification or interview; or (xi) misbehaving in the examination hall including tearing of the scripts, provoking fellow examinees to boycott Examination, Evaluation, Physical Test or document verification or interview, creating a disorderly scene and the like; or (xii) being in possession of or using mobile phone, pager, scanner or any electronic equipment or device or any other equipment capable of being used as a communication device during the examination /document verification; evaluation or physical Test or interview; or (xiii) being debarred earlier on the above mentioned grounds by the Union Public Service Commission or any State Public Service Commission or any other government department / recruiting agency including this Commission. (xiv) attempting to commit or, as the case may be, abetting the Commission of all or any of the acts specified in the foregoing clauses; Provided that no penalty under this Rule shall be imposed except after:- (a) giving the candidate an opportunity of making such representation in writing as he/she may wish to make in that behalf; and (b) taking into consideration the representation, if any, submitted by the candidate within the period allowed to him/ her. Page 9 of 15 Provided further that the order of debarring or cancellation of candidature shall be passed only after the Commission has considered the matter and approved the proposed punishment of debarring the candidate or cancellation of his / her candidature.

10. If any candidate appears in the Screening Test on the centre other than the allotted centre, his / her candidature will be rejected straightway and no correspondence will be entertained in the matter.

11. The number of vacancies to be filled in on the basis of this Screening Test may increase or decrease.

12. Contract/Casual/adhoc/ daily rated/ work charged employees do not need to produce NOC from the concerned employer. The candidates who are in Government service (regular service) may apply to the Commission alongwith requisite examination fees with information to their Head of Departments / Employer for issuing NOC. Any candidates, who are in regular Government Service or Government owned Industrial service, will not be allowed to participate in the process of Personality Test/document verification unless he/she produces NOC from the concerned employer.

13. It may be ensured by the candidates before submitting the applications that furnishing of false information and documents or suppression of any factual information in the application form would entail disqualification. If the fact that false information / document(s) has been furnished or that there has been suppression of any factual information in the application; comes to the notice at any time during the service of a person, his service would be liable to be terminated.