Allahabad Bank Exam 2010 Eligibility

Nationality / Citizenship: A candidate must be either

1. A citizen of India, or
2. A subject of Nepal, or
3. Subject of Bhutan, or
4. A Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
5. A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv). & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility in Allahabad Bank has been issued by the Government of India.

A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the Allahabad Bank examination / interview conducted by the Allahabad Bank but on final selection the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificates has been issued to him by the Government of India.

Relaxation in Upper Age Limit for Allahabad Bank Recruitment:

Note:

1. The relaxation in upper age limit is cumulative as per Govt of India guidelines.
2. An ex-serviceman who has once joined a Government job on civil side after availing of the benefits given to him as an Ex-Serviceman for his re - employment, including a job in the Public Sector Undertaking ceases to enjoy ex-serviceman status for further employment.
3. All persons eligible for age relaxation under 2 (4) above must produce the domicile certificate at the time of interview, from the District Magistrate in the Kashmir Division within whose jurisdiction he / she had ordinarily resided or any other authority designated in this regard by the Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir, to the effect that the candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the state of Jammu & Kashmir during 1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989.
4. The children / Family members of those who died in the 1984 riots by 5 years. Persons eligible for age relaxation under this criterion must produce a certificate from the District Magistrate to the effect that they are eligible for relief in terms of the Rehabilitation Package for 1984 Riot Affected Persons sanctioned by the Government and communicated vide Ministry of Finance, Dept. of Financial Services communication No.F.No.9/21/2006-IR dated 27.07.2007.
5. Above relaxations are available only if the candidates fulfill the various conditions prescribed in the Govt. of India orders and instructions in this regard. To claim relaxation in age, fees etc. reserved category candidates should submit a copy of the relevant certificate in support of his / her claim at the time Pre - examination training and / or interview.

Definition: Physically Challenged Persons (PC)

Definition of Categories of Disabilities:

An Orthopaedically Challenged (OC) person is one suffering from Locomotor Disability or Cerebral Palsy. Persons who suffer from not less than 40% of relevant disability (as certified by a Medical Board appointed by the Center / State Govt) would be eligible for reservation in services / posts.

Locomotor Disability means disability of the bones, joints or muscles leading to substantial restriction of the movement of the limbs or any form of cerebral palsy.

Cerebral Palsy means a group of non progressive conditions of a person characterized by abnormal motor control posture resulting from brain insult or injuries occurring in the pre - natal, peri -natal, or infant period of development.

Deaf & Hearing Impaired (HI): The deaf are those persons in whom the sense of hearing is non - functional for ordinary purposes of life i.e. total loss of hearing in both ears. They do not hear, understand sounds at all even with amplified speech. Hearing impairment means loss of sixty decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies.

Visually Impaired (VI): The visually impaired persons are those suffering from blindness or low vision.

Blindness - refers to a condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions:

1. Total absence of sight.
2. Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses.
3. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degree or worse.

Person with low vision - means a person with impairment of visual functioning even after treatment or standard refractive correction, but who uses or is potentially capable of using vision for the planning or execution of a task with appropriate assistive device.

The visually impaired candidates and candidates whose writing speed is affected by cerebral palsy can use their own scribe at their cost during the Allahabad Bank written examination. In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply:

The candidate will have to arrange his / her own scribe at

1. His / her own cost.
2. The academic qualification of the scribe should be one grade lower than the stipulated eligibility criteria for Allahabad Bank Recruitment.
3. The scribe can be from any academic discipline for Probationary Officers Recruitment, while for Agriculture Field Officers Recruitment the scribe should be from a discipline different that of the candidate. The scribe should possess 60% or lesser marks.
4. Both the candidate as well as the scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking, confirming that the scribe fulfills all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe as mentioned above. Further, in case, it later transpires that he / she did not fulfill any of the laid down eligibility criteria or suppresses material facts, the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the Allahabad Bank written examination.
5. Such candidates who use a scribe shall be eligible for extra time of 20 minutes for every hour of the Allahabad Bank examination.

Allahabad Bank Recruitment 2010 Eligibility for PO & AFO