Andhra Bank Recruitment 2008 - Pay Scale

1.1 Pay scale, allowances and perquisites :

Officers are also eligible for other benefits like furniture, Leased Accommodation in lieu of HRA, Medical Aid,Re-imbursment of hospitalisation expences, L F C etc

1.2 Reservation in posts

1.3 State-wise vacancies for clerical posts with Reservation

1.4 Reservatio for EX-SM and PWD for Clerical Posts.

The number of vacancies as also the number of reserved vacancies is provisional and may vary according to actual requirements of the Bank

The recruitment of clerks will be state-wise as indicated above. A candidate can apply for a vacancy in only one state and should be willing to be initially posted at any place in that state.

Further the knowledge of local language is essential. He / She will have to appear for the written test from an examination centre specified for that particular state only, and the examination call letter will be issued accordingly.

No change in the state applied for and or examination centre will be permitted after submission of the application form.

The reservation for Persons with disabilities and Ex - Servicemen is on horizontal basis.

The selected candidates will be placed in the appropriate category viz., SC, ST, OBC, General. to which they belong.

Bank reserves the right to fill up the posts to the extent of requirement.

1.5. Notes: Abbrevations & Defenitions:

i) Category of Persons :

• GEN (UR): General (Unreserved)
• SC: Scheduled Caste;
• ST: Scheduled Tribe;
• OBC: Other Backward Classes
• XSM: Ex-Servicemen
• PWD: Persons With Disabilities (Physically Challenged Persons) are:
• OC: Orthopaedically Challenged;
• HI: Hearing Impaired.
• VI: Visually Impaired (Blind / Partially Blind / Low Vision).

ii) An Orthopaedically Challenged (OC) person is one having a minimum of 40% physical defect or deformity which causes interference with the normal functioning of the bones, muscles and joints and is so certified by a Medical Board appointed by the State Government.

iii) Visually Impaired

(VI) A. Visually Impaired means a person who suffers from either 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, Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degree or worse and so certified by a Medical Board appointed by the State Government.

B. A person with Low Vision means one with impairment of visual functioning even after treatment of standard refractive correction but who uses or is potentially capable of using vision for the planning or execution of a task with appropriate assisting device.

iv) Deaf & Hearing Impaired (HI) :

1. Deaf are those persons in whom the sense of hearing is non-functional for ordinary purposes of life, i.e. with total loss of hearing in both ears. They do not hear and understand sounds at all even with amplified speech.
2. Hearing impairment means loss of more than 60 decibels in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies.

In case of non-availability of reserved candidates in PWD category, Bank reserves its right to inter-change these sub-categories as per Government Directives.

It is clarified that it may not be possible to employ Persons With Disabilities in all Offices/Branches of the Bank and they will have to work in the post identified by the Bank as suitable for them.

Candidates belonging to reserved category including Persons With Disabilities, for which no reservation has been announced, are free to apply for vacancies announced for general category.

Whenever written examination is held, the blind candidates and candidates whose writing speed is affected by cerebral palsy can use own scribe at their cost during the written examination.

In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply :

1. The candidate will have to arrange his/her own scribe at his/her own cost.
2. For Information Technology Officers(JMGS-I), the scribe should be from academic discipline different from that of the candidate
3. The academic qualification of the scribe should be one grade lower than the stipulated eligibility criteria
4. The scribe should possess marks less than the candidate but in no case more than 60% in his own academic stream.
5. Both the candidate and the scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking, confirming that the scribe fulfils all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe as mentioned above. Further, in case it later transpires that he did not fulfil any of the laid down eligibility criteria or suppressed material facts, the candidature of the applicant would stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the written test.
6. Such candidates who use a scribe shall be eligible for extra time of 20 minutes for every hour of the examination.

Andhra Bank Recruitment 2008 - Pay Scale