Andhra Bank Recruitment 2009(Probationary Officers, Clerks, Technical Officer)

Andhra Bank a leading Public Sector Bank invites applications from Indian citizens for the following posts.

Candidates are requested to apply on–line through Bank’s website www.andhrabank.in No other means /mode of application will be accepted.

Where the candidates are making payment by way of Demand Draft UNLESS THE COMPUTER PRINTOUT IS RECEIVED BY ORDINARY POST ALONG WITH DEMAND DRAFT/PAY ORDER WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND RELEVANT ENCLOSURES BEFORE THE SPECIFIED DATE, THE ON-LINE REGISTRATION will NOT BE VALID.

Last Date For Online Registration 07.05.2009

1. Posts :

Post Code	Name of the Post	Grade	No. of Vacancies	Age as on 01.04.2009
				Min	Max
1	Probationary Officers	JMGS-I	295	21 yrs	30 yrs
2	Technical Officers	JMGS-I	15	21 yrs	30 yrs
3	Officer-HR	JMGS-I	15	21 yrs	30 yrs
4	Security Officers	MMGS-II	11	21 yrs	33 yrs
5	Chartered accountants	MMGS-II	12	21 yrs	33 yrs
6	Marketing Associates (On Contractual Basis – Junior Level)		100	21 yrs	25 yrs
7	Clerks		550	18 yrs	28 yrs

1.1 Pay scale, allowances and perquisites:

Grade/Cadre	Pay Scale	Approximate total monthly emoluments inclusive of Basic, DA,CCA,HRA etc., at the start of the scale at metropolitan centres
Officers in JMGS I	Rs.10000– Rs.18240	Rs.16,200/-
Officers in MMGS II	Rs.13820 –19920	Rs20, 500/-
Clerks	Rs.4410 –13210	Rs.7,200/-(including Graduation .increments)

Officers are also eligible for other benefits like furniture, Leased Accommodation in lieu of HRA, Medical Aid, and Reimbursement of hospitalisation expenses, L F C etc

1.2 Reservation in posts

Post Code	Name of the Post	Grade	No .of Posts	Reservation particulars
				SC	ST	OBC	UR	PWD
1	Probationary Officers	JMGS-I	295	46	39 Back Log- 16 Current Reservation- 23	83	157	14 Backlog-4 (VI-3 OC-1) Current-10 (VI-5 OC-5)
2	Technical Officers	JMGS-I	15
3	Officers-HR	JMGS-I	15
4	Security Officers	MMGS-II	11	3	3	5	12	3 (VI-2OC-1)
5	Chartered Accountants	MMGS-II	12
6	Marketing Associates (On Contractual Basis- Junior Level)		100	15	7	27	51	3 (VI-2OC-1)

* The Backlog vacancies are to be treated as a distinct entity

1.3 State-wise vacancies for Marketing Associates (On Contractual Basis- Junior Level) posts

S No	State	No of Vacancies
1	Karnataka	5
2	Orissa	5
3	Tamilnadu	6
4	Kerala	2
5	West Bengal	4
6	Gujarat	2
7	Uttar Pradesh	2
8	Rajasthan	2
9	Delhi	2
10	Punjab	2
11	Maharashtra	4
12	Madhya Pradesh	2
13	Andhra Pradesh	62
	TOTAL	100

1.3 State-wise vacancies for clerical posts with Reservation

1.4 RESERVATIONS 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 / union territory-wise as indicated above. A candidate can apply for a vacancy in only one state / union territory and should be willing to be initially posted at any place in that state / Union Territory and serve for a minimum period of 5 years in that state/Union Territory. Further the knowledge of local language is essential.

The candidate will have to appear for the written test from an examination centre specified for that particular state / Union Territory only, and the examination call letter will be issued accordingly. No change in the state / union territory applied for & 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 etc.) to which they belong.

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

ABBREVIATIONS & DEFINITIONS:

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 – Orthopaedic ally Challenged;
• HI - Hearing Impaired.
• VI - Visually impaired (Blind / Partially Blind / Low Vision).

(ii) An Orthopaedic ally 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): Blindness refers to 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.
3. 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 without availing relaxations in any manner.

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 scribeis used, the following rules will apply:

1. The candidate will have to arrange his/her own scribe at his/her own cost.
2. For the post of Technical Officer (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 2009 (Probationary Officers, Clerks, Technical Officer)