Bank of India Recruitment 2009 - Age Limit

The candidate should have completed a Minimum age of 18 years and should not have completed a Maximum age of 28 years as on 30.04.2009.

Relaxation in the upper age limit for reserved posts is available as follows:-

1. Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe candidates by 5 years.
2. Other Backward Classes candidates by 3 years.
3. Persons with Disability (PWD) by 10 years on cumulative basis. The cumulative age relaxation for PWD category candidates will therefore be (a) by 15 years (10 + 5) for SC/ST; (b) by 13 years (10 + 3) for OBC; and (c) by 10 years (0 + 10) for General Candidates, subject to such cumulative relaxation not taking the age of the candidate beyond 50 years as on 30.04.2009.
4. All persons who have ordinarily been domiciled in Kashmir Division of J & K State during 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989 by 5 years. Persons eligible for age relaxation under this criteria must produce, if selected for interview, the domicile certificate 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 Government of Jammu & Kashmir to the effect that the candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of J & K during 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989.
5. Widows, divorced women & women judicially separated from their husbands, who have not remarried- by 9 years i.e. Maximum Age of 37 years.
6. Ex-servicemen who fulfill the revised definition as laid down in Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms Notification No.36034/5/85/Estt(SCT) dated 27.10.1986, as amended from time to time, who have put in not less than 6 months continuous service in the Armed Forces shall be allowed the benefit of age relaxation by deducting the length of such service from his actual age and the resultant notional age does not exceed 36 years, subject to his not exceeding the Maximum Age of 50 years. The ‘ex-serviceman’ status for the purpose of re-employment in Government of an Ex-Serviceman ceases once he has joined a government job on the civil side on re-employment, after availing of the benefits given to him as an ex-serviceman.

Eligibility Criteria:

(i) Nationality / Citizenship:

A Candidate must be either

1. A Citizen of India or
2. A Subject of Nepal or
3. A Subject of Bhutan or
4. A Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st Jan. 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, Ethiopia 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 has been issued by the Goverment of India. A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination &/or interview but on final selection the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him by the Government of India.

(ii) Applications from serving employees:

Subject to their fulfilling the eligibility criteria, employees of Bank of India in the Subordinate Staff Cadre may also apply for the aforesaid posts.

Such candidates, if selected, shall resign from their present positions in the bank and re-join the Bank’s service afresh.

Bank of India Clerical Recruitment 2009 - Age Limit