Reserve Bank of India Services Board - General Instructions

9) RBI Services Board General Rules / Instructions:

i) If A Candidate Is Eligible And Desires To Apply For More Than One Post, He Should Make A Separate Appropriate Application For Each Post With Requisite Fee. A Single Application For More Than One Post Shall Be Treated As Invalid.

ii) App. Not Accompanied By Prescribed Fees (Unless Exempted) Or Incomplete/Not In The Prescribed Format Will Be Rejected And No Correspondence In This Regard Will Be Entertained By The Board.

iii) Candidates Should Not Enclose Any Certificates Or Copies Thereof With The App. Their Candidature Will Be Considered On The Strength Of The Information Declared In The App. If At Any Stage It Is Found That Any Information Furnished In The App. Is False/Incorrect Or If According To The Board, The Candidate Does Not Satisfy The Eligibility Criteria, His Candidature/Appointment Is Liable To Be Cancelled/Terminated.

iv) All Educational Qualifications Must Have Been Obtained From Recognised Universities/Institutions In India Or Abroad. If Grades Are Awarded Instead Of Marks, Candidates Should Clearly Indicate Its Numerical Equivalent.

v) Candidates Should Satisfy Themselves About Their Eligibility For The Posts Applied For. The Board Would Admit To The 'We' All The Candidates Applying For These Posts With The Requisite Fee (Wherever Applicable) On The Basis Of Their Information Furnished In The App. And Shall Determine Their Eligibility Only At The Final Stage I.E. While Calling Them For Interview.

vi) Candidates already in service of Govt./Quasi-Govt. Organisations and Public Sector Banks /Undertakings will have to produce a "No Objection Certificate' from their employer, at the time of Interview. However, before appointment in RBI, a proper discharge certificate from the employer will have to be produced. If the App. is required to be routed through the employer and in the process it reaches the Board's Office after the due date, it will not be considered even though the applicant submitted the app. to the employer before the due date. In such cases, App. marked 'Advance Copy' should be sent to the Board's Office direct, together with fee and the regular copy (without fee) should be routed directly through the employer.

vii) Candidates will have to appear for the 'WE' at their expense. However, candidates called for Interview, will be reimbursed to and fro actual First Class/II AC railway fare by the shortest route from the place of their residence/place of work to the place of Interview whichever is nearer.

viii) In all correspondence with the Board, Roll No. indicated in the 'AL' must be quoted.

ix) Board does not furnish the mark-sheet to candidates. However, the Phase II examination marks and Interview marks for Grade B (DR) will be available in the Bank's website after the declaration of the final result. Similarly marks in WE and interview will be available for Research Officer in Grade B and Manager (Technical – Electrical) in the Bank's website after declaration of the final result.

x) Change of address, if any, should be informed to the Board immediately. Although every effort will be made to take on record such changes, the Board does not accept any responsibility in the matter, particularly when the time gap between receipt of intimation and date of examination is very short.

xi) If a candidate does not receive 'AL' for 'WE'/any other communication from the Board, he/she should contact the in-charge of the RBI office, (SBI office in case of Agartala, Aizawl, Imphal, Itanagar, Kohima, Port Blair and Shillong for Grade B (DR)) during office hours, at the Examination Centre indicated in the App. along with a passport size signed photograph, two days before the date of examination for necessary guidance. Failure to comply with the above instructions will deprive the candidate of any claim for consideration.

xii) The posts are also open to the employees of RBI (Staff Candidates) who satisfy the eligibility criteria separately stipulated by the Bank.

xiii) Board shall not entertain requests from the candidates seeking advice about their eligibility to apply.

xiv) Canvassing In Any Form Will Be A Disqualification.

xv) In All Matters Regarding Eligibility, Conduct Of Examinations, Interviews, Assessment, Prescribing Minimum Qualifying Standards In 'We' And Interview, In Relation To Number Of Vacancies And Communication Of Result, The Board's Decision Shall Be Final And Binding On The Candidates And No Correspondence Shall Be Entertained In This Regard.

xvi) Mobile phones, pagers or any other communication devices are not allowed inside the premises where the examination is being conducted. Any infringement of these instructions shall entail disciplinary action including ban from future examinations.

10) Submission of the Application :

i) Candidates applying for the post of Officers in Gr.'B'(DR) may send their applications to the General Manager, RBI Services Board, Post Bag No.14501, Mumbai Central Post Office, Mumbai-400008 by ordinary post. While the candidates applying for the posts of Research Officers in Grade B for DEAP and Manager in Grade B (Technical – Electrical) may send their applications to the General Manager, RBI Services Board, Post Bag No. 4618, Mumbai Central Post Office, Mumbai-400 008 by ordinary post. The cover should be superscribed for the post applied for e.g. "App. for the post of Officers in Gr.'B'(DR)" or "Research Officers in Grade B for DEAP" or "Manager in Grade B (Technical – Electrical)" as the case may be.

ii) App. in closed covers may also be deposited in the box specially kept for the purpose at the Board's Office at

Reserve Bank of India,
Opp. Mumbai Central Railway Station,
Mumbai Central,
Mumbai-400008.

iii) Candidates applying for more than one post should send their apps. in separate covers.

11) RBI Services Board Application Closing Date:

i) Application should reach the Board's Office on or before 6.00 P.M. on August 20, 2007.

ii) In the case of App. received only by post from candidates living abroad; in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura; Ladakh division of Jammu and Kashmir State; Lahaul and Spiti Districts and Pangi Sub-division of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh; Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep, the last date of receipt of App. will be on or before 6.00 P.M. on August 27, 2007. For App. received in any manner other than by post, the benefit of extended time will not be available. The Board takes no responsibility for any delay in receipt of App. or loss thereof in postal transit.

12) Check-List for Submission of the Application Form:

i) The Format of the Application Form given below should not itself be used as Application.

ii) The App. strictly in conformity with the Format as applicable must be typed or neatly hand-written in Hindi or English on a good quality white foolscap paper and duly affixed with a signed latest passport size photograph. App. not in the prescribed Format shall be rejected.

iii) Name and Address should be written in capital letters in English only, since processing is computerized.

iv) Candidates should write their name and address on the reverse of the Demand Draft and in the space provided for the purpose on the Postal Orders (if fee is payable) and enclose them to the application with a pin (should not be stapled).

v) Candidates should ensure that all the entries have been correctly filled in and the App. submitted is duly signed. App. not signed shall be rejected.

vi) On the top of the cover containing the App., the post applied for should be superscribed.

vii) Candidates applying for different posts should send their applications in separate covers.

Reserve Bank of India Services Board - General Instructions