Union Bank of India Recruitment 2009 - Age Limit

Relaxation in Upper Age Limit:

The candidate in the Unreserved / General Category should have completed as on 30.09.2009, the Minimum & Maximum Age as indicated in Para 1 above.

Relaxation in the Upper Age Limit for Reserved Category Posts which are indicated along with General Category posts, will be 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 to beyond 50 years as on the date of his joining the service of the Bank.
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 criterion must produce 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 subject to a maximum age limit of 35 years for General / Unreserved category candidates. Age relaxations stipulated for other reserved category candidates would also be available on cumulative basis.
6. 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).
7. 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 age should not exceed the Maximum Age Limit prescribed for the post for which he / she seeks appointment, by more than 3 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. Maximum Upper Age limit after considering all relaxations would be 50 years.

Abbreviations & Definitions:

1. Category of Persons:

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

2. 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. Only those who fall in the following categories are eligible to apply:

• BL - Both Legs Affected but not Arms;
• OA - One Arm Affected (Right or Left)
1. Impaired Reach;
2. Weakness of Grip;
3. Ataxia;
• OL - One Leg Affected (Right or Left);
• MW - Muscular Weakness & Limited Physical Endurance.

3. Visually Challenged (VC)

(a) Only those persons who suffer 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, or
3. 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 assistive device.

4. 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.

Reservation in Posts:

1. Reservation in posts for different categories of persons, including backlog under the respective reservation categories is as indicated in Para 1 against the respective vacancies. Candidates belonging to the Reserved Category are free to apply for the Unreserved (General Category) vacancies, but they will not be entitled to relaxation in terms of age, qualifications, and standards of selection and other parameters available to the Reserved Category Segment and will compete on General Category Standards. Where a post has been specifically earmarked for a particular Category, other than Unreserved - General Category, candidates belonging to the other Categories are not permitted to apply. The Reservation for Persons With Disabilities (PWD) in posts where the candidate will be in a position to discharge his duties required of the post as envisaged under 'The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights & Full Participation) Act, 1995' will be as follows : OC - X, VI - X, HI - X. As the Reservation for Persons With Disabilities (PWD) Category candidates is on a horizontal basis, the selected candidates will be placed in the appropriate category to which they belong (viz. SC, ST, OBC, and Unreserved (General Category).
2. Candidates belonging to and applying for a post under the Reserved OBC Category are required to submit a Certificate regarding his / her "Community" in the prescribed format , i.e., "Form of certificate to be produced by other backward classes applying for appointment to posts under the government of India" (Format available on Bank's website along with this Notification) and the Certificate should clearly contain the "Non-Creamy Layer Clause" based on the Income for the Financial Year ending 31.03.2009 or later. Candidates not producing the above certificate will not be considered under the OBC Category.
3. The number of vacancies indicated above and also the number of reserved vacancies is provisional and may vary according to the actual requirement of the Bank.
4. In case of non-availability of reserved candidates, the Bank reserves its right to inter-change these categories as per Government Directives.
5. It is clarified that it may not be possible to employ candidates belonging to PWD Category in all Offices/Branches of the Bank and they will have to work in the post identified by the Bank as suitable for them. Where the use of certain faculties (sight, hearing, speech, travel & movement) is imperative in the discharge of the duties attached to that post, candidates having impairment in these faculties may not be suitable for appointment to the post and hence need not apply.
6. The selected candidate is liable to be posted, at the sole discretion of the Bank and as per its exigencies, at any of the Bank's Branches / Offices, anywhere in India.

Union Bank Recruitment Project 2009 (A) - Age Limit