Statistical Investigator Grade IV Examination 2008 Age Limit
3. Nationality / Citizenship:
A candidate must be either:
a citizen of India, or - a subject of Nepal, or
- a subject of Bhutan, or
a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st Januarys 962, with the intention of permanently settling in India, or 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 (b), (c), (d) and (e) above,
shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been
issued by the Government of India.
A
candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may
be admitted to the Examination but the offer of appointment will be
given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued
to him by the Government of India.
4 (A). Age Limit:
Not exceeding 26 years as on 29.02.2008 being the closing date for
receipt of applications (i.e. not born earlier than 01.03.1982).
Note:
Candidates should note that only the date of birth as recorded in the
matriculation/secondary examination certificate or an equivalent
certificate on the date of submission of application will be accepted
by the Commission and no subsequent request for its change will be
considered or granted.
4 (B). The Upper age limit as prescribed in Para 4(A) will be relaxable:
Upto a maximum of 5 years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe category. Upto
a maximum of 3 years if a candidate belongs to OBCs (Not under Creamy
Layer) in accordance with DP&T OM NO.43013/2/95-Estt(SCT) dated
25.01.1995 and DP&T OM No. 36033/3/2004-Estt (Res) dated 09.03.2004.
Upto
a maximum of 10 years if the candidate is a physically handicapped
person. For candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC who are physically
handicapped, the maximum relaxation of 10 years permissible for
physically handicapped shall be in addition to the age relaxation
provided in terms of sub-para (i) and (ii) above; Upto
the maximum of 5 years to candidates of Jammu and Kashmir who have
ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu and Kashmir during the
period from 1.1.1980 to 31.12.1989. Any person intending to avail of
the aforesaid relaxation shall submit the certificate from either
District Magistrate within whose jurisdiction he/she had ordinarily
resided or any other authority so designated in this behalf by the
Govt, of Jammu and Kashmir to the effect that he/she had ordinarily
been domiciled in the State of Jammu and Kashmir during the period
01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989. Upto
the age of 35 years (upto 40 years for members of Scheduled Castes/
Scheduled Tribes and 38 years for OBCs) in the case of widows; porced
women and women judicially separated from their husbands and who have
not remarried. Upto a maximum
of 3 years (8 years for SC/ST and 6 years for OBCs candidates) in the
case of Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with
any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a
consequence thereof. Upper age
limit is also relaxable to retrenched employees of Chukha Hydel Project
Authority in Bhutan who were directly recruited, to the extent of
service rendered by them with the Authority (period of service rendered
by the retrenched employees ! will be decided on the basis of
certificate issued by the Chukha Hydel Project Authority).
Note-I:
The closing date for receipt of application will be treated as the date
of reckoning for OBC status of the candidate and also, for assuming
that the candidate does not fall in the Creamy Layer on the reckoning
date.
The candidate should furnish the
relevant OBC certificate in the format prescribed for Central
Government jobs as per Annexure-VII issued by competent authority on or
before the Closing Date stipulated in the Notice. Application of
candidates furnishing OBC Certificate in Proforma/ Format other than
the prescribed format as given in Annexure-VII will be summarily
rejected.
Note-II: OBC
Certificate For The Purpose Of Age Relaxation Will Mean "Persons of OBC
Category not beloging to Creamy Layer" as defined in DOPT's OM
No.36012/22/93-Estt (SCT) dated 08.09.1993 and modified vide DOPT's OM
No.36033/3/2004-Estt (Res) dated 09.03.2004. |