1 Page 1 of 21 Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs Directorate General Border Security Force (Pers Directorate: Rectt Section) / // ONLINE DETAILED ADVERTISEMENT / / / Online a pplications are invited from eligible and interested M ale & F emale Indian citizens for appointment for filling up the under mentioned vacancies in Group - ‘C’ combatised (non gazetted) posts in the Border Security Force, Veterinary Staff through Online Mode only for va cancy year - 202 3 : - Name of Post Vacancies Pay Band and Grade Pay UR EWS SC ST OBC Total HC(Veterinary) 07 02 03 - 06 18 Level - 4 (25,500 - 81,100/ - ) Constable (Kennelman) 02 - 01 03 02 08 Level – 3 (.21,700 – 69,100/ - ) Note : i. The applications will be accepted through online mode only. ii. Last date for acceptance of application will be 30 days from the date of publication of the advertisement in the Employment Newspaper. iii. Crucial date for determining the age limit shall be closing date for receipt of online applications. iv. Vacancies are subject to change (may increase or decrease). BSF reserves the right to make changes or cancel or postpone the recruitment without assigning any reason. v. Any amendment/Notice will only be published on BSF Website. Candidates in their own interest are requested to log on to https:// rectt.bsf.gov.in regularly for updates. vi. 10% vacancies are reserved for Ex - Servicemen in th e post of HC ( Veterinary ) only 2. NATIONALITY/CITIZENSHIP : - Candidate must be a citizen of India. 3 DISQUALIFICATION (i) No person (a) Who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having spouse living. Or (b) Who having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with another person. Shall be eligible for appointment in the Force, provided that the Central Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is www.examcart.in 2 Page 2 of 21 permissible under the personal law applicable to such pers on and the other party to the marriage and there are other grounds for so to do, exempt any person from the operation of this rule. (ii) Conviction by any Court of Law. (iii) Dismissal from Government Service. (iv) Termination from BSF during probation. 4. ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS (A) EDUCATION/QUALIFICATION Name of Post Education Qualification HC(Veterinary) ( a) 12th Class from a recognized Board. ( b) Possessing minimum one year course in Veterinary Stock Assistant from any recognized Institution and having at least one year post qualification experience. Constable (Kennelman ) (a) 10 th Class from a recognized Board; (b) Two years’ experience in handling of animals from Government Veterinary hospital or dispensary or Veterinary College or Government Farm . Note : Candidates not in possession of requisite educational qualification/ experience certificate or appearing in the examination/awaiting result need not to apply. (B) AGE LIMIT AND RELAXATION Name of Post Age limit for direct recruitment HC(Veterinary) 18 - 25 y ears Constable (Kennelman) 18 - 25 years Note - Crucial date for determine the age limit in each case shall be closing date on receipt of online application. RELAXATIONS OF UPPER AGE LIMIT ARE AS UNDER: - Age relaxation to different category of eligible candidates for obtaining age Relaxation as on the date of reckoning : - S/No Category Age Relaxation permissible beyond the Upper age limit (i) Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe 05 Years (ii) Other Backward Classes 03 Years 3 Page 3 of 21 ( iii ) Ex Servicemen After deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date. UR : 03 Years of age OBC : 06 Years of age SC/ST : 08 Years of age ( i v) Department candidate (BSF personnel) who have rendered not less than 03 years regular and continuous service as on Closing date. UR : 40 Years of age SC/ST : 45 Years of age (v) Children & dependent family of those killed in Gujarat Riots of the year 2002 UR : 30 Years of age OBC : 33 Years of age SC/ST : 35 Years of age (vi) Widow/Divorced Women judicially separated and who are not remarried (Unreserved) UR : 35 Years of age OBC : 38 Years of age SC/ST : 40 Years of age NOTE (i) Age of candidates will be determined on the basis of Date of Birth as recorded in their matriculation certificates. (ii) Prescribed format of certificate for reserved categories are attached as per Annexure – ‘B’ for SC/ST and Annexure – ‘C’& C1 for OBC category. (iii) Relaxation of respective category will only be given in those cases where vacancies are available in the respective category for the applied post. If vacancies are not available in respective reserved category, candidates applied will be treated as ‘ Un - Reserved’ candidate, if he/she fulfill the eligibility conditions applicable to Un - reserved candidate. In th at case, if found later that candidate does not fulfill the criteria of General category; candidature will be rejected at any stage of the examination. (iv) A person seeking appointment on the basis of reservation to OBCs must ensure that he/she possesses the caste/community certificate and does not fall in creamy layer on the crucial date. The crucial date for this purpose will be the closing date for receipt of applications. (v) Every candidate seeking reservation as OBC is required to submit a certificate in p rescribed format ( Annexure - ‘C’) regarding his/her OBC status and non - creamy layer status issued by the Competent Authority. Candidates claiming OBC status may ensure that he/she possess caste/community certificate and does not fall in creamy layer on the crucial date i.e. closing date for receipt of application. (In order to ensure it, a declaration in addition to the certificate issued by the Competent Authority will also be obtained from the candidates 4 Page 4 of 21 seeking reservation as OBC in the format attached as Annexure - ‘C - ‘1’ ). (vi) A person seeking appointment on the basis of reservation to EWS must ensure that he/she possesses the “ INCOME & ASSET CERTIFICATE ” issued by the Competent Authority as per the specimen attached at Annexure - B - 1 and the same should be va lid as on the crucial date. (vii) Nothing in these rules shall effect reservations, relaxation of age - limit and other concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Ex - Servicemen and other special categories of persons, in acco rdance with the orders issued by the Central Government from time to time in this regard. (viii) Judicially separated/divorcee woman who claims age relaxation shall be required to produce a copy of the judgment/decree of the appropriate court to prove the fact o f divorce or the judicial separation. (C) PHYSICAL STANDARDS For the post of HC(Veterinary)/CONST (Kennelman) Measurement Male Female Height 16 5 Cms. 15 0 Cms. Chest 76 Cms (8 1 cms after expansion) Not applicable Weight Corresponding to height and age Corresponding to height and age (D) MEDICAL STANDARD The Candidates should hav e following medical standards: - (i) Eye Sight : - Visual Acuity unaided (Near Vision) Uncorrected Visual acuity (Distant Vision) Refraction Remarks Better eye Worse eye Better eye Worse eye N6 N9 6/6 6/9 Visual correction of any kind is not permitted even by the glasses In right handed person, the right eye is better eye and vice versa. Binocular vision is required 5 Page 5 of 21 (ii) The candidates must not have knock knees, flat foot, varicose vein or squint in eyes and they should possess CP III by ISIHARA book. The candidates will be tested for color vision by ISIHARA’s test as well as Edrich - Green Lantern Test. Candidates must be i n good mental and bodily health and free from any physical defect or deformity likely to interfere with the efficient performance of the duties. (iii) Must qualify the Physical Standard Test, Physical Efficiency Test and written tests. (iv) The Medical Examination will be conducted as per revised uniform guidelines of Medical Examination for recruitment in the CAPFs & AR as circulated by MHA vide their Office memorandum No.A - VI - 1/2014 - Rectt(SSB) dated 20th May 2015, Revised uniform guidelines for Review Medical Exa mination in CAPFs & AR for GO’s & NGO’s circulated by MHA (Police – II Division) vide their office Memorandum No.E.32012/ADG(Med)/DME& RME/DA - 1/2020/1166 dated 31 May’2021 and subsequent amendment thereof. TATTOO : - (a) Content : - Being a secular country, the religious sentiments of our countrymen are to be respected and thus, tattoos depicting religious symbol or figures and the name, as followed in Indian Army are permitted. (b) Location : - Tattoos marked on traditional sites of the body like inner aspect of fore arm but only left forearm, being non saluting limb or dorsum of the hands are to be allowed. (c) Size : - Size must be less than ¼ of the particular part (Elbow or hand) of the body. (d) In case of candidate has undergone removal of tattoo (s) prior to appearing f or recruitment process and the same has faded substantially, this will be treated as a “scar” and not a tattoo. Such candidate will be permitted to undergo the entire selection process with approval of Presiding officer of the recruitment Board. Further, the scar resulting due to removal of tattoo will be reviewed by the Medical Board of officers during detailed Medical examination. (v) The medical examination will be done as per the parameters issued by MHA in Medical Manual dated 20/05/2015, Revised unifor m guidelines for Review Medical Examination circulated by MHA (Police – II Division) vide their office Memorandum No.1166 dated 31 May’2021 and subsequent amendment thereof. (vi) On completion of Detailed Medical Examination( D ME), if a candidate is declared Medically Unfit during detailed medical examination, he/she will be allowed to undergo Review Medical Examination (RME), provided they give their written consent by appending their signature on the intimation indicating re asons for 6 Page 6 of 21 being unfit, as per Annexure - D ’ . Review Medical Examination (RME) of candidates will be conducted in continuation of Detailed Medical Examination preferably on the next day of D ME. The consent for RME as per Annexure - ‘ D ’ duly signed by the can didate should be submitted within 24 hrs after he/she is informed of his/her unfitness in D ME. Review Medical Examination (RME) is conducted to rule out the possibility of an Error of Judgement in the decision of detailed Medical Board. Decision of Review Medical board will be final. No appeal/representation against the decision of Review Medical board will be entertained. 5. PROCESS OF CERTIFICATION AND FORMAT OF CERTIFICATES: Candidates who wish to be considered against vacancies reserved/or seek age - relaxation must submit requisite certificate issued by the Competent Authority in the prescribed format when such certificate are sought by the concerned selection board at the tim e of documentation. Otherwise, their claim for EWS/SC/ST/OBC status will not be entertained and their candidature/applications will be considered under Un - Reserved category . The formats of the certificates are annexed. Certificates obtained in any other fo rmat will not be accepted. NOTE (i) Candidates are warned that they will be permanently debarred from the examination conducted by the BSF in case they fraudulently claim EWS/SC/ST/OBC status. (ii) Candidates should note that the Date of Birth as recorded in the Matriculation/Secondary Examination Certificate or an equivalent certificate available on the closing date of submission of application will be accepted for determining the age and no subsequ ent request for its change will be considered or granted. 6. SELECTION PROCEDURE (A) FIRST PHASE EXAMINATION – WRITTEN EXAMINATION 1 st phase of examination i.e Written Exam will be conducted at the various Examination Centres. There will be one composite paper for two hours duration. Question papers will be Objective Type with multiple choices on OMR based answer sheet and shall be consisting of the following s ubjects: - (i) S YLLABUS FOR THE POST OF HC(VETERINARY) Part - I (AT THE LEVEL OF 12 TH STANDARD / HR. SECONDARY) Language Test - 10 Marks (Hindi or English) General Awareness - 20 Marks Numerical Aptitude Test - 10 Marks Simple Reasoning - 10 Marks Total - 50 Marks 7 Page 7 of 21 Part - II (Professional Course level i.e. Veterinary Stock Assistant) Knowledge of Vet Medicines and their use - 20 Marks Knowledge of Vet instruments and their use - 15 Marks General knowledge of disease, treatment & Anatomy of horses, dogs & camels - 15 Marks Total - 50 Marks (ii) S YLLABUS FOR THE POST OF CONST (KENNELMAN) Language Test ( Hindi or English) - 10 Marks General Awareness - 10 Marks Current Awareness - 10 Marks Numerical Aptitude Test - 10 Marks Simple Reasoning - 10 Marks Trade Knowledge Test (Knowledge of Local Animal Husbandry Practices( Animal Housing, Feeding, Grooming, Restraining, Equipment, Seasonal Care, Body parts life span), Knowledge of breeds of animals(Cattle, Equines, Dog s, Camels, Poultry), General Knowledge of local animal diseases and breeding) - 50 Marks QUALIFYING MARKS OF WRITTEN EXAM (i) For General/EWS/OBC category candidates - 4 5% (ii) For SC/ST category candidates - 40 % NOTE (i) Number of candidates to be qualified in written examination will be restricted maximum 0 6 times of number of vacancies or all qualified candidates whichever is less, for appearing in 2nd phase examination ie documentation, PST, PET & Medical Examination . There will be no re - eval uation of answer sheet. (ii) Candidates are not permitted to use Mobile Phone, Calculator or any other electronic/electrical device for answering any paper (Test Booklets). Candidates will not bring Mobile Phone, Calculator or any other electronic/electrical d evice inside the Examination premises. Possession of these items, whether in use or not, will be considered as “use of unfair means” in the Examination and appropriate action will be taken by the department against such candidates, as per extant policy of the department. (iii) The written examination will be conducted on OMR based answer sheet. If the candidate did not properly shade/wrongly shaded /did not fill/wrongly filled his/her mandatory data ovals i.e. Roll number, question booklet series code and catego ry in the OMR Answer sheet, it will be rejected at the initial stage and 8 Page 8 of 21 the OMR answer sheet will not be further evaluated for which candidate himself will be responsible for such rejection. ( B ) SECOND PHASE EXAMINATION Successful candidates in 1 st p hase Examination i.e Written Examination will appear before the selection board for Second Phase Examination (i.e. Physical Standards Test, Physical Efficiency Test, Documentation & Medical Examination) on a specified date, which will be communicated to them through e - mail or message or on BSF Website . Candidates will have to qualify all the stages of Second phase examination. If any candidate fails to qualify in any events/stage of the examination, he/s he will not be allowed to participate in further stage(s) of the examination process. The stages of 2 nd phase of examination will be as under: - ( a ) PHYSICAL STANDARDS TEST (PST) FOR ALL POSTS Those candidates called for 2 nd phase of examination will be put through Physical Standards Test (P S T). PST will be carried out by the selection board to assess the Height, Chest and Weight of the candidates according to the Physical Standards post wise mentioned at Para - 4 (C) above. NOTE : - (i) Candidates declared disqualified in PST (i.e Height and Chest), may prefer an appeal immediately at the venue of the PST itself, if they so desire, to the Presiding Officer of Board. The appellate authority will re - measure the Physical Standards of such ca ndidate and the decision of appellate authority in this regard will be final and no further appeal or representation in this regard shall be entertained. Weight will not be criteria for rejection at the time of PST, but that will be checked during Medical Examination. (ii) Candidate will be put through subsequent stages. Candidates have to qualify all the stages of the examination one by one. Any candidate not qualifying in any of the events of examination will be eliminated from the process of recruit ment. ( b ) PHYSICAL EFFICIENCY TEST (PET) FOR ALL POSTS Those candidates found fit in Physical Standards Test (PST) will be put through Physical Efficiency Test (PET), which will be qualifying in nature S.No. Events Male Female 1 Run 1.6 Kms in 07 Minutes 800 Mtrs in 05 Minutes 2 Long Jump 11 Feet (03 chances to be given) 08 Feet (03 chances to be given) 3 High Jump 3.5 Feet (03 chances to be given) 2.5 Feet (03 chances to be given) www.examcart.in 9 Page 9 of 21 NOTE : - (i) “ A woman candidate, who as a result of tests is found to be pregnant shall be declared temporarily unfit and her appointment held in abeyance until the confinement is over. The vacancy against which a women candidate was selected should be kept reserved for her. She should be reexamined for Physical Efficiency Test (PET) six weeks after the date of confinement, subject to the production of the medical certificate of fitness from a registered medical practitioner. If she is found fit she may be appointed to th e post kept reserved for and allow the benefit of seniority in accordance with the instructions of the government, as amended from time to time”. (ii) Ex - servicemen applying for the posts are not required to undergo PET. However, all the Ex - Servicemen are requ ired to pass the written test and fulfil the physical standards prescribed for Direct Entry candidates to the above posts, as the case may be. They should also pass the medical standards prescribed for Direct Entry Candidates. ( c ) DOCUMENTATION Original testimonials/certificates of the candidate will be checked to confirm the eligibility of the candidates at the Centre If candidate does not produce original documents like age proof , education/technical qualification, caste certificate, experienc e certificate etc, he/she will be disqualified. ( d ) MEDICAL EXAMINATION Candidates who will qualify in all the above stages of examination i.e. Written Examination, PST, PET and documentation will undergo Detailed Medical Examination ( D ME) which will be conducted by a Medical board to assess their fitness. If, a candidate is declared Medically Unfit during initial medical examination, he/she will be allowed to undergo Review Medical Examination (RME), provided they give their written con sent by appending their signature on the intimation indicating reasons for being unfit, as per Annexure - ‘ D ’. Review Medical Examination (RME) of candidates will be conducted in continuation of Medical Examination preferably on the next day of D ME. The co nsent for Re - Medical Examination as per Annexure - ‘ D ’ duly signed by the candidate should be submitted within 24 hrs after he/she is informed of his/her unfitness in ME. Review Medical Examination (RME) is conducted to rule out the possibility of an Error o f Judgement in the decision of Medical Board . Decision of Review Medical board will be final. No appeal/representation against the decision of Review Medical board will be entertained. 7. DRAWAL OF FINAL MERIT LIST (a) After completion of Medical examination, post wise and category wise merit list will be drawn separately on the basis of marks secured/obtained by 10 Page 10 of 21 the candidates in the written examination. In cases of tie in marks, tie cases will be resolved in the follow ing manner: - (i) Marks in written examination. (ii) Date of Birth, with older candidates placed higher. (iii) Alphabetical order in the first name of the candidate appear. (b) The list of finally selected candidates will be published on BSF website ( rectt.bsf.gov.in ) (c) No waiting list shall be maintained/kept. 8. HOW TO APPLY The application by the candidates must be submitted through ONLINE mode only. No other mode for submission of application will be accepted. The facility fo r submission of online application will be opened on BSF website https:// rectt.bsf.gov.in w.e .f __ .202 3 at 00:01 AM and will be closed on 202 3 at 11:59 PM Procedure for submission of online application is attached with this advertisement as per Annexure – ‘A’ 9. APPLICATION FEES AND MODE OF PAYMENT Candidates to pay Rs.100/ - (Rupees one hundred only) as examination fee plus Rs 47.20 service charges levied by Common Service Centre (CSC) However, SC/ST/Female/Ex - serviceman and BSF candidates are exempted from payment of examination fee through following payment modes: - (i) Net banking of any bank. (ii) Credit/Debit Card of any bank. (iii) Nearest authorised Common Service Centre NOTE : - (i) Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes, BSF serving personnel and Ex - serviceman are exempted from payment of examination fee. (ii) Payment of examination will be accepted only through Online mode (iii) Fee once paid will not be refunded under any circumstances. (iv) In case of non - receipt of examination fee from the candidates of non - exempted categories, their form will not be accepted. 10. RECRUITMENT CENTRES The candidates can opt one of the following nearest centre for appearing in different selection stages of recruitment process: - Name of Centre Centre Code Name of Recruiting Agencies with Address Jammu 011 The Inspector General, Frontier HQ BSF Jammu, Paloura Camp, Jammu (J&K) - 181124 Jalandhar 01 2 The Inspector General, Frontier HQ BSF Punjab, Jalandhar Cantt (Punjab) Pin - 144006 Gandhi Nagar 01 3 The Inspector General, Frontier HQ BSF Gujarat, CRPF Group Centre Chiloda Road, Gandhinagar, Gujarat - 382045 11 Page 11 of 21 Jodhpur 01 4 The Inspector General, Frontier HQ BSF Rajasthan, - BSF Campus Mandore Road, Jodhpur (Rajasthan) - 342026 Kolkata 01 5 The Inspector General, Frontier HQ BSF South Bengal, Action Area, IIE, New Town, Rajarhat, Kolkata (WB) - 700161 Guwahati 01 6 Frontier Headquarter, BSF Guwahati, Post Office - Azara, Distt - Kamrup, Guwahati, Assam - 781017 Agartala, Tripura 0 17 The Inspector General, Frontier HQ BSF Tripura, PO - Salbagan, Agartala (Tripura) - 799012 Hazaribag 01 8 The Inspector General, TC&S, BSF, Meru Camp, Hazaribag, Jharkhand - 825317 Delhi 019 IG(HQ) FHQ, East Block - 09. Level - 04, R K Puram, New Delhi — 1 10066 Bangalore 02 0 The Inspector General, Frontier HQ BSF Bangalore, PO : Yelahanka, Bangalore, Karnataka - 560064 Tekanpur, Gwalior 02 1 The Director, BSF Academy Tekanpur, PO - Tekanpur, Gwalior (MP) - 475005 NOTE : - (i) Centre for conduct of exam may change at any stage of examination, if required, due to administrative reasons. (ii) The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfil all the eligibility conditions for admission to the Selection Test. Their admission at all the stages of examination will b e purely provisional, subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If, on verification, at any time before or after the Selection Test, it is found that they do not fulfil any of the eligibility conditions, their candidature for the e xamination will be cancelled by the Department. 11. IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. Before applying online application, Candidates are advised to go through the requirement of educational /technical qualification, age, physical standards, physical efficiency test etc and satisfy themselves that they are eligible for the post before apply ing. BSF reserves the right to cancel the candidature of any candidate at any stage of the selection process, if he/she is found not qualifying any of the prescribed eligibility criteria. This detailed advertisement is available on the BSF website rectt.bs f.gov.in. 2. Candidates seeking reservation benefits for Govt. Servant/OBC/SC/ST must ensure that they are entitled to such reservation as per eligibility prescribed in the notice. They should also be in possession of the certificates in the format prescr ibed by Government of India in support of their claim at the time of application. 3. Government Servants claiming age relaxation should be in possession of a certificate in the prescribed format from their office, in respect of the length of continuous service which should be not less than three years in the 12 Page 12 of 21 immediate period preceding the closing date of application. 4. Qualifying the selection stages of recruitment process doesn’t confer any right to candidates for appointment. Final selection of candidate will be made purely on merit. 5. When application is successfully submitted, it will be accepted provisionally. Candidate may take printout of the application form for their own records. Printout of the application form is not required to be submitted to BSF recruitment centres . Candidate s are also advised to fill their correct and active e - mail addresses and mobile number in the online application as correspondence may be made through E - mail/SMS. 6. Candidate should note down and retain ‘Registration - ID’ and ‘Password’ provided to th em while making ‘One - Time Registration’ which is required for filling online application. 7. Only online application is to be submitted by a candidate. Therefore, the candidates are advised to exercise due diligence at the time of filling their application form. Also ensure that all the particulars of application form must be filled up as given in the matriculation certificate otherwise their candidature may be cancelled at the time of documentation or as and when it comes into the notice of the board. 8. Candidates will fill up personal basic information through online in the application form wi th correct entry like name of the post, candidate’s name, father’s name, address, category, DOB, marital status, mobile number, E - mail address, educational/technical qualification etc and thoroughly check all the entries. 9. Candidates to refr ain themselves from filling wrong information in their application form, uploading fake photograph of any other person/celebrity/dignitaries or object or puts blank photo etc., suitable action will be taken against such defaulter candidates as per provisio ns under Cyber Crime IT Act 2000. 10. Applications with illegible/blurred photographs/Signature will be rejected summarily. 11. Candidate serving in BSF should apply after obtaining NOC. No objection certificate (NOC) from their employer will be required with application form. 12. Candidate are required to upload their all essential Educational/technical certificates as per post criteria mentioned in online detailed advertisement at Para No.4 (A) and other documents/certificate as per their category to support their claims. They should ensure they fulfil all the eligibility conditions for admission to the posts. If during scrutiny of the online application, it is found that candidate does not fulfil any of the eligibility conditions, his/her application will be rejected by the Recruitment Selection Board. 13. All eligible candidates who apply in response to this advertisement before the closing date will be assigned Roll Numbers, if they fulfil the term and condition as given in this advertisement and found eligible for the post. Only such eligible candidates w ill be communicated through E - mail address/SMS for Call letters/Admit Cards through online mode for appearing in the first phase selection process. However, any candidate found not eligible at later stage in any aspect his/her candidature will be cancelle d. The admit cards for all the phases of examination will be made/uploaded on the website only. Therefore candidates are advised to visit the BSF website frequently for upcoming latest information of all the phases of Examination. 14. The recruitment board shall not be liable for any claim arising out of any injury 13 Page 13 of 21 etc. suffered during the tests. The decision of the recruitment board shall be final in all matters connected with this recruitment. 15. The appointment will be subject to the conditions th at the candidates are medically as well as physically fit. The selected candidates will have to undergo Basic Training at any of the Training Institutions of BSF. The services of those candidates who fail to complete the training successfully are liable to be terminated. 16. Candidates belonging to the Physically Handicapped category are NOT ELIGIBLE to apply for this examination. 17. Intimation regarding issue of Admit cards/call letters and any other important information pertaining to recruitment will be sent on the e - mail address or mobile number given by the candidates at the time of One Time Registration (OTR). BSF will not be responsible for any technical issue arisen due to inactive e - mail address or invalid mobile numbers. Hence, candidates are a dvised to ensure that active e - mail ID & mobile number must be used for OTR. 18. Mobile, Calculator and other Electronic Gadgets are banned within the premises of the Examination Centre. 19. The posts carries all India service liability. The selected ca ndidates are liable to be posted anywhere in the Country as per the transfer policy of the Force. 20. The recruitment will be done on All India Basis. 21. Selected candidate will be governed by BSF Act and Rules. 22. On appointment they shall be entitled for pension benefits as per the “New Restructured Defined Contributory Pension Scheme” applicable for the new entrants to the Central Government services w.e.f. 1st January, 2004. 23. A candidate shall have the choi ce to appear for the recruitment at only one centre i.e the centre in which he/she opts while filling online applications. The centre he/she opts will be his/her recruitment centre. No request for change of Recruitment centre will be allowed/accepted under any circumstances. Department reserve the right to divert candidates of any centre to some other centre to take the examination on administrative grounds. 24. The candidates will have to make their own arrangements for stay during the course of appearing in recruitment process. 25. No TA/DA will be paid to any candidate for appearing in the recruitment process. 26. In case, candidates are appointed in BSF a nd subsequently seek resignation or discharge before completion of 10 years service, they shall be required to remit an amount equal to three months pay and allowances or the cost of training imparted to them, whichever is higher as per rules to the Govern ment. 27. Beware of touts. No money is charged for recruitment in BSF. If you have paid or promised to pay money to any one, you are cheated and you are losing money. If anyone demands money or promises recruitment, you should immediately inform the same to the Presiding Officer (PO) of the concerned recruitment centre. 28. Appealing in any form or bringing outside influence will automatically disqualify the candidate from appearing in recruitment. 29. The decision of the department in all matters rel ating to eligibility, acceptance or rejection of the application, mode of selection, medical examination etc. will be final and binding on the candidates. No enquiry/correspondence will be entertained in this regard. 30. The department holds the right to make any changes in the advertisement or 14 Page 14 of 21 cancel it without assigning any reason. 31. Candidates are advised to visit BSF website rectt.bsf.gov.in from time to time to know latest updates of recruitment process. 32. An Employee serving in the same rank and pay grade will not be entitled to apply for said posts. 33. Candidate must carry Admit card with one photo ID proof, which is required at the Examination venue for entering in selection test, failing which th ey will not be allowed to appear for the same. Besides above, candidates may carry two passport size recent colour photographs with him for necessary action as required. 34. Final scrutiny of eligibility criteria with regards to age, educational/technic al qualification and physical standard will be undertaken at the time of final selection/medical examination. Therefore, candidature will be accepted only provisionally till the final selection. At the time of final selection when scrutiny is undertaken an d if any claim made in application is not found substantiated then the candidature will be cancelled and the decision of BSF in this regard shall be final. 12. ACTION AGAINST CANDIDATES FOUND GUILTY FOR MISCONDUCT Candidates are warned that they should not furnish any particulars that are false or suppress any material information while filling the online application form. If there is any inaccuracy or any discrepancy is found in OMR answer sheet, their OMR answer s heets will be held invalid and will not be further evaluated. Involvement of candidates in any of the following activities will render their candidature debarred from appearing in recruitment: - (i) Possession of Mobile phone, accessories or any other elect ronic gadget whether in use or in switch off mode (ii) Impersonate/procuring impersonation by any person. (iii) Submitting fabricated documents or documents which have been tampered with. (iv) Making statements which are incorrect or false or suppressing material informa tion. (v) Resorting to any other irregular/improper/unfair means for qualifying the examination. (vi) Misbehaving in any other manner in the examination hall with the invigilator or any of exam functionaries. (vii) Besides above, candidature of candidates can be cancell ed at any stage of the recruitment for any other ground which the BSF considers to be sufficient cause for cancellation of candidature. 13. COURTS JURISDICTION Any dispute in regard to this recruitment will be subject to Courts/Tribunals having jurisdict ion over the City/Town in which the concerned centre/office of BSF is situated and candidate has opted in his/her application. (K S Rana) Comdt (Rectt) ____ Jan 202 3 15 Page 15 of 21 ANNEXURE - A PROCEDURE/I NSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION AND SUBMISSION OF ONLINE APPLICATION FORMS (a) Candidates must apply online by visiting BSF website http://rectt.bsf.gov.in . No other mode for submission of application will be accepted. Online submission of application form comprises of following steps : - (i) One Time Registration (OTR). (STEP - I) (ii) Filling of online application. (STEP - II) (iii) Payment of examination fee through prescribed digital modes. (STEP - III) (b) In STEP - I, candidates should first complete ‘ONE TIME REGISTRATION’ (OTR) process by filling basi c information relating to them i.e Name, Mobile Number and E - mail ID. Candidates to ensure that, only active/functional mobile number and E - mail ID must be used for One Time Registration purpose. (c) On submission of information, candidates will receive th eir Registration ID and password on their given mobile number as well as E - mail address. Candidates are advised to keep memorize the Registration ID and password as the same will be essential to obtain access to your profile throughout the entire recruitme nt process. (d) After completing the registration part, candidates can view the active advertisements under ‘ ONLINE APPLICATION’ link by logging in using their credentials. (e) In STEP - II, candidates can apply for Recruitment to the posts as mentioned in the detailed advertisement at para - 1 by clicking on ‘APPLY HERE’ link available next to relevant advertisement. (f) Candidate are advised to read the instructions mentioned in r ecruitment notification carefully before proceeding to online submission of online application form. (g) After reading the instructions, candidates should carefully fill the relevant fields of online application form and upload all essential documents as mentioned in relevant paras of detailed advertisement and other documents as per their category , photograph, signature and Thumb impression. Mandatory fields are marked with * (asterisk) sign. Only the application of candidate who fulfilling eligibility co nditions will be accepted by system. (h) Candidates will have to fill basic personal information. After filling up all relevant information, candidate can see complete preview of their application form. If candidate desires to make any correction, then pre ss “back”. No correction in the application can be made after clicking “submit” button. Hence, candidates are advised to press “submit” button only after confirmation of correctness of filled information by him/her. 16 Page 16 of 21 ( j ) The digital size of photographs - 30 t o 100 kb , signature - 20 to 50 kb , qualification documents 30 to 100 kb and thumb impression should not be more than 50 KB. Photographs and signature must be clearly visible and latest photographs must be uploaded. Format should be jpg,jpeg,png formats. (i) Candidates should thoroughly check all the entries filled in the online application form, before final submission. In case of any discrepancy, relevant entry may be corrected/edited. After final submission of online application, no change in any particula r shall be allowed. (k) In STEP - III, the candidates are required to make fee payment (Candidates who are exempted from fee payment are not required to pay fee). Fee can be paid through Net banking, Debit Card, Credit Card and nearest Common Service Centre . Candidate’s application will not be considered if fee is not paid for that application. (l) Candidates are required to follow below mentioned procedure to pay the fees : - After login, Application history is visible at the bottom side of page. Candidates will be able to see applications submitted by him to the advertisement with fees payment status. Applications for which fees payment status is unpaid. Pay now link will be available there. Three options will be available after clicking on pay now link. a) Net banking b) Debit card c) Credit card. (m) After shown successful completion of fee payment, application will be completed. Candidates may take printout of this application for their own record. Printout of application are not required to be sent to B SF (n) Online application submission will be completed after payment of examination fee. Note : All eligible candidates who apply in response to this advertisement before the closing date will be assigned Roll Numbers, if they fulfil l the term and condi tion as given in this advertisement and found eligible for the post. Only such eligible candidates will be communicated through E - mail address/SMS for Call letters/Admit Cards through online mode for appearing in the various selection process i.e Written E xamination, PST , PET , documentation and Medical Examination. However, any candidate found not eligible at later stage in any aspect , his/her candidature will be cancelled. The admit cards related information for all the phases of examination will be made/uploaded on the website only. Therefore candidates are advised to visit the BSF website for upcoming latest information of the all the phases of Examination. 17 Page 17 of 21 Annexure - ‘B’ FORM OF CASTE CERTIFICATE FOR SC/ST This is to certify that Shri*/Shrimati/Kumari______________________________Son/Daughter of _________________________Village/Town_______________________________________/District/Division*_____________ of the___________________________ State/Union Territory belongs to the _________________________________ Caste*/Tribe which is recognized as a Schedule Caste/Tribe under: - * The Constitution Schedule Caste Order, 1950. * The Constitution Schedule Tribe Order, 1950. * The Constitution (Schedule Caste ) (Union Territories) (Part C States) Order, 1951; * The Constitution (Schedule Tribes) (Union Territories) (Part C States) Order, 1951; [ As amended by the Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes List (Modification Order, 1956, the Bombay Reorganization Act, 1960, the Punjab Reorganization Act, 1966, the State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970, the North Eas