TELANGANA STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION: HYDERABAD
NOTIFICATION NO. 12/2016
TECHNICAL ASSISTANT (HYDROGEOLOGY) IN GROUND WATER DEPARTMENT
(GENERAL RECRUITMENT)
PARA – I:
1) Applications are invited Online from qualified candidates through the proforma
Application to be made available on Commission’s WEBSITE (www.tspsc.gov.in) to the post of
Technical Assistant (Hydrogeology) in Ground Water Department in the State of
Telangana.
i. Submission of ONLINE applications from Dt. 25/05/2016
ii. Last date for submission of ONLINE applications Dt. 15/06/2016
iii. Hall Tickets can be downloaded 07 days before commencement of Examination.
2) The Examination is likely to be held on Dt. 29/06/2016. The Commission reserves the
right to conduct the Examination either COMPUTER BASED RECRUITMENT TEST (CBRT)
or OFFLINE OMR based Examination of objective type.
Before applying for the posts, candidates shall register themselves as per the One Time
Registration (OTR) through the Official Website for TSPSC. Those who have registered in OTR
already, shall apply by login to their profile using their TSPSC ID and Date of Birth as provided
in OTR.
3) The candidates who possess requisite qualification may apply online by satisfying
themselves about the terms and conditions of this recruitment. The details of vacancies are
given below:-
Sl.
No. Name of the Post No. of
Vacancies
Age as on
01/07/2016
Min. Max.
Scale of
Pay
Rs.
1 Technical Assistant (Hydrogeology) in
Ground Water Department 07 18-44 35,120-
87,130/-
(The Details of Vacancies department wise i.e., Community, Zone Wise and Gender wise
(General / Women) may be seen at Annexure-I.)
IMPORTANT NOTE: The number of vacancies are subject to variation on intimation being
received from the appointing authority
4) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Applicants must possess the qualifications from a recognized University as detailed
below or equivalent thereto, as specified in the relevant Service Rules, indented by the
departments as on the Date of Notification.
5)AGE: Minimum 18 years & Maximum 44* years.
The age is reckoned as on 01/07/2016
(Rule- 12(1)(a)(v) of State and Subordinate Service Rules).
*As per G.O. Ms. No. 329 GA(Ser.A) Dept., Dt. 27/07/2015
the upper age limit raised up to 10
years i.e., from 34 years to 44 years.
N.B.: No person shall be eligible if he/she is less than 18 years of age.
N.B.: No person shall be eligible if he/she has crossed 58 years of age (Superannuation age).
Sl.No. Name of the Post Educational Qualifications
1
Technical Assistant
(Hydrogeology) in Ground
Water Department
Must possess M.Sc. or M.Sc. (Tech.) or M.Tech., in
Geology or Applied Geology or Hydrogeology or its
equivalent qualification from any University or an
Institution recognized by the University Grants
Commission or an equivalent qualification or any
university recognized by the University Grants
Commission under Section 3 of the University Grants
Commission Act, 1956 or Diploma of Associateship in
Applied Geology of the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad.
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Age Relaxations: The upper age limit prescribed above is however relaxable in the following
cases:
Sl.
No. Category of candidates Relaxation of age
permissible
1 2 3
1. Retrenched temporary employees in the State
Census Department with a minimum service of 6
months.
3 Years
2. Telangana State Government Employees
(Employees of TSRTC, Corporations, Municipalities
etc. are not eligible).
5 Years based on the length of
regular service.
3. Ex-Service men 3 years & length of service
rendered in the armed forces.
4. N.C.C.(who have worked as Instructor in N.C.C.) 3 Years & length of service
rendered in the N.C.C.
5. SC/ST and BCs 5 Years
6. Physically Handicapped persons 10 Years
EXPLANATION:
After provision of the relaxation of Age in Col. No. 3 of table above; the age shall not
exceed the maximum age prescribed for the post for the candidates at Sl. No. 3 & 4.
The age relaxations for Ex-Servicemen is applicable for those who have been released
from Armed Forces otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct
or inefficiency.
6) (a) FEE: (Remittance of Fee) Each applicant must pay Rs. 200/- (RUPEES TWO
HUNDRED ONLY) towards Online Application Processing Fee. This apart, the applicants
have to pay RS. 80/- (RUPEES EIGHTY ONLY) towards Examination Fee. However, the
following category of candidates belonging to Telangana State only are exempted from
payment of Examination fee.
a) SC, ST, BC & PH.
b) Unemployed applicants in the age group of 18 to 44 years (They have to submit
declaration at an appropriate time to the Commission that they are unemployed).
N.B.:- BC’s, SC’s and ST’s belonging to other states are not exempted from payment of
Application processing Fee and Examination Fee and they are not entitled for any kind
of reservation..
b) Mode of Payment of Fee:
The Fee mentioned at Para-I(6)(a) is to be paid online through SBI ePay duly following
online instructions once the application form details are submitted by filling TSPSC ID, date of
birth and other particulars.
The fee once remitted, shall not be refunded or adjusted under any circumstances.
Failure to pay the examination fee, application fee, wherever applicable will entail total rejection
of application. The list of Banks providing service for the purpose of online remittance of fee is
given in ANNEXURE – II.
PARA-II: CENTRES FOR THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION:
1) The Examination will be held at HYDERABAD (including HMDA Jurisdiction).
2) However, the Commission reserves the right to to abolish / create new centre or centres for
administrative reasons. Request for change of the centre will not be entertained.
PARA-III: HOW TO APPLY:
A) HOW TO UPLOAD THE APPLICATION FORM:
(i) The Applicants have to read the User Guide for Online Submission of Applications and
then proceed further.
I Step: The Candidate has to visit the WEBSITE http://www.tspsc.gov.in and fill the OTR
application if not registered earlier to obtain TSPSC ID. While filling the same, the
candidates have to ensure that there are no mistakes in it. The Commission bears no
responsibility for the mistakes, if any, made by the candidates.
II STEP: The candidates have to visit the website http://www.tspsc.gov.in to submit
Application and Click on the Link with Notification Number and Name, provide TSPSC ID
and Date of Birth to proceed further.
Candidate has to verify the details as obtained from OTR database and
displayed on the screen. If any details are to be changed, candidate should go back to
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the TSPSC website and use the Edit OTR link. In addition to the details obtained from
OTR database, Notification specific details such as Examination Centre opted, required
qualification, university details, eligibility and accepting declarations etc. are to be filled
by the candidate. Preview and Edit facility is available to make changes and submit for
proceeding to Next step of making online payment of fee.
III STEP:-Immediately on entering the above details, the applicant will get payment gateway of
SBI ePay.
IV STEP:-The applicant should pay the prescribed fee as specified through any of the four
modes of payment online. Separate instructions have to be followed for each mode of
payment.
V STEP:-After payment of fee, the PDF Application will be generated which contains the
particulars furnished by the candidates. The ID No in the PDF Application form has to be
quoted for future reference/correspondence.
i) Candidate shall note that, the details available with OTR database at the time of
submitting the application will be considered for the purpose of this notification. If,
any changes are made by the candidate to OTR database at a later date will not be
considered for the purpose of this Notification.
ii) Hand written/ Typed/ Photostat copies/ outside printed Application Form will not be
accepted and liable for rejection.
iii) The applicants should be willing to serve anywhere in Telangana State.
iv) For any Technical problems related to Online submission and downloading of HallTickets
please contact 040-23120301 or 040-23120302(Call Time: 10.30 A.M to 1.00
P.M & 1.30 P.M to 5.30 P.M) or mail to helpdesk@tspsc.gov.in
