Canara Bank

Recruitment Cell, Personnel Wing

Head Office (Annexe), 14, Naveen Complex, M G Road, Bangalore – 560 001

www.canarabank.com

CB / RP / 2 /2010

RECRUITMENT OF INVESTMENT OFFICERS ON CONTRACT

APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FROM INDIAN CITIZENS FOR
APPOINTMENT TO THE POST OF INVESTMENT OFFICERS ON CONTRACT

Eligible candidates are requested to apply ON-LINE through Bank’s

website www.canarabank.com. No other means / mode of Application will be accepted.

Important Dates

Event Date

Opening Date for on-line registration in Website 22.06.2010

Closing Date for on-line registration in Website 10.07.2010

Tentative Date of Written Test 05.09.2010

The details of Number of Posts are as follows;

Age [Years]
Post Name Total Posts
Min-Max
Investment Officers on Contract 700 21 – 30

Reservations for Investment Officers on Contract:

No. of Posts for

Post Of which PWD

SC ST OBC UR Tot
VC HI OC Tot

Investment Officers on Contract 106 53 191 350 700 12 11 7 30

State / Union Territory-wise requirement of Investment Officers on Contract is as

mentioned below;

Code State / Union Territory No. of Posts

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11 Andhra Pradesh 47

12 Assam 10

13 Bihar 04

14 Chandigarh 06

15 Chhattisgarh 06

16 Delhi 66

17 Goa 09

18 Gujarat 18

19 Haryana 13

20 Himachal Pradesh 02

21 Jharkhand 08

22 Karnataka 140

23 Kerala 54

24 Madhya Pradesh 09

25 Maharashtra 81

26 Orissa 05

27 Punjab 35

28 Rajasthan 04

29 Tamil Nadu 110

30 Uttar Pradesh 46

31 Uttaranchal 05

32 West Bengal 22

Total 700

Note: The reservations for the post of Investment Officers on Contract shall be extended on
All India basis, as per Government guidelines.

The recruitment shall be on State-wise / Union territory-wise basis. Candidates can apply for
ONE STATE / UNION TERRITORY ONLY and have to appear for the test, from a centre
allotted for that particular State / Union Territory. On selection, candidates will be placed
anywhere in that state / union territory depending up on Bank’s need.

(a) The number of posts and the reservations provided are provisional and may vary according
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to actual requirement of the Bank.

(b) 3% of the total posts @ 1% each for VC, HI & OC candidates are reserved for the Persons
with Disabilities.
(c) As the reservation for PWD candidates is on horizontal basis, the selected candidates will be
placed in the appropriate category to which the candidate belongs. The above reservation is
inclusive of shortfall / backlog reservation.

Abbreviations: SC-Scheduled Caste; ST-Scheduled Tribe; OBC - Other Backward Class;

UR – Un Reserved; PWD – Persons With Disabilities; VC-Visually Challenged; HI-Hearing
Impaired; OC-Orthopaedically Challenged.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA & OTHER DETAILS: All the eligibility criteria [qualification, age
etc] shall be computed as on 01.06.2010.

Investment Officers [on Contract]

a. Qualification:

A Graduate in any discipline, preferably with MBA, and having flair for marketing the Insurance,
Mutual Fund and other products of the Bank. All the qualifications mentioned should be from a
recognized University / Institution.

Knowledge (Read / Write / Speak) of the local language of the State / Union Territory for which
he / she is applying, is essential.

Candidates must necessarily be qualified by passing the IRDA Licence Examination after their
provisional selection, at their own cost. Provisionally selected candidates shall be allowed to join
the bank only if they acquire the IRDA Licence within the period stipulated by the Bank.

Candidate should possess the following;

- Passion for Marketing
- Work independently and also with team
- Computer literacy
- Good communication skills

Preference will be given to those candidates who have prior experience in marketing / insurance
business.

Since the job involves extensive travelling, candidates should have good physical fitness and
ready to accept the challenges & meeting the targets.

COMPUTER LITERACY: Operating computer systems in MS-DOS, MS Windows, Basic

concepts of Networking & Connectivity, MS Office [Word, Excel, PowerPoint, e-mail etc.] shall
be an essential qualification, which a candidate must either possess or acquire within 6 months
from the date of joining the Bank.

HINDI KNOWLEDGE: The candidates shall acquire working knowledge of Hindi, if not
possessed already, within 6 months from the date of joining the Bank.
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b. Job Profile:

Marketing the Insurance, Mutual Fund and other products of the Bank. Responsible for end-to-
end sales. Any other work assigned by the Bank from time to time.

c. Period of Contract:

Three [3] years with an option to extend for two years at the discretion of the Bank.

d. Compensation:

Fixed Pay:

Rs.15000/- per month subject to achievement of minimum threshold premium of Rs.1 lakh per
month i.e., Rs.12 lakhs per annum.

Basic : Rs.10,000/-

HRA : Rs.2,500/- [25% Basic]

Conveyance : Rs.1,500/- [15% Basic]

Medical Aid : Rs.1,000/- [10% Basic]

Variable Pay:

Over and above the threshold limit, he/she will be entitled for variable pay and the variable pay
is equivalent to 15% of the commission received by the Bank, which shall be paid quarterly.

The contract appointees, who fail to achieve performance with a minimum threshold premium of
Rs.3.00 lakhs per quarter, consecutively for two quarters, beginning from the second quarter of
their appointment shall cease to continue as contract appointees of the bank from the last day of
the month from the end of the second quarter under review. However, if any candidate fails to
achieve minimum threshold limit of Rs.3 lakhs in any quarter, Bank reserves right to cancel the
contract appointment.

e. Other Benefits:

Casual Leave – 10 days per calendar year

Annual Leave- 20 days in a calendar year

The Annual Leave can be encashed to the extent of 50% every year. Carry over of unavailed
casual / annual leave shall not be permitted.

f. Other Conditions:

i. Applicable Income Tax shall be deducted as per provisions.

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ii. Either party may terminate the contract by giving one month notice in writing / by
remitting one month’s fixed compensation amount.

iii. The Bank will have the right to recover at its discretion, any loss or money due to the
Bank, from the amounts due and payable by the Bank without prejudice to any other
remedies the Bank may adopt for recovering the same.

iv. 10% of the Basic will be deducted as employee’s contribution towards Contributory
Provident Fund and monthly contribution will be provided by the bank over and above
the fixed compensation. The employee’s contribution as well as Bank’s contribution
towards Contributory Provident Fund shall be settled at the time of cessation.

v. The Contract Appointee shall not be eligible for any perquisites whatsoever which are
payable to permanent employees of the Bank.

vi. Officers recruited under the contract system are not eligible for pension in any form.

1. DEFINITIONS

A] Ex-Servicemen [XSM]:

Only those candidates shall be treated as Ex-Servicemen who fulfill the revised definition as laid
down in Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Personnel and
Administrative Reforms Notification No.36034/5/85/Estt.(SCT) dated 27.10.1986 as amended
from time to time.

Note: The Territorial Army Personnel will be treated as ex-servicemen w.e.f. 15.11.1986.

B] Reservations for Persons with Disabilities:

Reservation is available for Persons with Disabilities under Section-33 of the Persons with
Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights & Full Participation) Act 1995:

Visually Challenged [VC]:

(i) Blindness refers to a condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions
namely (a) Total absence of sight or (b) Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 {snellen} in
the better eye with correcting lenses; or (c) limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of
20 degree or worse.
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(ii) Low Vision means a person with impairment of visual functioning even after treatment or
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.

Hearing Impairment [HI] means loss of 60 decibels or more in the better ear in the
conversational range of frequencies.

Orthopaedically Challenged [OC] – All the cases of OC persons are covered under the
category of Locomotor disability or cerebral palsy.
Locomotor Disability means disability of the bones, joints or muscles leading to substantial
restriction of the movement of the limbs or any forms of cerebral palsy.
Cerebral Palsy means a group of non-progressive conditions of a person characterized by
abnormal motor control posture resulting from brain insult or injuries occurring in the pre-natal,
peri-natal or infant period of development.

Only such persons would be eligible for reservation in services / posts who suffer from not less
than 40% of relevant disability.

2. NATIONALITY / CITIZENSHIP:

A candidate must be either i] a citizen of India or ii] a subject of Nepal or iii] a subject of Bhutan
or iv] a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 01.01.1962 with the intention of
permanently settling in India or v] a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan,
Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania,
Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia & Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India
provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) 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/interview conducted by the Bank, but on final selection the offer of appointment
may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificates issued by the Government of India,
are produced.

3. RELAXATION IN UPPER AGE LIMIT

(i) Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe candidates - by 5 years;

(ii) Other Backward Classes candidates - by 3 years;
(iii) Persons with Disabilities by 10 years;
(iv) All persons who are ordinarily domiciled in Kashmir Division of J&K State during 01.01.80 to
31.12.89 - by 5 years;
(v) Ex-servicemen – Commissioned Officers including those ECOs / SSCOs who have rendered
at least 5 years Military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including
those whose assignment is due to be completed on or before 30.09.2010) otherwise than by
way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or physical disability
attributable to Military service or on invalidment – by 5 years

NOTE:
a] The relaxation in upper age limit to SC/ST/OBC candidates is allowed on cumulative basis
with only one of the remaining categories for which age relaxation is permitted as mentioned
above in Point No. 4 (iii) to 4 (v)
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b] Persons eligible for age relaxation under 4(iv) above must produce the domicile certificate at
the time of interview from the District Jurisdiction where he / she had ordinarily resided or any
other authority designated in this regard by the Government of Jammu & Kashmir to the effect
that the candidate had ordinarily domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of J&K during the
period from 01.01.80 to 31.12.89.

c] An Ex-servicemen who has once joined in a Govt. job on the civil side after availing the
benefits given to him as an Ex-servicemen for his re-employment, his Ex-servicemen status for
the purpose of re-employment in Government ceases. Ex-servicemen candidates who have
already secured employment under the Central Govt. in Group C & D will be permitted the
benefit of age relaxation as prescribed for Ex-servicemen for securing another employment in a
higher grade or cadre in Group C/D under the Central Govt. However, such candidates will not
be eligible for the benefits of reservation for Ex-servicemen in Central Govt. jobs.

4. APPLICATION FEE & POSTAL CHARGES (NON REFUNDABLE)

Category Amount

SC/ST/PWD Rs.50/-*

All Others Rs.300/-

* Postage only

PROCEDURE FOR MAKING PAYMENT OF APPLICATION FEE / POSTAL CHARGES:

The application fee / postal charges can be paid by;

1] Directly crediting the amount in any of the Canara Bank Branch OR

2] Paying the amount through NEFT in any other Bank.

The procedure for payment of fee is mentioned below;

1] Directly crediting the amount in any Canara Bank Branch:

- Take print-out of the Payment Challan from website [click here to download Payment
Challan]
- Fill the particulars viz, Name, Canara Bank Branch Name, City, Amount, Post Applied for
- Submit the Fee Payment Challan & amount in any Canara Bank Branch
- Collect the candidate's copy of Fee Payment Challan from the Branch. Please check that
challan is properly signed & the details of Transaction Sequence No. / Batch No., Branch
Name & DP Code Number, Deposit Date are noted in the challan by the Branch Authorities.
- Log on to bank website for applying on-line.

2] Paying the amount through NEFT in any other Bank [If the candidate opts for payment
through other Bank]:

- Fill the NEFT challan as required by the bank with Beneficiary details as follows;
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- Name of the Account : Canara Bank Recruitment Project – 2 / 2010

- Account Number : 1173201002149
- Payee Bank : Canara Bank, South End Road Branch, Bangalore
- IFSC Code : CNRB0001173
- Make payment
- Collect NEFT Payment Receipt. Please check that receipt is properly signed & the details
of NEFT UTR No., IFSC Code of the Sending Branch, Name of the Sending Bank, City,
Deposit Date, Amount etc are noted in the challan by the Branch Authorities.
- Log on to bank website for applying on-line.

After on-line registration, candidates are requested to write their Registration Number,
Name, Date of Birth, Post Applied for on the back of the Payment Challan / NEFT Receipt.
Candidates have to submit this original Payment Challan / NEFT Receipt along with Test
Call Letter at the time of Written Test.

The application fee / postal charges should be paid during the following dates;

Post Dates
Investment Officer on 22.06.2010 to
Contract 10.07.2010

Even if the last date of registration changes due to technical reasons, the valid dates for
payment of application fee / postal charges will not be changed.

Payment of fee by Demand Draft / Cheque / Money Orders / Postal Orders etc will not be
accepted.

5. SELECTION PROCEDURE

The selection for the post of Investment Officers on Contract shall be by way of Written Test +
Interview.

The test may be conducted On-line / Off-line. The written test shall consist of Objective Test
& Descriptive Test. The details of test are as follows;

No. of Time
Test Subject Marks
Questions [Minutes]
Test of Reasoning 75 75
Test of Data Analysis &
50 50
Objective Interpretation
135
Test Test of General Awareness,
50 50
Marketing & Computers
Test of English 50 50
Descriptive
General Question Attempt 4 out of 5 100 60
Test*
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*If the test is conducted ON-LINE, descriptive test will

not be there.

There will be negative marks for wrong answers in Objective Test. The Descriptive Test is
only for qualifying purpose. Bank will decide the minimum cut-off marks for each subject as
well as Total Weighted Score [TWS]. Depending on the number of vacancies, such of those
candidates who rank sufficiently high in the order of merit in the written test as per the cut off
marks decided by the Bank will only be called for interview.

Mere eligibility / admission to the test / pass in the test does not imply that the Bank is satisfied
beyond doubt about the candidates’ eligibility and shall not vest any right in a candidate for
being called for interview. The Bank reserves the right to call only the requisite number of
candidates for interview.

Other details regarding the test will be given to the candidates in the “Acquaint Yourself
Booklet”, which will be sent along with the call letter for written examination.

The Bank reserves the right to change the selection procedure, if necessary. The change,
if any, shall be communicated to the candidates in advance.

Maximum marks for Interview is 100 and the final selection shall be State / Union Territory-wise
& on the basis of performance in Interview only.

The Bank would be free to reject the candidature of any candidate at any stage of the
recruitment process, if he / she is found to be ineligible. If appointed, such a candidate may be
summarily removed and the fees paid by the ineligible candidates shall be forfeited.

6. DATE OF WRITTEN TEST:

The written test is tentatively fixed on 05.09.2010 at the following Centres. The exact venue
address of the test will be intimated in the Test Call Letter.

Candidates have to appear for test, from a centre allotted to the State / Union Territory for which
he/she is applying.

CENTRE
State / Union Territory TEST CENTRE
CODE
51 Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh
52 Visakhapatnam

Assam 53 Guwahati

Bihar 54 Patna

Chandigarh, Punjab, 55 Chandigarh

Himachal Pradesh 56 Delhi
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Chhattisgarh 57 Raipur

Delhi 56 Delhi

Goa 58 Panaji Goa

Gujarat 59 Ahmedabad

60 Karnal
Haryana
56 Delhi

Jharkhand 61 Ranchi

62 Bangalore

Karnataka 63 Hubli

64 Mangalore

65 Trivandrum
Kerala
66 Calicut

Madhya Pradesh 67 Bhopal

68 Mumbai
Maharashtra
69 Nagpur

Orissa 70 Bhubaneshwar

Rajasthan 71 Jaipur

72 Chennai

Tamil Nadu 73 Coimbatore

74 Madurai

75 Agra

Uttar Pradesh 56 Delhi

76 Lucknow

Uttaranchal 78 Dehradun

West Bengal 79 Kolkata

However, the Bank reserves its right to change the date of written test, to add/cancel the test
Centres and to call the candidates for the test at any other Centre at its discretion, under
unforeseen circumstances, if any. The Bank also reserves the right to allot the candidate to any
centre other than the one he/she has opted for. The Candidates have to appear for the written
test at the allotted Centres at their own expenses. No request for change of Centre will be
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entertained. The centres mentioned above are for written test only. The Bank will inform the
candidates about the date, time & venue for the interviews separately.

7. SECURITY DEPOSIT

The selected candidates on appointment shall be required to make a security deposit of

Rs.50,000/- with the bank to indemnify the bank against any loss or damage which may be
caused to the Bank. An amount of Rs.20,000/- should be deposited upfront at the time of
commencement of the contract and the balance of Rs.30,000/- to be deposited in 6 monthly
installments.

8. HOW TO APPLY:

The eligible candidates are required to apply ON-LINE through bank’s

website www.canarabank.com. The guidelines for filling on-line application are as follows;

 Candidates should have a valid personal e-mail id. In case, candidate is not having valid
e-mail id, he/she should create a new e-mail id. This e-mail id should be valid for the
duration of the project.
 Candidates should have remitted the requisite fee in any branch of Canara Bank and
should have details of payment made OR Candidates should have remitted the requisite
fee in any other Bank through NEFT and should have details of payment made.
 Please note that without valid payment details, on-line registration of application will be
summarily rejected. For details of payment, check Point No.4.
 Candidates are required to visit the Bank’s website www.canarabank.com-Careers-
Positions Open page and click on the link “Recruitment Project – 2 / 2010 – Investment
Officers on Contract” and apply for the post. Alternatively, candidates can click the link
“Recruitment” scrolling in the “News Update”, which leads to the Recruitment Page.
 The link for registration of application will be open on our website on the dates
indicated at the top of this advertisement.
 After filling in all the required particulars, candidates shall submit the application on-line.
 There is provision to modify the submitted on-line application. Candidates are requested
to make use of this facility to correct the details in on-line application, if any. This
Modification facility shall be available after 2 days of registration & up to
12.07.2010. Modification will be allowed only 3 times. After the last date, no
modification will be permitted.
 Candidates should take utmost care to furnish the correct details while filling in on-line
application.
 Retain a copy of on-line application print out along with Registration Number &
Password safely for your records.

CANDIDATES NEED NOT SEND APPLICATION PRINT / DOCUMENTS AT THIS STAGE.

While attending for the Written Test, candidates have to submit Original Payment Challan
/ NEFT receipt along with Test Call Letter, without which candidates are not allowed to
take up examination.

9. CALL LETTERS
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All the communications viz, call letters for test / interview etc., will be sent to the address for
communication given by the candidate in the application form by ordinary post only. Request
for sending to different addresses subsequently will not be entertained.

WRITTEN TEST CALL LETTERS:

The call letters for attending the written test shall be sent to the eligible candidates by ordinary
post. Candidate has to affix his / her photograph on the call letter. Candidate has to bring this
call letter along with original payment challan / NEFT receipt while attending the written test.

PROCEDURE FOR DUPLICATE CALL LETTERS FOR ATTENDING TEST:

Eligible candidates, who do not receive the written test call letter, may download the Duplicate
Call Letter from our bank’s website www.canarabank.com by entering his / her details, between
the following dates;

Dates for downloading

Post
Duplicate Test Call Letter
Investment Officers on Contract 30.08.2010 to 05.09.2010

Candidate has to affix his / her photograph on the call letter. Candidate has to bring this call
letter along with original payment challan / NEFT receipt while attending the written test.

Note: Candidates have to submit original Payment Challan / NEFT Receipt along with
Test Call Letter while attending the written test, without which they will not be allowed to
take up the examination.

CALL LETTER FOR ATTENDING INTERVIEW:

The candidates who have qualified in the written test & ranked sufficiently high [as mentioned in
Point No. 5] will only be called for the Interview and their details and Interview Schedule will be
made available in Bank’s websitewww.canarabank.com. Interview Call Letters shall be sent by
ordinary post to the candidates who have qualified for interview. Alternatively the interview call
letter can be downloaded from the Bank’s website.

Bank will not take responsibility for late receipt / non-receipt of call letter / any communication to
the candidate. Hence candidates are requested to keep track of their application status by
visiting Bank’s website from time to time during the recruitment process.

10. ACTION AGAINST CANDIDATES FOUND GUILTY OF MISCONDUCT:

Candidates should not furnish any particulars that are false, tampered, fabricated or suppress
any material information while registering the application and submitting the certified copies /
testimonials.

At the time of written examination/interview, if a candidate is or has been found guilty of using
unfair means during the test/interview; or impersonating or procuring impersonation by any
person; or misbehaving in the examination hall / interview hall or taking away the question
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booklet, answer sheet, from the examination hall; or resorting to any other irregular or improper
means in connection with his/her candidature for the selection; or obtaining support of his/her
candidature by any means, such a candidate may in addition to rendering himself/herself liable
to criminal prosecution, will be liable

(a) to be disqualified from the examination / interview for which he / she is a candidate
(b) to be debarred, either permanently or for a specified period from any examination or
selection held by the Bank.

The Bank/IBPS would be analyzing the responses of a candidate with other appeared
candidates to detect patterns of similarity. If, as per the laid down procedure, it is suspected that
the responses have been shared and the scores obtained are not genuine / valid, the Bank
reserves the right to cancel his / her candidature.

11. GUIDELINES FOR USE OF SCRIBE IN THE WRITTEN TEST:

Wherever written examination is held, only those candidates who are blind and candidates
whose writing speed is affected by cerebral palsy can use scribe at their own cost during the
written examination. In all such cases, where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply:

1) The candidate will have to arrange for the scribe at his / her own cost.
2) The academic qualification of the scribe should be one grade lower than the stipulated
minimum eligibility criteria.
3) The scribe can be from any academic stream and should possess marks less than the
candidate but in any case not more than 60% in his own academic stream.
4) The candidate as well as the scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking confirming that
the scribe fulfils all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe as mentioned above. Further, in
case it later transpires that he/she did not fulfil any of the laid down eligibility criteria or
suppressed any material facts, the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled, irrespective
of the result of the written test.
5) Such candidates who use a scribe shall be eligible for extra time of 20 minutes for every hour
of examination.

12. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

a) Candidates have to register on-line through Bank’s website only. No other means of
applications shall be entertained.
b) Admission to the written test / calling for interview is purely provisional without verification of
age / qualification / category etc. of the candidates. Mere receipt of call letter for written test /
interview does not imply that the Bank is satisfied about the candidate’s eligibility. Candidates
should ensure their eligibility before paying the fees / applying / attending the written test /
interview. Bank reserves right to reject ineligible candidate’s applications at any stage and the
fee paid by ineligible candidates shall be forfeited.
c) The Application once made will not be allowed to be withdrawn and the fee once paid will not
be refunded on any account nor would this fee be held in reserve for future examination /
selection.
d) Applications which are incomplete in any respect will be rejected and the fee will be forfeited.
e) Candidates will have to appear for the written test and interview at their own expenses.
However, outstation SC/ST/Persons with Disabilities category candidates called for interview
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will be paid II class to & fro train fare or actual expenses incurred, whichever is less, by shortest
route on production of proof of travel. The above concession will not be admissible to
SC/ST/Persons with Disabilities category candidates who are already in service in Central /
State Government, Corporations, Public Undertakings/ Local Government, Institutions and
Panchayats etc.
f) Candidates serving in Government / Public Sector Undertakings (including Banks) are
required to produce a “No Objection certificate” from their employer at the time of interview, in
the absence of which their candidature will not be considered.
g) Only candidates willing to serve anywhere in the State / Union Territory for which he /
she applied, should apply
h) Decision of the Bank in all matters regarding eligibility of the candidate, the stages at which
such scrutiny of eligibility is to be undertaken, the documents to be produced for the purpose of
the conduct of interview, selection and any other matter relating to recruitment will be final and
binding on the candidate. Further, the Bank reserves right to stall / cancel the recruitment
partially / fully at any stage during the recruitment process at its discretion, which will be final
and binding on the candidate
i) No correspondence or personal enquires shall be entertained by the Bank.
j) Bank may, at its discretion, hold re-examination / re-interview wherever necessary in respect
of a centre / venue / specified post or candidate/s.
k) The successful candidates in written test are required to submit all the documents pertaining
to Age, Qualification, Experience, Caste etc at the time of interview. These documents will be
verified at the time of interview. If any candidate found ineligible while verifying the documents,
shall not be allowed to take up interview.
l) Candidates belonging to SC / ST / OBC / Persons with Disabilities categories should keep
ready an attested copy of certificate issued by competent authority in the prescribed format as
stipulated by Government of India. In case of candidates belonging to OBC category, certificate
should specifically contain a clause that the candidate does not belong to creamy layer section
excluded from the benefits of reservation for Other Backward Classes in Civil post & services
under Government of India. OBC caste certificate should not be more than one year old.
THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY FOR THE ISSUE OF THE CERTIFICATE TO SC / ST / OBC /
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IS AS UNDER:
I) For Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes / Other Backward Classes: (i) District Magistrate
/ Additional District Magistrate / Collector / Deputy Commissioner / Additional Deputy
Commissioner / Deputy Collector / First Class stipendary Magistrate / City Magistrate / Sub-
Divisional Magistrate (not below the rank of First Class stipendary Magistrate) / Taluk Magistrate
/ Executive Magistrate / Extra Assistant Commissioner (ii) Chief Presidency Magistrate/
Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Presidency Magistrate (iii) Revenue Officer not below
the rank of Tahsildar (iv) Sub-divisional officer of the Area where the candidate and or his family
normally resides.
II) For Persons with Disabilities: Authorised certifying authority will be the Medical Board at
the District level consisting of Chief Medical Officer, Sub-Divisional Medical Officer in the District
and an Orthopedic / Ophthalmic / ENT Surgeon.
III) Prescribed Formats of SC, ST, OBC, PWD certificates can be downloaded from
Bank’s websitewww.canarabank.com. Candidates belonging to these categories are
required to produce the certificates strictly in these formats only.
m) An Ex-serviceman candidate has to produce a copy of the discharge Certificate / pension
payment order and documentary proof of rank last / presently held (substantive as well as
acting) at the time of interview. Those who are still in defence service should submit a certificate
from a competent authority that they will be relieved from defence services, on or before
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30.09.2010.
n) Appointment of selected candidates is subject to his/her being declared medically fit as per
the requirement of the Bank & receiving satisfactory report from referees.
o) Any resultant dispute arising out of this advertisement shall be subject to the sole jurisdiction
of the Courts situated in Bangalore.
p) Canvassing in any form will be treated as disqualification.
q) The Bank / IBPS shall not be responsible for an application being rejected which is based on
wrong information provided in any advertisement issued by an unauthorized person / institution.
r) In case any dispute arises on account of interpretation in versions other than English, English
version will prevail.
s) No candidate is permitted to use Calculator, Cell Phone, Pager or any other instruments in
the examination hall.

Candidates in their own interest are advised to register on-line and submit their
applications well in time before the last date, to avoid the possibility of dis-connection /
inability / failure to log on the Bank’s website on account of heavy load on internet /
website jam. The Bank does not assume any responsibility for the candidates not being
able to submit their applications within the last date on account of the aforesaid reasons
or for any other reasons beyond the control of the Bank.

Date : 14.06.2010
GENERAL
Place: Bangalore
MANAGER