LDCE IP

F. No. 4-340 I 2l03l20tB-DE

Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(DE Section)
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi - l t0 001
Dated: September 0g ,2019

NOTIFICATION
Sub conducting Limited Departmental competitive Examination (LDCE)
for
promotion to the cadre of rnspector posts (66.66%) Departmental
quota for
the. year 2016-17,20!?:ts & 2018 (01.04.2018 to'st.t).ts)
lgth & 20rh Octobe r,2019. - scheduted on

Department of Posts has decided to conduct the LDCE (66.66%of

vacancies)for
promotion to the cadre of Inspector Posts for the vacancies for
the period 01.04.2016 to
31 .12.2018 as per the following schedule:

Date of Exam Paper Nos. Time

I October 2019 Paper-l 10:00 a.m. to 0l :00 .m.
1 2019 Paper-ll 02:00 ,m. to 05:00 m.
October 20t9 Paper-III 10:00 a.m. to 01:00
October 2019 IV 02:00 p.m. to 05:00 p.m

2' Applications are invited online for which link will be available at
http://ccc.cept.gor'.inlipapplication from the willing and eligible
applicants. The hard
copy of the application duly signed uv applicant is re[uired to ue sent to parent
office. For APS candidates, hard copy oftg the application duiy verified by the authority
is required to be sent to Circle office. The scheiule of activities
for the Lxamination is
as under:

S. Activity Proposed Date (Schedule)

No
I Lastdate to receive online application 29.09.2019
from el ble candidates
2. Correction in application form, if 9.00 AM on 06.10.2019 and
necessary, by candidate to be done 5.30 PM on 07.10.2019
between
4 Admit cards available for downloading by 12.10.2019
candidates frorn
5 Date of Examination 19.10.2019 & 20.10.2019

i: Elieibilitv Criteria: -As per the Recruitment Rules notified in GSR 62(E) dated
0l-02-2013, the following categories of officials are eligible to appear
for the above
Examination.

I Postal Assistants/S orting As sistants with a Grade pay

of RS, 2400 AS per V I CPC
and Level as the VI I CPC ln Post Offices, Rai Mai I
 S erv ce Offic ES, Postal/Railwa
v Ma Service Div S ional office s, Circ le offices, F ore rgn
Post, Returned Letter o ffices ) Postal Stores Depots, Sa v ngs Bank Control
Organization ( S B C o ), I nte rnal Chec k Organ ization(rCO S B
Director Postal Life I nsurance Kolkata(D PLI an d Ma
) o fthe C ircle ) Office of
) Motor S ervice

2. Lower Selection Grade officials with a Grade pay of Rs. 2g00 as per VI CpC and
corresponding Level as per the VII CPC working in
Fost Offices, Railway Mail Service
offices, Postal /Railway Mail Service Divisioial offices, Circle post,
offices,'Foreign
Returned Letter offices, postar Stores Depot, Savings gank
organization(SBCo), Internar check organizatio,
tontror
rcd sBl of the circle, office of
Director Postal Life Insurance Korkata (DirLD and Mail Motor
Service.

3 Stenographers I n G rad e II with G rade Pay of Rs. 240 0 AS per VI CPC and
correspon d ing Leve AS per the VII CPC, S u bject to fu fiil
ment of other con d itions ike
servlce con d f
no. o chances etc

Note l: The officials working in the above categories should have put in not less than
five years of regular service on the crucial date of erigibirity.

Note 2: Regular service for LSG shall be including regular

service rendered in postal
Assistant / Sorting Assistant cadre.

Note 3: officials shall be allowed a maximum of four chances,

irrespective of grade to
appear in LDCE. Officials belonging to SC or ST shall be
i1owed mfximum
of six chances. Count the number of chance by considering the scheduled
LDCE as one chance because candidates.are sitting / appearingfphysically
only
one time. This direction will be applicable only fo-r this'schedit.O"t-oCd,
one time measure. ", "

Note 4 : A candidate who is serving in APS for the last two years
as on I't January of
the year, to which to which the vacancies pertain to, or had
served in ApS for
minimum period of two years shall be allowed additional two chances
to
appear in the LDCE. Accordingly an aspirant from ApS will
get 4+2: 6
chances to appear in the examination.

Note 5: Maximum ag9 for appearing in LDCE shail not be exceeding 40 years
as on
crucial date of eligibility. There shall be relaxation of 5 yeari for
Sc and ST
candidates.

4 date for calculation ofAse and Service elis,ibitirv

SlNo. Exam year I period ofvacancies Crucial date of I

I 2016-17 1.04.2016 to 31.03.201 01.04.2016
2 2017-18 I .04.2017 to 3 I .03.20 I 01.04.2017
J 2018 1.04.2018 to31.12.201 0l .04.201 8

5.

Age and service conditions mentioned above are also applicable to

the
candidates on deputation to ApS.

Note: Officials on deputation to APS shall be granted grace marks of loZ of marks
obtained for each completed year of deputation in-aps, a-s
on the date of examination,
 subject to maximum of l0o/o grace marks. The final merit
list shall be drawn after
arriving at the total marks including grace marks

6 . Pa.lttern & SvllaFgs gf,Examin4tign: - The pattern and syllabus applicable for
the said Inspector Posts LDCE nas atreuay ueen circulated
by SpB-ll Section vide letter
No' 7-l4l20lI-SPB.II (1) dated 27.03.2019 & 03.0g.20i9 and is available in the
Employee corner in the Department of Posts'official
website i.e. indiapost.gov.in The
pattern of the examination is also at Annexure
I.

Note: In all cases circulars, orders and guidelines issued upto

3l't December 20lg will
be included in the question paper (s)/syilabus except annuat
Report and Book of
information for which latest report and.information availauiJpublished
in Dop website
will be applicable.

7. : The Examination will be conducted

at all the circle Headquarters orlyJhe cundidat"s will have
to appear from the
respective centre of their circle only and under no
circumstances, they may be
permitted to appear from other Circle Centres.

Applicants serving on deputation in APS wilt appear from

the examination
centre of their parent Civil circles. The APS authoritie;
will send the applications of
the Applicants working in APS to the concerned Nodal
officer of tirl circle by
fumishing the eligibility derails.

8' The tentative vacancies under LDCE IP for all the circles
are 446.Circle wise,
year-wise, details are given in Annexure-Il. This
vacancy position is subject to
change.

9. The competent Authority reserves the right to change

or modify the
pattern of examination, syllabus etc at any time.

Enclosures: - Annexures- I & II

Director (DE)
 Annexure-I

of 9

(a)' Examination shall consist of 4 papers viz. Paper I, II, III & IV and each paper shall
carry 300 marks.

(b). No. of questions:

i. 150 questions of MCe type in paper I,II & II

ii. 125 questions of MCe type in piper IV and Noting & Drafting for
50 marks.
(c). Duration of Examination shall be 3 hours for each paper.

(d)' Qualifying Marks in each paper shall be 40%o subject

to an overall average of 45%
G^eneral Category and 33%o marks in each paper subject
fo^1 to an overall average of
38%o for SC/ST.

(e)' ln all cases circulars, orders and guidelines issued

upto 3l't December, 20lg will
be part of the syllabus except Annual Report and gook
of information for which latest
report and information for which latest report and information
available/published in
DoP website will be taken.

(f). Examination shall be without aid of books.

 Annexure-II
T um
for 01.04 31 8:

s. Circle 2016-17 2017-18 2018

No (01.04.2016 to (01.04.2017 to (01.04.2018 to
31.03.2017) 31.03.2018) 31.12.2018)

UR SC ST UR SC ST UR SC ST

I Andhra 6 I I n 2 12 2 I
Pradesh
2. Assam 0 0 0 2 0 I 2 I 0

J Bihar 4 I 1 I I 0 2 I I
4 thhattisgarh J 0 0 6 0 I 5 0 0
5. Delhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 i) 3 0
6. Gujarat l8 0 0 9 0 0 J 0 0
7 Haryana 0 0 0t 4 I 0 0 0 0

8 Himachal 3 0 0 J 0 I 0 0 0
Pradesh
9 Jammu & 0 0 0 I 0 0 I 0 0
Kashmir
l0 Jharkhand 0 0 0 6 0 2 2 I 0
ll. Karnataka t2 2 l0 2 I 6 0 I
t2 Kerala 0 0 0 6 2 2 2
I 0
l3 Madhya 5 2 2 5 3 I 0 0 0
Pradesh

t4 Maharashtra 6 0 J 12 0 I 20 I 1
t5. North East I 0 I I 0 0 0 2 0

t6 Odisha 9 1 0 H I 0 9 1 0
17. Punjab 0 0 0 3 I I I 1 0
t8. Rajasthan 4 J 0 l1 0 0 0 0 0
t9 TamilNadu 8 0 J 12 7 4 29 0 0
20 Telangana 6 I 0 1l 2 0 19 0 0
21 Uttar Pradesh t4 I 0 J I 0 5 I 0
22. Uttarakhand 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 I 0
23 West Bengal 0 0 0 t2 2 0 0
I 0
Total 99 t2 l3 140 25 l6 120 l7 4

Grand Total 124 t8l t4t

a Overall Vacancies to the cadre of Inspector Posts (66.6%) Departmental quota
for the period from 01 .04.2016 to 3 1.12.2018 for all 23 Circles is: 446.
a The overall number of vacancies is subject to change.