4. VACANCIES:

# Further details are as under: -

Abbreviation stand for: SC- Scheduled Caste, ST- Scheduled Tribe, OBC-Other Backward Classes, GEN- General Category,
 PC– Physically Challenged and EXS – Ex-Servicemen

Note: -

·         The number of vacancies as also the number of reserved vacancies is provisional and may vary according to the actual
 requirement of the Bank.

·         It is clarified that it may not be possible to employ Physically Challenged candidates in all Offices/ Branches of the Bank
 and they will have to work in the post identified by the Bank as suitable for them.

·         As the reservation for Physically Challenged and Ex-Servicemen candidates is on horizontal basis, the selected
candidates will be placed in the appropriate category (viz. SC/OBC/General) to which they belong.

·         Candidates belonging to reserved categories, including persons with Disabilities and candidates for whom no vacancy
has been announced are free to apply against vacancies announced for general category.

5. PAY SCALE & EMOLUMENTS:

NOTE: - DA and HRA will be payable as per rules depending upon the place of posting. Medical aid, LTC/LFC, Gratuity
and Other allowances will be admissible as per the rules of the Bank. Other allowances & perquisites will be admissible
 as per rules of the Bank.

6. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

(A) Nationality /Citizenship:

a.         A candidate must be either (i) a citizen of India, OR (ii) a subject of Nepal, OR (iii) subject of Bhutan, OR (iv)
 a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1^st January, 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, 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 (ii), (iii), (iv) & (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 shall be given only after the necessary eligibility certificates issued by the
 Government of India is produced before the Bank. 

Domicile: For the post of Office Assistant candidate must be a domicile of Punjab.

{ The Domicile Certificate should have been issued before the closing date of applications, i.e., 03.11.2011 and should be
 valid on the date of application as well as at the time of interview.}

b.        The candidate must have proficiency in local language i.e. Punjabi and must have passed “Punjabi”
as one of the subjects at Matriculation/ Senior School Certificate (old pattern)/ Graduation or at equivalent level.

(B) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION (as on 30.09.2011)

Post Code 01: (Officer Scale-III)

Degree from a recognised University in any discipline or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate.

Preference will be given to the candidates having Degree/ Diploma in Banking, Finance, Marketing, Agriculture, Horticulture,
Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Co-operation,
 Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy.

Experience: Minimum 5 years experience as an Officer in any Bank or Financial Institutions.

Post Code 02: (Officer Scale-II)

(I) Information Technology

Degree from a recognised University in Electronics / Communication / Computer Science / Information Technology or its equivalent
 with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate.

Desirable : Certificate in ASP, PHP, C++, Java, VB, VC, OCP etc.

Experience:    One year

(II) General Banking Officer

Degree from a recognised University in any discipline or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. Preference will
 be given to the candidates having degree/ diploma in Banking, Finance, Marketing, Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal
Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Co-operation, Information Technology,
 Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy.

Experience. - Two years as an officer in Bank or Financial Institution.

Post Code 03: (Officer Scale-I)

(i) Bachelor degree of a recognised University in any discipline or its equivalent.

Preference will be given to the candidates having degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry,
 Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, Information Technology,
 Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy;

(ii) Proficiency in local language i.e. Punjabi and must have passed “Punjabi” as one of the subject at Matriculation/ Senior
 School Certificate (old pattern)/Graduation or at equivalent level.,

(iii) Computer knowledge or awareness will be an added qualification.

Post Code 04: (Office Assistant)

(i) Bachelor Degree or its equivalent of a recognised University in any discipline;

(ii) (a) Essential: Proficiency in local language i.e. Punjabi and must have passed “Punjabi” as one of the subject at Matriculation/ Senior
 School Certificate (old pattern)/Graduation or at equivalent level;

(b) Desirable: Knowledge of Computer skills.

(C) AGE (as on 30.09.2011):

RELAXATION OF UPPER AGE LIMIT:

Note:

1.      The relaxation in upper age limit is cumulative as per Govt. of India guidelines.

2.      An ex- serviceman who has once joined a Government job on civil side after availing of the benefits given to him
 as an Ex-Serviceman for his re-employment, including a job in the Public Sector Undertaking ceases to enjoy ex-serviceman
 status for further employment.

3.      All persons eligible for age relaxation under 6 (4) above must produce the domicile certificate at the time of interview,
 from the District Magistrate in the Kashmir Division within whose jurisdiction he/ she had ordinarily resided or any other

 authority designated in this regard by the Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir, to the effect that the candidate had ordinarily been
domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the state of Jammu & Kashmir during 1^st January 1980 to 31^st December 1989.

4.      Above relaxations are available only if the candidates fulfill the various conditions prescribed in the Govt. of India orders
 and instructions in this regard. To claim age relaxation, reserved category candidates should submit a copy of the Community
Certificate.

Definition: Physically Challenged Persons (PC) –

Definition of Categories of Disabilities:  

(a)      An Orthopaedically Challenged (OC) person is one suffering from Locomotor Disability or Cerebral Palsy. Persons who
suffer from not less than 40% of relevant disability (as certified by a Medical Board appointed by the Central / State Govt.)
would be eligible for reservation in services/ posts.

Locomotor Disability means disability of the bones, joints or muscles leading to substantial restriction of the movement of
the limbs or any form 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.

(b)      Deaf & Hearing Impaired (HI) : the deaf are those persons in whom the sense of hearing is non- functional for ordinary
 purposes of life i.e. total loss of hearing in both ears. They do not hear; understand sounds at all even with amplified
speech. Hearing impairment means loss of sixty decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies.

(c)      Visually Impaired: (VI) The visually impaired persons are those suffering from blindness or low vision.

Blindness – refers to a condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions:

(i) Total absence of sight, (ii) Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses,
 (iii) Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degree or worse.

Person with 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.

The visually impaired candidates and candidates whose writing speed is affected by cerebral palsy can use their own
scribe at their cost during the written examination. In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply:

The candidate will have to arrange his/ her own scribe -

i)                    at his/ her own cost.

ii)                  The academic qualification of the scribe should be one grade lower than the stipulated eligibility criteria.

iii)                 The scribe can be from any academic discipline.  The scribe should possess 60% or lesser marks.

iv)                 Both 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 suppresses material facts, the candidature of the applicant will
stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the written examination.

v)                  Such candidates who use a scribe shall be eligible for extra time of 20 minutes for every hour of the examination.

7. APPLICATION FEE FOR EACH POST INCLUDING POSTAL CHARGES (NON REFUNDABLE):

For all Officers

For Office Assistant

Note:

Four type of Challans* are available on Bank’s website “www.malwagraminbank.com” .Eligible candidates should download
two copies of desired  challan for depositing fee with following Banks. First copy of challan shall be retained as voucher by
 bank while accepting fee, second copy shall be kept by the candidate for handing it over to the invigilator at the time of
written test. A photocopy of challan shall be retained by candidate for his/her records.

1.      Malwa Gramin Bank

Candidates can deposit the prescribed fees/ postage at any of the branch of Malwa Gramin Bank. The list of our branches
 together with Code numbers is available on our Bank’s Website “www.malwagraminbank.com” for information of the
candidates. Candidate should ensure that on deposit of fees the branch issues him/ her a receipt which includes the following items:

1)      Journal Number

2)      Branch Name

3)      Branch code Number

4)      Date of Deposit

2.      State Bank of Patiala

Candidates can deposit the prescribed fees/ postage at any of the State Bank of Patiala branches. Candidate should
 ensure that on deposit of fees the branch issues him/ her a receipt which includes the following items:

1)      Journal Number

2)      Branch Name

3)      Branch code Number

4)      Date of Deposit

After filling in the required information on the Challan candidates should pay the prescribed fees/ postage with
 any of two Banks. The fees should be deposited up to 03-11-2011.  This date will be same for the candidates
belonging to far-flung areas. If a candidate is eligible and desires to apply for more than one post, he/ she
should apply on-line through website “www.malwagraminbank.com”  separately for each post together with
separate fees/ postages, as applicable. Application fees and /or postage charges, once deposited will not be
allowed to be withdrawn/ refunded on any account nor can it be held in reserve for any other Examination or
 selection process. Payment of application fee and/or postal charges by demand draft/ cheque/Money order
/Postal order etc. will not be accepted.

8. SELECTION PROCEDURE:

The selection of the candidates for all the posts shall be made on the basis of written test of 70 marks and interview of 30 marks.

WRITTEN TEST  for Post Code- 01 (OFFICER SCALE-III) & Post Code- 02 (OFFICER SCALE-II)

All the eligible candidates will be called for a written test, which will be of objective type, comprising the following:

WRITTEN TEST FOR Post Code- 03 (OFFICER SCALE-I) & Post Code- 04 (OFFICE ASSISTANT)

All the eligible candidates will be called for a written test, which will be objective type, comprising the following:

Note:    a) WRONG ANSWERS given in the objective tests will result in negative marks. 1/4^th
 MARK will be deducted for each wrong answer.

b) *The candidates can opt for either 4a or 4b (General English or General Hindi).

c) The total marks obtained in all the four papers will be converted from 200 to 70, for the purpose of preparing
merit list after the written examination.

d) To be eligible for interview a candidate must obtain minimum of 40% marks (35% for SC/OBC/PC/EXS) in written test.

Marks obtained in the written test will be reckoned for merit ranking. Accordingly, candidates will be called for interview.
Depending upon the number of vacancies only those candidates who ranked sufficiently high in the written test will be
called for interview in the ratio of 1:3. Mere eligibility/pass in the test shall Not vest any right for being called for interview.

The detailed information regarding the written test will be given in the "Acquaint Yourself Booklet” which will be sent to
the candidates alongwith the call letter for written examination. The Bank reserves the right to hold a second stage of written
 examination if required, on the basis of the order of merit in the written examination of the first stage as referred to
 above. If the second stage of written examination is held, the subsequent process of interview and further process would
 be on the basis of order of merit secured in the second stage examination.

Final selection will be on the basis of the ranking accorded, after adding the marks obtained in the written
test and interview, subject to securing minimum marks in the written test and interview, as stated above.

9. TEST CENTRES AND DATE OF WRITTEN EXAMINATION (FOR POST CODE 1 to 4):

          i)          The written test for the Officers Scale-III Post will be held on 08-01-2012 (Sunday) 

         ii)         The written test for the Officers Scale-II Post will be held on 08-01-2012 (Sunday) 

         iii)        The written test for the Officers Scale-I Post will be held on 08-01-2012 (Sunday) 

        iv)        The Written Test for the post of Office Assistant will be held on 18-12-2011 (Sunday) 

The dates of examination are tentative. The exact dates will be communicated to the candidates through call letter for
 each examination. The Bank, however, reserves the right to cancel or make any change in the date of examination, if need arises.

The Written test will be scheduled at the following Centres and the address of the Venue will be advised in the Call Letter:

The Bank, however, reserves the right to cancel any of the Centres and/ or add other Centres, depending on the response,
 administrative feasibility etc. The Bank also reserves the right to allot the Candidate any Centre other than the one he/ she
 has opted for and the right to waive any of the criteria for selection looking at the requirement and exigencies.

10. Pre- Examination Training for SC/ Minority/EXS candidates. (For post code 03 and 04 )

It is proposed to impart free Pre- Examination Training to SC/ST/Minority/EXS Candidates at Patiala. The Bank reserves the
 right to add or delete the centres of Pre-Examination Training depending upon the response. An eligible candidate, who
 wishes to avail Pre-Examination Training, may indicate the same at the appropriate place in the application form. All expenses
 regarding travelling, boarding, lodging etc will be borne by the candidate for attending the Pre- Examination Training programme
 at the concerned Training Centre. Please note that Pre-Examination Training will not confer on the candidate any
right of recruitment in the Bank.

The candidates should down load their Pre-Examination Training call letter from Bank’s
website www.malwagraminbank.com by entering his / her details registration Number and
Password/Date of Birth, between the following dates. No hard copy of the call letter will be sent by post. 

Dates for downloading Pre-Examination Training Call Letter:

For Officer Scale I                                        : From 09-12-2011 to 19-12-2011

For Office Assistant                                     : From 18-11-2011 to 28-11-2011

11. HOW TO APPLY:

The candidate should have a valid e-mail ID. This will help him/ her in getting call letter/ interview advices etc.
by e-mail. Eligible candidates should download two copies of desired challans, from the Bank’s website, for
depositing fee with following Banks. First copy of challan shall be retained as voucher by bank while accepting fee,
second copy shall be kept by the candidate for handing it over to the invigilator at the time of written test. A
 photocopy of challan shall be retained by candidate for his/her records.

1.      Malwa Gramin Bank

Candidates can deposit the prescribed fees/ postage at any of the Malwa Gramin Bank branches. The list of our
branches  together with Code numbers is available on our Bank’s  Website “www.malwagraminbank.com” for
information of the candidates. Candidate should ensure that on deposit of fees the branch issues him/ her a receipt
which includes the following items:

a.       Journal Number

b.      Branch Name

c.       Branch code Number

d.      Date of Deposit

2.      State Bank of Patiala

Candidates can deposit the prescribed fees/ postage at any of the State Bank of Patiala branches. Candidate should
ensure that on deposit of fees the branch issues him/ her a receipt which includes the following items:

a.       Journal Number

b.      Branch Name

c.       Branch code Number

d.      Date of Deposit

After filling the required information on the Challan they should pay the prescribed fees/ postage at the respective Bank.
 The payment of fees should be made up to 03-11-2011.  This date will be same for the candidates belonging to
 far-flung areas. The candidates should apply on-line through website “www.malwagraminbank.com” No other
means/mode of application will be accepted. After applying on-line the candidate must retain the print
out of the computer generated application form and preserve the same for submission at the time of interview. On
 submission of the online application, the candidate will receive a registration number and password, which
 he/she needs to retain for use in future. Photocopy of challan in respect of fee deposited will have to be
 submitted with the call letter at the time of written test. Without counterfoil of the fee receipt
the candidate will not be allowed to appear in the written test.

Further there is a 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 two
days of registration and upto 05-11-2011 to the candidates who have registered their application online upto 03-11-2011
Modification will be allowed only three times. No modification will be permitted after 05-11-2011.

NO OTHER MODE OF APPLICATION/ PRINTOUT OR DRAFT ETC. WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Candidate in their own interest are advised to apply on-line much before the closing date and not to
 wait till the last date for depositing the fees to avoid the possibility of dis-connection/ inability/failure
 to log on the Bank’s website on account of heavy internet/website jam.

The bank does not assume any responsibility for the candidates not being able to submit their applications
 by the last date on account of the aforesaid reasons or for any other reason.

12. PROBATION:

FOR Post Code- 01 (OFFICER SCALE-III), FOR Post Code- 02 (OFFICER SCALE-II) AND FOR Post
Code- 03 (OFFICER SCALE-I)

Selected candidates, if certified fit medically; will be appointed as Officer in respective scale, on a probation for
 two years, which shall be extendable by the Appointing Authority for a period not exceeding one year. The Bank
reserves the right to terminate service of the candidate if found unsuitable at any time during probationary
 period or the extended probationary period without any notice or assigning any reason thereof.

FOR POST CODE – 04 (OFFICE ASSISTANT):

Selected candidates, if certified fit medically; will be appointed as Office Assistant, on a probation for one year,
which shall be extendable by the Appointing Authority for a period not exceeding six months. The Bank
 reserves the right to terminate service of the candidate if found unsuitable at any time during probationary
 period or the extended probationary period without any notice or assigning any reason thereof.

13. GUARAntee BOND:

FOR Post Code- 01, 02 and 03 (OFFICER SCALE-III, II and I)

Before joining as Officer in the respective Scale, the selected candidate will be required to give an undertaking
to serve the Malwa Gramin Bank for a minimum probation period i.e. for two years. In the event of resigning
from the Malwa Gramin Bank before the expiry of the bond period, they will be liable to pay liquidated
damages of Rs. 50,000/-(Rs. Fifty thousand only) towards partial cost of training/ other Misc. Expenses.
Therefore, for this purpose, he/she along with two sureties will have to execute a duly stamped Bond.
The sureties should be of sound financial standing and good for the amount.

FOR Post Code- 04 (OFFICE ASSISTANT)

Before joining as Office Assistant, the selected candidates will be required to give an undertaking to
 serve the Malwa Gramin Bank for a minimum probation period i.e. for one year. In the event of

 resigning from the Malwa Gramin Bank before the expiry of the bond period, they will be liable to pay

liquidated damages of Rs. 25,000/-(Rs. Twenty five thousand only) towards partial cost of training/ other

Misc. Expenses. Therefore, for this purpose, he/she along with two sureties will have to execute a duly

 stamped Bond. The sureties should be of sound financial standing good for the amount.

14. ACTION AGAINST CANDIDATES FOUND GUILTY OF MISCONDUCT

Candidates are advised/warned in their own interest that they should not furnish any particulars that are false,

 tampered, fabricated and should not suppress any material information while filling up the application form and

 submitting the certified copies/ testimonials. At the time of written examination/ interview, if a candidate

 is(or has been) found guilty of (i) using unfair means during the examination or subsequent selection

procedure or (ii) impersonating or procuring impersonation by any person, or (iii) misbehaving in the examination

 hall or taking away the question booklet(or any part thereof)/ answer sheet from the examination hall or

 (iv) resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his/her candidature for

the selection, or (v) obtaining support for his/her candidature by any unfair means, such a candidate may,

 in addition to rendering himself/ herself liable to criminal prosecution, a) shall be disqualified from

 the examination/ interview for which he/she is a candidate, b) shall be debarred, either permanently or

 for a specific period from any examination or recruitment conducted/selection held by Malwa Gramin Bank

 c) shall be terminated from service, if he/she has already joined the Bank.

Note: The Bank would be analyzing the response of a candidate with other appeared candidates to

detect patterns of similarity. On the basis of such an analysis, if it is suspected that the responses

have been shared and scores obtained are not genuine/ valid, the Bank reserves the right to cancel his/her candidature.

15. Employees of Malwa Gramin Bank are also eligible to apply for the posts as

 aforesaid subject to fulfilling the specifications stipulated.

Such employees will be governed by the Bank’s extant circulars/notifications on the subject. A  candidate,

who become employee of the Bank after the date of this advertisement, would also be governed by the

Bank’s extant circulars/memos/notifications on the subject.

16. Competent Authority for Issue of Certificate is as under:

(a)     For SC/ST/OBC – District Magistrate/ Addl. Distt. Magistrate/ Collector/ Deputy Commissioner/

Addl. Dy. Commissioner/ Dy. Collector/ First Class Stipendary Magistrate/ Sub- Division Magistrate /

Taluka Magistrate/ Executive Magistrate/ Extra Assistant Commissioner/ Chief Presidency Magistrate/

Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Presidency Magistrate/ Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar

/ Sub Divisional Officer of the area where the candidate and/ or his/ her family normally resides.

In obc category the appointment will be provisional and will subject to the community certificate being

 verified through the proper channel. If the verification reveals that the claim of the candidate to belong

to Other Backward Classes or not belong to creamy layer is false, his/ her services will be terminated forthwith

without assigning any further reasons and without prejudice to such further action as may be taken under the

 provisions of Indian Penal Code for production of false certificate. The crucial date for this purpose will be last date

of receipt of application.  

(b)     For Physically Challenged – the Competent Authority to issue Disability Certificate shall be a Medical Board

duly constituted by the Central or State Govt. The Central/ State Govt. may constitute Medical Boards consisting of

at least 3 members out of which one shall be a specialist in the particular field for assessing loco motor/ cerebral/

visual/ hearing disability as the case may be.

(c)    For Domicile of Punjab (For the post of Office Assistant only)-District Magistrate/ Addl. Distt. Magistrate/

 Collector/ Deputy Commissioner/ Addl. Dy. Commissioner/ Dy. Collector/ First Class Stipendary Magistrate/

Sub- Division Magistrate / Taluka Magistrate/ Executive Magistrate/ Extra Assistant Commissioner/ Chief Presidency

Magistrate/ Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Presidency Magistrate/ Revenue Officer not below the rank of

Tehsildar/ Sub Divisional Officer of the area where the candidate and/ or his/ her family normally resides.

Note: Any other kind of certificate, issued by any other department, viz. Principal/Headmaster of the school

where the candidate last studied or employer of candidate /father /mother / Guardian or any other mode

 like ration card/voter card issued by election commission of India or by any competent authority or Telephone

 bill /electricity bill will not be considered as  Domicile of Punjab

17. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

a)      The candidates are required to apply on-line through website “www.malwagraminbank.com”  No other

 means/mode of application will be accepted.

b)      If a candidate is eligible and desires to apply for more than one post, he/ she should submit

separate application on-line through website “www.malwagraminbank.com” for each post together with separate

 fees/ postages, as applicable.

c)      As the applications are to be processed by a Computerised system, it is essential that on-line application

 is filled properly & complete in all respects. Application should not be sent to the Bank’s office.

d)      Care has to be taken by the applicant while putting information in the on-line application relating to the relaxation

sought based on caste/category etc. as no further changes wiil be allowed in the application.

e)      Before applying for any post the candidate should ensure that he/she fulfils the eligibility criteria and other norms

 mentioned in this advertisement. Bank would be free to reject any application at any stage of the recruitment process,

if the candidate is found ineligible for the post for which he/she has applied. The decision of the Bank shall be final

in taking decision on qualification and other eligibility norms.

f)        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 any future examination or selection.

g)      The candidates must affix their recent passport size coloured photograph (without dark glasses) from the same

 negative at the places indicated in the call letter and must sign across the photograph after it is affixed so that a

 part of the signature spreads over the call letter beyond the photograph. They should also keep some copies of

the same photograph for future, if required. Please note that Black & white photograph will not be accepted for

appearing in the written test and interview. Candidates are advised not to change their appearance till the entire

recruitment process is completed. Failure to produce the same photograph may lead to disqualification. Candidates

are also advised not to change their signature at any point of time during and after the recruitment process.

h)      Candidates serving in Government/Quasi Government offices, Public Sector undertaking including Nationalised

Banks and financial Institutions will be required to submit 'No Objection Certificate' from the employer at the time of

 interview, failing which their candidature may not be considered. Before appointment in the Bank, a proper discharge

certificate/ release order from the employer will have to be produced.

i)        The Bank, at present, is operating in five districts namely Sangrur, Barnala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Patiala and SAS Nagar

 (Mohali). Most of the branches are in remote rural areas, therefore, only candidate willing to serve anywhere

in present and future area of operation of the Bank should apply.

j)        The bank reserves the right to modify/ amend/reverse/cancel any or all of the provisions of the recruitment

process, without assigning any reasons thereof.

k)       Decision of the Bank in all matters regarding eligibility of the candidate, the stage at which scrutiny of eligibility

is to be undertaken, the document to be produced for the purpose of the conduct of examination, interview,

selection and any other matter relating to recruitment will be final and binding on the candidate. No correspondence

 or personal enquiries shall be entertained by the Bank in this behalf.

l)        The bank reserves the right to raise/modify the eligibility criteria pertaining to educational qualification

(including percentage of marks secured in Graduation) and /or work experience. Depending upon the

 requirement, Bank reserves the right to cancel /restrict/curtail/enlarge the recruitment process, if need so arises,

without any further notice and without assigning any reason therefore.

m)    The Bank shall not furnish the mark-sheet of selection process to candidates.

n)      No correspondence will be entertained from any ineligible and non-selected candidates.

o)      Selected candidates, at the time of joining, will have to execute a service bond for probation period for

all the posts advertised.

p)      The Bank at its discretion, may re-hold written test/ interview, wherever necessary in respect of a

 centre/venue/specific candidate(s) and/or all centres/ all candidates.

q)      The Bank 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)       All communications will be sent at the address given by the candidate for correspondence by ordinary post

 and requests for sending letters to a different address subsequently will not be accepted. Candidates are advised

 to make their own arrangements to get their call letters collected from the addresses given in the application in such cases

s)       Any request for change of address/ E-Mail ID/other particulars will NOT be entertained.

t)        Any resultant dispute arising out of this advertisement shall be subject to the sole jurisdiction of the courts

situated at Sangrur.

u)      In case any dispute arises on account of interpretation of version other than English, English version will prevail.

v)       Bank takes no responsibility for any certificate/remittance sent separately by candidates.

w)     Mobiles, telephones, pagers or any other communication devices are not allowed inside the premises

where the examination is being conducted. The candidates are also not permitted to use or have in possession

 of calculators or any other such instruments in examination premises. Therefore, candidates are advised in

their own interest not to bring any of the banned items including mobile phones/pagers/telephones/

 calculators to the venue of the examination, as arrangement for safekeeping cannot be assured.

Any infringement of these instructions shall entail cancellation of candidature and disciplinary action including

 ban from future examinations.

x)       The candidates will appear for the written examination at the allotted centres at their expenses and

 risks and the Bank will not be responsible for any injury/loss etc, of any nature.

y)       Candidate in their own interest are advised to apply on-line much before the closing

 date and not to wait till the last date for depositing the fees to avoid the possibility of

dis-connection/ inability/failure to log on the Bank’s website on account of heavy internet/website

 jam. The bank does not assume any responsibility for the candidates not being able to submit

 their applications by the last date on account of the aforesaid reasons or for any other reason.

z)       Appointment of selected candidates is subjected to his/her being declared medically fit as per the

requirement of the Bank and upon satisfactory verification of their character, antecedents and caste certificates

(wherever applicable). Till such time, their appointment will be provisional. Such appointments will be subject to

 the Service & Conduct Rules of the Bank.

aa)   The selection of the candidates will be mainly on the basis of written test and interviews. The bank reserves

 the right also to hold skill test/ any other test wherever deemed necessary.

bb)   Canvassing in any form will be disqualification.

cc)    'Acquaint Yourself' booklet will be sent to the candidates along with the call letter for written test.

dd)   Bank reserves the right to decide schedule of interview as per its convenience. Candidates

 should carry the print of online application form, counterfoil of fee receipt.  (photocopy of

Candidate’s copy) and all supporting documents (proof of age, education, experience and caste)

 in original along with a copy of same at the time of interview. Please note that actual scrutiny

 of the facts declared by the candidate in the application form will be done only on the day

of interview. Candidates not qualifying the eligibility criteria, or failing to produce any required

 document on the day of the interview will not be allowed to attend the interview and his/

 her candidature will stand cancelled. Only candidates found prima-facie eligible will be allowed

 to attend the interview.

ee)   Admission to written test examination will be purely provisional without verification of

 age / qualification/ category (SC/ST/PC) etc. of the candidates with reference to documents.

ff)       Candidate’s admission to the test is strictly provisional. The mere fact that the admission

 letter has been issued to the candidate does not imply that his/ her candidature has been

finally cleared by the Bank.

gg)    Original fee receipt will have to be submitted with the call letter at the time of written

 examination.

hh)   Reserved category candidate will have to produce his/her original caste certificate/ relevant certificates,

issued by Competent authority at the time of interview, failing which his/her candidature shall be cancelled

and he/she will not be admitted for interview. The candidate’s appointment will remain provisional subject to

 caste/ tribe certificates being verified through proper channel and verification of testimonials. The

candidate’s services will be liable to be terminated forthwith without assigning any reason in case the

above verification reveals that his/ her claim for belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PWD category and other testimonials

 is false. The bank also reserves its right to take such further action against the candidate, as it may

deem proper, for production of such false caste certificate.

ii)       OBC candidates, availing reservation will have to produce OBC certificate with Non-creamy layer clause

at the time of interview. OBC certificate should not be more than one year old as on the last date

of application. In addition to OBC certificate, the candidates are required to submit a declaration for availing

reservation of OBC on prescribed format at the time of interview. Candidates belonging to OBC category but

coming in the ‘CREAMY LAYER’ are not entitled to OBC reservation and age relaxation. They should indicate

their category as GEN OR GEN (OH/ VH/ HI) as applicable.

jj)       Information relating to reservations based on caste/PWD/XS once filled at the time of ON-LINE

submission of application will be final. No further changes will be allowed. Candidates are advised to be

very careful while filling the category (SC/ST/OBC/ GEN. etc) and other details in the application.

kk)  Candidate will not be allowed for the written test if they fail to carry the photocopy of fee challan

and call letter with passport size photograph pasted on that. Candidates will not be allowed to

attend the Interview, if they fail to carry the printout of on-line application, duly signed and all originals

and attested copies of testimonials as detailed above. Illegible or mutilated testimonials will be rejected

forthwith and the candidates will not be allowed for the Interview. Applications containing incorrect/

misleading information will lead to the candidate being disqualified, as and when detected, irrespective of the

 stage of selection process and will also lead to dismissal from the services of the Bank, on its detection

anytime after appointment. The Bank will not entertain any correspondence from these candidates.

ll)       Banking is a versatile activity, which needs all round grooming of the selected candidates. Accordingly,

 the candidates recruited/selected in the bank, will be required to acquire overall knowledge of various

 facets of banking for which the bank will provide necessary on- the- job/ theoretical training at its branches/ offices

 and training institutions so as to enable the candidates recruited, to perform/undertake all types of banking activities.

mm)           The selected candidates will be given designation as per the Bank’s requirement and their services may be

utilized for marketing, making customer calls, providing banking services, advisory services and cross selling

products etc. inside and outside the Branch premises. The job involves extensive outdoor traveling, flexible

working hours and working in shifts.

nn)   The advertisement notifying the vacancies is also available on the Bank’s website

“www.malwagraminbank.com” Candidates are advised to remain in touch with the Bank’s website

 for any notification which may be put for further information. Modification/ change in the

date of Written test/ interview and/or cancellation of centre, if any, will be notified through

an advertisement and displayed on the website of the Bank.

18. Last Date for Receipt of APPLICATIONS:

The last date of registering on-line applications is 03-11-2011 Application registration on our website will be

 open from 04-10-2011 to 03-11-2011.

19. CALL LETTERS for WRITTEN EXAMINATION

for Post Code- 01 (OFFICER SCALE-III), for Post Code- 02 (OFFICER SCALE-II)

for Post Code- 03 (OFFICER SCALE-I) and Post Code- 04 (OFFICE ASSISTANT):

All eligible candidates should down load their call letter and Information Handout from the Bank’s

 website www.malwagraminbank.com by entering his / her details registration Number and

Password/Date of Birth, between the following dates. Please note that No hard copy of the call

 letter will be sent by post. 

Dates for downloading Written Test Call Letter:

For Officer Scale I,II and III         : From 20-12-2011 to 08-01-2012

For Office Assistant                                 : From 05-12-2011 to 18-12-2011

Candidate has to bring this call letter along with Original Fee Payment Challan while attending

 the written test.

Note: Candidates have to submit Original Fee Payment Challan along with Downloaded Call Letter

 while attending the written test, without which they will not be allowed to take up the examination.

In case of difficulty candidates may contact at the following address:-

20. This Advertisement has been displayed in the Bank’s website www.malwagraminbank.com

Place: Sangrur

Date:  27.09.2011                                                                                             Chairman