Indian Army Notified For Recruitment of Male Candidates as Religious Teacher 2013

Indian Army notified recruitment of Religious Teachers in the Army as Junior Commissioned Officer for RRT 71 course. Religious Teachers preach religious scriptures to troops and conduct various rituals at Regimental /Unit Religious Institutions. Interested male candidates should send their applications in the prescribed format till 12 January 2013.

Important Dates
Last Date for receipt of Application: 12 January 2013

Vacancy Details

Name of the Post: Religious Teachers as Junior Commissioned Officer in Army.

Total No of Vacancies (as per religious denomination):
• Pandit: 31
• Maulvi: 03
• Padre:  02

Age Limit: As on first day of Recruitment Rally

(For date of Recruitment Rally, candidates should contact nearest Recruiting office/Zone)

Educational Qualification

For Pandit: Graduate in any discipline from a recognized university and a qualified Madhyama in Sanskrit or Bhushan in Hindi or equivalent standard. Candidate who have cleared B.A. with Sanskrit / Hindi as one of the subject but is not a qualified Madhyama in Sanskrit or Bhushan in Hindi are also eligible.

For Maulvi: Graduate in any discipline from a recognized university and a qualified Maulvi Alim in Arabic / Adib Alim in Urdu or equivalent standard. Candidate who have cleared B.A. with Arabic / Urdu as one of the subject but is not a qualified Maulvi Alim in Arabic / Adib Alim in Urdu are also eligible.

For Padre: Graduate in any discipline from a recognized University. Candidate should have been ordained priest by the appropriate ecclesiastical authority and is on the approved list of local Bishop.

Note: For candidates applying for Remustering the minimum qualification will be (10+2).

Culture: Candidates should belong to the culture of appropriate religious denomination and religious qualification acceptable to the troops.

Medical Standard: Candidate should have robust physique and mental health, chest should be well developed having minimum 5 cm. expansion, should have normal hearing with each ear, should have sufficient number of natural teeth, should not have diseases like deformity of bones, hydrocele, varicose veins or piles.  

Physical Standards

Height: 160 cm.
Weight: 50 Kg.
Chest: 77 cm.
Physical Fitness Test (PFT): Candidate should be able to run 1600 meter in eight minutes.

Selection Procedure: Final selection would be done on the basis of candidates’ performance in the Written Exam and Interview. Candidates found eligible will be issued call up letters by the concerned office / recruiting organization for initial screening which will include checking of original certificates followed by medical examination. Candidates found eligible after scrutiny of application forms will have to appear for a written test to be conducted on 24 February 2013.  Candidates can appear for written exam only from the place of domicile.

The written examination will comprise of two papers:
Paper I: The 100 marks paper will have objective type questions on general awareness and will be common to candidates of all Religious denominations.
Only those candidates who qualify in Paper I will be allowed to appear in Paper – II.
Paper II: This paper will also be of 100 marks. The paper will test the knowledge specific to particular religious denomination to which the candidate belongs. The paper may be answered in English or Hindi.

Those clearing Paper II will be called for an Interview in the order of merit. They will be communicated about the interview dates by post through self addressed envelopes and the list will also be displayed at the respective HQ Recruiting Zones by 12 April 2013. The number of candidates to be called for Interview will be three times the number of vacancies).The interview will be of 100 marks.

Final selection will be based on merit list drawn on the basis of the total marks obtained in Paper II and Interview.
The list of finally selected candidates will be displayed at the respective HQ Recruiting Zones by 04 June 2013.  

Training: Finally selected candidates will be enrolled as JCO (RT) and will undergo six weeks training at Regimental Centre followed by eleven weeks training at Institute of National Integration, Pune.

Appointment: On successful completion of training the candidates will be commissioned as Religious Teachers in the Rank of Naib Subedar.

Promotion: All JCOs (Religious Teachers) will become eligible for paid acting promotion to the rank of Subedar / Risaldar on completion of at least 10 years service as a religious teacher.

Retirement: Normal age of superannuation for JCO (RT) in the rank of Subedar will be 57 years. A Subedar Major (RT) will retire on completion of four years of service as Subedar Major or 57 years of age, whichever is earlier.

Remuneration: Finally selected candidates would be appointed as JCO (RT) with minimum Pay Scale of
Rs.9300 - 34800.

In addition they will be entitled to DA, free accommodation, entitled ration for self, uniform, free medical and leave travel concession for self, family, and dependents, canteen facilities and other allowances as admissible to the regular Army.

How to Apply
Interested candidates can send their applications in the prescribed format along with the Fee DD and copies of all the required documents to the concerned HQ Rtg Zone / IRO Delhi Cantt / Ladakh Scout Regtl Centre Leh / JAK LI Regtl Trg Centre Srinagar of which the individual is a permanent native / resident so as to reach the concerned office on or before 12 January 2013.

On the envelope containing the application, candidates should super-scribe “APPLICATION FOR JCO (RT) COURSE NO 71.”

Candidates should enclose three self addressed stamped Registered envelopes issued by the Department of Post  & Telegraph giving your present address with PIN Code on which acknowledgment /call up notice / rejection slip is to be sent.

Postal Address of Headquarters Recruiting Zones/Concerned Regimental/Centers

Note:

• All documents should be properly tagged with the application in the same order as listed in the notification.
• Application submitted to a different org of which the candidate is not domicile of will be rejected.
• A candidate whose application was rejected earlier may apply again if eligible / age permits.
• Individuals with permanent tattoos on any part of the body less inner face of the forearm (inside of elbow to the wrist) and back (dorsal) part of hand / reverse side of palm are not eligible for recruitment.

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