Government of India,
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances &
Pensions,
Department of Personnel and Training,
Staff Selection Commission,
Block No. 12, CGO Complex,
Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003.
Website of the Commission: https://ssc.gov.in) 

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit:  :https://ssc.gov.in/api/attachment/uploads/masterData/NoticeBoards/Notice...

Dates for submission of online applications: 27-06-2024 to 31-07-2024
Last date and time for receipt of online applications : 31-07-2024 (2300 hrs) 
Dates of ‘Window for Application Form Correction’ and online payment of Correction Charges: 16-08-2024 to 17-08-2024
(2300 hrs)

Schedule of Computer Based Examination: Oct-Nov 2024
Toll-Free Helpline Number to be called in case of any difficulty in filling up the Online Application Form : 1800 309 3063 

“GOVERNMENT STRIVES TO HAVE A WORKFORCE WHICH REFLECTS GENDER BALANCE AND
WOMEN CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY

F.No.- E/5/2024-C-2 SECTION (E-9150)-The Staff Selection Commission will hold a competitive
examination for recruitment of Multi-Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff (in Pay Level-1 as per
Pay Matrix of 7th Pay Commission), a General Central Service Group ‘C’ Non-Gazetted, NonMinisterial post in various Ministries/Departments/ Offices of the Government of India and
various Constitutional Bodies/ Statutory Bodies/ Tribunals, etc., in different States/ Union
Territories and Havaldar (in Pay Level-1 as per Pay Matrix of 7th Pay Commission), a General
Central Service Group ‘C’ Non-Gazetted, Non-Ministerial post in Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) and Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) under Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance. 

Posts: MTS
No. of posts: 4887
Visually Impaird can apply
Age Limit: 18-25 years

Updated/detailed vacancies will be made available on the website of the Commission (https://ssc.gov.in) 

Reservation will be provided for the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes(ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), Exservicemen (ESM) and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD), etc. as per extant Govt. Orders. 

Reservation will be provided for the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), Exservicemen (ESM) and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD), etc. as per extant Govt. Orders. 

Age Relaxation: 10 years for PwD candidates.

Date of Birth filled by the candidate in the online application form and the same recorded in the Matriculation/ Secondary Examination Certificate will be accepted by the Commission for determining the age and no
subsequent request for change will be considered or granted. Mismatch of date of birth will be a ground for rejection of candidature. 

The candidates with benchmark disabilities (PwBD) may note that they must select the appropriate PwBD sub-category i.e. OH/ HH/ VH/ PwBD-Other, while filling the application form as per their certificate of disability issued by the competent authority. No subsequent changes of PwBD sub-category will be allowed under any circumstances. Such candidates shall have to furnish the requisite certificate from the competent authority as declared in the application form when such certificates are sought by concerned Indenting Departments/Organizations at the time of document verification, failing which their candidature will be cancelled. It may be noted that type of disability/disabilities (such as OA, OL, BL, Dw, MI, SLD etc.), as indicated in the Notification No. 38-16/2020-DD-III dated 04.01.2021 issued by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, should be clearly mentioned by the competent authority issuing the certificate. If a candidate is rejected by the Indenting Department/Organization for non-furnishing of the requisite certificate in support of the PwBD claim then grievances, if any, in this regard may be taken up with the user Department. The Commission will not entertain such grievances.

Crucial date for claim of SC/ ST/ OBC/ EWS/ PwBD status or any other benefitviz. fee concession, reservation, age-relaxation, etc., where not specifiedotherwise, will be the closing date for receipt of online applications i.e. 31-07-2024. 

Candidates may also note that in respect of the above, their candidature willremain provisional till the veracity of the relevant documents is verified by theAppointing Authority. Candidates are cautioned that they will be debarred from the examinations conducted by the Commission in case they fraudulenly claimSC/ ST/ OBC/ EWS/ PwBD/ ESM status or avail any other benefit.

Provision of Compensatory Time and assistance of scribe: 

In case of persons with benchmark disabilities (PwBD) in the category ofblindness, locomotor disability (both arms affected-BA) and cerebral palsy, the facility of scribe is provided, if desired by the candidate. 

In case of remaining categories of persons with benchmark disabilities (PwBD), the provision of scribe will be available only on production of a certificate at the time of examination to the effect that the person concerned has physical
limitation to write, and scribe is essential to write examination on his behalf, from the Chief Medical Officer/ Civil Surgeon/ Medical Superintendent of a Government health care institution as per proforma at Annexure-I. 

The facility of scribe will also be provided to PwD candidates having disability less than 40% and having difficulty in writing in pursuance to OM No. 29-6/2019-DD-III dated 10.08.2022 issued by Department of Empowerment of
Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The facility will be provided on production of certificates as per Annexure-IA

The facility of scribe/passage reader will be provided to the PwBD/PwD candidates only if they have opted for the same in the online application form. 

The candidate will have the discretion of opting for his own scribe or to avail the facility of scribe provided by the Commission. Appropriate choice in this
 regard will have to be given by the candidate in the online application form. 

If the candidate opts the facility of scribe to be provided by the Commission, the Commission will provide the scribe. 

In case the candidate opts for his own scribe, the qualification of the scribe should be one step below the qualification of the candidate taking theexamination. The candidates opting for own scribe shall be required to submitdetails of the own scribe at the time of examination as per proforma atAnnexure-II. The candidates with disabilities (PwD) eligible for scribe as per Para 8.3 above and opting for own scribe shall be required to submit details ofthe own scribe at the time of examination as per proforma at Annexure-IIA. In addition, the scribe has to produce a valid ID proof [as per list given at para15.7] in original at the time of examination. A photocopy of the ID proof of thescribe signed by the candidate as well as the scribe will be submitted alongwith proforma at Annexure-II/Annexure-IIA. If subsequently it is found that the qualification of the scribe is not as declared by the candidate, then thecandidate shall forfeit his right to the post and claims relating thereto. 

If a candidate opts for his own scribe, in that case, that scribe should not be a candidate of this examination. If a candidate is detected as assisting another PwBD/PwD candidate as scribe in this examination, then the candidatures of both the candidates will be cancelled. 

A compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour of examination will be provided to the candidates who are allowed use of scribe as described at Para 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 above. 

One eyed candidates and partially blind candidates who are able to read the normal Question Paper set with or without magnifying glass and who wish to write/ indicate the answer with the help of magnifying glass will be allowed to use the same in the Examination Hall. Such candidates will have to bring their own magnifying glass to the Examination Hall.

The PwBD/PwD candidates who have availed the facility of scribes/ passage reader and/ or compensatory time must produce relevant documents for the eligibility of scribe/ compensatory time at the time of Document Verification conducted by User Department. Failure to produce such supporting documents will lead to cancellation of their candidature for the examination. 

Educational Qualifications

The candidates must have passed Matriculation Examination or equivalent
from a recognized Board as on or before the cut-off date i.e. 01-08-2024

As per Ministry of Human Resource Development Notification dated 10-06-2015 published in the Gazette of India, all the degrees/ diplomas/ certificates awarded through Open and Distance Learning mode of education by the Universities established by an Act of Parliament or State Legislature, Institutions Deemed to be Universities under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 and Institutions of National Importance declared under an Act of Parliament stand automatically recognized for the purpose of employment to posts and services under the Central Government provided they have been approved by the Distance Education Bureau, University GrantsCommission. Accordingly, unless such degrees are recognized for the relevant period when the candidates acquired the qualification, they will not be accepted for the purpose of Educational Qualification. 

Document Verification (DV) will be conducted by the User Departments/Organizations after declaration of the final result. Candidates will be required to produce the relevant Certificates such as Mark sheets, Provisional Certificates etc. for completion of Matriculation or equivalent in original as proof of having acquired the minimum educational qualification on or before the stipulated date, when such certificates are sought by Indenting
Departments/ Organizations concerned for the purpose of document verification. Otherwise, their candidature will be cancelled. 

The candidates who are able to prove, by documentary evidence, that the result of the qualifying examination was declared on or before the cut-off date and he has been declared passed, will also be considered to meet the educational qualification. It is reiterated that the result of required educational qualification must have been declared by the Board by the specified date.Mere processing of the result by the Board by the crucial cut-off date does not fulfill the EQ requirement.

Candidates possessing equivalent educational qualification shall also produce relevant Equivalence Certificate from the authorities concerned at the time of Document Verification. However, final decision regarding selection of such
candidates will be taken by the User Departments/ Appointing Authorities
concerned.

How to apply: 

Applications must be submitted in online mode only through the website of the Commission, i.e. https://ssc.gov.in. For detailed instructions, please refer to Annexure-III and Annexure-IV of this Notice. Sample proforma of One-time Registration and online Application Form are attached as Annexure-IIIA and
Annexure-IVA respectively. 

For applying, the candidate is not required to have a pre-existing photograph of himself/herself. The application module has been designed to capture a photograph of the candidate filling up the application form.
For this purpose, the candidate has to stand/sit before the camera of the computer/mobile phone when prompted by the application module and follow the following instructions while capturing live photographs :

(i) Find a place with good light and plain background.
(ii) Ensure the camera is at eye level before taking the photo.
(iii) Position himself directly in front of the camera and look straight ahead. 
(iv) Ensure that his face is fully inside the red rectangular area delineated by the camera and that it is neither too close nor too far. It should cover the area fully and no part of the face should be outside the rectangle.
(v) Candidate shouldn’t wear a cap, mask, glasses/spectacles or earphones/ headphones while capturing the photo 

The appearance of a candidate in the examination should be as per the photograph in the application form. The candidates should ensure that the photograph captured is clear, without cap or spectacles, and with a full frontal view. Applications with photographs not in accordance with the instruction are liable to be rejected. In no case should the candidate capture the photographs of his/her pre-existing photograph. All such applicationswhere the photographs of his/her pre-existing photograph is captured will be rejected.

Before submitting the Application Form, candidate must ensure that the photograph is captured as per the given instructions. If the photograph is notcaptured by the candidate in the desired format, his application/candidature
will be rejected or cancelled. 

Candidates are required to upload the scanned signature in JPEG/JPG format (10 to 20 KB). Image dimension of the signature should be about 6.0 cm (width) x 2.0 cm (height). Applications with inappropriate photographs or blurred/miniature photographs or signatures, not meeting the above requirements, will be rejected summarily

No fee for PwD andidates.

A candidate will be allowed to correct and re-submit his modified/ corrected application two times during the ‘Window for Application Form Correction’ i.e. if he has made mistake in his updated application also, he will be allowed to re-submit one more modified/ corrected application after making requisitecorrections/ modifications. No more corrections in the application form will be allowed under any circumstances. 

Only those candidates will be allowed to make corrections in the applicationform, whose completed online applications along-with payment of requisite fee,have been received by the Commission within the specified period. 

The Commission will endeavour to accommodate the candidates in centresopted by them. However, the Commission reserves the right to cancel anycentre and ask the candidates of that centre to appear from another centre.
Commission also reserves the right to divert candidates of any centre to someother Centre to take the examination.

For the post of MTS, the examination will consist of a Computer BasedExamination (CBE) and for the post of Havaldar, the examination will consistof CBE and Physical Efficiency Test (PET)/Physical Standard Test (PST).

The Computer Based Examination will be conducted in Hindi, English andin 13 regional languages viz. (i) Assamese, (ii) Bengali, (iii) Gujarati, (iv) Kannada, (v) Konkani, (vi) Malayalam, (vii) Manipuri (Metei or Meithei), (viii)Marathi, (ix) Odia (Oriya), (x) Punjabi, (xi) Tamil, (xii) Telugu and (xiii) Urdu.

The schedule of examinations indicated in the Notice is tentative. Any changein the schedule of examinations will be informed to candidates only through the website of the Commission.

There will be no negative marking in Session-I. In Session-II, there will be negative marking of one mark for each wrong answer.Candidates are, therefore, advised to keep this in mind while answering the questions. 

PwBD/PwD candidates availing the facility of scribes as per Para 8 shall alsobe required to carry requisite Medical Certificate/ Undertaking/ Photocopy of the Scribe’s Photo ID Proof, as specified therein. Candidates without these documents will not be allowed to appear in the examination. 

Candidates have to bring two passport size recent colour photographs and one original Photo ID Proof as listed at Para 15.7 above while appearing forthe Document Verification.

Candidates will have to bring original as well as copies of various documentsas given below at the time of Document Verification by the User Departments/ Organizations: 

Matriculation/ Secondary/Equivalent Certificate. 

Order/ letter in respect of equivalent Educational Qualifications, indicating the Authority (with number and date) under which it hasbeen so treated, in respect of equivalent clause in Essential Qualifications, if a candidate is claiming a particular qualificationas equivalent qualification. 

Caste/ Category Certificate, if belongs to reserved categories. 

Persons with Disabilities Certificate in the required format, if applicable. 

Candidates will be considered for selection against the vacancies of only those Post-cum-States/ UTs/ CCAs for which they have given their preference in the online Application Form. If a candidate has opted for all the Post-cum-States/UTs/ CCAs, he will be considered for the vacancies of all the Post-cum-States/UTs/ CCAs. However, if a candidate has given limited preferences, he shall be considered for the vacancies of only those Post-cum-States/ UTs/ CCAs for which he has given the preference in the online Application Form. For example if a candidate has given only six preferences of MTS-Delhi, Havaldar (CGST)-Delhi, MTS-Rajasthan, Havaldar (CGST)-Jaipur and Havaldar (Directorate) CBN and MTS- ‘Others’ then he shall only be considered against the vacancies of MTS-Delhi, Havaldar (CGST)-Delhi, MTS-Rajasthan, Havaldar (CGST)-Jaipur and Havaldar (Directorate) CBN and MTS- ‘Others’ and shall not be considered for any other Post-cum-States/ UTs/ CCAs irrespective of the merit of the candidate and available vacancies in other States/ UTs/ CCAs. MTS-‘Others’ vacancies are not specific to any State/UT and are other than the MTS vacancies of States/UTs. For example if a candidate has given preference for MTS-‘Others’ only, then, he shall be considered for only MTS-‘Others’vacancies and shall not be considered for MTS vacancies in other States/UTs. 

The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all the eligibility conditions for admission to the examination. Their admission at all stages of the examination will be purely provisional, subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If, on verification, at any time before or after the written examination(s), it is found that they do not fulfill any of the eligibility conditions, their candidature for the
examination will be cancelled. 

Candidates with benchmark physical disability will be considered as Persons with Disabilities (PwBD) and entitled to age-relaxation/ reservation for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities.

The candidates must write their name, date of birth, father’s name and mother’s name strictly as given in the matriculation certificate otherwise their candidature may be cancelled at the time of Document Verification or as and when it comes into the notice of the Commission.

Candidates must carry two passport size recent colour photographs and one original Photo ID Proof such as Aadhaar Card/ printout of E-Aadhaar, Voter ID Card, Driving License, PAN Card, Passport, Identity Card issued by University/ College/ School, Employer ID Card (Govt./PSU), ESM Discharge Book issued by MoD, or any photo bearing ID card issued by Central/ State Government to the Examination Venue, failing which they will not be allowed to appear for the same. If Photo Identity Card does not have the Date of Birth printed in it, then the candidate must carry an additional original certificate (as listed at para-15.7) in proof of their Date of Birth. In case of mismatch in the date of birth mentioned in the Admission Certificateand Photo ID/ Certificate brought in support of date of birth, thecandidate will not be allowed to appear in the examination. PwBD/PwDcandidates using the facility of scribes as per Para 8 shall also be required tocarry requisite Medical Certificate/ Undertaking/ Photocopy of the Scribe’s Photo ID Proof, as specified therein