Recruitment of Junior Accounts Officers (JAOs) in BSNL

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

(A government of India enterprise)
No. 3-2/2005-rectt

Recruitment of Junior Accounts Officers (JAOs) in BSNL

Closing date of receipt of application: 15.12.2009

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) will recruit 1000 Junior Accounts Officers (JAOs) through an open competitive examination to be held on all India basis. The examination is likely to be held in February/March 2010 and the exact date of the examination will be announced later on.

The details of these 1000 vacancies are given below

Junior Accounts Officers (JAOs), OC – 453, OBC – 253, SC – 195, ST – 99, Total – 1000

Scale of pay: The Junior Accounts Officer shall be appointed in the IDA pay scale [3-1A] of Rs 16400-40500 with annual increment @ 3% of basic pay. In addition, HRA, Perks, Medical benefits, LTC etc will be admissible as per company rules.

The emolument at the minimum of the pay scale will be around Rs 20,500/- excluding HRA, perks, medical benefits, LTC etc.

Selection for a particular circle and service liability: BSNL comprises a number of territorial and functional circles. The recruitment will be made centrally by BSNL and JAOs recruited will be allotted territorial circles depending on vacancies, their choice and merit.

The Junior Accounts officer is a circle based cadre and the candidates would be allotted a particular circle, keeping their circle-choice and merit in view. Applicants shall be considered for a particular circle of his/her choice in order of preference given by him/her in the application for examination and his or her position in the merit list. The applicants should exercise their option very carefully and indicate their choice of circles in order of their preference.

The service conditions, seniority, promotion etc. of selected candidates will be determined as per the prevailing rules of the company.

Eligibility for BSNL JAO Recruitment

Only Indian nationals would be eligible to apply.

Educational qualifications: Applicants must possess any one of the following qualifications as on 31.12.2009 (i) a qualified chartered accountant; or (ii) a qualified company secretary; or (iii) a qualified cost and works accountant; or (iv) M.Com (Master of commerce)

The qualifications must be obtained from the professional body concerned viz. Institute of chartered accountants of India/institute of company secretaries of India/institute of cost and works accountants of India in respect of (i), (ii) and (iii) respectively and a recognized Institution/university in respect of (iv).

Note: The appearance of the candidates in the examination will be purely on a provisional basis and failure to produce the certificate as to the above qualification at the time of scrutiny of documents will make the candidate ineligible in the examination. No extension of time in this regard or any request for relaxation in qualification would be entertained under any circumstances.

Age: The external candidate should not be less than 20 yeas and not more than 30 years as on 1st January of the year of examination. However, the upper age-limit is relaxable as per standing instructions of government of India on this subject for (i) upto 5 years for SC/ST candidates; (ii) upto 3 years for OBC candidates who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable; (iii) for PH candidates upto 10 years; (iv) Ex-servicemen will get the benefit of age relaxation as per central government rules; (v) upper age limit is relaxable upto 5 years for women candidates

Note: The date of birth entered in matriculation or secondary school leaving certificate or in a certificate recognized by an Indian university as equivalent to matriculation or in an extract from a register of matriculates maintained by a university which extract must be certified by the proper authority of the university or in the higher secondary or an equivalent examination certificate. The certificates are required to be submitted only at the time of appointment. No other document relating to age like horoscopes, affidavit, birth extracts from Municipal corporation, service records and the like will be accepted.

Mode of selection and nature of question paper

The mode of selection is through an All India competitive examination. The examination will consist of two papers as details give below

(i) General English and General aptitude/awareness – General English and General aptitude/awareness

(ii) Financial and commercial accounts – Financial management/cost accounting/Tax and commercial laws

See BSNL Junior Accounts Officers (JAO) Exam Syllabus

Application form and fee for examination: (i) The specimen of the application form is included in this advertisement and the same can be downloaded from BSNL website www.bsnl.co.in

(ii) The completed application form (preferably typed) should be sent by registered post/speed post or in person so as to reach the DGM (Admn.), O/o CGM (Mtce.), BSNL, Northern Telecom Region, Room no. 257, 2nd floor, Kidwai Bhawan, Janpath, New Delhi-110001 on or before the closing date. The envelope containing application form should be marked ‘Application for the post of for Junior Accounts Officers in BSNL’ in bold letters on the top of the envelope

(iii) Original advertisement or photocopy of the format in the advertisement published must not be used for applying and in case a candidate submits such an application the same will not be entertained.

(iv) An examination fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only) is payable in the form of demand draft/pay order drawn in favour of Accounts Officer (Cash), O/o CGM, NTR, New Delhi payable at New Delhi. The amount of fee shall not be accepted in any other form

(v) Fees once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances nor it can be held in reserve for any other examination or selection.

(vi) No fee payable by SC/ST/PH

Closing date for receipt of application forms is 15.12.2009. Applications received after the closing date or not accompanied by the demand draft/pay order [wherever applicable] for the prescribed examination fee or incomplete in any respect shall be summarily rejected and no communication in respect of the rejected application forms shall be entertained.

Probation-cum-training and bond: (i) All persons selected will be initially kept on probation for a period of 2 years

(ii) A candidates shall have to successfully undergo prescribed induction training during probation period as per the training-plan laid down and amended by the BSNL, from time to time

(iii) Failure to complete training successfully/misconduct of the JAO on probation may result in extension of the probation period or even in dismissal from the service

(iv) All candidates provisionally recruited shall execute a bond in the format specified by the BSNL indicating their willingness to serve the corporation, for a period of at lest 5 years, from the date of their appoint as JAO.