As per information received from Officer Commanding, recruitment against 120 posts in infantry battalion (territorial army) in Bihar and 34 posts of general duty, 2 posts of soldier (chef) and one post each of washerman and religious teacher at Bhubaneswar will be held from April 4 to 9. Residents of Madhya Pradesh can take part in the recruitment rally on April 5.
For all above posts (except religious teacher), age must be between 18 and 21 years. For religious teacher, age must not be below 27 and above 34 years. Body must not bear any tattoo. For general soldier, applicant must have passed higher secondary exam with 45 percent aggregate marks with minimum 33 percent marks in all subjects.
Applicant for soldier tradesman must be class X pass and sanitary worker VIII pass. For religious teacher's post, applicant must be graduate having passed exam equivalent to Sanskrit or Bhushan Hindi from any university.
Applicant must be 160 mm tall, weight minimum 50 kg, chest 77 cms and 5-inch chest expansion. Exemption of 2 cms in height, 2 kg in weight and one cm in chest measurement has been given to sons and adopted sons of serving army personnel, ex-servicemen and war widows. Besides, exemption of 3 cms in height, 3 kg in weight and 3 cms in chest measurement has been given to national level players.
Applicants must carry their original documents along with photocopies (attested by a gazetted officer), birth certificate issued from Registrar Office and class X mark-sheet showing date of birth.
They should also carry domicile certificate issued by tehsildar, SDM or DM, school’s character certificate, not issued over 6 months ago.
Bachelor applicants below 21 years of age should produce certificate from sarpanch/ numberdar. They should bring 20 photographs taken within last 6 months. Computer generated photographs will not be accepted.
Candidates who are sons of serving army personnel and ex-servicemen should carry relation certificates issued by concerning record offices and names of such candidates should figure in army service books. If issued, sportsperson applicant can produce certificate regarding performance in sports.