Taking note of the district jails facing acute staff crunch, the State Government has started recruitment of 400 jail officials (male-prison guard). The applicants were asked to fill their forms through UK SSSC website, www.sssc.uk.gov.in by November 20.
Uttarakhand IG Jail PVK Prasad gave this information on Wednesday. He said that considering several jails of the State facing acute staff crunch, earlier, they had sent a proposal on recruitment of male warders or prison guards to the State Government, which has been recently approved.
A fresh proposal has been sent to the State Government regarding infrastructure enhancement in the jails located across the State. Proposal consists of purchasing jammers, CCTV cameras, mental detectors and construction of new barracks among others, he added.
He further said that candidates have been asked to submit their applications online between October 20 and November 20. The examination date would soon be declared. The examination is being conducted through Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission (USSSC). Candidates aged 21-35 on July 1, 2015 and having degree equivalent to Class XII from Government recognised board can fill their forms online.
Candidates should be registered in any of the employment offices of Uttarakhand State before the last date of receipt of the application form. The selection process for jail prison guards will consist of physical efficiency test and written examination. The final selection merit list will be prepared in order of performance of the candidates in written examination and physical efficiency test, he informed.
The superintendent of jail, Haldwani TD Joshi said that the physical efficiency test of total 100 marks and minimum 50 marks will be mandatory to obtain in aggregate with at least 50 per cent marks in each test.
Qualified candidates of physical efficiency test have to undergo an objective type written examination of 100 marks. Question paper for prison guards’ written examination will comprise questions based on general studies (50 marks) and mathematical aptitude (50 marks). There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer and minimum 33 per cent marks will be mandatory to qualify in the written examination, he added.
The examination fee has been kept at `300 for General/OBC category and `150 for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes.
last year, the State Government had recruited around 70 male warders and around 10 female warders to fill the vacant posts in the jails, he added.