Applications through online mode are invited from the applicants who are domiciled in
the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir possessing the Prescribed/Academic
professional qualification and age for the post of Assistant Registrar Cooperative
Societies, in terms of the “Jammu & Kashmir Cooperative (Gazetted) Service
Recruitment Rules, 1976 issued vide SRO 591 dated 07.10.1977 as amended from time
to time and “Jammu & Kashmir Probationer (Conduct of Service, Pay & Allowance) and
Fixation of Tenure Rules, 2020” notified vide S.O. 192 of 2020 dated: 17.06.2020 and
Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (Business and Procedure) Rules, 2021.
3. Reservation
i) A candidate seeking his/her consideration under Reserved Categories must ensure that he/she possesses a valid requisite Category certificate and on the cut-off date.
ii) The candidature of the candidates will be provisional till the genuineness of the reserved category certificate is verified by the Appointing Authority.
iii) Candidates may note that in case a claim for reservation is made on the basis of false/fake/fraudulent certificate, he/she shall be debarred from the examination(s) conducted by the J&K Public Service Commission, in addition to any other penal action as may be deemed appropriate.
4. Horizontal Reservation
Horizontal reservation under physically challenged persons category shall be notified separately.
5. Domicile
The candidate should be a Domicile of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. The candidate must possess the Domicile Certificate issued by the
I M P O R T A N T
The Application Form together with instructions for filling up the Application Forms will be available at the website of the Commission from 17.05.2021. Candidates are advised to go through the instructions and all the eligibility conditions prescribed for the post before filing the online Application Form. Last date for filing of online Application complete in all respects along with the requisite fee (online mode only) is 16.06.2021. The last date for receipt of online applications provided in the notification shall be the cut-off date for determining the eligibility as regards acquisition of Domicile Certificates and educational and professional qualifications. The minimum and maximum age will however be reckoned with reference to 1st January, 2021. Candidates can edit some of the fields in their online application form from 19.06.2021(12:00am) to 21.06.2021(11:59 pm) (3 days). Instructions in this regard will be separately made available on the website. Candidates are not required to submit a hard copy or any other documents to the Commission. Candidates are advised in their own interest to submit online applications much before the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection/inability to pay fee or failure to login to the online application portal on account of heavy load on the website during the closing days. The tentative date of Written Examination is 24.10.2021
Competent Authority in the prescribed format as on the last date prescribed for submission of online application form.
6. Centre of Examination
I. The examination will be held at Srinagar & Jammu centres. All the candidates shall indicate the option for examination centre as indicated above.
II. The allotment of centres shall be at sole discretion of the Commission and once a centre is allotted to a candidate, request for a change of centre will not be entertained.
III. Information about the Examination indicating the time table and Centre of Examination for the candidates will be uploaded on the websites of the Commission about two weeks before the date of examination. If any candidate does not find his/her Roll Number on the website of the Commission, one week before the date of examination, he/she must immediately contact the Commission’s Office at Srinagar/Jammu, with proof of having submitted his/her application. Failure to do so will deprive him/her of any claim for consideration.
IV. Candidate must submit his/her online application form, Email ID and Mobile Number along with his/her Name, Date of Birth and Name of the Examination, while addressing any communication to the Commission. Communication from the candidates not furnishing these particulars shall not be entertained.
V. Admit Cards will be available for downloading about two weeks before the date of examination on the official website of the Commission i.e. jkpsc.nic.in. Candidate must bring printout of the Admit Card/Roll Number Slip to the Examination Hall.
VI. For securing entry into the centre of examination, in addition to the Admit Card/roll Number Slip, it is mandatory to carry at least two passport size recent color photographs (not taken earlier than 01.01.2021) and any of the original valid Photo-Id proof such as:
i. Aadhar Card/ E-Aadhar,
ii. Voter’s ID Card,
iii. Driving License,
iv. PAN Card,
v. Passport,
vi. School /College/University I- Card
vii. Employer ID Card.
7. Scheme of Examination/ Syllabus
The selection will be made on the basis of Written Examination (75 points) followed by Viva-voce/interview (25 points) [Total 100 points]
I. Written Examination
i. The written examination will be a 2 hour (120 minutes) Objective multiple choice question (MCQ) Exam having 120 questions.
ii. There will be negative marking for incorrect answers ( as detailed below) for all questions.
a) There are four alternative for the answers to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one fourth (0.25) of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.
b) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answer happen to be correct and there will be same penalty as above for that question.
c) If a question is left blank i.e no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question. The Syllabus for the written/MCQ examination is given below:
General Knowledge about current Affairs
Covering the subjects of History, Geography, Political Science, Economics, and issue of National and International importance.
Computers and Telecommunication
i) Concepts.
ii) Applications.
iii) Usage in communication and public relations.
Indian Polity with special focus on Jammu and Kashmir,
i) Evolution of political system in pre and post-independence era.
ii) Modern trends in political system.
iii) Role and contribution of State/UT Politics in Federal Structure with special reference to Jammu and Kashmir.
Geography of India with focus on Jammu and Kashmir,
i) Importance of Geography.
ii) General Geography
iii) Physical Geography
iv) Climate, soil and vegetation
v) Economic Geography
Historical perspective of Cooperative involvement,
i) Need for Cooperatives
ii) Origin and development of Cooperatives
History of Cooperative Movement,
i) Origin, development and importance of Cooperative Movement
ii) Series of legislation on Cooperatives
iii) Various committees framed at National and international level for the development of Cooperatives.
II. Interview
In the interview/viva voce, the candidates will be asked, in addition to the demonstration of domain knowledge/skills, questions on matters of general interest and matters related to the post for which he is being interviewed. The object of the interview is to assess the personal suitability of the candidate for a career in public service. The interview test is intended to judge the mental caliber of a candidate. In broad terms, this is really an assessment of not only his intellectual qualities but also social traits and his interest in current affairs. Some of the qualities to be judged are mental alertness, critical powers of assimilation, clear and logical exposition, balance of judgement, variety and depth of interest, ability for social cohesion and leadership, intellectual and moral integrity.
