CISF Recruitment 2022 for 249 Head Constable

Selection Procedure

All candidates who submit the Application along with requisite certificates in response to this advertisement by the closing date i.e. 31.03.2022 and time and whose applications are provisionally accepted and found to be in order as per the terms and conditions of this Notification, will be assigned Roll Numbers and issued admit card to appear in the recruitment process

i.e. Physical Standard Test (PST), Documentation, Trial Test & Proficiency Test. Subsequently, shortlisted candidates will be issued Admit Cards for the next stages of the examination i.e. Medical Examination. Candidate will have to undergo the following process of recruitment:-

A) Physical Standard Test (PST)

i) Before start of PST, all candidate will undergo verification of identity including Biometric capture. Biometric identification of candidate can also be taken at any stage of recruitment.

ii) All candidates reporting for recruitment will be measured for height, chest and weight by the Board of Officers. The candidates who meet the requirements of physical standard will be allowed to participate in Documentation. The candidates who do not fulfil the laid down physical standards will be eliminated from recruitment process by giving rejection slip, thereof. However, elimination on grounds of weight will be done at the time of medical examination.

a) Physical Standards has been elaborated in para-5(c) above. Relaxation in height and chest (as the case may be) as mentioned above for the candidates other than those belonging to ST category will be permissible only on production of original certificate in the proforma as prescribed in from the competent authority of the Districts where he/she ordinarily resides. ST candidates may avail the relaxation on the production of valid original ST certificate.

iii) Candidates who are declared not qualified in Physical Standards i.e. height and chest may prefer an appeal on the same day, if they so desire, to the Appellate Authority against rejection in physical measurement. Such candidates will be remeasured either on the same day or will be given a fresh date to appear for remeasurement by the Appellate Authority.

c. The decision of the appellate authority in this regard will be final and no further appeal or representation in this regard will be entertained thereafter. If candidate is found to be within the prescribed standard, he/she will be allowed to the next stage of the selection process.

iv) Conduct of PST will be the sole responsibility of the PST Board and appellate authority. CISF Directorate will not entertain any representation / appeal etc against the decision of the PST Board.

B) Documentation 

i) Candidates who qualify in PST will undergo Documentation. The candidates will have to produce all original documents/certificates pertaining to age, education, caste, sports achievement as per para-5(e), proof to avail age and height relaxation etc in the prescribed format before the Recruitment Board.

ii) CISF at its discretion can check or verify genuineness of any document/certificate produced by the candidate during recruitment or at later stage and the decision of CISF after such verification/checking shall be final.

iii) Candidates who are unable to produce the requisite certificates/documents will be rejected summarily by giving rejection slip intimating reasons thereof by the Recruitment Board and no candidates will be allowed provisionally.

iv) There shall be no appeal against rejection in documentation.

C) Trial Test :-

i) All the candidates declared qualified in PST & Documentation will undergo Trial Test of 20 marks in the sports event to which he/she belongs. Trial Test will be qualifying in nature.

ii) Though the Trial Test is qualifying in nature and merit will be drawn on the basis of marks scored by the candidates in Proficiency Test, however the minimum cut off marks in Trial Test for all events will be 10 marks, to be secured by all category candidates.

iii) Candidates who do not secure minimum cut off marks in Trial Test will be eliminated from the recruitment process by giving rejection slip intimating reasons thereof by the Recruitment Board.

iv) Appeal for re-conduct of Trial Test will not be entertained.

v) CISF will not be responsible for any accident/injury caused to the candidate during the course of trial test.

D) Proficiency Test :-

i) All the candidates declared qualified in Trial Test will undergo Proficiency Test of 40 marks in the sports event to which he/she belongs.

ii) The minimum cut off marks in Proficiency Test for all events/sports will be 20 marks, to be secured by candidates.

iii) Candidates who do not secure minimum qualifying marks in Proficiency Test will be rejected by giving rejection slip intimating reasons thereof by the Recruitment Board.

iv) Additional marks out of 10 will be accorded to the candidate having meritorious certificate/achievement in the respective sports events.

v) Appeal for re-conduct of Proficiency Test will not be entertained.

vi) CISF will not be responsible for any accident/injury caused to the candidate during the course of Proficiency test.

E) Drawal Of Final Select List:-

i) After completion of Proficiency Test, Merit List will be drawn strictly according to marks taking into consideration the performance of the candidates during the course of Proficiency Test and the marks accorded to the candidate having meritorious certificate/achievement in the respective sports events.

ii) Candidate will be given marks for any one highest medal secured by him/her during the period from 01.01.2019 to 31.03.2022 or in last edition of any tournament / competition/Games (as applicable). If any candidate has secured more than 01 medal in particular Competition/Tournament/Games, in that case he/she shall be awarded marks for only the highest medal/position secured in the Competition/ Tournament /Games.

F) Medical Examination:-

i) Candidates selected in order of merit as equal to number of vacancies will be put through medical examination to assess their fitness as per the medical guidelines issued from time to time by MHA.

ii) The Department shall have the discretion to fix different qualifying marks for candidates belonging to different disciplines/events taking into consideration vacancies allotted to each disciplines/events.

iii) However, being called & declared Fit in Medical Examination does not give them the right of final selection. Thus their claim for selection on such ground will not be entertained.

iv) Candidate will be declared FIT or UNFIT. No candidates will be declared as temporary unfit. 

v) In all the cases, a candidate who has been declared medically UNFIT for appointment in the Detailed Medical Examination (DME) will be communicated the grounds for rejection in broad terms in writing by the Examining Medical Officer. Such candidates will be allowed to undergo Review Medical Examination (RME), provided they give their written consent by appending their signature on the intimation indicating the reasons for being unfit.

vi) The consent for RME duly signed by the candidate should be submitted within 24 hours after he/she is informed of his/her unfitness in DME.

vii) No appeal will be entertained against the findings of the Review Medical Board in Review Medical Examination

How to Apply:

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