Public Service Commission, WB – West Bengal Audit & Accounts Service (Special Recruitment) Exam, 2013. Last Dt. 24/01/2014

Public Service Commission, West Bengal (PSC WB) is going to hold the West Bengal Audit and Accounts Service (Special Recruitment) Examination, 2013 for recruitment in the posts of West Bengal Audit and Accounts Service. Interested and eligible candidates may apply online from the official website of PSC WB. Advertisement No.11/2013. Number of vacancies and qualification norms are as follows —

Recruitment in West Bengal Audit and Accounts Service 
Number of Vacancies: 175 Nos. (General—90; SC—38; ST—10; BC-A—17; BC-B—12; PH—08)
N.B: Reservation for SC/ST/BC is applicable only for SC/ST/BC candidates of West Bengal. Candidates from other States may apply as General candidates. 

Educational Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in Commerce of a recognized University or Must be a Member of the Institute of the Chartered Accountants of India or Must be a Member of the Institute of Costs Accountants of India.
Desirable — Basic knowledge in computer operation is desirable. 

Candidates must have ability to read, write and speak in Bengali (not required for recruitment in the case of Nepali speaking candidates from three hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling district, viz. Darjeeling Sadar, Kurseong and Kalimpong).

Age Limit: Minimum 21 years and maximum 32 years as on the 01.01.2013 (i.e. born not earlier than the 2nd January, 1981 and not later than the 1st January, 1992).
The upper age limit is relaxable for S.C. and S.T. candidates of West Bengal by 5 years and for B.C. candidates of West Bengal by 3 years. In the case of Persons with Disabilities (PWD), the upper age limit is relaxable upto 45 years. No relaxation is applicable to S.C./S.T./B.C. candidates of other States as they shall be treated as general candidates.

Pay Scale: Rs.15,600/- to 42,000/- + G.P. Rs. 5,400/-

Public Service Commission of West Bengal is going to conduct the West Bengal Audit and Accounts Service (Special Recruitment) Examination, 2013. The candidates who will qualify this examination will be recruited to the posts of West Bengal Audit and Accounts Service.

The Examination shall comprise of multiple choice objective type questions consisting of two papers, viz. Paper – I & Paper – II and shall be held on a single day. Paper – I shall consist of Group-A and Group-B.
The qualified candidates will be called to appear at the Personality Test.

The Examination will be held at various centres in Kolkata and Siliguri in March, 2014 or thereabout. The Personality Test will be held thereafter in the office of the Public Service Commission, West Bengal, in Kolkata.

Application Fee: Candidates willing to apply for the vacancies must pay Application Fee of Rs.210/- only (only for General and BC candidates). Fee can be paid through online mode during submission of Online Application form by means of Debit/Credit card or net banking.
Fee can be also paid by means of Fee payment Challan, which will generate during online application form submission, through any CBS branches of the State Bank of India.

SC/ST candidates of West Bengal and Persons with disabilities (PWD) having physical disability of 40% and above are not required to pay any fee. NO EXEMPTION OF FEE IS AVAILABLE TO SC/ST/BC CANDIDATES OF OTHER STATES.

How to Apply: Interested and eligible candidates may apply online through the official website of PSC WB — www.pscwbonline.gov.in (See the live URL to Application form given below).
Steps: —
Before applying for the post, candidates should register as per “ONE TIME REGISTRATION” scheme through the Official Website of Public Service Commission, West Bengal.
Candidates must follow the ‘How to Register’ information available in the advt. (See the below given PDF file).
After successful Registration, the Registration ID and Password will be provided to the candidates. Through Registration ID and Password, candidates must login the website and then shall proceed to fill the online application for the above said vacancies/examination.

During submission of online Application form, candidates will require to upload scan copy of passport size image and signature.
Candidates must properly follow the instruction on how to apply online (See the below PDF file)

After successful submission of Online Application form, candidates must print-out the Registration Slip for future records. There is no need to send any documents/testimonials to the commission at this stage.

Important Dates —
Starting Date of Online Application form: 24th December, 2013 (from 11 AM)
Closing date of submission of Online Application: 24th January, 2014.
Closing date of fee payment: 20th Jan, 2014. 

For details, see the officially released Advertisement in PDF format — http://docs.www.karmasandhan.com/data/downloads/pscwb-advt-11-2013.pdf
To apply online, visit the following URL —  www.pscwbonline.gov.in/apps/home/