
Anonymous
10 July 2014 at 21:50
I appeared in the recruitment test of a maharatna psu. I qualified the written test and appeared for interview. According to the recruitment advertisement I was eligible for multiple disciplines and by virtue of my performance in written test I was deemed eligible to be interviewed for 4 disciplines.
there were 2 interview boards, first one interviewed me for only 1 discipline (Production) and awarded me 8 marks out of 15. second one interviewed me for the remaining three disciplines (Mechanical, Drilling & Cementing) and awarded me 10 marks out of 15. in the second board seperate marks for seperate disciplines were not awarded, they awarded a single interview score which was to be used for all the three disciplines.
other than that, 25 marks were for qualifying exam. if a candidate had the requisite qualification he was awarded 20 marks out of 25 and if he had the next in line qualification(PG) he was awarded 25 marks out of 25. I came to know all these via RTI applications.
I was not selected after interview. I filed an RTI application to know my marks. I got 88 out of 150 in written, 8 marks in first interview and 10 marks in second interview and i got 20 marks for my qualifying degree.
As explained in the reply to the RTI application marks scored in written test were first converted to out of 60 and then added to interview marks and qualifying exam marks to arrive at the final merit list.
moreover, 9 marks were fixed to be minimum qualifying marks in the interview.
according to this information I was ineligible to be considered for the discipline covered by first interview board and I was eligible for the remaining three disciplines covered by second interview board.
my total score for the disciplines covered by second interview board comes out to be (88*60�150)+10+20 = 65.2 out of hundred.
and the cutoff marks for final selection for my category were 64.8, 64.8 & 66.6 for Mechanical, Drilling & Cementing disciplines respectively.
according to this information I got marks that were more than the cutoff marks in Mechanical and Drilling disciplines. but the reply to my RTI application states that "board 2 found him fit for Cementing discipline only".
I filed another RTI application, asking them, among other things, to list various criteria that were considered while deeming a candidate fit for a certain discipline, as any such clause wasn't mentioned in the original recruitment advertisement. moreover I asked them whether they took into account the candidate's preferences (that were asked in while applying to the recruitment) while deeming a candidate fit for a ceratin discipline.
my preferences were in the order Mechanical, Production, Cementing, Drilling.
I recieved a response from the CPIO to my application but he didn't answer my question in which I asked to list the criteria that were considered while deeming a candidate fit for a certain discipline, neither did he explained whether a candidate's preferences were taken into account while doing so. in fact he didn't even mention the question in his response.
my question is how should I proceed further. I am not well versed in what the law says on such instances, but what I understand from common sense is that when a single interview score was awarded for all three disciplines then both merit and preferences should have been taken into account to prepare the final merit list (like UPSC does). And if such a rule (which allows an interviewer to randomly find a candidate fit for a discipline) random existed they should have mentioned in the recruitment advertisement.
instead of doing that, the interviewers found me fit only for Cementing without any particular reason and when I enquired for the same they didn't provide me with an answer.
not only that, they completely ignored my preferences of disciplines. I can understand the fact that there is some subjectivity as far as interviews are concerned, but that subjectivity ceases to exist after the marks for interview are awarded. after that only the total score and the preferences of candidates are used to prepare merit lists.
so please help me figure out what I shall do next. thank you
rajangam.m
10 July 2014 at 18:10
Dear All,
My Cousin aged about 23 yeras having 2 child worked as a employee in private mill in chennai during his work time he met with an accident in mill machine and he had lost his right hand(below elbow)completly,after that he admitted Govt hospital and discharged after one week,In this FIR also lodged against the mill super viser.What is legal remedy for us,since this accident was happened only after 10 days he joined?if we go for legal how much of amount we can get as Compensation? pls guide me
umesh HALKAR
09 July 2014 at 21:31
Sir,
At present after APAR introduced in central govt/ organisation of PSU, only Executive/ officers have to write their subordinates means workers or immediate supervisors.
2) Grading of reporting subordinates workers to be given by immediate supervisors (Gr. A GRADE PAY Rs.5400) or only Executive officers.
3)IF only Executive officers should give the grading of workers then this is bypassing the immediate supervisors.IN such cases what is the meaning of 'Assumption of charge holding the post' means equal to Group A, Gr. Pay Rs.5800 Post.
Is legally wrong and such favorable cases can put cases legally. Kindly suggest.
umesh HALKAR
09 July 2014 at 21:11
Sir,
My friend is working in Central Govt (PSU) Employee. Under ' No family grounds he declares the change of nominee from his parents to Spi ritual trust (Regd).The organisation is having its own PF rules. The HR section is asked to give the death certificate / declaration. So he submitted the self declaration regarding his parents are not alive.But still date HR section is not accepted and no response regarding this and retain the old nominee means his mother name and is wrongly entered his old residential address as their own will and wish SINCE LAST ONE YEAR. So who is the authority to question this and legaly what he has to do.
Air Indian
09 July 2014 at 16:52
Respected Sir, I m working with Air India as on the post of service engineer from 22 dec 2005 as a confirmed employee. My first promotion was due after completion of 5 years i.e. 22 dec 2010. In my company promotion exercise is done twice a year & they consider it upto 15 dec only so they had pushed my promotions to next exercise i.e after 6 months. Till that time amalgamation of Indian air lines & Air India had taken place so all promotions got freezed from august 2011 till june 2013. After that, they had released our promotion from the due date but financial benefits had been given from date of taking charge i.e 5 july 2013. this is the first time in Air India's history that financial benefits given from date of taking charge for our category,previously all people got arrears from date of promotions. While my previous batch as well as batches in Indian airlines whose promotions were due before august 2011 got all financial benefits as Indian air Lines was not adopting twice a year Promotion exercise.Plz suggest what should be done for getting our arrears for those two & half years.
Puru
09 July 2014 at 12:10
Hi
I am working in pune with one company from Sept 2008. When I joined it was partnership firm. In May 2010, two partner got split and form their own companies. I continued with one of them till now(July 2014). Nature work was same as before. Am I eligible to get gratuity as per the act?
Please reply.
Thanks in advance.
sarika
08 July 2014 at 20:30
Thankyou for your suggestion.
I will act as suggested
rajendrakhatana
08 July 2014 at 18:42
how can we ask pl pay Rs 2000 or what ever may be fees against my notice pl specify
srividya
08 July 2014 at 15:31
Please resolve this query:
A NGO which is a charitable and educational trust is setting up a support center to provide information/attend to queries of the general public in India. The support center will function like a call center but without shifts. So the volunteers working for this support center should be governed by Shops & Establishment rules or any other act?
Please note here, the volunteers are paid honorarium and not salaries.
Recruitment troubles
I appeared in the recruitment test of a maharatna psu. I qualified the written test and appeared for interview. According to the recruitment advertisement I was eligible for multiple disciplines and by virtue of my performance in written test I was deemed eligible to be interviewed for 4 disciplines.
there were 2 interview boards, first one interviewed me for only 1 discipline (Production) and awarded me 8 marks out of 15. second one interviewed me for the remaining three disciplines (Mechanical, Drilling & Cementing) and awarded me 10 marks out of 15. in the second board seperate marks for seperate disciplines were not awarded, they awarded a single interview score which was to be used for all the three disciplines.
other than that, 25 marks were for qualifying exam. if a candidate had the requisite qualification he was awarded 20 marks out of 25 and if he had the next in line qualification(PG) he was awarded 25 marks out of 25. I came to know all these via RTI applications.
I was not selected after interview. I filed an RTI application to know my marks. I got 88 out of 150 in written, 8 marks in first interview and 10 marks in second interview and i got 20 marks for my qualifying degree.
As explained in the reply to the RTI application marks scored in written test were first converted to out of 60 and then added to interview marks and qualifying exam marks to arrive at the final merit list.
moreover, 9 marks were fixed to be minimum qualifying marks in the interview.
according to this information I was ineligible to be considered for the discipline covered by first interview board and I was eligible for the remaining three disciplines covered by second interview board.
my total score for the disciplines covered by second interview board comes out to be (88*60�150)+10+20 = 65.2 out of hundred.
and the cutoff marks for final selection for my category were 64.8, 64.8 & 66.6 for Mechanical, Drilling & Cementing disciplines respectively.
according to this information I got marks that were more than the cutoff marks in Mechanical and Drilling disciplines. but the reply to my RTI application states that "board 2 found him fit for Cementing discipline only".
I filed another RTI application, asking them, among other things, to list various criteria that were considered while deeming a candidate fit for a certain discipline, as any such clause wasn't mentioned in the original recruitment advertisement. moreover I asked them whether they took into account the candidate's preferences (that were asked in while applying to the recruitment) while deeming a candidate fit for a ceratin discipline.
my preferences were in the order Mechanical, Production, Cementing, Drilling.
I recieved a response from the CPIO to my application but he didn't answer my question in which I asked to list the criteria that were considered while deeming a candidate fit for a certain discipline, neither did he explained whether a candidate's preferences were taken into account while doing so. in fact he didn't even mention the question in his response.
my question is how should I proceed further. I am not well versed in what the law says on such instances, but what I understand from common sense is that when a single interview score was awarded for all three disciplines then both merit and preferences should have been taken into account to prepare the final merit list (like UPSC does). And if such a rule (which allows an interviewer to randomly find a candidate fit for a discipline) random existed they should have mentioned in the recruitment advertisement.
instead of doing that, the interviewers found me fit only for Cementing without any particular reason and when I enquired for the same they didn't provide me with an answer.
not only that, they completely ignored my preferences of disciplines. I can understand the fact that there is some subjectivity as far as interviews are concerned, but that subjectivity ceases to exist after the marks for interview are awarded. after that only the total score and the preferences of candidates are used to prepare merit lists.
so please help me figure out what I shall do next. thank you