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Submission of applications by the candidates and admission of applications.

8.(a)
An application by an eligible candidate shall be submitted on the prescribed form of the Commission obtainable from the designated branches of the National Bank before the closing date.
(b)
If the prescribed application form is not available to the candidate outside Pakistan, he may apply on plain paper indicating particulars to his age, qualification, experience and domicile alongwith supporting documents. However, he will have to apply on the proper form when he returns to the country.
(c)
All applications must reach the Commission office on or before closing date and time. The Diary Branch shall receive all the applications submitted by hand or by post and shall submit the same to the Secretary, on the same day, who will record his initial with date on each application and return these to the Diary Branch on the same day or a day after. On return, the Diary Branch shall diarize each application in the diary register and shall handover all the applications to the respective Assistants of the branch concerned within two days and obtain their signatures. An application received after closing date shall be stamped “LATE” by the Diary Branch after diarizing the same. However, while scrutinizing the applications, the late application of indoor patients and candidates arriving from abroad will be considered as given in Regulation 9(d) (i) and (iii).
9.(a)
Unless otherwise altered and notified the closing date for receipt of applications from the candidates shall be as declared in the advertisement.
(b)
Normally such date shall be three to six weeks from the date of publication of the advertisement.
(c)
If the closing date fixed for the receipt of the application falls on an official holiday, the next working day shall be considered as the closing date.
(d)
An application received after the closing time and date shall stand rejected except where the candidate:
(i)
has been ill and has remained admitted in the government / reputed hospital for period from the publication of the advertisement till the closing date;
(ii)
has informed the Commission in writing about his illness before the closing date alongwith the medical certificate in that behalf from the competent authority; and
(iii)
when the candidate was abroad and advertisement was published and he / she arrives after the last date specified for receipt of applications and produces proof thereof, the concession allowed shall be available only to such candidates who submit their applications within one month of the arrival from abroad provided that interviews are not yet concluded.
 
Note (1). Competent Authority means the Medical Superintendent of the hospital or his equivalent wherein the candidate has remained admitted.

Note (2). No application of indoor patient shall be entertained after the announcement of date of written test or examination or interview.
10.
In case the recruitment to the post is to be made on the basis of Competitive Examination, the Commission shall, subject to these regulations, issue separate notification giving necessary details for the information of the candidates.
11.
Eligibility of the candidates shall be determined in accordance with the advertisement of the post, service rules governing appointments to the relevant post and such other ancillary instructions issued by the Government and / or the Commission from time to time. For this purpose, for all candidates the age, qualifications and experience etc as on the closing date fixed for candidates from within the country will be taken into account. The office noting in respect of eligibility or otherwise of the candidates shall be made on the cover of the application form or on additional sheets attached as required.
12.
Calls for examination / written test / interview / viva-voce shall normally be sent to eligible candidates only, whose applications are found to be complete in all respects. However, in case of large number of applications for the post the screening test may be held without first holding scrutiny of applications but once the shortlist of candidates, is identified, the applications of such candidates will be scrutinized before proceeding further. If found ineligible in scrutiny such candidates shall not be called for interview even if they qualify the test.
13.
The Member Incharge shall be competent to reject applications, which are incomplete, or not on proper form in accordance with the provision of the foregoing Regulations. However, the aggrieved candidates may apply to the Commission for review of rejection orders. The decision of the Commission thereon shall be final.
14.
Duly attested / photostat copies of the documents will be acceptable on the condition that the candidates would bring the originals if and when they are called for interview. In examination cases, original documents may be asked for from the candidates at the time of interview as in other cases.
15.
Date of birth shall ordinarily be date of birth endorsed on the Matriculation / equivalent certificate or, where such certificate is not available on account of unavoidable circumstances, then school leaving certificate shall be considered. If the candidate becomes overage even by one day after adding the actual date of his / her birth to his / her age on the last date for receipt of application, he / she shall be considered ineligible. When an application received from the candidate who claims age concessions under various categories allowed by the government from time to time, he shall be allowed only one age concession which is more beneficial to him.
16.
In case the candidate is overage or under age, his / her application will be rejected. However, in the case of overage candidates the candidature may be revived if they provide age relaxation as follow:

(i) In the case of direct recruitment before the date fixed for the interview provided he / she has qualified the screening / ability test, if held.

(ii) For Competitive Examination by the date specified by the Commission in this respect and communicated to the Government.

17.
When any post is re-advertised before finalizing the earlier case with the direction that the candidates who had already applied do not apply again, the age will be calculated as under: -

(a) for calculating age of those candidates who had applied in response to the original advertisement the date would be the closing date of that advertisement;

(b) for calculating the age of those candidates who apply in response to subsequent advertisement, increasing the number of posts of original advertisement, the date would be the closing date of the subsequent advertisement; and

(c) candidates who had applied in response to the original advertisement and were found underage would be eligible if they attain the requisite lower age limit on the closing date of the subsequent advertisement;

18.
(a) Canvassing in any form will disqualify the candidate.

(b) The candidate may be disqualified and / or excluded from any examination, test or interview for any post held or to be held by the NWFP Public Service Commission in future and / or criminally prosecuted / debarred from employment under government if he / she:

(i) Knowingly furnishes any particular which is false;

(ii) Suppresses material information;

(iii) Attempts to influence the Members of the Commission, the officers and officials of the Commission, Advisors and Departmental Representative called to assist the selection panel in the interview;

(iv) Attempts to obtain support for his / her candidature by improper means;

(v) Submits forged certificates;

(vi) Tempers with the entries in his / her age and academic certificates;

(vii) Misbehaves in the examination hall;

(viii) Is found guilty of misconduct during examination;

(ix) Fails to observe the instructions issued by the Commission with regard to written test / examination;

(x) Uses unfair means in the test / examination.



 

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