The score obtained by a job aspirant in Haryana Common Eligibility Test (CET) shall now be valid for three years. However, if an applicant improves his or her score in the next or any subsequent attempt, then the fresh period of validity of three years shall commence from that date of declaration of the result of such attempt.
The state government made these changes in a notification titled ‘Policy for Recruitment to Group C and Group D posts’ through CET to simplify and standardise the recruitment process for government employment to all direct recruitment to both these posts.
Haryana CET is a preliminary written test conducted by the state Staff Selection Commission to select candidates for various government posts.
Chief Secretary Dr Vivek Joshi issued the notification that mentioned that the test shall apply for direct recruitment to Group C posts, including the posts of police service, prisons and home guards etc, excluding teaching posts, and ex-Agniveer.
The test shall also apply for Group D posts for which the minimum educational qualification is below matriculation.
“The minimum educational qualification for Group C posts shall be class 10+2/equivalent or Matric with additional qualification. For Group D posts, the minimum qualification shall be Matric along with Hindi or Sanskrit as one of the subjects in Matric or Hindi as one of the subjects in Higher Standard or as per provision in Haryana Group D Employees (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2018 (5 of 2018)”, the notification read.
CET syllabus
The syllabus for CET shall be divided into two parts comprising — (a) 75 per cent weight for General Awareness, Reasoning, Quantitative Ability, English, Hindi, and additional computer knowledge for Group C posts; and (b) 25 per cent weight for History, Current Affairs, Literature, Geography, Environment, Culture etc. of Haryana.
The question paper shall be of the level of senior secondary education (i.e. 10+2 level/equivalent) for Group C posts and of the level of secondary education (Matric level) in case of Group D posts, provided that Hindi and English shall be of Matric level, the notification stated.
All applicants shall register on a designated portal onetimeregn.haryana.gov.in by the last date to be published by an advertisement issued by the Commission, providing all particulars relating to the identity of the applicant and uploading all the required documents.
The Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) number that enables the recruiting agency to verify the applicant’s claims in respect of residence, educational and other qualifications, caste and experience certificate, family income/assets, status of parents (if any parent is deceased the verification of death certificate is involved), marital status of female applicant, separation certificate of legally separated women, disability certificate, sports gradation certificate, denotified tribe/Vimukt Jati certificate, certificate of ex-serviceman, dependent of ex-servicemen certificate, dependent of freedom fighter, FIR copy, etc is mandatory.
The applicant may register using his PPP or Aadhaar number or otherwise on the basis of such documentation as may be specified by the government from time to time.
No restriction on number of attempts
As per the policy, there will be no restriction on the number of attempts to appear in the written examination of the CET. An applicant of general category shall have to obtain a minimum of 50 per cent marks in CET to be eligible for skill or written examination of second stage.
However, an applicant of reserved category (both vertical and horizontal) shall receive a concession of 10 percentage points, for the purpose of eligibility for CET, i.e. the minimum cut-off for such candidates shall be 40 per cent.
An applicant of any category who obtains less than the minimum marks in CET shall have to re-appear in CET in the next or any subsequent attempts. If an applicant has already qualified the CET for Group D post, he will have the option to appear again in the CET to improve his CET marks in the next or any subsequent occasion”.
The posts
After the publication of CET results, the posts available for recruitment shall be advertised by the Haryana Staff Selection Commission along with the syllabus, procedure, or manner of conducting skill or written examination of the advertised posts and last date for attaining minimum educational qualifications and experience.
On the advertisement being issued, the Commission shall invite applications electronically from the eligible candidates based on the merit list to know whether the candidate is willing to appear for skill or written examination for that post. Out of the applicants, the maximum number of candidates eligible to appear for the skill and/or written examination shall be ten times the total number of posts advertised by the Commission.
This exam will be a computer-based online/offline/optical mark reading (OMR)-based test, and will be conducted by the Haryana Staff Selection Commission or any other agency as decided by the government, and shall be conducted in Hindi and English.
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