Hi friends, here is the Postal and Telecom AAO LDCE Exam 2022 Notification. Department of Posts, PA Wing, Postal Directorate vide OM No.3-37/2022-PACE/LDCE AAO/10269-10956 dated 15.02.2022 has issued notification for Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LDCE) AAO Exam Notification- 2022 for AAO cadre of IP&TAFS Group-B. The main highlight of the examination is that in case you can qualify, you are getting posted to a Gazetted Post in Level – 8 of the Pay Matrix (Erstwhile Grade Pay of Rs.4800/-).
Schedule of Postal and Telecom LDCE AAO Examination
Date of Notification : 15ᵗʰ February, 2022
Last Date for Receipt of Applications for Applicants (Other Than Army Postal Service & On Deputation Out of DoT/DoP) : 8th March, 2022
Last Date for Receipt of Applications for Applicants of Army Postal Service & On Deputation Out of DoT/DoP : 15th March, 2022
Tentative date of display of vacancy year wise provisional eligibility of applicants’ : 13th April, 2022
Tentative date of issue of Admit Card : 11th May, 2022
Tentative date of Commencement of AAO Examination is on : 26th May, 2022
Eligibility Criteria for LDCE AAO Exam Indiapost 2022
As per the Indian Posts and Telecommunications Accounts and Finance Service Group ‘B’, (Accounts Officers and Assistant Accounts officers) Recruitment Rules 2018 {hereinafter referred to as (Recruitment Rules) notified in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II-Section 3-Sub section (i) on 2nd April 2018, the vacancies in the AAO cadre are to be filled up by promotion through Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for employees of Department of Posts (DoP) and Departments of Telecommunications(DoT) under the Ministry of Communications, Government of India. All candidates satisfying the eligibility conditions mentioned in the Recruitment Rules, as on crucial date for respective years (as stated in 3 below), are eligible to appear for the above examination.
As per Recruitment Rules, only officials of Group-C cadre of Department of Posts and Department of Telecommunications possessing a bachelor‘s degree from a recognized university or institute (other than Junior Accountants and Sr, Accountants in PAos of Department of Posts, PAF Wing at Headquarters and various field offices of DoT such as office of CCAs, CGCA, NICF and DoT Headquarters) with requisite qualifying service are eligible to appear in LDCE- 2022 for AAD Examination. Officials working as Accountants or designated as Accountant in any other establishment of DOP or DoT cannot be equated as JAs/SAs of Accounts & Finance establishment.
However, applicants who were working in Group-B on substantive basis as on date of application shall be considered eligible only for those vacancy years for which they were eligible as on respective crucial cut-off date as stated as para 3 below. Similarly, candidates shall be considered eligible only for those vacancy years for which they were possessing bachelor degree from recognized University or Institute and having requisite regular qualifying service as on respective crucial cut-off date as stated in para 3 below.
As per Note in Column 11 of Recruitment Rules, where juniors who have completed their qualifying or eligibility service any being considered/or promotion, their seniors would also be considered provided they are not short of the requisite qualifying service or eligibility service by more than half of such qualifying service or two years, whichever is less, and have successfully completed their probation period for promotion to the next higher grade along with their juniors who have completed such qualifying or eligibility service.’
Any candidate claiming his eligibility in accordance with this note may suitably fill item 10 of application form carefully.
The vacancy year wise provisional eligibility of the applicants shall be displayed on www.cgca.gov.in in due course and 7 (seven) working days’ time shall be available to the applicants to represent to respective State Nodal Officer. The revised provisional eligibility list shall be displayed on www.cgca.gov.in subsequently. No representation in this regard shall be entertained thereafter.
Crucial Date for Determining Eligibility
The crucial date for eligibility shall be considered for each vacancy year separately as below:
Vacancy Year Crucial Cut-off Date
2018 – 01/04/2018
2019 – 01/01/2019
2020 – 01/01/2020
2021- 01/01/2021
2022 – 01/01/2022
Syllabus & Pattern of India Post AAO LDCE Examination
Syllabus of examination shall be as per Annexure F to this Notification. No books/manuals are permitted in the examination hall. Possession of any material/books/notes/diary etc. shalt amount to unfair means and shall be dealt with accordingly.
Check the Detailed Syllabus of AAO LDCE Exam from here
Schedule of AAO LDCE Exam 2022
Paper I – 26th May 2022 (Thursday) [9.30 AM to 12.30PM]
Paper-II – 26th May 2022 (Thursday) [2.30 PM to 5.30PM]
Paper III – 27th May 2022 (Friday) [9.30 AM to 12.30PM]
Paper IV – 27th May 2022 (Friday) [2.30 PM to 5.30PM]
Paper V – 28th May 2022 (Saturday) [9.30 AM to 12.30PM]
Paper VI – 29th May 2022 (Saturday) [9.30 AM to 12.30PM]
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