recruitment process for group 'c' employees in Water resource department of government of Maharashtra

1. Government Of Maharashtra
Water Resource Department
Regional Selection Committee, Pune
Recruitment of group ‘c’ employees
Feb. 2012.

2. formation of committee
• Govt.GR-
Sankirn1007/(421/2007)/sudha /
aa(atantrik), Mantralay, Mumbai-15/2/2008.
• For Kolhapur and Pune Region-As per-
mu.aa(vira) / aa.4 / 8580 / 2011 order
no.1807 at 5/11/2011
• Committee Members –
 Shri Birajdar, CE –Chairman
 Shri Surushe, SE - Member
 Shri. Shah, SE – Member
 Shri Ansari, SE – Member
 Shri Nanaware, SE – Member
 Smt Narkar, Dy SE – Member
 Shri. Shinde, SE – Member Secretary

3. Target to Achieve
• Number of cadres for
recruitment (Tech./Non –
Tech.)=25
• Number of posts=1495
• Jurisdiction districts
1. Pune
2. Ahamadnagar
3. Kolhapur
4. Solapur
5. Satara
6. Sangli

4. Features of Project
Assigned the agency for outsourcing website and computer software.
• Designed online application form which
is easy to fill & submit only required
data
• Candidate himself to verify eligibility
preparation of user friendly criteria before application.
software to receive application • No documents to be submitted by
forms post/courier or to be uploaded.
• WRD employees to verify the
documents of short listed candidates
only i.e. Verification of only 4500
applications instead of 118 000
ADMIT CARDS:- Candidates to download admit cards from websites and also sent
to their E-mail

5. Continued……
• Question papers- Retained with candidates ,as not collected
back by WRD
Transparency • WRD provided answer sheet in triplicate (impregnated) out of
achievement which one copy retained by candidate.
in • uploading of answer key immediately after examination.
• Revision of answer key based on suggestions /feedback
received from candidates.
Computerized scanning of all OMRs (95053) and prepare score list
within 8 days.
Uploaded marks and list of candidates for document verification
and interview.
Opportunity to candidates for re-evaluation /verification of marks
Preparation of final Merit list & Selection list

6. Advantages over conventional method
A)Preparation and submission of application form
Method adopted Conventional method Advantages/Merits
Received highest
1.Online advertisement Advertisement only In
applications(118460)
along with newspaper. local news paper.
against 1495 post.
2.Only online Online application form
Easy and time saving
application form but manual submission is
method
mandatory
Candidate can filled the
3.Difficult fields like Scanned signature is
form from home
scanning signature and compulsory
computer without need of
uploading etc are deleted
scanner

7. Continued….
Method adopted Conventional method Advantages/merits
4.No need of uploading Attested xerox copies are Eliminate excessive
scanned copies of to be attach with document handling and
certificates application form & send expenditure incurred on it
by post
5.Candidates allowed to Total scrutiny of Reduces un necessary
appear for exam on their documents before burden on both
own eligibility as post examination becomes administration &
verification of documents bulky and time candidates
is adopted consuming job

8. Conventional method Advantages/merits
6.Submission of exam fee Exam fee is to be submitted No need of cash handling
through challen in any by cash or D.D. on WRD by WRD persons.
branch of SBI centers. Travelling & queue up of
candidates is avoided
7.submission of application There is long queue for Candidates need not to
form from any location & submitting application form queue up at application
any time through internet . and it is time consuming to centers
both candidate as well as for
exam conducting authority.

9. B) Preparation & issuing admit cards to candidates
Method adopted Conventional method Advantages/Merits
Admit cards downloaded Candidates has to collect Every candidate has get
from web site as well as admit card from WRD chance to appear for
issued on personnel centers located at district examination, which
email id. head quarters after reduces clashes or hurdle
verification of at the time of
documents by WRD examination
personnel.

10. C)Examination Procedure
Method adopted Conventional method Advantages/Merits
1.All candidates are Single copy of OMR is
provided triplicate OMR provided and candidate can
answer sheet out of which not retained the answer By providing both question
one copy is retained with sheet copy paper as well as copy of own
candidate answer sheet candidate can
evaluate his/her marks with
2.Question papers are not Question papers are the help of model answer key
collected back by WRD collected back from &compared with marks
candidate declared by WRD. This boost
the confidence level in
government recruitment
3.Model answer key is Model answer key is never process
uploaded immediately after made open to candidate
examination is over
4. Facility is provided to No such facility is observed Transparency is maintained in
submit suggestions/ overall procedure by
objections on model answer rectification and revision of
key through feedback model answer key

11. D)Evaluation and Result Process
Method adopted Conventional method Advantages
Computerized scanning of Answer sheet were scanned Truly time saving job and
about 95000 OMR sheets is on regular scanner but possibility of least
done and evaluated for evaluated through mistakes.
marks within 8 days computerized program.
through software . Some times evaluation
done manually also.

12. Preparation of Merit List
The process is now going on. It is a tedious job as for
each social and parallel reservation; separate merit list
is to be worked out
(For 9 social categories and 6parallel,54 merit list for
each cadre is required )
According to merit list in descending order, cutoff
marks is to be worked out, according to norms decided
by Government number of candidates is to be short
listed for document verification and for interview
separately.