Gramin Dak Sevak, who runs post office single-handedly in the rural areas. Gramin Dak Sevak Recruitment 2017 Notification has been released in state wise postal circle. Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) Recruitment 2017 for the selection and engagement to the posts of Gramin Dak Sevaks under various Circle. Interested candidates have to fill the eligibility conditions to participate in the selection process. Candidates are requested to read the complete information from here before filling the Application form. Application Form for Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) Recruitment 2017 is going on, candidates have to fill their Application form within schedule date.
Latest: – Online Application Form for Various State has been Re-Opened. Kindly check the Updated schedule below.
All the candidates who are interested and going to participate in the Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) Recruitment 2017 can check the complete information like Application process, eligibility criteria, selection process etc through this page below.
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Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) Recruitment 2017
Candidate must attain the Age Between 18 years to 40 years to apply for GDS Recruitment 2017.
Educational Qualification – The candidate should pass 10th standard from approved state boards by the respective State Govt. / Central Govt.
Selection Process of GDS Recruitment 2017 – Selection will be made as per the automatically generated merit list as per the rules based on the candidate’s online submitted applications.
Gramin Dak Sevak Work (job) Profile – Backbone of the postal department is Gramin Dak Sevaks, Almost every postal service, for example, M.N.R.E.G.S., Postal Life Insurance ( P.L.I/R.P.L.I) old age pension is provided in one or the other way at the Branch offices manned by the Gramin Dak Sevaks.
Gramin Dak Sevak Salary 2017 ( Pay scale in GDS Recruitment ) – Candidate may note that Gramin Dak Sevak Recruitment notification does not have any information regarding pay scale. however, candidates must know these points regarding engagement as Gramin Dak Sevak
- The candidate applying for the post shall note that he/ she will have adequate means of livelihood to support himself/ herself and his/ her family from other sources so as to have to supplement his/her income.
- However, this shall not be a prerequisite for candidates for the purpose. Selected candidate shall be required to comply with this condition within 30 days after selection but before engagement.
- The candidate shall furnish an undertaking in the application itself that he/she has other sources of income besides the allowances to be paid by the Government for adequate means of livelihood for himself/ herself and his/her family.
- The candidate after selection as Gramin Dak Sevak shall have to give the undertaking again before engagement.
Candidate may also refer India Post RTI Manual 10 regarding monthly remuneration received by the Gramin Dak Sevak and other employee/officer
Gramin Dak Sevak Recruitment 2017 Schedule – Candidate may refer below-listed table to get State Circle wise Advertisement and information of the last date to apply for GDS Recruitment 2017.
Important Dates
| State wise GDS Recruitment 2017 | Advertisement (Download Here) |
Online Application Schedule |
| Andhra Pradesh Gramin Dak Sevak 2017 | Click Here | 19 Apr 2017 17 to 22 Jul 2017 – Reopened! |
| Odisha Gramin Dak Sevak 2017 | Click Here | 26 Apr 2017 |
| Telangana Gramin Dak Sevak 2017 | Click Here | 19 Apr 2017 17 to 22 Jul 2017 – Reopened! |
| Madhya Pradesh Gramin Dak Sevak 2017 | Click Here | 02 May 2017 |
| Himachal Pradesh Gramin Dak Sevak 2017 | Click Here | 02 May 2017 24 to 29 Jul 2017 – Reopened! |
| Jharkhand Gramin Dak Sevak 2017 | Click Here | 03 May 2017 24 to 29 Jul 2017 – Reopened! |
| Rajasthan Gramin Dak Sevak 2017 | Click Here | 03 May 2017 24 to 29 Jul 2017 – Reopened! |
| Assam Gramin Dak Sevak 2017 | Click Here | 24 May 2017 24 to 29 Jul 2017 – Reopened! |
| Chattisgarh Gramin Dak Sevak 2017 | Click Here | 20 May 2017 |
| Delhi Gramin Dak Sevak 2017 | Click Here | 31 May 2017 31 Jul to 05 Aug 2017 – Reopened! |
| Karnataka Gramin Dak Sevak 2017 | Click Here | 31 May 2017 14 to 19 Aug 2017 – Reopened! |
| Maharashtra Gramin Dak Sevak 2017 | Click Here | 27 May 2017 07 to 12 Aug 2017 – Reopened! |
| Punjab Gramin Dak Sevak 2017 | Click Here | 15 May 2017 31 Jul to 05 Aug 2017 – Reopened! |
| Tamilnadu Gramin Dak Sevak 2017 | Click Here | 05 Jun 2017 14 to 19 Aug 2017 – Reopened! |
| Gujarat Gramin Dak Sevak 2017 | Click Here | 15 May 2017 31 Jul to 05 Aug 2017 – Reopened! |
| Haryana Gramin Dak Sevak 2017 | Click Here | 24 May 2017 14 to 19 Aug 2017 – Reopened! |
| Uttarakhand Gramin Dak Sevak 2017 | Click Here | 02 Jun 2017 07 to 12 Aug 2017 – Reopened! |
| North Eastern Gramin Dak Sevak 2017 | Click Here | 19 Jun 2017 |
| West Bengal Gramin Dak Sevak 2017 | Click Here | 10 Jun 2017 |
Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) Recruitment 2017 Application Form
Eligible candidates who have checked their eligibility criteria from below can fill their Application Form online. Link to fill the Application form is available till the last date of application form after that link will be disabled. All the candidates who are interested can also fill the Application form. Gramin Dak Sevak Online application form is easy to fill and submit. After submitting the Gramin Dak Sevak Online application form candidate can check their Gramin Dak Sevak Application status through the link which is given below.
Get Application Form Online here:-
Note:
- Candidates who did not get OTP with old registered mobile number can change their mobile number.
- Candidates of AP and TELANGANA of SSC Board year of pass 2010 / 2011 having both marks/grades/points to apply with marks
Application Fee
Applicant of category OC/OBC Male should pay a fee of Rs. 100/- (Rupees one hundred) at any Head Post Office. Candidate who requires making the payment has to visit any Head Post Office to make the payment. For making the payment candidate should inform Registration Number at the PO Counter.
However, fee payment is exempted for all Female and SC/ST candidates. They may apply online directly through the provided link in the Website.
How to Apply?
For registering the candidature, the candidate should have the following essential data.
- Name (In capital letter as per X class certificate Marks Memo including spaces)
- Father Name
- Mobile Number
- Date of Birth
- Gender
- Community
- PH – Type of Disability – (HH/OH/VH)- Percentage of disability
- State in which Xth class passed
- Board in which Xth class passed
- Year of Passing Xth class
- Xth Class Certificate Number
candidate who desires to apply online will have to register himself in the portal through https://indiapost.gov.in or https://appost.in/gdsonline or direct link which is given above.
Any candidate will be allowed to register only one time in the portal. With this registration number, he may apply to any of the Circles or any number of optional posts. Candidate should not attempt willful duplicate registrations since duplicate registration entitles disqualification of the registration.
For applying online candidate should submit the application by providing information of Registration Number (and Fee payment Number once, in case of fee to be paid) to proceed to fill up the subsequent information. Documents once uploaded against one registration number will remain on the server hence for submission of subsequent posts or for other Circles, candidates need not upload any documents further. The candidates need to upload documents in the following format.
Eligibility Criteria
Educational Qualification: The candidate should pass 10th standard from approved state boards by the respective State Govt. / Central Govt. The state wise list of approved boards is at Annexure ‘A’. No weightage will be given for possessing any qualification(s) higher than the mandatory educational qualification. The Candidate passed Xth class examination in first attempt will be treated as meritorious against those passed compartmentally.
Computer Knowledge: The candidate should have computer knowledge and will be required to furnish basic computer training certificate for at least 60 days from a recognized Computer Training Institute. Certificates from Central Government/ State Government/ University/ Boards etc., will also be acceptable for this purpose. This requirement of basic computer knowledge certificate shall be relaxable in cases where a candidate has studied computer as a subject in Class X or Class XII or higher educational qualification provided the candidate submits a certificate of Class X or Class XII or higher educational qualification in which he/she has studied computer as a subject.
Age Limit – The minimum and maximum age for the purpose of engagement to Gramin Dak Sevaks posts shall be between 18 and 40 years as on the last date of submission of application through online. The maximum age shall be relaxable by 03 (three) years to those belonging to OBC categories and 05 (five) years in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST. [10 years for PH above the respective category]
Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) Recruitment 2017 Selection Process
- Selection will be made as per the automatic generated merit list as per the rules based on the candidates online submitted applications.
- No weightage will be given for higher educational qualification. Only marks obtained in 10th standard of approved Boards aggregated to the percentage to the accuracy of 4 decimals will be the criteria for finalizing the selection. Passing of all the subjects as per the respective approved board norms is mandatory for taking candidate into account for calculating the merit.
- In case candidates get the same marks, the merit order would be taken as DOB(higher age as merit), ST female, SC female, OBC female, UR female, ST Male, SC Male, OBC male, UR male.
- Candidate can opt any five choices of posts with the preference of priority from the Circle/Circles applied. In case if the candidate is selected in all choices the lowest priority preference will be retained and all other candidatures will be forfeited.
Ex : If a candidate opts for five posts with preference post1, post2, post3, post4, post5 etc and selected as meritorious in more than one post, the post in the order of preference will be offered and the candidature for all the remaining posts will be forfeited. - In case of candidate willfully uploads wrong documents/information and unnecessary documents, his candidature will not be considered. Similarly, in case the candidate enter marks erroneously either high or low with reference to marks list uploaded then the candidature will also not be considered.
- The candidate will get an SMS on his provisional selection on the prescribed date after selection. Mere getting SMS or any other communication on selection will not entitle the candidate to claim for regular selection/appointment. The final selection/appointment will be based on satisfactory completion of verification and genuineness of all educational & other documents produced by the candidates by the concerned authorities.
- a) Department is not responsible for non-receipt of email/SMS by the candidate due to any specific reason or without any reason arising out of providers services and other dependencies. However, a physical communication in regard to provisional selection intimation will be sent by respective recruiting authorities in due course as per the selection procedure.
- Applicants submitted applications without complete data will also be rejected from consideration.
- Candidate can view his/her result status on the website by providing the reference number till the results are announced. once results are declared and post is filled, it can be viewed in the results status which provides all details of the candidates applied for that post.
Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) Recruitment 2017 – Vacancy Details
Gramin Dak Sevak Vacancy is given below, Candidates can check vacancy details through the below-listed table. Gramin Dak Sevak Vacancy may vary circle to circle, Candidates are advised to check vacancy details circle wise accordingly.
| Circle | UR | OBC | SC | ST | Total |
| AP Circle | 625 | 284 | 126 | 91 | 1126 |
| Odisha Cricle | 582 | 97 | 157 | 236 | 1072 |
| Telangana Circle | 356 | 151 | 86 | 52 | 645 |
| Madhya Pradesh Circle | 732 | 301 | 309 | 517 | 1859 |
| Himachal Pradesh Circle | 212 | 84 | 78 | 17 | 391 |
| Jharkhand Circle | 157 | 29 | 24 | 46 | 256 |
| Rajasthan Circle | 919 | 133 | 246 | 279 | 1577 |
| Assam Circle | 250 | 120 | 33 | 64 | 467 |
| Chattisgarh Circle | 69 | 2 | 18 | 34 | 123 |
| Delhi Circle | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| Karnataka Circle | 579 | 240 | 150 | 79 | 1048 |
| Maharashtra Circle | 1034 | 375 | 125 | 256 | 1789 |
| Punjab Circle | 336 | 132 | 152 | 0 | 620 |
| Tamilnadu Circle | 71 | 39 | 18 | 0 | 128 |
| Gujarat Circle | 1056 | 467 | 87 | 302 | 1912 |
| Haryana Circle | 250 | 99 | 89 | 0 | 438 |
| Uttarakhand Circle | 357 | 82 | 121 | 19 | 579 |
| North Eastern Circle | 372 | 34 | 43 | 299 | 748 |
| West Bengal Circle | 2561 | 1224 | 945 | 252 | 4982 |
