Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission, known commonly as HPPSC, is the topmost constitutional body of the Government of Himachal Pradesh. It is responsible for conducting Civil Services examinations and Competitive Examinations of the state to select the eligible candidates for various civil services and departmental posts.
Online Recruitment Applications are invited from desirous and eligible candidates for recruitment for the posts of Assistant Professor (Tour & Travel), Class-I (Gazetted) (on a contract basis) in the Department of Higher Education, H.P. shall be available on the Commissions website i.e. www.hppsc.hp.gov.in/hppsc.

Name of Post - Assistant Professor(Tour and Travel)

How to Apply

Detailed instructions for filling up Online Recruitment Applications (ORA) are available on the above
mentioned website.

1) Desirous/ eligible candidates must have to apply online through the official website of the Commission
http://www.hppsc.hp.gov.in/hppsc.

2) The candidates should be careful while entering their Mobile Numbers and e-mail IDs in the Online Recruitment Applications (ORA) for immediate intimation with regard to their application.

3) The desirous & eligible candidate may visit the official website of the Commission (http://www.hppsc.hp.gov.in/hppsc) and click on the link “Apply Online” on the Home Page. The candidate will
register and create his/ her profile on ‘One Time Registration’ and after logging into his/ her account in OTR.
A list of advertisements will be displayed to the candidate. Candidates will apply for a particular post through the portal. The application of the candidate will be submitted only after uploading of requisite documents as per the advertisement. Before submission of the application, the candidate will be shown a preview of uploaded documents and he/ shall give an undertaking/ declaration that:-

“It is certified that I have checked the preview of all the requisite uploaded documents and I am satisfied that documents are legible, readable, and true. That I shall not object to rejection of my candidature based on the sole reason of uploaded documents being nonreadable/ poor quality of scanning."

4) No representation/correspondence will be entertained against the final rejection of candidature.

Age Limit

The minimum age of the candidate should be 18 years and the maximum age should be 45 years.

Age Relaxation

1). Five years of relaxation in the upper age limit is admissible only to the bonafide S.C. of H.P. / S.T. of H.P. / O.B.C. of H.P. /W.F.F. of H.P. / Persons with disabilities of Himachal Pradesh.

For H.P. Govt. employees and Ex-Servicemen of H.P. age relaxation are as per the Government’s instructions issued from time to time.

Application Fees

The application fees for different categories are as under

Category	Application Fees
General Category/EWS {including General Physically Disabled, i.e. Orthopedically disabled, Deaf & Dumb, Hearing impaired/ W.F.F. of HP/ Ex-Servicemen of HP relieved from Defence Services on their own request before completion of normal tenure, General wards of Ex-SM of H.P., i.e. Dependent sons, of Ex-SM of H.P. and candidates of other states (including reserved category candidates of other states)}	Rs. 400/-
S.C. of H.P. /S.T. of H.P. /O.B.C./BPL of H.P./EWS (BPL) (including S.C. /S.T. /O.B.C. Ex-Servicemen of H.P. relieved from Defence Services on their own requests before completion of normal tenure and SC/ ST/ OBC wards of Ex-SM of H.P., i.e. Dependent sons, daughters and wives of Ex-SM).	Rs. 100/-
Female candidates/Ex-Servicemen of H.P. (Ex-Servicemen, who are relieved from Defence Services after completion of normal tenure)/ Blind/Visually	Rs. 0/-

The desirous & eligible candidates shall pay the examination fee fixed category-wise online by Debit Card/Credit
Card/Internet Banking through “e Payment Gateway”, as the case may be, on or before the prescribed closing
date for submission of Online Recruitment Applications (ORA).

Important Instructions

1. Date for determining the eligibility of all candidates in respect of essential qualification and experience, if any, etc., shall be the prescribed closing date for submission of Online Recruitment Applications (ORA).

2. The candidates must read the instructions carefully, which are available on the website of the Commission before applying for the post(s) concerned.

3. The candidates must establish their eligibility in respect of category, experience, age, essential qualifications, etc. as mentioned in the advertisement by uploading copies of certificates of essential qualification, Matriculation certificate as age proof, category certificate, and experience certificate (where required) to avoid rejection of their candidature after the closing date.

4. The benefit of reservation for various post(s) will be admissible only to the candidates, who are bonafide
residents of Himachal Pradesh in respect of categories, viz., S.C., S.T., O.B.C., E.W.S., Ex-Servicemen, W.F.F. and Persons with disabilities (Locomotor Disabled / Visually Impaired/Hearing Impaired), etc.

5. Category once claimed shall be treated final and no representation /correspondence will be entertained in
this regard.

6. The reserved category candidates belonging to other States will be treated as GENERAL CATEGORY CANDIDATES and the benefit of reservation and fee concession will not be admissible to such candidates.

7. The candidates should possess the requisite essential qualification(s) prescribed for the post(s) for which he/she
wants to apply as of the closing date for submission of Online Recruitment Applications (ORA) on the website
www.hppsc.hp.gov.in/hppsc

8. Number of posts is tentative and may increase or decrease from time to time.

9. No in service (regular service) candidate will be interviewed unless he /she brings N.O.C. from the concerned
employer.

10. Examination fees once paid will not be refunded under any circumstances nor can the fees be held in reserve
for any other examination or selection.

11. Disputes, if any, shall be subject to Court jurisdiction at Shimla (Himachal Pradesh).

12. The candidates are required to upload the requisite documents on the OTRS portal.

Documents to be uploaded

The List of documents to be uploaded on the OTRS portal by the candidate

1. Matriculation certificate for age proof.

2. Degree certificate along with Marks Sheets of all years/ consolidated mark sheets or provisional certificate(s)
along with marks sheets of all semesters/ years in support of Educational Qualification.

3. Category certificate(s) in support of their eligibility, if any, viz., S.C., S.T., O.B.C., E.W.S., Ex-Servicemen, Ward of Ex. Servicemen, WFF Persons with disabilities, etc. All these certificates along with undertaking wherever required should be on Performa prescribed by the Government of H.P. from time to time.
Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes Certificates should be in accordance with
the instructions of the Government.

4. The candidates belonging to Ex-Servicemen of Himachal Pradesh will have to furnish a Discharge Certificate and full detail in respect of their P.P.O No., Rank. In the case of Short Service Commissioned Officer against the post reserved for Ex-Servicemen, as per the definition of Ex-Servicemen contained in the Ministry of Defence, Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Govt. of India Office Memorandum No. 1(07)2014/D(Resi) dated 20th April 2021, all Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who were released from service with gratuity
will get the status of Ex-Servicemen w.e.f 13-02-2020 or thereafter.

5. The N.O.C. with the date of retirement from the Defence Services to claim the benefit of reservation for the
category of Ex-Serviceman of Himachal Pradesh the persons serving in the Armed Forces of the Union, who
on retirement from service, would come under the category of “Ex-Serviceman” may be permitted to apply for
re-employment one year before the completion of the specified terms of engagement and avail themselves of
all concessions available to Ex-serviceman but shall not be permitted to leave the uniform until they complete
the specified terms of engagement in the Armed Forces of the Union.

6. The eligibility will be decided in accordance with the Demobilized Armed Forces Personnel (Reservation of
vacancies in Himachal State Non-Technical Services) Rules, 1972 amended from time to time. The period of
one year shall be counted from the notified last date of receipt of the application for the post(s)advertised.

7. Bonafide Himachali Certificate in case of reserved category candidates.

8. Candidates applying under the EWS category will have to submit either an ‘Income & Asset Certificate’ or a valid BPL Certificate countersigned by B.D.O. along with a non- SC/ST/OBC certificate issued by the competent authority
on the format prescribed by H.P. Government vide letter No. PER (AP)-C-B(12)-1/2019 dated 11th
June 2019.

Salary

The salary of the candidates is in the pay scale of (Rs. 15600-39100 + 6000 G.P.), consolidated fixed contractual amount as admissible in the Department of Higher Education, H.P. through ORA, which shall be available on the Commission’s website i.e. www.hppsc.hp.gov.in/hppsc.

Selection Process

The screening process consists of two parts

1. Screening/ Preliminary exam

2. Personality Test

Minimum pass marks in Computer Based Test / Offline Test (objective or descriptive) is 25% for the candidates of the General category and 20% for the candidates of reserved categories.

The minimum pass marks in the personality tests are 45 for the candidates of the general category and 35 marks for the candidates of reserved categories.

Syllabus

The Screening Test will be of two hours duration consisting of 100 objective type Multiple Choice Questions covering the syllabus.

Subjects	No. of Questions
subject concerned for the post of Assistant Professor (College Cadre).	70
English language.	7
Hindi language.	7
General Awareness & Current Affairs of H.P.	8
General Awareness & Current Affairs of National/ International Level.	8