State Bank of India invites Online application for Specialist Cadre Officers posts.

1. The number of vacancies including reserved vacancies mentioned above are provisional and may vary according to the actual
requirement of the Bank.
2. The educational qualification prescribed for various posts are the minimum. Candidate must possess the qualification and
relevant full-time experience as on specified dates.
3. Candidate belonging to reserved categories including Person with Benchmark Disabilities for whom no reservation has been
mentioned are free to apply for vacancies announced for General category provided, they fulfil all the eligibility criteria applicable
to General Category.
4. The reservation under various categories will be as per prevailing Government of India Guidelines.
5. PwBD candidate should produce a certificate issued by a competent authority as per the Government of India Guidelines.
6. Reservation for PwBD candidates is horizontal and is included in the vacancy of the respective parent category.
7. Vacancies reserved for OBC Category are available to OBC candidates belonging to ‘Non-creamy Layer’. Candidates belonging
to OBC category but coming in creamy layer are not entitled to any relaxation/reservation available to OBC category. They should
indicate their category as General or General (VI/HI), as the case may be.
8. OBC category candidate should submit the OBC certificate on format prescribed by Govt. of India, having Non-Creamy Layer
clause issued during the period 01.04.2024 to the date of interview, if called for. No request for extension of time for production
of the Certificate’ beyond the said date shall be entertained and candidature will be cancelled.
9. Caste certificate issued by Competent Authority on format prescribed by the Government of India will have to be submitted
by the SC/ST/ OBC (Non-creamy layer) candidates.
10. Reservation for Economically Weaker section (EWS) in recruitment is governed by Office Memorandum No. 36039/1/2019-Estt
(Res) dated 31.01.2019 of Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel (DoPT), Public grievances & Pensions,
Government of India. Disclaimer: EWS vacancies are tentative and subject to further directives of Government of India and
outcome of any litigation. The appointment is provisional and is subject to the Income & Asset certificate being through the proper
channel.
11. To avail benefits of reservation under EWS category, candidates must produce an “Income and Asset Certificate” issued by
the competent authority in the prescribed format by Government of India for the relevant financial year, as per the extant
DoPT guidelines.
12. The EWS candidates please note that without a valid “Income & Asset Certificate” for the relevant financial year as per the
extant DoPT guidelines on or before the closure of online application date, candidates should apply under “General
Category” only.
13. EWS candidates are required to produce for verification, the ‘Income & Assets Certificate’ for the relevant financial year as per
the extant DoPT guidelines, on the date of document verification, which shall be intimated to the provisionally selected candidates
by the Bank. Hence, the ‘Income & Assets Certificate’ for the relevant financial year can be obtained by the candidate on or
before the date of document verification. No request for extension of time for production of ‘Income & Assets Certificate’ beyond
the said date shall be entertained and if a candidate fails to produce the ‘Income & Assets Certificate’ on the date of document
verification, he / she will not be considered for appointment in the Bank.
14. The relevant experience certificate from employer must contain specifically that the candidate has experience in that related field
as required. Training & Teaching experience will not be counted for eligibility in the experience criteria.
15. Bank reserves the right to cancel the recruitment process entirely or for any particular post at any stage.
16. Maximum age indicated is for General category candidates. Relaxation in upper age limit will be available to reserved category
candidates as per Govt. of India guidelines (wherever applicable).
17. Only those persons with benchmark disabilities would be eligible for reservation under PwBD category with not less than 40% of
a specified disability where specified disability has not been defined in measurable terms and includes a person with disability
where specified disability has been defined in a measurable terms, as certified by the certifying authority. Backlog vacancies
reserved for PwBD would be filled by a person with benchmark disability in the respective category. If no suitable person from
that category is available, such backlog would be filled up by interse-exchange among other eligible PwBD candidates subject to
the posts having been identified suitable for such disabilities.
18. TRANSFER POLICY: THE BANK RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TRANSFER THE SERVICES OF SUCH OFFICERS TO ANY OF THE
OFFICES OF SBI IN INDIA OR TO DEPUTE TO ANY OF ITS ASSOCIATES/SUBSIDIARIES OR ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION
DEPENDING UPON THE EXIGENCIES OF SERVICE. REQUEST FOR POSTING/TRANSFER TO A SPECIFIC PLACE/OFFICE MAY
NOT BE ENTERTAINED.
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19. MERIT LIST: MERIT LIST FOR SELECTION WILL BE PREPARED IN DESCENDING ORDER ON THE BASIS OF SCORES OBTAINED
IN INTERVIEW ONLY. IN CASE MORE THAN ONE CANDIDATE SCORE THE CUT-OFF MARKS (COMMON MARKS AT CUT-OFF
POINT), SUCH CANDIDATES WILL BE RANKED ACCORDING TO THEIR AGE IN DESCENDING ORDER, IN THE MERIT.
20. MERE FULFILLING MINIMUM QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE WILL NOT VEST ANY RIGHT IN CANDIDATE FOR BEING CALLED
FOR INTERVIEW. THE SHORTLISTING COMMITTEE CONSTITUTED BY THE BANK WILL DECIDE THE SHORTLISTING
PARAMETERS AND THEREAFTER, ADEQUATE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES, AS DECIDED BY THE BANK WILL BE SHORTLISTED
AND CALLED FOR INTERVIEW. THE DECISION OF THE BANK TO CALL THE CANDIDATES FOR THE INTERVIEW SHALL BE FINAL.
NO CORRESPONDENCE WILL BE ENTERTAINED IN THIS REGARD.
21. RESERVATION FOR PERSONS WITH BENCHMARK DISABILITIES (PwBD): Horizontal reservation has been provided to Persons
with Benchmark Disabilities as per section 34 of “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act (RPWD), 2016”. The post is identified
suitable for the Persons with undernoted categories of disabilities as defined in the Schedule of RPWD Act 2016:
Suitable Category of Benchmark Disabilities Functional Requirement
a) B – Blind, LV – Low Vision,
b) D-Deaf, HH – Hard of Hearing
c) One Leg, Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attacked Victims,
d) Specific Learning Disability, Mental Illness
e) Multiple Disabilities involving (a) to (d) above
S- Sitting, ST- Standing,
W- Walking, BN- Bending,
RW-Reading & Writing
MF- Manipulation by Fingers,
SE- Seeing, H-Hearing, C- Communication
22. Visual Impairment (VI):
Only those Visually Impaired (VI) persons who suffer from any one of the following conditions, after best correction, are eligible
to apply.
a. Blindness: i. Total absence of sight; OR ii. Visual acuity less than 3/60 or less than 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with
best possible correction; OR iii. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 10 degree. OR
b. Low Vision: i. Visual acuity not exceeding 6/18 or less than 20/60 upto 3/60 or upto 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with
best possible corrections; OR ii. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 40 degree up to 10 degree.
Hearing Impaired (HI): Hard of Hearing means person having 60 DB to 70 DB hearing loss in speech frequencies in both ears.
Note: Only “Persons with benchmark disabilities” would be eligible for reservation with not less than 40% of a specified disability where
specified disability has not been defined in measurable terms and includes a person with disability where specified disability has been
defined in measurable terms, as certified by the certifying authority. A person who wants to avail the benefit of reservation will have to
submit latest Disability Certificate, on prescribed format, issued by Medical Authority or any other notified Competent Authority
(Certifying Authority). The certificate should be dated on or before last date of registration of application

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