Post : Pharmacist GRADE-II
Applications are invited from qualified persons online on Board’s website for the posts of Pharmacists Grade-II under various departments of Government of Telangana.
Post Code : 01
Department : Director of Public Health and Family Welfare /Director of Medical Education
No. of Vacancies : 446
Post Code : 02
Department : Telangana Vaidya Vidhana Parishad
No. of Vacancies : 185
Post Code : 03
Department : MNJ Institute of Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre
No. of Vacancies : 2
Educational Qualifications : (i) Must possess any one of the following qualifications as on the date of notification :
(a) D.Pharmacy (b) B.Pharmacy (c) Pharm.D
(ii) Must be registered with Telangana Pharmacy Council. (However, applicants can register their certificates with Telangana Pharmacy Council as on date of their application and should upload this certificate online).
Equivalent Qualification : At the time of verification of certificates, if it is noticed that any applicant who possesses a qualification other than requisite qualification and claims that said qualification is equivalent to the requisite qualification, the matter shall be referred to an ‘Expert Committee’ constituted by the Board and the Board will take a decision based on the report of the ‘Expert Committee’.
Age : The applicants should possess a minimum age of 18 years and cannot exceed maximum age of 46 years. The age is reckoned as on 01/07/2024 (Rule-12(1)(a)(v) of State and Subordinate Service Rules). (Upper age limit of 46 years is considered as per G.O.Ms.No.30, General Administration(Ser.A) Dept., Dt:08/02/2024).
The upper age limit prescribed above is however relaxed in the following cases :
- Telangana State Government Employees (Employees of TSRTC, Corporations, Municipalities etc. are not eligible). : Up to 5 Years based on the length of regular service.
- Ex-Servicemen : 3 years & length of service rendered in the armed forces.
- N.C.C. (who have worked as Instructor in N.C.C.) : 3 Years & length of service Rendered in the N.C.C.
- SC/ST/BCs &EWS : 5 Years
- Physically Handicapped persons : 10 Years
Note :
(10.1) Provided that the persons referred to at S.No. 2 & 3 in the above table shall, after making deductions referred to in Sub Rule–12(c) (i) & (ii) of Telangana State and Subordinate Service Rules, not exceed the maximum age limit prescribed for the post. (10.2) The age relaxation for Ex-servicemen is applicable for those who have been released from armed forces other than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency.
(10.3) Age relaxation for NCC Instructor : A person who was recruited as a whole-time Cadet Corps Instructor on or after the 1stJanuary, 1963 on his discharge from theNCC either before or after expiry of the initial or extended tenure of his office inNCC having served for a period of not less than six months prior to his release from the NCC.
(10.4) However, no person shall be eligible if he/she crossed 61 years of age (superannuation age) after availing of the eligible age relaxations as on 01/07/2024.
Online Examination Fee : Each applicant must pay Rs. 500/- (Rupees Five Hundred Only) towards examination fees. There is no fee exemption under this category. (11.2) Application Fee: The applicant must pay Rs. 200/- (Rupees Two Hundred Only) towards application fee. However, the following categories of applicants are exempted from payment of application fee. (11.2.1) SC, ST, BC, EWS, PH & Ex-servicemen of Telangana State.
Unemployed applicants in the age group of 18 to 46 years of Telangana State.
Note : Applicants belonging to other states are not exempted from payment of Fee.
Mode of Fee Payment :
The fee is to be paid online through payment gateway duly following online instructions once the application form details are filled.
The fee once remitted shall not be refunded or adjusted under any circumstances. Failure to pay the Online Application fee and Examination/Processing fee, wherever applicable, will entail total rejection of application. If full payment of both Online Application fee and examination/processing fee (unless exempted) is not made, the application will not be accepted.
Procedure for Application
1) The application has to be made online on MHSRB website.
2) The applicants should upload all required certificates (original certificates haveto be produced for verification at the time of scrutiny before finalizing the selection list).
3) Applications once submitted online shall be final.
4) Upon submission of online form, Reference ID Number will be generated. The same may be used for any future reference.
5) Applicant must compulsorily fill-up all relevant columns of the application form carefully. The applicant alone shall be responsible for information provided by them and decisions taken by Board based on the same.
6) Incomplete / incorrect application form will be rejected. The information if any furnished by the applicant subsequently in any form will not be entertained by the Board under any circumstances.
7) The applicant should not furnish any particulars that are false, tampered, fabricated, or suppress any material information while submitting online application. The applicant shall be liable for criminal action in such cases.
Written Examination
1) The examination will be Computer Based Test and will have 80 multiple choice questions and each question carry one mark.
2) The Computer Based Test will be held on 30.11.2024
3) If the Computer Based Test is held in more than one session, then normalisation of the scores will be carried out. If the Computer Based Test is held in one session only, then there will be no normalization of scores.
4) The Key of the examination will be released and objections, if any, will be called for from the applicants online only. Any objections received otherwise will not be entertained. After examination of the objections by committee of experts, the key will be finalized. The marks for the deleted questions, if any, will be awarded to each candidate proportionately and the marks would be considered up to 3 (three) decimal figures, to determine the merit of the candidate. Objections on final key will not be entertained.
5) The question paper is set in English only.
6) The syllabus of the examination is given at Annexure V
7) Applicants have to download the hall-tickets online and the date on which downloading of hall tickets to be enabled will be notified.
8) The examination centers will be at the following places:
i. Hyderabad
ii. Nalgonda
iii. Kodad
iv. Khammam
v. Kothagudem
vi. Sathupally
vii. Karimnagar
viii. Mahbubnagar
ix. Sangareddy
x. Adilabad
xi. Nizamabad
xii. Warangal
xiii. Narsampet
Selection Procedure (G.O.Ms.No.59, HM&FW (B) Dept., Dated:7.6.2022 & G.O.Ms.No.60, HM&FW (B) Dept., Dated:7.6.2022)
1) Applicants will be selected based on 100 points of which:
1.1) Maximum of 80 points will be awarded for percentage of marks obtained in written examination (Computer Based Test).
1.2) Maximum of 20 points will be awarded for service in state government hospitals/ institutions/ programmes on contract/outsourced basis.
2) Maximum of 20 points shall be awarded for the service in state government hospitals/ institutions/ programmes for both contract and outsourced employees as detailed below:
2.1) 2.5 points per 6 months for service rendered in tribal areas. (3.2.2) 2 points per 6 months for service rendered in other than tribal areas.
2.3) Points to be given for only completed 6 months.
3) Points shall be awarded for service (contract/outsourced) rendered in state government hospitals/ institutions/ programmes as per certificates issued by competent authority (Details of competent authorities are given at Annexure-II).
4) The applicants seeking experience certificates should apply to respective competent authority. After obtaining the experience certificate, the candidate should apply online for these posts. They should upload this experience certificate while applying online for the above posts.
5) Points for contract/outsourced service rendered shall be awarded only for service in the same category of post for which application is made. (For example, if a candidate has applied for Staff Nurse post, she will not be given weightage for previous service rendered on contract/outsourced as ANM, even though she has qualification to be eligible for Staff Nurse).
6) The proforma of application for seeking experience certificate is appended as Annexure III.A. The proforma in which the experience certificate shall be issued by respective competent authorities are appended as Annexures III-B & III-C.
7) Experience certificates other than those issued in formats specified at AnnexureIII-B / III-C will not be taken into consideration. 8) Date of notification shall be cut off date for calculating the weightage marks and competent authorities shall issue the experience certificates accordingly.
9) If more than one applicant scores same marks, then the person with higher age will be assigned better rank. If more than one candidate has same marks and same date of birth, then the percentage of marks obtained in qualifying examination will be taken into consideration for awarding the rank.
Before applying for the posts online, applicants are requested to keep the soft copy (PDF)of the following documents ready for uploading :
i. Aadhaar Card
ii. SSC or 10thclass Certificate (for date of birth proof)
iii. Consolidated marks memo of concerned degree
iv. Concerned Degree Certificate
v. Registration Certificate issued by Pharmacy Council of Telangana
vi. Experience Certificate of contract/ outsourced service in state government hospitals/ institutions/ programmes (if applicable)
vii. Study Certificate (1st to7th class) for claiming local status
viii. For candidates who have not studied in any school, “Residence Certificate” issued by competent authority of Telangana Government (corresponding period of 1st to7th class study) for claiming local status in the proforma prescribed by the government (Annexure.IV.D)
ix. Community Certificate (SC/ST/BC) issued by the competent authority of Telangana Government (as applicable)
x. Latest ‘Non-Creamy Layer’ Certificate in case of BCs issued by the competent authority of Telangana Government in Form VII.B (proforma given at Annexure.IV.A)
xi. Latest ‘Income and Asset Certificate’ for applicants claiming EWS Reservation issued by the competent authority of Telangana Government (Proforma given at Annexure IV.B)
xii. Sports certificate issued by competent authority for applicants claiming reservation under meritorious sports persons category (proforma are given at Annexure IV.C)
xiii. SADAREM certificate for applicants claiming PH reservation
xiv. Service certificate for Ex-Servicemen claiming age relaxation
xv. Service certificate for NCC Instructor claiming age relaxation
xvi. Service certificate for in-service (regular) applicants claiming age relaxation
xvii. Applicant’s Photograph Jpg/Jpeg/png
xviii. Applicant’s signature Jpg/Jpeg/png
ONLINE application will be enabled from 5.10.2024
Last date for submission of ONLINE application is 5.00 pm on 21.10.2024.
Applicants can edit their applications between 10.30 AM on 23.10.2024 to 5.00 PM on 24.10.2024.
The date of examination (Computer Base Test) is 30.11.2024
Applications submitted online only will be accepted.