Territorial Army recruitment rally at Meluri

A recruitment rally will be held at Local Ground, Meluri under Phek district from May 9 to 10 for enrolment of male candidates into the 164 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) (Home and Hearth) NAGA. The recruitment is only for the Naga tribal residents of Phek district. There are twelve vacancies for Soldier General Duty, one vacancy for Clerk (Staff Duty) and one vacancy for Steward.

The eligibility conditions for Soldier General Duty (Sol GD) are: Minimum 8th class passed, 18 to 42 years, i.e. born not before May 10, 1972 and not after May 10, 1996 (both days inclusive), should be employed in Govt/ Semi Govt/ Pvt Sector or self employed, minimum height of 152 cm, minimum weight 50 kgs (+2 kg) and Chest minimum 77 cms with expansion of 5 cms.

The eligibility conditions for Soldier Clerk General Duties (Clk GD) are: Minimum 10+2/ Intermediate Exam in any stream (Arts, Commerce, Science) passed with English and Maths/Accounts/Book Keeping as compulsory subjects in 10th or 12th  standards with minimum 50% marks in the aggregate. The age, employment, and physical statistics criteria will be the same as mentioned in the Soldier General Duty category.

The eligibility conditions for Steward are: Minimum 5th class passed. The age, employment, and physical statistics criteria will be the same as mentioned above.

Preliminary Screening: The screening of candidates will commence at 06:00 AM on May 9, 2014 and May 10, 2014. The candidates have been advised to report at the rally site before 6 am. Before conduct of test, candidates will be put through a preliminary screening for Height, Weight and permanent body tattoos which are only permitted on inner face of forearms i.e from inside of elbow to the wrist and on the reverse side of palm/back (dorsal) side hand. Permanent body tattoos on any other part of the body is not acceptable and candidate will be barred from further screening. The candidate will have to undergo physical tests - Run of 1.6 Km, Chin Ups, Balance Beam and 9 feet ditch. This will be followed by written test of shortlisted candidates after screening. Medical examination and documentation of all candidates will be done after the initial selection.

Documents required to be submitted are: Two sets of Photostat of each original document - copy of education certificate, character certificate (should be less than six month old on the date of recruitment rally), Permanent Residential/ Indigenous/ Domicile Certificate with full address (Village, Post Office, Police Station, Tehsil, District, State and Pin Code) duly photo affixed and attested/ signed by DC/ADC, Unmarried certificate from village administrative head duly endorsing his office seal for candidate below 21 years of age and two copies of latest passport size photograph of candidate in light blue or white background. Photographs should NOT be attested.

Terms and conditions: Present government sanction for the Battalion is till March 30, 2015; thereafter the candidate will be called for two months annual training camp each year and will be disembodied on completion of said Annual Training Camp, in case embodiment under Rule-33 is not extended.

Pay and allowances: The pay and other facilities during embodiment will be after Recruitment training Basic Pay-6400+2000 (Grade Pay)+2000 (MSP) per month + applicable dearness allowances, free food, accommodation, uniform, CSD facilities, free medical facilities and other allowances as applicable to Regular Army and Pension benefits if individual completes 15 year paid service.