BOMBAY PORT TRUST CLASS I

AND CLASS II EMPLOYEES

(Optional Marathi Language

Examination) REGULATIONS, 1977.

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Regulation                        Contents                                                      

 

            1                     Short title and commencement                                     

            2                      Definitions                                                                           

           3                      Conditions of eligibility                                              

            4                      Decision as to eligibility 

            5                      Lump sum award 

            6                      Holding of the examination. 

            7                      Application for admission to the examination.                                 

            8                      Syllabus for the examination and marks for passing the examination

            9                      Fees 

            10                    Interpretation

 

THE SCHEDULE                          ________

 


BOMBAY PORT TRUST CLASS I

AND CLASS II EMPLOYEES

(Optional Marathi Language

Examination) REGULATIONS, 1977.

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            G.S.R.    . In exercise of the powers conferred by section 126, read with section 28, of the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 (38 of 1963),  the Central Government  hereby  makes the following first regulations, namely :-

1.         Short title and commencement – (1)   These regulations may be called the Bombay Port Trust Class I and Class II Employees (Optional Marathi Language Examination) Regulations, 1977.1

                (2)       They shall come into force on the date  of their publication in the Official Gazette2.

2.         Definitions  -         In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a)       ‘Board’, ‘Chairman’, ‘Deputy Chairman’ and ‘Head of a Department’ shall have the same meanings as respectively assigned to them in the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 (38 of 1963) ;           

(b)       ‘Class I post’ and ‘Class II post’ shall have the same meanings respectively assigned to them in the Bombay Port Trust Employees (Classification, Control and Appeal) Regulations, 1976;

(c)        ‘examination’ means the Lower Standard Examination in Marathi held by the Government of Maharashtra for their non-Marathi speaking non-gazetted Government servants, which that Government have permitted the Bombay Port Trust employees to take.

3.         Conditions of eligibility - Every employee directly recruited to a Class I or Class II post under the Board after the commencement of these regulations shall be eligible to appear for the examination : 

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 1     Ministry of Shipping & Transport’s Notification No.F.No.PEB-5/75 dated  19th October 1977 was published in the Gazette of India, Part II, Section 3,  Sub-section (i) dated 12th November 1977.  

2.         Effective from 12.9.1977.  

 

Provided that an employee shall not be eligible to appear for the examination if Marathi is his mother tongue or is the language taken by him as one of the subjects at the Secondary School Certificate or equivalent or higher examination.

4.         Decision as to eligibility – If any question arises as to the eligibility or otherwise of an employee for appearing for the examination it shall be decided by the Chairman.

5.         Lump sum award – An employee may, at his option, appear for the examination at any time within five years from the date of his appointment under the Board and if he passes the examination within the said period, he shall be eligible for a lump sum award of one thousand rupees. 

6.         Holding of the examination  - (1) Application for the examination conducted by the Ad hoc Board (Marathi Training), Government of Maharashtra, for the purposes of these regulations shall be made in the manner laid down in regulation 7.

(2) The exact dates on which and the places at which the examination may be held shall be fixed by the said of the Ad hoc Board (Marathi Training), from time to time. 

7.         Application for admission to the examination -  (1)     An employee who desires to appear for the examination shall submit through Head of his Department his application for admission to the examination so as to reach the Ad hoc Board (Marathi Training), Government of Maharashtra Bombay, by such date as may be fixed by the said Ad hoc Board.  

(2)       An application received by the said Ad hoc Board later than the date so fixed shall be liable to be rejected. 

8          Syllabus for the Hindi examination and marks for passing the examination -  The papers and syllabus for the examination and the marks to be obtained for passing the examination shall be as specified in the Schedule annexed to these regulations.

9.         Fees ­-    Fees, if any, charged by the Government of Maharashtra for the examination and the cost of the text books prescribed for the course shall be borne by the Board. 

10.       Interpretation -  If any question arises as to the interpretation of these regulations or in respect of any matter not hereinabove specifically provided for, the same shall be referred to the Central Government who shall decide the same.


THE SCHEDULE 

(See regulation 8) 

A.        Syllabus for Lower Standard Examination in Marathi.

 

 P A P E R – I 

Prescribed Text Books -

Marks

      One text book for detailed study and one text book for       non-detailed study.

 

100

      (a)   Text Book for detailed study –

              only general questions on textual matter will be asked. Explanation with reference to context will be avoided.

 

35

      (b)   Text Book for non-detailed study – question of general nature will be asked.

 

30

      (c)   Translation from Marathi into English Passage Text Book only.

 

20

      (d)   Question on grammar arising out of the text

15

 

 

   

PAPER – II 


P A P E R – II

 

 

Marks

General Grammar and Composition

 

100

        (a) Grammar – structure of sentences, word                        formation, correct idea of tenses, gender and         number of nouns, pronouns, etc, will form the              basis of test in grammar. Question will be asked in               the form of correcting incorrect sentences,                    transformation of sentences, filling the gaps, etc.

 

35

        (b) (i)  Precis (20 marks) 

              (ii)  Orthography and Punctuation (20 marks)

 

40

 

        (c)  Writing 2 paragraphs or a paragraph and a story               from given points or expansion of idea.

 

25

Oral Test

100

 

        (a) Question on general topics

50

 

        (b) Question on prescribed text books

 

50

   

B. Text Books  

(i)        For detailed study –

                        Sundar Patre  - Bhag 1 – Sane Guruji                 

(ii)       For non-detailed study –

                        Daulat – Na.Si. Phadake

                 

(iii)      Books recommended for study of grammar –

Vyakaran Nibhandha – Rajbhasha parichaya, Bhag 1,2, 3 and Bhag 4 – Chapters 1,2,3,5, 8 to 14 and 30. 


C.        Marks for passing the examination

 

Marks to be obtained for passing the examination shall be as follows, namely :-

              (i)        For passing               -           40 percent of marks in each paper

                                                                        and in oral test. 

            (ii)       For passing with      -           75 percent of the aggregate marks.

                        credit