Openings for Pharmacists (6 posts) under Staff Selection Board

Online Applications are invited for Non-Ministerial (Technical) Examination-2025 from eligible candidates for recruitment to Group 'C’ Posts against vacancies for Departments/Offices indicated in table below. Only those applications which are successfully filled through the website of the Board apssb.nic.in and found in order shall be accepted. Incomplete applications or applications with partial/wrong/irrelevant information or filled with junk characters shall be summarily rejected.

Candidates should go through the Recruitment Notice carefully before applying for the posts and ensure that they fulfil all the eligibility conditions like Age/ Educational and other Qualifications / Experience/ Category etc., as indicated against each Post Code in this Notice. Candidature of candidates not meeting the eligibility conditions will be cancelled at any stage of the recruitment process without any notice. Candidature of Applicants shall be purely PROVISIONAL at all stages of the recruitment process.

Post : Pharmacist (Allopathy)
Post code : 42/25
No of posts : 6 (APST-5, UR-1)
Level In Pay Matrix : Level-5 (29200- 92300)
Name of Office / Department : Health Services
Educational and Other Qualifications : Class-XII (Science) passed from a recognized Institution/Board with Diploma in Pharmacy (D.Phar.) from any Institution/Board recognized by Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) and must be registered under the Arunachal Pradesh Pharmacy Council/India Pharmacy Council.
Age Limit : Between 18 to 35 years. Age relaxable for APST etc in accordance with the instructions/orders issued by the Government of Arunachal Pradesh from time to time.
Examination Fees and Mode of Payment
i. A Non-Refundable Fee of Rs. 150 for APST candidates and Rs. 200 for General candidates (to be paid online only).
ii. Persons with Disabilities (PwD) are exempt from paying the fees.

Eligibility Criteria
1. The candidate must be a citizen of India.
2. The educational qualification, age, experience and other qualifications as stipulated in the advertisement shall be determined as on the closing date of submission of application.
3. The 3 (three) year experience prescribed for 33/25 Driver (LMV) shall be determined from date of issue of driving license.

• Candidates will have to provide any one of Photo Identity Documents viz. Aadhaar Card/Voter ID Card/Driving License/PAN Card any government authorized Photo Identity Document. They will have to carry the same ID card in original along with the admit card to the examination centre, failing which they shall not be allowed to appear in the examination, The particulars of candidate such as name, father name etc indicated in Photo Identity Documents of candidates should match with admit card of the candidate issued by the Board.
• The candidates eligible and applying for more than 1 (one) post shall mandatory indicate their preference of post while filling the online application form.
• Candidates shall also mandatorily indicate their preference of Department/Office in their online application form in case the same post is vacant in more than one Department/Office.
• Candidates will be allowed to mark their preference only against the vacancies for which they are eligible as per the details provided in the application form and the eligibility criteria mentioned in this advertisement.
• Applicants are advised to carefully think and indicate their order of preference. Preference once submitted shall be deemed final and under no circumstance will the candidates be allowed to change their order of preference at later stage.
• In case the candidate indicates as “Not interested" against any of the post/department/office preferences, he/she shall not be considered for that post/department/office.
• The merit list of the candidate shall be determined as per order of preference indicated by the candidate.

General Instructions for Candidates
i. The vacancies published are provisional and subject to change. The Board reserves the right to increase or decrease the vacancies for any post in any category due to administrative reasons or in public interest. In case the vacancy position is reduced to any number or even withdrawn by the user department, the Board shall not be liable to compensate the applicant for any consequential damage/loss.
ii. The Board reserves the right to reject the candidature of any candidate at any stage of recruitment.
iii. The Board reserves the right to cancel a part or entire process of examination or a part of it due to administrative reason(s) and in case of unfair means, cheating or other irregularities / malpractice noticed by the Board. The Board also reserves the right to cancel or set up a new examination centre and divert the candidates to appear at that examination centre, if required.
iv. The Board reserves the right to cancel any centre of exam and ask the candidates of that centre to appear at another centre. The Board also reserves the right to direct the candidates of any centre to another centre to take the exam. No request for change in date, time and centre of exam will be accepted under any circumstances.
v. The Board reserves the right to change or make amendment in the examination scheme at any time before the examination, if so required.
vi. The candidature of the candidate to the written examination is provisional and subject to the outcome of any direction/decision/order/pronouncement of any Court of Law and mere issue of Admit Card or appearance at the examination does not entitle him/her to any claim for the post.
vii. No request or representations will be entertained for issuance of admit cards after closing date for download of admit cards.
viii. The applicants are advised to fill up the application form carefully. They will not be allowed to edit/modify the details after the closing date. Application with incomplete or invalid details will be summarily rejected.
ix. In case an applicant applies multiple forms for the same post, only the latest application form shall be considered by APSSB.
x. Abbreviations used are denoted as under: APST - Arunachal Pradesh Scheduled Tribe, PRC - Permanent Resident Certificate, UR - Unreserved.
xi. Use of Calculator, Laptop, Palmtop, other digital instrument/Mobile/Cell Phone/Pager/ Watches etc is/are not allowed. In case any candidate is caught / found in possession of any gadget/instrument, he/she would be debarred from the examination and legal proceedings shall also be initiated against the candidate.
xii. Candidates are advised not to bring any of the above gadgets in the exam centre as no arrangements for keeping/security of these items would be available at the centre.
xiii. If any candidate uses offensive/abusive/foul language/obscene picture, he/she will be liable for necessary penal action under relevant provision of the IT Act.
xiv. Individual Admit Cards will not be sent to the candidates and have to be downloaded from the website apssb.nic.in .
xv. Candidates are advised to keep track of the Board website apssb.nic.in for any latest information related to the examination.
xvi. All concerned shall note that the Board has established series of checks to ensure that there is no impersonation and mischief. The selected candidates will be subjected to detailed scrutiny including document verification and biometrics. Candidates may also note that their candidature is provisional, and if at any stage of examination they are found involved either in violating any of the guidelines or found involved in any malpractices like impersonation, using unfair means etc. then strict action shall be taken against them which may include police action, lodging of FIR and debarment from all future examinations conducted by APSSB.

How To Apply
• Candidates must apply online through the website apssb.nic.in. The closing date for the submission of online application is 30-09-2025 (3:00 PM), after which the link will be disabled.
• Application received through any other mode would not be accepted and will be summarily rejected.

Opening Date of Application:- 04-09-2025 (11:00 AM)
Closing Date of Application:- 30-09-2025 (03:00 PM)
Tentative Date of Written Examination:- 07-12-2025 (SUNDAY)
Tentative Date of PET/PST:- 16-01-2026 onwards
Tentative Date of Driving Test:- 29-01-2026 onwards