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(1) Typing test is substituted with the State Eligibility Test in Computer Appreciation and Applications (SETC) as a part of service requirement for Clerks, Steno-typists, Junior Scale Stenographers and Senior Scale Stenographers. The State Eligibility Test in Computer Appreciation and Applications (SETC) shall be a post requisite condition/qualification which all the newly recruited/ appointed Clerks, Steno-typists, Junior Scale Stenographers and Senior Scale Stenographers in the Government Departments/Organizations shall have to qualify. The existing Clerks, who have been promoted from Group-D and Chowkidar and Peon etc. who have not passed the typing test till date as required under the Service Rules shall have an option either to pass the typing test or the State Eligibility Test in Computer Appreciation and Applications (SETC). The Steno-typists, Junior Scale Stenographers and Senior Scale Stenographers shall also have to qualify stenography test as prescribed in Service Rules. State Eligibility Test in Computer Appreciation and Applications HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), JAN. 29, 2016 (MAGH. 9, 1937 SAKA) 30 (2) The candidate shall have to qualify the State Eligibility Test in Computer Appreciation and Applications (SETC) within the probation period of two years, extendable by one year in case of direct recruit. The candidate appointed against the aforesaid categories of posts in Group C shall not be entitled to earn any increment in his/her pay scale till he/she qualifies the said test, failing which the services of such employees shall be dispensed with. The persons who are promoted to the post of Clerk and Steno-typist shall also qualify the State Eligibility Test in Computer Appreciation and Applications (SETC) within the period of probation of one year extendable by one year, failing which he/she will be reverted back. (3) The Government of Haryana hereby authorizes the Haryana State Electronic Development Corporation Limited (HARTRON) or any other agency as prescribed by the Government, as the authorized Agency for conducting the State Eligibility Test in Computer Appreciation and Applications (SETC), alongwith a test in typing speed in accordance with the syllabus as the State Government may specify in this regard from time to time, beside the syllabus already provided in sub-rule (4) of this rule. The ‘pass’ certificate issued by HARTRON or any other agency, as approved by the Government, would be accepted as an evidence of the fulfillment of the prescribed condition in the Service Rules. (4) The syllabus for the State Eligibility Test in Computer Appreciation and Applications (SETC) would contain Word processing, Internet Browsing and E-mail management only. (5) In the case of Clerks, typing speed of 30 words per minute in English and 25 words per minute in Hindi converted with equivalent key depressions in both cases as the typing speed, would be tested on computers. (6) The employees possessing the following qualifications are exempted from taking the State Eligibility Test in Computer Appreciation and Applications (SETC):- (i) M.Tech./B.Tech. (Computers), M.C.A., B.C.A. or Diploma in Computers from the recognized institutions e.g. Polytechnics; (ii) Basic Computer Literacy Certificate from any recognized centre established under the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) {erstwhile DOEACC Society}; (iii) Haryana State Certificate in Information Technology {HS-CIT} from the Authorized Learning Centers (ALCs) of the HKCL; (iv) Candidates/employees who have already passed the SETC and the same is valid at the time of joining the service. The State Eligibility Test in Computer Appreciation and Applications (SETC) passed by any candidate earlier shall be considered valid for a period of five years from the date of issue of such certificate by HARTRON or any other agency authorized by the Government; and (v) Physically disabled candidates i.e. amputation of hand (Left and Right) Amputation of upper limbs, Paralysis of Radial Nerve (Radial Nerve Palsy) of either upper limb. Declination degenerative disorder effecting the nervous system which may cause paralysis and atrophy of the hand and its muscles and Visually Handicapped, However, these employees, with the exception of those mentioned under sub-para (v) above. Shall be required to clear the “typing test” being part of the State Eligibility Test in Computer Appreciation and Applications (SETC). Method of promotion