General Instructions

1. Only Indian Nationals of 18 (Eighteen) years of age and above are eligible to apply.
2. The candidates are advised to submit the Online Recruitment Applications well in advance without waiting for the closing date. No manual / paper application will be entertained.
3. Candidates working in Central Government/State Government/ CPSEs/State PSEs/ other Govt. bodies should produce ‘No Objection Certificate’ at the time of Document Verification.
4. The internal candidates fulfilling the eligibility criteria mentioned at Para [3(A)] are eligible to apply as per HCL Rules. However, internal employees must have minimum 2 years of service left before superannuation on the date of reckoning.
5. Travelling Allowance shall be reimbursed only for those candidates who are found eligible in document verification towards the journey of participation in document verification. No travelling allowance would be reimbursed for attending Written Test.
6. The candidates will have the option to opt out the disclosure scheme provided under Right to Information Act, 2005. The option of opting out shall be taken at the time of filling the application.
7. In case of variation in name / surname / name spelling mentioned in the application with that in the respective certificates pertaining to Qualification / Caste, etc., the applicant shall be required to submit an affidavit sworn-in before a First-Class Judicial Magistrate / appropriate authority to this effect along with the respective documents at the time of Document Verification failing which the candidature shall be cancelled.
8. HCL shall be free to reject any application at any stage of the recruitment process or candidature after selection process, if the candidate is found ineligible for the applied post.
9. HCL reserves the right to fill or not fill or partly fill any of the above positions without assigning any reason whatsoever. HCL also reserves the right to cancel / restrict / modify / alter the recruitment process, if required, without issuing any further notice or assigning any reason whatsoever. The Company reserves the right to shortlist candidates depending upon the number of vacancies and application received, etc., and also to decide the modalities for recruitment.
10. The selected candidate shall be liable to serve the Company anywhere in India / abroad where it may have business interests.
11. Appointment of the candidate in HCL is provisional and subject to verification of Character & Antecedents by the prescribed authorities.
12. The candidate’s appointment will remain provisional subject to caste/category certificates being verified from appropriate authorities and verification of other testimonials. The candidate’s services will be liable to be terminated forthwith without assigning any reason in case the above verification reveals that her/his claim for belonging to EWS/SC/ST/OBC(NCL)/PwBD category and other testimonials is found false. HCL also reserves its right to take such further action against the candidate as it may deem proper, for production of such a false caste certificate/testimonial.
13. Category [SC/ST/OBC(NCL)/EWS/PwBD] once filled in the online application form will not be changed and no benefit of other category will be admissible during the process of recruitment / selection.
14. Original documents (for verification) and self-attested copies as detailed in the advertisement along with duly signed hard copy of the Online Application are required to be produced at the time of Document Verification.
15. Mere fulfilling the minimum eligibility criteria will not entitle any applicant to be called for appointment.
16. The email id and mobile number entered in the online application form should remain active till the process of recruitment is complete. No change in the email id will be allowed once entered. All future correspondence would be sent via email.
17. As the Written Test for all the disciplines shall be conducted on same day, candidates are advised to apply against a single discipline / post.
18. HCL shall not be liable for any delay or loss in postal transit for any reason whatsoever or non-receipt of HCL’s communication due to wrong email address provided by the applicant / any other reason.
19. In case of any doubt or discrepancy or conflict or confusion or ambiguity that may arise in Hindi version the content of English version shall prevail.
20. Any canvassing directly or indirectly by the applicant shall disqualify his / her candidature from any post.
21. Legal jurisdiction in case of any dispute arising out of this recruitment shall be Kolkata only.
22. HCL is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages workplace diversity.