Government of Haryana vide Notification No. 42/164/2008-3GS-II dated 7th November 2013 has decided that Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (HARTRON) shall conduct the State Eligibility Test in Computer Appreciation & Applications (SETC) for clerks. As per instruction dated 17.11.18, SETC shall be mandatory for all the currently working clerks (whether regular or contractual) for grant of increment in his/her pay scale. The definition of Clerk includes Clerk-cum Computer Operator, Office Associate, Clerk-cum-Data Entry Operator, Steno-typist, Data Entry Operator and Clerk-cum-Typist

Further as per State Govt. Notification no 16/41/2021-3GS-II dated 19.01.2022 & no. SDIT/HKRNL/SETC/2021/193 dated 09.04.2022 of Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam Ltd. (HKRNL); The SETC is mandatory for Clerks/Cashier and Data Entry Operators in list of job Roles of Level-II and Assistant in list of Job roles of Level-III of HKRN who are working on contractual basis in various departments/organizations/entities of Govt. of Haryana through HKRN.