SSC CGL Recruitment 2026 (12256 Post)

Age Relaxation

Important Instructions

• Candidates must be Indian citizens.
• Reservation policy applies as per government rules.
• Domicile requirements may apply for certain posts.
• Examination will be conducted in English and Hindi.
• Candidates must ensure they meet physical standards.
• Negative marking will be applicable.
• Candidates must provide accurate information.
• No changes in preferences after submission.
• Keep a copy of the application for future reference.
• Contact helpline for any issues during application.

Additional Instructions From Notification

• Note: -I: The Commission makes final allotment of posts on the basis of merit-cum- preferences of Posts given by the candidates and once a post is allotted, no change of posts will be made by the Commission due to non-fulfilment of any post specific requirements of physical/ medical/ educational standards, etc.
• In other words, for example if a candidate has given higher preference for a post and is selected for that post; in that case, if he (hereinafter may be read as „he/ she‟) fails to meet the medical/ phy sical/ educational standards, his (hereinafter may be read as „his/ her‟) candidature will be rejected.
• Note: -II: While giving preference for posts as and when required by the Commission, the candidates may
• note: that there are a few posts like Inspector (Central Excise/ Examiner/ Preventive Officer), Inspector and Sub-Inspector in CBN (Ministry of Finance), Sub- Inspector/ Junior Intelligence Officer in NCB (MHA), Sub-Inspector in CBI and NIA, UDC/SSA in BRO etc. which have specific requirement of
• Physical Standards: , Physical Tests and
• Medical Standards: (Details given at Annexure-XV & Annexure-XVI ).
• Physical Standards: and Physical and Medical Tests will be conducted by the User Department concerned after final selection and nomination of candidates to the User Departments.
• Note: -III- Any Ministry/Department/Organisation/Office etc. can, in consultation with Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, by issuing a Notification in Gazetted of India, exempt certain posts to be not suitable for any disability.
• Note: -IV : Candidate selected for the post of Assistant Audit Officer/Assistant Accounts Officer will be allocated to various offices in the Department spread across India based on number of vacancies required to be filled up through this recruitment, merit order of the candidate and his preference for a particular State/ UT.
• Reservation: 3.1 Tentative vacancies: There are approx.12,256 vacancies.
• note: that State-wise/ Zone-wise vacancies are not collected by the Commission.
• Reservation: for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), Ex-Servicemen (ESM) and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) candidates for all the categories of posts/services, wherever applicable and admissible, would be as determined and communicated by the Indenting Ministries/ Departments/ Offices/ Cadres, as per extant Government Orders.
• reservation: policy, maintaining
• reservation: roster, earmarking of vacancies for different categories and identification of suitability of posts for various benchmark disabilities, are under the domain of the Indenting Departments/ Organizations.
• The responsibility for handling any court cases or legal issues arising in such matters will rest with the concerned User Departments.
• Nationality/Citizenship: 4.1 A candidate must be either: 4.1.1 a citizen of India, or 4.1.2 a subject of Nepal, or 4.1.3 a subject of Bhutan, or 4.1.4 a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
• 4.2 Provided that a candidate belonging to categories 4.1.2, 4.1.3 and 4.1.4 above shall be a person in whose favour a
• certificate: of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
• certificate: of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the Examination but the offer of appointment will be given only after the necessary eligibility
• certificate: has been issued to him by the Government of India.
• 4.3 Only male candidates are eligible for the vacancy(ies), if any reported, in the Border Roads Organization (BRO).
• Age Limit Remarks (i) For the posts for which age limit is 18-27 years Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-08-1999 and not later than 01-08-2008.
• (ii) For the posts for which age limit is 20-30 years Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-08-1996 and not later than 01-08-2006.
• (iii) For the posts for which age limit is 18-30 years Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-08-1996 and not later
• (iv) For the post s for which age limit is 18 - 32 years Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02 - 08 - 199 4 and not later than 01 - 08 - 200 8 .
• relaxation: in upper age limit and category-codes for claiming age
• relaxation: are as follows: Code No Category Age-
• relaxation: permissible beyond upper age limit 01 SC/ST 5 years 02 OBC 3 years 03 PwBD 10 years 04 PwBD (OBC) 13 years 05 PwBD (SC/ST) 15 years 06 Ex - Servicemen (ESM) 3 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on 01.08.202 6 08 Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof .
• relaxation: in upper age limit for Group „C‟ posts 10 Central Govt.
• Up to 40 years of age 5.3 Date of Birth filled by the candidate in the online application form and the same recorded in the Matriculation/Secondary Examination
• Certificate: will be accepted by the Commission for determining the age and no subsequent request for change will be considered or granted.
• reservation: given to ex-servicemen for their re-employment, are not eligible for
• reservation: in ESM category and fee concession.
• reservation: as ex-serviceman for subsequent employment if he immediately after joining civil employment, gives self- declaration/
• undertaking: to the concerned employer about the date-wise details of application for various vacancies for which he had applied for before joining the initial civil employment as mentioned in the OM No: 36034/1/2014-Estt (Res) dated 14.08.2014 issued by DoP&T.
• 5.5 The period of "Call up Service" of an Ex-Serviceman in the Armed Forces shall also be treated as service rendered in the Armed Forces for purpose of age
• 5.6 For any serviceman of the three Armed Forces of the Union to be treated as Ex-Serviceman for the purpose of securing the benefits of
• reservation: , he must have already acquired, at the relevant time of submitting his application for the Post/ Service, the status of ex-serviceman or is in a position to establish his acquired entitlement by documentary evidence from the competent authority that he would complete specified term of engagement from the Armed Forces within the stipulated period of one year from the closing date for receipt of application i.e.
• 5.7 Explanation : An 'ex-serviceman' means a person: 5.7.1 Who has served in any rank whether as a combatant or non- combatant in the regular Army, Navy and Air Force of the Indian Union, and
• 5.8 A Matriculate Ex-Serviceman (which includes an Ex-Serviceman, who has obtained the Indian Army Special
• Certificate: of education or corresponding
• certificate: in the Navy or the Air Force), who has put in not less than 15 years of service with the Armed Forces of the Union shall be considered eligible for appointment to the reserved vacancies for ESM in Group “C” posts.
• Thus, those non-graduate Ex-Servicemen who have not completed 15 years of service as on the closing date for receipt of applications or would not complete 15 years of service within one year from the closing date of receipt of applications are not eligible to apply for this examination.
• Such ESM candidates are not eligible for Group „B‟ posts.
• reservation: is not admissible to sons, daughters and dependents of Ex-Servicemen.
• relaxation: must submit requisite
• certificate: from the competent authority, in the prescribed format when such
• certificates: are sought by concerned Indenting Departments/ Organizations at the time of document verification.
• Otherwise, their claim for SC/ ST/ OBC/ EWS/ PwBD/ ESM category will not be entertained and their candidature will be cancelled.
• certificate: of disability issued under the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996) will also be valid.
• certificate: from the competent authority when such
• certificates: are sought by concerned Indenting Departments/ Organizations at the time of document verification, failing which their candidature will be cancelled.
• If a candidate is rejected by the Indenting Department/ Organization for non- furnishing of the requisite
• certificate: in support of the category filled in the application form, the candidate will be solely responsible for the same and the Commission will not have any responsibility.
• For example, candidate X filled OBC in his application form.
• However, during document verification by the Indenting Department/ Organization, he is unable to produce the valid OBC
• 6.3 The candidates with benchmark disabilities (PwBD) may
• note: that they must select the appropriate PwBD sub-category i.e.
• OH/ HH/ VH/ PwBD-Other, while filling the application form as per their
• certificate: of disability issued by the competent authority.
• No subsequent change of PwBD sub-category will be allowed under any circumstances.
• If a candidate is rejected by the Indenting Department/
• certificate: in support of the PwBD sub-category filled in the application form, the candidate will be solely responsible for the same and the Commission will not have any responsibility.
• 6.4 Crucial date for claim of SC/ST/OBC/PwBD/ESM status or any other benefit, viz., fee concession,
• relaxation: , etc., where not specified otherwise, will be the closing date for receipt of online applications.
• certificate: (s) should be before the closing date of application, it means that on the crucial date, the candidate(s) must fall under the categories SC/ST/OBC/PwBD/ESM, as applicable.
• reservation: to EWS Category, must ensure that he possesses the Income & Asset
• certificate: valid for the Financial Year 2026-2027 issued on the basis of Income for the Financial Year 2025-2026 in accordance with DoPT‟s OM No.
• reservation: to OBC must ensure that he does not fall in creamy layer on the crucial date i.e. the closing date of application.
• Reservation: etc. shall invariably submit the requisite
• certificate: as per the format ( Annexure-X ).
• NOTE: The Commission will not insist on candidates producing OBC
• certificate: issued within crucial/cut-off date.
• The candidature of OBC candidate will remain provisional, subject to verification of his/her claim by the Appointing Authority.
• reservation: of EWS category shall invariably submit the requisite
• certificate: as per Format ( Annexure-XI ) from the Competent Authority, as and when called for by the Commission/User Department concerned, otherwise their claims for
• reservation: etc. shall not be considered.
• note: that their candidature will remain provisional until the veracity of the
• Candidates are cautioned that they will be debarred from the examinations conducted by the Commission in case they fraudulently claim the status of SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PwBD/ESM.
• Provision of Compensatory Time and assistance of scribe: 7.1 In case of persons with benchmark disabilities (PwBD) in the category of blindness, locomotor disability (both arms affected-BA) and cerebral palsy, the facility of scribe/assistive technology is provided, if desired by the candidate.