SSC CHSL Exam Eligibility:
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Staff Selection Commission’s (SSC) conducted Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) Exam for the posts of Lower Divisional Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA), Postal Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA) and Data Entry Operator (DEO). Exam Eligibility details are given below…
Eligibility Conditions:
Nationality/ Citizenship: A candidate must be either:
(a) a citizen of India, or
(b) a subject of Nepal, or
(c) a subject of Bhutan, or
(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January,1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
(e) 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.
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
Age Limit:
Candidates age should be 18-27 years as on 01-01-2021 (Candidates born not before 02-01-1994 and not later than 01-01-2003).
Permissible relaxation in Upper age limit for different categories are as under:
| Code No. | Category | Permissible age relaxation |
| 01 | SC/ ST | 5 years |
| 02 | OBC | 3 years |
| 03 | Persons with Disabilities (PwD) | 10 years |
| 04 | PwD (OBC) | 13 years |
| 05 | PwD (SC/ ST) | 15 years |
| 06 | Ex-Servicemen | 03 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date. |
| 07 | Central Govt. Civilian Employees who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on Closing date. | Up to 40 years of age |
| 08 | Central Govt. Civilian Employees (SC/ ST) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on Closing date. | Up to 45 years of age |
| 09 | Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989 | 05 years |
| 10 | Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried | Up to 35 years of age |
| 11 | Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried (SC/ ST) | Up to 40 years of age |
| 12 | Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof | 03 years |
| 13 | Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (SC/ ST) | 08 years |
Educational Qualification:
- For LDC/ JSA, PA/ SA, DEO (except DEOs in C&AG): The candidates must have passed 12th Standard or equivalent examination from a recognized Board or University.
- For Data Entry Operator (DEO) in the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG): 12th Standard pass in Science stream with Mathematics as a subject from a recognized Board or equivalent
Note-I:
As per Ministry of Human Resource Development Notification dated 10.06.2015 published in Gazette of India, all the degree/ diplomas/ certificates including technical education degree/ diploma awarded through Open and Distance Learning mode of education by the Universities established by an Act of Parliament or State Legislature, Institutions Deemed to be Universities under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act 1956 and Institutions of National Importance declared under an Act of Parliament stand automatically recognized for the purpose of employment to posts and services under the Central Government provided they have been approved by University Grants Commission.