SSC CHSL Eligibility Criteria 2020-2021 for LDC/JSA/DEO/PA/SA Recruitment: Check Education Qualification (12th Pass only) & Age Limit

Nov 9, 2020, Archana Shandilya

Before applying for the different SSC CHSL posts, candidates should satisfy themselves that they fulfill all the eligibility norms including age, upper age limit and educational qualification(s). So, let’s look at the Eligibility Criteria for the various posts under the SSC CHSL 2020-21 Recruitment drive:

AGE LIMIT and UPPER AGE LIMIT RELAXATION

The age limit for SSC CHSL Posts is 18-27 years as on 1st January 2021, i.e., candidates born not before 2nd January 1994 and not later than 1st January 2003 are eligible to apply. Permissible relaxation in Upper age limit for different categories is as under:

S. No.	Category	Upper Age Limit Relaxation
1	Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe	5 years
2	Other Backward Classes (OBC)	3 years
3	Person with Disabilities (PwD) Note: Persons with Disabilities are not eligible for any post in Border Road Organisation (BRO)	General			10 years
		OBC			13 years
		SC/ ST			15 Years
4	Ex-Servicemen	3 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on closing date of receipt of online application
5	Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof	General/ OBC	3 years
		SC/ ST	8 years
6	Central Government Civilian Employees: Who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of online applications	General/ OBC		Upto 40 years of age
		SC/ ST		Upto 45 years of age
7	Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried	General/ OBC		Up to 35 years of age
		SC/ ST		Up to 40 years of age
8	Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces.	General/ OBC		Up to 45 years of age
		SC/ ST		Up to 50 years of age
9	Retrenched census employees of the office of Registrar General of India (They will be considered only for offices under RGI in their order of merit and subject to availability of vacancies)	3 years plus length of service rendered by them in connection with census, before retrenchment and weightage of past service

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EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Below is the brief educational qualification details for the different SSC CHSL 2020-21 Posts:

Post Name	Educational and Other Qualification
Lower Division Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA), Postal Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA), Data Entry Operator (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

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PHYSICAL STANDARDS for Lower Division Clerk (LDC) in Border Road Organisations (BRO)

The Physical Efficiency Tests will be conducted at GREF Centre or respective Recruitment Centre as applicable, by a Board of Officers, detailed by the Headquarters, Director General Border Roads.

 

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NATIONALITY/CITIZENSHIP

(i) 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, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

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Note:

• Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in whose favor a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
• A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him by the Government of India.

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