SSC CHSL Exam Eligibility Criteria

 SSC CHSL Exam Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

1. 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.

2. Age Limit: Candidates age should be 18-27 years as on 01.08.2018 (Candidates born not before 02-08-1991 and not later than 01-08-2000).

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
09	Ex-Servicemen	03 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date.
15	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
19	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
21	Candidates         who    had      ordinarily        beendomiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989	5 years
24	Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried	Up to 35 years of age
26	Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried (SC/ ST)	Up to 40 years of age
27	Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof	3 years
29	Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (SC/ ST)	8 (3+5) years
33	Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces	Up to 45 years of age
35	Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces (SC/ ST)	Up to 50 years of age
36	Retrenched census employees of Office of Registrar General of India (They will be considered only for offices under RGI in their order of merit and subject toavailability of vacancies)	3 years plus length of service rendered by them in connection with census, before retrenchment, and weightage of past service.

3. Educational Qualification:
i. Must have passed 12th Standard or equivalent examination from a recognized Board or University.
ii. For Data Entry Operator 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 10.06.1995 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 the Distance Education Bureau, University Grants Commission.