Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts the Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL)Â Examination for recruitment in various Government departments. This article will share brief details related to the Age limit of SSC CHSL Examination. Aspiring candidates can learn more about the different SSC Exams in the given link.
Note:
- SSC CHSL Tier 2 Exam 2023 will be held on 26th June 2023 for the candidates who qualify in SSC CHSL Tier 1 Exam.
- On December 6, 2022, the official notification for the SSC CHSL 2022 Tier 1 exam for around 4500 positions was released.
- It includes details about job vacancies, qualifications, syllabus, and exam patterns, among other things.
- The age limit for the 2022 SSC CHSL Exam is available in the official notification, candidates can check the same for the details.
- SSC CHSL 2023-24 exam schedule has been announced. SSC CHSL notification 2023-24 will be released on May 9, 2023.
- The application form will be available from May 9 to June 8, 2023. The exam will be conducted in July-August 2023.
Age Limit for SSC CHSL 2023
Age limit for the posts is 18-27 years as on 01-01-2023 (i.e. Candidates born not before 02-01-1996 and not later than 01-01-2005).
Permissible relaxation in upper age limit for different categories are given in the below table
| Code No |
Category |
Age-relaxation permissible
beyond the upper age limit |
| 1 | SC/ ST | 5 years |
| 2 | OBC | 3 years |
| 3 | PwD (unreserved) | 10 years |
| 4 | PwD (OBC) | 13 years |
| 5 | PwD (SC/ ST) | 15 years |
| 6 | Ex-Servicemen (ESM) | 03 years after deduction of the
military service rendered from the actual age as on closing date of receipt of online application. |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof. | 03 years |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | 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. |
Up to 40 years of age |
| 11 | 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 (SC/ ST). |
Up to 45 years of age |
| 12 | Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially
separated and who are not remarried. |
Up to 35 years of age |
| 13 | Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially
separated and who are not remarried (SC/ ST). |
Up to 40 years of age |
- 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.
SSC CHSL Examination – Posts
The Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary (10+2) Level Examination is a competitive examination held for recruitment to the posts of
- Lower Divisional Clerk/ Junior Secretariat Assistant,
- Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant and
- Data Entry Operators for various Ministries/ Departments/ Offices of the Government of India.
SSC CHSL Examination – Pattern
The Staff Selection Commission will conduct the SSC CHSL 2021 exams in the following stages
- Tier I – Objective Multiple Choice Paper
- Tier-II – Descriptive Paper
- Tier III – Skill Test / Computer Proficiency Test applicable to a few select posts
SSC CHSL Examination 2023 – Payscale
|
Post |
Pay level |
Payscale |
| Lower Division Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA) | Pay Level-2 | Rs. 19,900 – Rs 63,200 |
| Postal Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA) | Pay Level – 4 | Rs. 25,500 – Rs 81,100 |
| Data Entry Operator (DEO) | Pay Level – 4 | Rs. 25,500 – Rs 81,100 |
| Data Entry Operator, Grade A | Pay Level – 4 | Rs. 25,500 – Rs 81,100 |
SSC CHSL Examination 2023 – Reservation
- Implementation of reservation policy, maintaining reservation roster and earmarking of vacancies for different categories comes under the domain of the User Departments.
- Reservation for the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), Ex-servicemen (ESM) and Persons with Disabilities (PwD) etc. categories is available as per extant Govt. Orders.
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                             Relevant Links |
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| SSC CHSL Exam | SSC CHSL Admit Card |
| SSC CHSL Eligibility | SSC CHSL Notification |
| SSC CHSL Result | SSC CHSL Syllabus |
| SSC CHSL Salary | SSC CHSL Cut Off |
| SSC CHSL Preparation | SSC CHSL Apply Online |
