CHSL

The Staff Selection Commission will hold a competitive examination for recruitment to the Group C posts viz. Lower Divisional Clerk/ Junior Secretariat Assistant, and Data Entry Operators for various Ministries/ Departments/ Offices of the Government of India and various Constitutional Bodies/ Statutory Bodies/ Tribunals, etc.. The details of the examination are as under 

Pay Scale: 

     1.1      Lower Division Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA): Pay Level-2 (Rs. 19,900-63,200).    

     1.2      Data Entry Operator (DEO): Pay Level-4(Rs. 25,500-81,100) and Level-5(Rs. 29,200-92,300). 

     1.3      Data Entry        Operator, Grade ‘A’: Pay Level-4(Rs. 25,500-81,100). 

Reservation:    3.1 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. 

                                                3.2 The Commission makes the selection of candidates in accordance with the vacancies reported by the Indenting Departments/ Organizations for various posts. The Commission does not have any role in deciding the number of vacancies of any Indenting Department/ Organization. Implementation of reservation policy, maintaining reservation roster, earmarking of vacancies for different categories and identification of suitability of posts for suitable for various benchmark disabilities, are under the domain of the Indenting Departments/ Organizations. 

                                                3.3 The Commission will consider the suitability of posts for various benchmark disabilities under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016 in accordance with Notification No. 38-16/2020-DD-III dated 04.01.2021 issued by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment or as identified and intimated by the Indenting Departments/ Organizations for specific posts, as detailed below: 

Nationality/ Citizenship:    4.1 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 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 (b), (c) and (d) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India. 

                                  4.3 A candidate in whose case a 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 (hereinafter may be read as ‘him/ her’) by the Government of India. 

Age Limit :      5.1      Age limit for the posts is 18-27 years  

                                    5.2      Permissible relaxation in upper age limit for different categories in accordance with extant Rules/ guidelines of Government of India are as under: 

        Code No.                     Category                                                                                          Age-relaxation permissible beyond 

                                                                                                                                                                       the upper age limit

      01                                      SC/ ST                                                                                                       5 years

     02                                      OBC                                                                                                            3 years

     03                                     PwBD (Unreserved)                                                                          10 years 

     04                                    PwBD (OBC)                                                                                           13 years 

     05                                     PwBD (SC/ ST)                                                                                      15 years

     06                                     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. 

     07                               Defence Personnel disabled in operation                               03 years 

                                          during hostilities with any foreign country 

                                           or in a disturbed area and released as a 

                                           consequence thereof.

   08                                Defence Personnel disabled in operation                                08 years

                                          during hostilities with any foreign country

                                          or in a disturbed area and released as a 

                                           consequence thereof (SC/ ST). 

   09                                 Central Government Civilian Employees:                              Up to 40 years of age

                                          Who have rendered not less than 3 years 

                                        regular and continuous service as on closing 

                                        date for receipt of online applications.

    10                               Central Government Civilian Employees:                              Up to 45 years of age

                                        Who have rendered not less than 3 years

                                        regular and continuous service as on 

                                        closing date for receipt of online applications 

                                         (SC/ ST). 

     11                             Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially                    Up to 35 years of age

                                       separated and who are not remarried.

      12                            Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially                   Up to 40 years of age

                                       separated and who are not remarried (SC/ ST). 

              5.3        Date of birth filled by 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.

             5.4          Ex-Servicemen who have already secured employment in civil side under Government in Group ‘C’ & ‘D’ posts                                    on regular basis after availing of the benefits of reservation given to ex-servicemen for their re-employment                                      are not eligible for reservation in ESM category and fee concession. However, such candidates can avail of the                                     benefit of reservation as ex-serviceman for subsequent employment if he Page 5 of 65 (hereinafter may be read  as ‘he/ she’) immediately after joining civil employment, has given self-declaration/ undertaking to the    concerned employer about the datewise details of applications 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 14th  August 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 relaxation as per rules.

         5.6              For any serviceman of the three Armed Forces of the Union to be treated as ExServiceman for the purpose of                                        securing the benefits of reservation, he must have already acquired, at the relevant time of submitting his                                           (hereinafter may be read as ‘his/ her’) application for the Post/ Service the status of ex-servicemen 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 applications i.e.

Application Fee:       10.1        Fee payable: Rs 100/- (Rs one hundred only). 

                                                            10.2        Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) and Ex-servicemen (ESM) eligible for reservation are exempted from payment of fee.

                                                          10.3          Fee can be paid online through BHIM UPI, Net Banking or by using Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, RuPay Credit or Debit cards or in cash at SBI Branches by generating SBI Challan. 

                                                          10.4          However, candidates who wish to make cash payment through the challan of SBI, may make payment in cash at the Branches of SBI within the working hours of bank.

                                                         10.5          Candidates who are not exempted from fee payment must ensure that their fee has been deposited with SSC. If the fee is not received by SSC, status of the Application Form is shown as ‘Incomplete’ and this information is printed on the top of the printout of online Application Form. Further, status of fee payment can be verified at the ‘Payment Status’ link provided in the candidate’s login screen. Such applications which remain incomplete due to non-receipt of fee will be SUMMARILY REJECTED and no request for consideration of such applications and fee payment after the period specified in the Notice of Examination shall be entertained. 

                                                       10.6               Fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances nor will it be adjusted against any other examination or selection. Page 11 of 65

Window for Application Form Correction

         11.1          After the closing date for receipt of online applications, the Commission will provide a period of 2 days to enable candidates to correct/ modify online application parameters, wherein candidates will be allowed to re-submit applications after making requisite corrections/ changes in the one-time registration/ online application data as per their requirement.           

          11.2         A candidate will be allowed to correct and re-submit his modified/ corrected application two times during the ‘Window for Application Form Correction’ i.e. if he has made mistake in his updated application also, he will be allowed to re-submit one more modified/ corrected application after making requisite corrections/ modifications. No more corrections in the application form will be allowed under any circumstances.

         11.3         Only those candidates will be allowed to make corrections in the application form, whose completed online applications along-with payment of requisite fee, have been received by the Commission within the specified period.

        11.4        The Commission will levy a uniform correction charges of ₹ 200/- for making correction and re-submitting modified/ corrected application for the first time and ₹ 500/- for making correction and re-submitting modified/ corrected application for the second time. The correction charges will be applicable to all candidates irrespective of their gender/ category. 

      11.5      The correction charges can be paid only by online mode through BHIM UPI, Net Banking or by using Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, RuPay Credit or Debit cards. 

      11.6      The correction charges once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances nor will it be adjusted against any other examination or selection. 

      11.7      Subject to the receipt of applicable correction charges, the latest modified/ corrected application will be treated as the valid one and the previous application(s) submitted by such candidates will be cancelled. 

      11.8      If the applicable correction charges are not received by the SSC, status of Application Form is shown as ‘Incomplete’ and this information is printed on the top of the Application Form printout. Such application shall not be accepted and the previously submitted application will remain valid. 

       11.9      Before submission of the corrected application, candidates must check that they have filled correct details in each field of the form. After expiry of ‘Window for Application Form Correction’, no change/ correction/ modification will be allowed under any circumstances. Requests received in this regard in any form like Post, Fax, Email, by hand, etc. shall not be entertained by the Commission and will be summarily rejected.