Website of the Staff Selection Commission (HQ): https://ssc.gov.in)
Stenographer Grade ‘C’ & ‘D’ Examination, 2024
Dates for submission of online
applications
26.07.2024 to 17.08.2024
Last date and time for receipt of
online applications
17.08.2024 (2300 hours)
Last date and time for making online
fee payment 18.08.2024 (2300 hours)
Date of ‘Window for Application Form
Correction’ and online payment of Correction
Charges.
27.08.2024 to 28.08.2024.
(2300 hours)
Schedule of Computer Based Examination October - November, 2024
Toll-Free Helpline Number to be called in
case of any difficulty in filling up the Online
Application Form
1800 309 3063
“GOVERNMENT STRIVES TO HAVE A WORKFORCE WHICH
REFLECTS GENDER BALANCE AND WOMAN CANDIDATES
ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.”
F.No.:E/7/2024-C-2 SECTION (E-9267): The Staff Selection Commission
will hold an Open Competitive Computer Based Examination for direct
recruitment to the posts of Stenographer Grade ‘C’ (Group ‘B’, Non-
Gazetted) and Stenographer Grade ‘D’ (Group ‘C’) in various
Ministries/Departments/Organizations including their Attached offices,
Subordinate offices and Statutory bodies of the Government of India located
in various States and Union Territories. Only those candidates who have
skills in stenography are eligible to apply.
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2. Vacancy
2.1 Tentative vacancies: There are approx. 2006 vacancies. However, firm number of
vacancies will be determined in due course. Updated vacancies, if any, along withpost-wise
& category-wise vacancies will be made available on the website of the Commission
(https://ssc.gov.in> For Candidates > Tentative Vacancy) in due course. Candidates may note
that State-wise/ Zone-wise vacancies are not collected by the Commission.
Reservation
3.1 Reservation will be provided for the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST),
Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), Ex-
servicemen (ESM) and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD), etc. as per
extant Govt. Orders.
3.2 Vacancies for ESM are reserved for only Group “C” post (Stenographer Grade ‘D).
3.3 The posts of Stenographer Grade ‘C’ & ‘D’, included in this notice of
examination have been identified suitable for following disabilities by
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), M/o
Social Justice and Empowerment vide Notification No. 38-16/2020-DDIII
dated 04.01.2021 and as amended from time to time.
Age Limit (as on 01.08.2024) & Age Relaxation:
5.1 The crucial date for age reckoning is fixed as 01-08-2024 in accordance with the
provisions of DoP&T OM No. 140l7/70/87-Estt.(RR) dated 14-07-1988. The age
limits for the posts as per the Recruitment Rules of various User Departments are:
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5.1.1 Stenographer Grade ‘C’: 18 to 30 years as on 01.08.2024,
i.e., candidates born not before 02.08.1994 and not later than
01.08.2006 are eligible to apply.
5.1.2 Stenographer Grade ‘D’: 18 to 27 years as on 01.08.2024, i.e.,
Candidates born not before 02.08.1997 and not later than
01.08.2006 are eligible to apply.
How to apply
9.1 Applications must be submitted only in online mode at the new website of
SSC Headquarters; i.e., https://ssc.gov.in. For detailed instructions, please
refer to Annexure-III and Annexure-IV of this Notice. Sample proforma of
One-time Registration and online Application Forms are attached as
Annexure-IIIA and Annexure-IVA.
9.2 All the candidates who wish to apply in response to this Notice and have not
generated their One-Time Registration (OTR) on the new website
(https://ssc.gov.in) will be required to do so as the earlier OTR generated
on the old website (https://ssc.nic.in) will not be functional for the new
website. Subsequent to OTR, the candidates can proceed to fill the
application for the examination. Once an OTR has been generated on the
new website, it will continue to remain valid for all the examinations to be
applied for on the new website. The detailed instructions for OTR are given
in Annexure-III to this Notice.
9.3 For applying, the candidate is not required to have a pre-existing
photograph of himself / herself. The application module has been designed
to capture a photograph of the candidate filling up the application form. For
this purpose, the candidate has to stand / sit before the camera of the
computer/mobile phone when prompted by the application module and
follow the following instructions while capturing live photograph:
(i) Find a place with good light and plain background.
(ii) Ensure the camera is at eye level before taking the photo.
(iii) Position himself directly in front of the camera and look straight
ahead.
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(iv) Ensure that his face is fully inside the red rectangular area delineated
by the camera and that it is neither too close nor too far. It should
cover the area fully and no part of the face should be outside the
rectangle.
(v) Candidates shouldn’t wear a cap, mask or glasses/ spectacles while
capturing the photo.
9.4 The appearance of a candidate in the examination should be as per the
photograph in the application form. The candidates should ensure that the
photograph captured is clear, without cap or spectacles, and with a full
frontal view. Applications with photographs not in accordance with the
instructions are liable to be rejected. In no case should the candidate
capture the photographs of his/her pre-existing photograph. All such
applications where the photographs of his/her pre-existing photograph is
captured will be rejected.
9.5 Before submitting the Application Form, candidate must ensure that the
photograph is captured as per the given instructions. If the photograph is
not captured by the candidate in the desired format, his application/
candidature will be rejected or cancelled.
9.6 Candidates are required to upload the scanned signature in JPEG/JPG
format (10 to 20 KB). Image dimension of the signature should be about 6.0
cm (width) x 2.0 cm (height). Applications with inappropriate photographs or
blurred/ miniature photographs or signatures, not meeting the above
requirements, will be rejected summarily.
9.7 Last date and time for submission of online applications is 17-08-2024
(23:00).
9.8 Candidates are advised in their own interest to submit online applications
much before the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid the
possibility of disconnection/ inability or failure to login to the SSC website on
account of heavy load on the website during the closing days.
9.9 The Commission will not be responsible for the candidates not being able to
submit their applications within the last date on account of the aforesaid
reasons or for any other reason beyond the control of the Commission.
9.10 Before submission of the online application, candidates must check
through Preview/ Print option that they have filled correct details in
each field of the application form. They should also check that
photograph and signature are meeting all the above requirements.
Candidates are advised to keep a copy of the application.
10. Application Fee:
10.1 Fee payable: ₹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 only by online through BHIM UPI, Net
Banking or by using Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, or RuPay
Debit cards.
10.4 Online fee can be paid by candidates up to 18.08.2024 (23:00
hours).
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
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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 will
not be adjusted against any other examination or selection.
11. Window for Application Form Correction [27.08.2024 to 28.08.2024 (2300
hours)]:
11.1 After the closing date for receipt of online applications, the
Commission will provide a period of 02 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, or
RuPay 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
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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.
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Government of India,
Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances & Pensions,
Department of Personnel and
Training,
Staff Selection Commission,
Block No. 12, CGO Complex, Lodhi
Road, New Delhi - 110003.
(Website of the Staff Selection Commission (HQ): https://ssc.gov.in)
Stenographer Grade ‘C’ & ‘D’ Examination, 2024
Dates for submission of online
applications
26.07.2024 to 17.08.2024
Last date and time for receipt of
online applications
17.08.2024 (2300 hours)
Last date and time for making online
fee payment 18.08.2024 (2300 hours)
Date of ‘Window for Application Form
Correction’ and online payment of Correction
Charges.
27.08.2024 to 28.08.2024.
(2300 hours)
Schedule of Computer Based Examination October - November, 2024
Toll-Free Helpline Number to be called in
case of any difficulty in filling up the Online
Application Form
1800 309 3063
“GOVERNMENT STRIVES TO HAVE A WORKFORCE WHICH
REFLECTS GENDER BALANCE AND WOMAN CANDIDATES
ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.”
F.No.:E/7/2024-C-2 SECTION (E-9267): The Staff Selection Commission
will hold an Open Competitive Computer Based Examination for direct
recruitment to the posts of Stenographer Grade ‘C’ (Group ‘B’, Non-
Gazetted) and Stenographer Grade ‘D’ (Group ‘C’) in various
Ministries/Departments/Organizations including their Attached offices,
Subordinate offices and Statutory bodies of the Government of India located
in various States and Union Territories. Only those candidates who have
skills in stenography are eligible to apply.
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2. Vacancy
2.1 Tentative vacancies: There are approx. 2006 vacancies. However, firm number of
vacancies will be determined in due course. Updated vacancies, if any, along with post-wise
& category-wise vacancies will be made available on the website of the Commission
(https://ssc.gov.in> For Candidates > Tentative Vacancy) in due course. Candidates may note
that State-wise/ Zone-wise vacancies are not collected by the Commission.
3. Reservation
3.1 Reservation will be provided for the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST),
Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), Ex-
servicemen (ESM) and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD), etc. as per
extant Govt. Orders.
3.2 Vacancies for ESM are reserved for only Group “C” post (Stenographer Grade ‘D).
3.3 The posts of Stenographer Grade ‘C’ & ‘D’, included in this notice of
examination have been identified suitable for following disabilities by
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), M/o
Social Justice and Empowerment vide Notification No. 38-16/2020-DDIII
dated 04.01.2021 and as amended from time to time.
Name of Post Functional
Requirement
Suitable Category of Benchmark
Disability
Stenographer
Grade ‘C’
S, ST, W, BN,
RW, SE, H, C
a) B, LV
b) D, HH
c) OA, OL, BL, OAL, CP, LC, Dw,
AAV, SD (Spinal Deformity) &
SI(Spinal Injury) without
neurological/limb dysfunction.
d) ASD, SLD, MI
e) MD involving (a) to (d) above
Stenographer
Grade ‘D’
S, ST, W, BN,
RW, SE, H, C
a) B, LV
b) HH
c) OA, OL, OAL, CP, LC, Dw, AAV,
MDy, SD (Spinal Deformity) &
SI(Spinal Injury) without
neurological/limb dysfunction.
d) ASD (M), ID, SLD, MI
e) MD involving (a) to (d) above
ABBREVIATION USED:
FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT: S-Sitting, ST-Standing, W-
Walking, BN-Bending, RW-Reading & Writing, S E-Seeing, H-
Hearing, C-Communication.
NATURE OF PHYSICAL DISABILITIES: B-Blind, LV-Low Vision,
D-Deaf, HH- Hard of Hearing, OA-One Arm Affected, OL-One Leg
Affected, BL-Both Leg Affected, OAL-One Arm and One Leg Affected,
CP-Cerebral Palsy, LC-Leprosy Cured, Dw-Dwarfism, AAV-Acid Attack
Victims, SD-Spinal Deformity, SI-Spinal Injury, MDy- Muscular
Dystrophy, ASD- Autism Spectrum Disorder (M- Mild, MoD-Moderate)
ID- Intellectual Disability, SLD- Specific Learning Disability, MI- Mental
Illness, MD-Multiple Disabilities.
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Note:- The suitability of posts for Persons with Benchmark Disability
(PwBD) indicated in the above table shall be subject to exemption, if
any, obtained by indenting Ministries/Departments/Organizations
including their Attached offices, Subordinate offices and Statutory
bodies of the Government of India.
3.4 The Commission makes the selection of candidates in accordance with the vacancies
reported by the User Departments for various posts. The Commission does not have any
role in deciding the number of vacancies of any User Department. Implementation of
reservation policy, maintaining reservation roster and earmarking of vacancies for
different categories are under the domain of the User Departments.
3.5 The requirements of Physical Efficiency Test, Physical and Medical Standards for the
Posts in Border Roads Organization (BRO) are annexed at Annexure-XV. Candidates
applying for the post(s) in BRO must satisfy themselves that they fulfill aforesaid
standards. The candidates may note that post(s) once allocated as per merit-
cum-preference given by the candidates will not be changed subsequently due
to failure of the candidates to qualify in these Standards. It is reiterated that
the candidates applying for the post(s) in Border Roads Organization
(BRO) should cautiously go through the physical and medical standards
required by BRO. The Staff Selection Commission shall not make re-
allocation for those candidates whose candidature is cancelled on the
ground of non-fulfillment of physical and medical standards.
3.6 Only male candidates are eligible for the post of Stenographer Grade ‘D’
in the Border Roads Organization (BRO).
4. Nationality/Citizenship:
4.1 A candidate must be either:
4.1.1 a citizen of India, or
4.1.2 a subject of Nepal, or
4.1.3 a subject of Bhutan, or
4.1.4 a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan,
Myanmar, 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 4.1.2, 4.1.3 and 4.1.4
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 by the
Government of India.
5. Age Limit (as on 01.08.2024) & Age Relaxation:
5.1 The crucial date for age reckoning is fixed as 01-08-2024 in accordance with the
provisions of DoP&T OM No. 140l7/70/87-Estt.(RR) dated 14-07-1988. The age
limits for the posts as per the Recruitment Rules of various User Departments are:
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5.1.1 Stenographer Grade ‘C’: 18 to 30 years as on 01.08.2024,
i.e., candidates born not before 02.08.1994 and not later than
01.08.2006 are eligible to apply.
5.1.2 Stenographer Grade ‘D’: 18 to 27 years as on 01.08.2024, i.e.,
Candidates born not before 02.08.1997 and not later than
01.08.2006 are eligible to apply.
5.2 Permissible relaxation in upper age limit and category codes for claiming
age relaxation are as follows:
Code
No.
Category Age-relaxation
permissible beyond the
upper age limit
/age limit after relaxation
01 SC/ ST 5 years
02 OBC 3 years
03 PwD (Unreserved) 10 years
04 PwD (OBC) 13 years
05 PwD (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.
08 Defence Personnel disabled in
operation during hostilities with any
foreign country or in a disturbed
area and released as a
consequence thereof
03 years
09 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
Permissible relaxation in upper age limit for Group ‘C’ posts only
10 Central Govt. 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 Govt. 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
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5.3 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 changes will be accepted or granted.
5.4 Ex-servicemen (ESM) 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, he/she can avail of the benefit of reservation as an
ex- serviceman for subsequent employment if he/she immediately after
joining civil employment, has given self- declaration/ undertaking to the
concerned employer about the date- wise details of applications for
various vacancies which he/she 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 Ex-Serviceman for the purpose of securing the benefits of reservation,
he/she must have already acquired, at the relevant time of submitting his /
her application for the Post/Service the status of Ex- Servicemen otherwise
than by way of ‘dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or
inefficiency’ or be in a position to establish his / her acquired entitlement by
documentary evidence from the competent authority that he/she 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.
Such candidates must also acquire the status of an Ex- Serviceman within
the stipulated period of one year from the closing date of receipt of
applications.
5.7 Explanation: An ‘ex-serviceman’ means a person-
5.7.1 Who has served in any rank whether as a combatant or non-
combatant in the Regular Army, Navy or Air Force of the Indian Union,
and
5.7.1.1 who either has been retired or relieved or discharged
from such service whether at his own request or being
relieved by the employer after earning his or her pension; or
5.7.1.2 who has been relieved from such service on medical grounds
attributable to military service or circumstances beyond his
control and awarded medical or other disability pension; or
5.7.1.3 who has been released from such service as a result of
reduction in establishment; or
5.7.2 who has been released from such service after completing the specific
period of engagement, otherwise than at his own request, or by way of
dismissal, or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency and
has been given a gratuity, and includes personnel of the Territorial
Army namely, pension holders for continuous embodied service or
broken spells of qualifying service; or
5.7.3 personnel of the Army Postal Service who are part of Regular Army and
retired from the Army Postal Service without reversion to their parent
service with pension, or are released from the Army Postal service on
medical grounds attributable to or aggravated by military service or
circumstance beyond their control and awarded medical or other disability
pension; or
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5.7.4 Personnel, who were on deputation in Army Postal Service for more than
six months prior to the 14th April, 1987; or
5.7.5 Gallantry award winners of the Armed forces including personnel of
territorial Army; or
5.7.6 Ex-recruits boarded out or relieved on medical ground and granted medical
disability pension.
5.8 A Matriculate Ex-Serviceman (which term includes an Ex- Serviceman, who has
obtained the Indian Army Special Certificate of education or the corresponding
certificate in the Navy or the Air Force), who has put in not less than 15 years
of service as on closing date with Armed Forces of the Union shall be considered
eligible only for appointment to the Group ‘C’ posts of Stenographer Grade ‘D’
against the posts reserved for Ex-Servicemen. Thus, those Non-Graduate
Ex-Servicemen who have not completed 15 years of service as on the last
date for receipt of applications or would not complete 15 years of service
within one year from the closing date of receipt of applications are not eligible
for any post.
5.9 Age relaxation is not admissible to sons, daughters and dependents of
ex-servicemen. Therefore, such candidates should not indicate their
category as ex-servicemen.
6. Process of certification and format of certificates:
6.1 Candidates who wish to be considered against reserved vacancies or seek
age-relaxation must submit requisite certificate from the competent authority, in
the prescribed format when such certificates are sought by concerned Indenting
Organizations/Offices at the time of document verification or at any stage by the
concerned Authority. Otherwise, their claim for
SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PwBD/ESM will not be entertained and their candidature
will be cancelled. The formats of the certificates are annexed with the Notice
of this Examination. The certificate of disability issued under the Persons with
Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation)
Act, 1995 (1 of 1996) will also be valid.
6.2 Candidates are cautioned that they must ensure that they belong to the category
as filled up in the application form and are able to prove the same by furnishing the
requisite certificate issued by the competent authority when such certificates are sought
by concerned User Organizations/Offices at the time of document verification or at any
stage by the concerned Authority, failing which the candidature of the candidate will
be cancelled. If the candidature of a candidate is cancelled by the User
Organization/Office/concerned Authority for non-furnishing of the requisite
certificate in support of the category filled up in the application form, the candidate
would be solely responsible for the same and the Commission will not have any
responsibility. Any grievance 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.
For example, a candidate X filled OBC in his application form. If X is unable to produce
the OBC certificate as per the notice of examination at the time of Document verification
or at any stage before the User Organization/Office or the concerned Authority, in such
circumstances, candidature of X will be cancelled and X will have no claim for
consideration of his/her candidature under any other category.
6.3 The candidates with benchmark disabilities (PwBD) may note that they must
select the appropriate PwBD category i.e. OH/HH/VH/PwBD-Others, while filling
up the application form as per their certificate of disability issued by the
competent authority. No subsequent changes of PwBD category will be allowed
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under any circumstances. Such candidates shall have to furnish the requisite
certificate issued by the competent authority as declared in the Application Form
when such certificates are sought by concerned User Organizations/Offices at the time
of document verification, failing which their candidature will be cancelled. It may
be noted that sub-category/sub-categories of disability/disabilities (such as OA,
OL, BL, Dw, MI, SLD etc.), as indicated in the Notification No. 38- 16/2020-DD-III
dated 04.01.2021 issued by Department of Empowerment of Persons with
Disabilities, should be clearly mentioned by the competent authority issuing the
disability certificate. If the candidature of a candidate is cancelled by the User
Organization/Offices for non-furnishing of the requisite certificate in support of the PwBD
claim then grievances, if any in this regard may be taken up with the User
Department. The Commission will not entertain such grievances.
6.4 Crucial date for claim of SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PwBD/ESM status or any other benefit, viz.,
fee concession, reservation, age-relaxation, etc, where not specified otherwise, will be
the closing date for receipt of online applications, i.e. 17.08.2024.
6.5 A person seeking appointment on the basis of reservation to OBC must
ensure that he does not fall in creamy layer on the crucial date.
6.6 A person seeking appointment on the basis of reservation to EWS must ensure that
he/she possesses the Income & Asset certificate valid for the financial year 2024-25
issued on the basis of income for the financial year 2023-24 in accordance with the
DoP&T OM No. 36039/1/2019-Estt(Res.) dated 31.01.2019.
6.7 Candidates may also note that their candidature will remain provisional
until the veracity of the certificates/documents relating to the Educational
Qualifications, Caste/Category, etc. is verified and found satisfactory by the
Appointing Authority. Candidates are cautioned that they will be debarred
from the examinations conducted by the Commission in case they
fraudulently claim the status of SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PwBD/ESM.
7. Provision of Compensatory Time and assistance of scribe:
7.1 In case of persons with benchmark disabilities in the category of blindness,
locomotor disability (both arms affected-BA) and cerebral palsy, the facility of
scribe is provided, if desired by the candidate. Since the posts are not identified
suitable for persons with BA disability, therefore facility of Scribe will not be
admissible to such candidates.
7.2 In case of remaining categories of persons with benchmark disabilities, the
provision of scribe will be available on production of a certificate at the time of
examination to the effect that the person concerned has physical limitation to
write, and scribe is essential to write examination on his/ her behalf, from the
Chief Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon/Medical Superintendent of a Government
health care institution as per proforma at Annexure-I.
7.3 The facility of scribe will also be provided to PwD candidates having disability less than
40% and having difficulty in writing in pursuance to OM No. 29-6/2019-DD-III dated
10.08.2022 issued by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry
of Social Justice and Empowerment. The facility will be provided on production of
certificate as per Annexure-IA.
7.4 The facility of scribe/ passage reader will be provided to a PwBD/PwD candidate only if
he/she has opted for the same in the online application form.
7.5 The candidate will have the discretion of opting for his/ her own scribe or the facility
of scribe provided by the Commission. Appropriate choice in this regard will have
to be given by the candidate in the online application form.
7.6 In case the candidate opts for his own scribe, the qualification of the scribe should be one
step below the qualification of the candidate taking the examination. The candidates with
benchmark disabilities (PwBD) opting for own scribe shall be required to submit details of
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the own scribe at the time of examination as per proforma at Annexure-II. The candidates
with disabilities (PwD) eligible for scribe as per para 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 above and opting
for own scribe shall be required to submit details of the own scribe at the time of
examination as per proforma at Annexure-IIA. In addition, the scribe has to produce a
valid ID proof [as per list given at para 16.7] in original at the time of examination. A
photocopy of the ID proof of the scribe signed by the candidate as well as the scribe will
be submitted along with proforma at Annexure-II/Annexure-IIA. If subsequently it is found
that the qualification of the scribe is not as declared by the candidate, then the candidate
shall forfeit his right to the post and claims relating thereto.
7.7 If a candidate opts for his own scribe, in that case, that scribe should not be a candidate
of this examination. If at any stage it is found that a candidate has assisted another
PwBD/PwD candidate(s) as Scribe in this examination then the candidature of both the
candidates will be cancelled.
7.8 A compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour of examination will be provided
to the c a n d i d a t e s who are allowed use of scribe as described at para 7.1,
7.2 and 7.3 above.
7.9 The candidates referred to at para 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 above, who are eligible for
getting scribe but not availing the facility of scribe will also be given compensatory
time of 20 minutes per hour of examination.
7.10 No attendant other than the scribe for eligible candidates will be allowed inside
the examination hall.
7.11 The PwBD/PwD candidates who have availed of the facility of scribes/passage reader
and/ or compensatory time must produce relevant documents for the eligibility of scribe/
compensatory time at the time of Document Verification conducted by User Department /
Organization or at any other time as may be required. Failure to produce such supporting
documents will lead to cancellation of their candidature for the examination.
7.12 One eyed candidates and partially blind candidates who are able to read the
normal Question Paper set with or without magnifying glass and who wish to
write/indicate the answer with the help of magnifying glass will be allowed to
use the same in the Examination Hall. Such candidates will have to bring their
own magnifying glass to the Examination Hall.
8. Essential Educational Qualifications (As on 17.08.2024):
8.1 Candidates must have passed 12th standard or equivalent examination from
a recognized Board or University as on or before the cut-off date i.e.
17.08.2024.
8.2 As per Ministry of Human Resource Development Notification dated
10.06.2015 published in the Gazette of India all the
degrees/diplomas/certificates 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. Accordingly, unless such
degrees are recognized for the relevant period when the candidates acquired
the qualification, they will not be accepted for the purpose of Educational
Qualification. In case of the candidates possessing such degrees/ diplomas/
certificates awarded through Open and Distance Learning mode of education,
such candidates shall also produce approval given to the University by the
Distance Education Bureau, University Grants Commission for the relevant
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period at the time of Document Verification.
8.3 As per University Grants Commission (UGC) (Open and Distance Learning)
Regulations, 2017 published in official Gazette on 23- 06- 2017, under Part-III
(8) (v), the programmes in engineering, medicine, dental, nursing, pharmacy,
architecture and physiotherapy etc are not permitted to be offered under Open
and Distance Learning mode. However, pursuant to the Hon’ble Supreme Court
Order dated 11-03-2019 in MA No. 3092/2018 in W.P. (C) No. 382/2018 titled
Mukul Kumar Sharma & others Vs AICTE and others, B. Tech. degree/diploma
in Engineering awarded by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) to
the students who were enrolled up to academic year 2009-10 shall be treated
as valid, wherever applicable.
8.4 Document Verification (DV) will be conducted by the User Departments/Organizations
after declaration of the final result. Candidates will be required to produce the relevant
Certificates such as Mark sheets, Provisional Certificates etc. for completion of 12th
Standard or equivalent examination in original as proof of having acquired the minimum
educational qualification on or before the stipulated date, when such certificates are
sought by Indenting Departments/ Organizations concerned for the purpose of
document verification. Otherwise, their candidature will be cancelled.
8.5 The candidates who are able to prove, by documentary evidence, that the result of the
qualifying examination was declared on or before the cut-off date and he has been
declared passed, will also be considered to meet the educational qualification. It is
reiterated that the result of required educational qualification must have been declared
by the Board by the specified date. Mere processing of the result by the Board by the
crucial cut-off date does not fulfill the EQ requirement.
8.6 Candidates possessing equivalent educational qualification shall also produce relevant
Equivalence Certificate from the authorities concerned at the time of Document
Verification. However, final decision regarding selection of such candidates will be
taken by the User Departments/ Appointing Authorities concerned.
9. How to apply
9.1 Applications must be submitted only in online mode at the new website of
SSC Headquarters; i.e., https://ssc.gov.in. For detailed instructions, please
refer to Annexure-III and Annexure-IV of this Notice. Sample proforma of
One-time Registration and online Application Forms are attached as
Annexure-IIIA and Annexure-IVA.
9.2 All the candidates who wish to apply in response to this Notice and have not
generated their One-Time Registration (OTR) on the new website
(https://ssc.gov.in) will be required to do so as the earlier OTR generated
on the old website (https://ssc.nic.in) will not be functional for the new
website. Subsequent to OTR, the candidates can proceed to fill the
application for the examination. Once an OTR has been generated on the
new website, it will continue to remain valid for all the examinations to be
applied for on the new website. The detailed instructions for OTR are given
in Annexure-III to this Notice.
9.3 For applying, the candidate is not required to have a pre-existing
photograph of himself / herself. The application module has been designed
to capture a photograph of the candidate filling up the application form. For
this purpose, the candidate has to stand / sit before the camera of the
computer/mobile phone when prompted by the application module and
follow the following instructions while capturing live photograph:
(i) Find a place with good light and plain background.
(ii) Ensure the camera is at eye level before taking the photo.
(iii) Position himself directly in front of the camera and look straight
ahead.
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(iv) Ensure that his face is fully inside the red rectangular area delineated
by the camera and that it is neither too close nor too far. It should
cover the area fully and no part of the face should be outside the
rectangle.
(v) Candidates shouldn’t wear a cap, mask or glasses/ spectacles while
capturing the photo.
9.4 The appearance of a candidate in the examination should be as per the
photograph in the application form. The candidates should ensure that the
photograph captured is clear, without cap or spectacles, and with a full
frontal view. Applications with photographs not in accordance with the
instructions are liable to be rejected. In no case should the candidate
capture the photographs of his/her pre-existing photograph. All such
applications where the photographs of his/her pre-existing photograph is
captured will be rejected.
9.5 Before submitting the Application Form, candidate must ensure that the
photograph is captured as per the given instructions. If the photograph is
not captured by the candidate in the desired format, his application/
candidature will be rejected or cancelled.
9.6 Candidates are required to upload the scanned signature in JPEG/JPG
format (10 to 20 KB). Image dimension of the signature should be about 6.0
cm (width) x 2.0 cm (height). Applications with inappropriate photographs or
blurred/ miniature photographs or signatures, not meeting the above
requirements, will be rejected summarily.
9.7 Last date and time for submission of online applications is 17-08-2024
(23:00).
9.8 Candidates are advised in their own interest to submit online applications
much before the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid the
possibility of disconnection/ inability or failure to login to the SSC website on
account of heavy load on the website during the closing days.
9.9 The Commission will not be responsible for the candidates not being able to
submit their applications within the last date on account of the aforesaid
reasons or for any other reason beyond the control of the Commission.
9.10 Before submission of the online application, candidates must check
through Preview/ Print option that they have filled correct details in
each field of the application form. They should also check that
photograph and signature are meeting all the above requirements.
Candidates are advised to keep a copy of the application.
10. Application Fee:
10.1 Fee payable: ₹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 only by online through BHIM UPI, Net
Banking or by using Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, or RuPay
Debit cards.
10.4 Online fee can be paid by candidates up to 18.08.2024 (23:00
hours).
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
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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 will
not be adjusted against any other examination or selection.
11. Window for Application Form Correction [27.08.2024 to 28.08.2024 (2300
hours)]:
11.1 After the closing date for receipt of online applications, the
Commission will provide a period of 02 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, or
RuPay 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
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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.
12. Centres of Examination:
12.1 A candidate must indicate the Centre(s) in the online Application Form
in which he desires to take the examination. Details about the
Examination Centres and Regional Offices under whose jurisdiction these
Examination Centres are located are as follows:
S.
No
Examination Centres & Centre Code SSC Region and
States/ UTs under
the jurisdiction of the
Region
Address of the
Regional Offices/
Website
1 Bhagalpur (3201),Gaya (3203),
Muzaffarpur (3205), Patna (3206), Purnea
(3209), Agra (3001), Bareilly(3005),
Gorakhpur (3007), Jhansi (3008),Kanpur
(3009), Lucknow (3010), Meerut(3011),
Prayagraj (3003), Varanasi (3013),
Central Region
(CR)/
Bihar and Uttar
Pradesh
Regional Director
(CR), Staff
Sel
ection Commission,
34-A, Mahatma
Gandhi Marg, Civil
lines, Kendriya
Sadan, Prayagraj –
211001.
(http://www.ssc-
cr.org)
2 Port Blair (4802), Ranchi (4205), Dhanbad
(4206), Bhubaneswar (4604), Cuttack
(4605), Sambalpur (4609), Gangtok (4001),
Kolkata (4410)
Eastern Region
(ER)/
Andaman &
Nicobar Islands,
Jharkhand, Odisha,
Sikkim and West
Bengal
Regional Director
(ER), Staff
Sel
ection Commission,
1st MSO Building,
(8th Floor),
234/4,
Acharya Jagadish
Chandra Bose
Road, Kolkata,
West Bengal-700020
(www.sscer.org)
3 Belagavi (9002), Bengaluru (9001),Hubballi
(9011), Kalaburagi (Gulbarga)(9005),
Mangaluru (9008), Mysuru
(9009),Shivamogga (9010), Udupi (9012),
Ernakulam (9213), Kollam(9210), Kottayam
(9205), Kozhikode(9206),
Thiruvananthapuram (9211),Thrissur
(9212)
Karnataka, Kerala
Region
(KKR)/
Karnataka, Kerala
and Lakshadweep.
Regional Director
(KKR), Staff
Sel
ection Commission,
1st Floor, “E” Wing,
Kendriya Sadan,
Koramangala,
Bengaluru,
Karnataka-560034
(www.ssckkr.kar.n
ic.in)
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4 Raipur (6204),Bhopal (6001),Gwalior (6005)
Jabalpur (6007),Bilaspur (6202),Indore
(6006),Sagar (6015),Satna (6014) ,Ujjain
(6016)
Madhya Pradesh
Sub-Region (MPR)/
Chhattisgarh and
Madhya Pradesh
Dy. Director (MPR),
Staff
Sel
ection Commission,
5th Floor,
Inves
tment Building, LIC
Campus-2, Pandri,
Raipur Chhattisgarh-
492004
(www.sscmpr.org)
5 Itanagar (5001), Guwahati (Dispur)
(5101), C h u r a c h a n p u r ( 5 5 0 2 )
Silchar (5111), Imphal (5501), Shillong
(5401), Aizwal (5701), Kohima (5303),
Agartala (5601).
North Eastern
Region (NER)/
Arunachal Pradesh,
Assam, Manipur,
Meghalaya,
Mizoram, Nagaland
and Tripura.
Regional Director
(NER), Staff
Sel
ection Commission,
Housefed Complex,
Last Gate, Beltola-
Basistha Road, P. O.
Assam
Sachiv
alaya, Dispur,
Guwahati, Assam-
781006
(www.sscner.org.in)
6 Delhi(2201), Ajmer(2401), Bikaner(2404),
Jaipur(2405),Jodhpur(2406),Dehradun(200
2), Haldwani(2003), Roorkee(2006)
Northern Region
(NR)/
Delhi, Rajasthan
and Uttarakhand
Regional Director
(NR), Staff
Sel
ection Commission,
Block No. 12,
CGO Complex,
Lodhi Road,
New Delhi-110003
(www.sscnr.net.in)
7 Bathinda (1401)Chandigarh (1601),
Hamirpur (1202)Shimla (1203)Jammu
(1004)Samba (1010)Srinagar (1007), Leh
(1005)Amritsar (1404)Patiala(1403)
North Western
Sub-Region (NWR)/
Chandigarh,
Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh, Jammu
and Kashmir,
Ladakh and Punjab
Dy. Director (NWR),
Staff
Sel
ection Commission,
Block No. 3, Ground
Floor, Kendriya
Sadan, Sector-9,
Chandigarh- 160009
(www.sscnwr.org)
8 Guntur (8001), Kurnool (8003), Rajahmundry
(8004), Tirupati (8006), Vijaywada (8008),
Vishakhapatnam (8007), Puducherry (8401),
Chennai (8201), Coimbatore (8202),
Madurai (8204), Salem (8205), Tiruchirapalli
(8206), Tirunelveli (8207), Hyderabad
(8601), Warangal (8603).
Southern Region
(SR)/
Andhra Pradesh,
Puducherry, Tamil
Nadu and
Telangana.
Regional Director
(SR), Staff
Sel
ection Commission,
2nd Floor, EVK
Sampath Building,
DPI Campus, College
Road, Chennai, Tamil
Nadu-600006
(www.sscsr.gov.in)
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9 Panaji (7801), Ahmedabad (7001), Rajkot
(7006), Surat (7007), Vadodara (7002),
Amravati (7201), Aurangabad (7202),
Jalgaon (7214), Kolhapur (7203), Mumbai
(7204), Nagpur (7205), Nanded (7206),
Nashik (7207), Pune (7208).
Western Region
(WR)/
Dadra and Nagar
Haveli and Daman
and Diu, Goa,
Gujarat and
Maharashtra
Regional Director
(WR), Staff
Sel
ection Commission,
1st Floor, South Wing,
Pratishtha Bhawan,
101, Maharshi
Karve Road,
Mumbai,
Maharashtra-400020
(www.sscwr.net)
12.2 A candidate may give option for three centres, in the order of priority, within the
same region. No request for change of Centre at any stage/Tier(s) of
Examination will be considered later under any circumstances. Hence, the
candidates should select the centers carefully and indicate the same correctly
in their applications.
12.3 The Commission will endeavor to accommodate the candidates in centres
opted by them. However, the Commission reserves the right to cancel any
Centre and ask the candidates of that Centre to appear from another centre.
Commission also reserves the right to divert candidates of any Centre to some
other Centre to take the examination.
12.4 The Regional Office, having jurisdiction over the Examination Centres opted by the
candidate, will issue Admission Certificate to the candidates for the examination. All other
activities related to this recruitment will be handled by the said Regional Office.
13. Scheme of Examination:
13.1 The details of the Computer Based Examination are mentioned below:
Part Subject No. of
Questions
Maximum
Marks
Total Duration
I General Intelligence &
Reasoning
50 50 2 Hours
(2 hours and 40 minutes for the
candidates eligible for scribe as
per Para 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 of this
Notice of examination
II General Awareness 50 50
III English Language and
Comprehension
100 100
13.2 Question paper will be of Objective Type Multiple Choice only. The questions will
be set both in English & Hindi.
13.3 There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in
Computer Based Examination. Candidates are, therefore, advised to keep
this in mind while answering the questions.
13.4 Marks scored by candidates in the Computer Based Examination, if
conducted in multiple shifts, will be normalized by using the formula published
by the Commission vide Notice No: 1-1/2018-P&P-I dated 07- 02-2019 and
such normalized scores will be used to determine final merit and cut-off marks.
13.5 Tentative Answer Keys of Computer Based Examination will be placed on the
website of the Commission after the Examination. Candidates may go through
the Answer Keys and submit online representations, if any, within the time limit
given by the Commission, on payment of Rs.100/- per question which is non-
refundable. Representations on the matter received through any other
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modalities; i.e., letter, application, email, etc. will not be entertained.
Representation regarding the Answer Keys will be scrutinized by the Experts
before finalizing the Answer Keys and the decision of the Commission in this
regard will be final.
13.6 There shall be no provision for re-evaluation/ re-checking of scores of any
stage/ paper(s) of the Examination. No correspondence in this regard shall be
entertained.
14 Indicative Syllabus for Computer Based Mode Examination:
14.1 General Intelligence & Reasoning: It would include questions of both verbal
and non-verbal type. The test will include questions on analogies, similarities
and differences, space visualization, problem solving, analysis, judgment,
decision making, visual memory, discriminating observation, relationship
concepts, arithmetical reasoning, verbal and figure classification, arithmetical
number series, non-verbal series etc. The test will also include questions
designed to test the candidate’s abilities to deal with abstract ideas and
symbols and their relationship, arithmetical computation and other analytical
functions.
14.2 General Awareness: Questions will be designed to test the ability of the
candidates‟ general awareness of the environment around him and its application
to society. Questions will also be designed to test the knowledge of current events
and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific
aspects as may be expected of an educated person. The test will also include
questions relating to India and its neighboring countries especially pertaining to
Sports, History, Culture, Geography, Economic scene, General Polity including
Indian Constitution, and Scientific Research etc. These questions will be such
that they do not require a special study of any discipline.
14.3 For VH candidates of 40% and above visual disability, there will be no
component of Maps/Graphs/Diagrams/Statistical Data in the General
Intelligence & Reasoning/ General Awareness Paper.
14.4 English Language & Comprehension: In addition to the testing of
candidates' understanding of the English Language, its vocabulary, grammar,
sentence structure, synonyms, antonyms and its correct usage, etc., his/ her
writing ability would also be tested.
15 Skill Test in Stenography:
15.1 The candidates who are shortlisted in the Computer Based Examination will be
required to appear in the Skill Test for Stenography. The candidates will be given
one dictation for 10 minutes in English or Hindi (as opted by the candidates in the
online Application Form) at the speed of 100 words per minute (w.p.m.) for the
post of Stenographer Grade ‘C’ and 80 w.p.m. for the post of Stenographer
Grade ‘D’. The matter will have to be transcribed on computer. The
transcription time is as follows:
S.
No.
Post Languag
e of Skill
Test
Time Duration
(in minutes)
Time Duration (in minutes)
for the
candidates eligible for
scribe as per Para 7.1, 7.2
and 7.3 above
1 Stenographer
Grade ‘D’
English 50 70
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2 Stenographer
Grade ‘D’
Hindi 65 90
3 Stenographer
Grade ‘C’
English 40 55
4 Stenographer
Grade ‘C’
Hindi 55 75
15.2 Candidates who opt to take the Stenography Test in Hindi will be required to
learn English Stenography and vice versa after their appointment, failing which
their probation may not be cleared by appointing departments / Organizations.
Candidates have to work as English/Hindi stenographers as per the functional
requirement of the User Office irrespective of the medium of Skill Test of
candidate during the examination.
15.3 The Skill Test will be held at the Commission’s Regional Offices or at other
Centre(s) as may be decided by the Commission.
15.4 Detailed instructions, if any, regarding Skill Test will be provided by the
concerned Regional Offices of the Commission to the candidates called for
the Skill Test.
15.5 Standard instructions regarding modality of evaluation of Skill Test is available
at the “For Candidates” Section on the Commission’s website.
16 Admission to the Examination:
16.1 All candidates who register themselves in response to this advertisement by the closing
date and time and whose applications are found to be in order and are provisionally
accepted by the Commission as per the terms and conditions of this Notice of Examination,
will be assigned Roll numbers and issued Admission Certificate (AC) for appearing in the
Computer Based Examination. Subsequently, qualified candidates will be issued
Admission Certificates for the next stages of the Examination.
16.2 The Commission will not undertake detailed scrutiny of applications for the eligibility and
other aspects at the time of written examination and, therefore, candidature will only be
accepted provisionally. Candidates must go through the requirements of educational
qualification, experience, age, physical and medical standards etc. and satisfy themselves
that they are eligible for the post(s). The certificates/documents in support of their
Educational Qualifications and Caste/Category, etc. shall be sought at the time of Document
Verification by the Indenting User Departments/Organizations. Physical and medical
standards will be ascertained by the User Departments after the declaration of result.
Candidates may also note that they would be required to submit their certificates/
documents of EQs/ caste/ category, etc. as and when sought by the User Department/
Organization. After scrutiny of the certificates/ documents of EQs/ caste/ category, etc., if
any claim made in the application is not substantiated by certificates/ documents, the
candidature of candidate will be cancelled.
16.3 Admission Certificates for computer based examination will be issued online on the
websites of Regional Office concerned of the Commission. Candidates are therefore
advised to regularly visit the websites of the SSC-HQ (i.e. https://ssc.gov.in) and Regional
Office concerned of the Commission under whose jurisdiction the examination centres
opted by the candidate are located (details at para 12.1).
16.4 Information about the Examination indicating the time table and City/ Centre of examination
for the candidates will be uploaded on the websites of the Regional Office concerned of the
Commission about 10-14 days before the date of examination. If any candidate does not
find his detail on the website of the Commission, one week before the date of examination,
he must immediately contact the Regional Office concerned of the Commission with proof
of having submitted his application. Failure to do so will deprive him of any claim for
consideration.
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16.5 Candidates must write Registration-ID, registered Email-ID and Candidates must write
Registration-ID, registered Email-ID and Mobile Number along with name, date of birth and
name of the examination, while addressing any communication to the Commission.
Communication from the candidate not furnishing these particulars shall not be entertained.
16.6 Facility for downloading of Admission Certificates will be available about 3- 7 days before
the examination on the website of Regional Office concerned. Candidate must bring printout
of the Admission Certificate to the Examination Hall.
16.7 In addition to the Admission Certificate, it is mandatory to carry at least two passport
size recent colour photographs, Original valid Photo-ID proof having the Date of Birth
as printed on the Admission Certificate, such as:
16.7.1 Aadhaar Card/ Printout of E-Aadhaar,
16.7.2 Voter’s ID Card,
16.7.3 Driving License,
16.7.4 PAN Card,
16.7.5 Passport,
16.7.6 ID Card issued by University/ College/ School,
16.7.7 Employer ID Card (Govt./ PSU),
16.7.8 Ex-Serviceman Discharge Book issued by Ministry of Defence,
16.7.9 Any other photo bearing ID Card issued by the Central/ State
Government.
16.8 If Photo Identity Card does not have the date of birth printed on it then the candidate
must carry an additional original document (e.g. Matriculation Certificate, Marks Sheet
issued only by CBSE/ ICSE/ State Boards; Birth Certificate, Category Certificate) in proof
of their date of birth. In case of mismatch in the date of birth mentioned in the Admission
Certificate and photo ID/ Certificate brought in support of date of birth, the candidate will
not be allowed to appear in the examination.
16.9 PwBD/ PwD candidates availing the facility of scribes as per Para 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 shall
also be required to carry requisite Medical Certificate/ Undertaking/ Photocopy of the
Scribe’s Photo ID Proof, as specified therein. Candidates without above noted
documents will not be allowed to appear in the examination.
16.10 Any other document mentioned in the Admission Certificate shall also be carried by the
candidates while appearing in the Examination.
17. Document Verification (DV):
17.1 Document Verification (DV) will be conducted by the User
Departments/Organizations after declaration of the final result.
17.2 Staff Selection Commission recruits personnel as per the vacancies reported
by the User Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations. The Commission has no
role in determination of total vacancies (Vertical & Horizontal) arising in a User
Ministry/ Department/ Organization, backlog vacancies, segregation of
vacancies under various reserved categories and vacancies reported to be filled
up by direct recruitment.
17.3 The final result will be declared only once by the Commission and no further
nomination of candidates would be made in the event of candidates not joining
the offered posts. Thus, after the declaration of final result, vacancy(ies), if any,
remaining unfilled due to non-availability of suitable candidates, non- joining of
candidates or any other reason(s) will not be filled up in that recruitment year
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and the Indenting Ministry/Department/Organization may carry forward those
vacancies to the next recruitment cycle and report to the Commission as per
the extant rules.
17.4 As per the policy of the Commission, SSC does not maintain Waiting list/Reserve
panel for multi-factor examinations conducted by the Commission. In such
cases, the Departments may take further action regarding carrying forward of
vacancies in accordance with the extant rules.
17.5 Candidates have to bring two passport size recent colour photographs and one
original Photo ID Proof as listed at Para 16.7 above while appearing for the
Document Verification.
17.6 Candidates will have to bring original as well as copies of various documents as
given below at the time of Document Verification by the User Departments/
Organizations:
17.6.1 Matriculation/ Secondary/Equivalent Certificate.
17.6.2 Order/ letter in respect of equivalent Educational Qualifications,
indicating the Authority (with number and date) under which it has
been so treated, in respect of equivalent clause in Essential
Qualifications, if a candidate is claiming a particular qualification as
equivalent qualification
17.6.3 Caste/ Category Certificate, if belongs to reserved categories.
17.6.4 Persons with Disabilities Certificate in the required format, if
applicable.
17.6.5 For Ex-Servicemen (ESM):
17.6.5.1 Serving Defence Personnel Certificate as per Annexure VI, if
applicable.
17.6.5.2 Undertaking as per Annexure-VII.
17.6.5.3 Discharge Certificate, if discharged from the Armed Forces,
17.6.6 Relevant Certificate if seeking any age relaxation.
17.6.7 No Objection Certificate, in case already employed in Government/
Government undertakings.
17.6.8 A candidate who claims change in name after matriculation on
marriage or remarriage or divorce, etc. the following documents shall
be submitted:
17.6.8.1 In case of marriage of women: Photocopy of Husband’s
passport showing names of spouses or an attested copy
of marriage certificate issued by the Registrar of Marriage
or an Affidavit from husband and wife along with a joint
photograph duly sworn before the Oath Commissioner;
17.6.8.2 In case of re-marriage of women: Divorce Deed/ Death
Certificate as the case may be in respect of first spouse;
and photocopy of present husband’s passport showing
names of spouse or an attested copy of marriage
certificate issued by the Registrar of Marriage or an
Affidavit from the husband and wife along with joint
photograph duly sworn before the Oath Commissioner.
17.6.8.3 In case of divorce of women: Certified copy of Divorce
Decree and Deed Poll/ Affidavit duly sworn before the
Oath Commissioner.
17.6.8.4 In other circumstances for change of name for both male
and female: Deed Poll/ Affidavit duly sworn before the
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Oath Commissioner and paper cuttings of two leading
daily newspaper in original (One daily newspaper should
be of the area of applicant’s permanent and present
address or nearby area) and Gazette Notification.
17.7.9 Any other document specified in the Admission Certificate for DV.
17.7 It is reiterated that after scrutiny of the certificates/ documents of EQs/
caste/ category, etc., if any claim made in the application is not
substantiated by certificates/ documents at the time of document
verification, the candidature of candidate will be cancelled.
18. Post Preferences:
18.1 Preference for various posts and departments will be taken from the candidates
through Online Option Form on the website of the Commission before declaration of
final result. A candidate will not be considered for a Post and
Ministry/Department/Organization, if he has not indicated his preference for it. Options once
submitted shall be treated as final and will not be changed subsequently under any
circumstances. Therefore, candidates must be careful in exercise of such options.
18.2 Candidates, who do not submit their post preference(s) on the website
of the Commission within the stipulated time, will not be considered for
any post in the Final Result. Such candidates shall not be provided with
another opportunity to exercise preference for posts and will be solely
responsible for the same. Any grievance 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.
18.3 Posts in BRO have stringent requirements of physical and medical standards
including Physical Efficiency Test (Details available at Annexure-XV).
Examination of such physical and medical standards will be conducted after
the final selection of candidates by BRO. If a candidate fails in such tests, his
candidature will not be subsequently considered for any other
post/department. Candidates are therefore advised to go through thoroughly
these requirements and submit their considered preference of posts.
18.4 Candidates are advised to give maximum number of preferences to improve their
possibility of selection.
19. Mode of Selection:
19.1 Minimum qualifying marks in Computer Based Examination, are as follows:
(i) UR: 30%
(ii) OBC/EWS: 25%
(iii) All Other Categories: 20%
19.2 In the online application form, candidate will have to indicate the posts for which
they are applying i.e. Stenographer Grade ‘C’ or Stenographer Grade ‘D’ or
both.
19.3 Based on the marks scored in the Computer Based Examination, candidates
will be shortlisted, category-wise, to appear in the Skill Test(s) for the post(s)
they have applied for.
19.4 Skill Test is mandatory but qualifying in nature. The Commission will fix
category-wise qualifying standards in the Skill Test for each post. The
candidates who qualify the Skill Test will be considered for final selection on
the basis of their merit in the Computer Based Examination.
19.5 Final selection and allocation of Ministries/Departments will be made on the
basis of the performance of candidates in the Computer Based Examination
and the preference of Post(s)/Department(s) exercised by them.
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19.6 Once a candidate has been allotted first available preference, as per their merit,
they will not be considered for any other option. Therefore, candidates must
exercise preference of Posts/Departments very carefully. The option/preference
once exercised by the candidates will be treated as FINAL and IRREVERSIBLE.
Subsequent request for change of Posts/Departments by candidates will not be
entertained under any circumstances. If the candidate has not opted for a
Post/Department, he/she shall not be considered for selection to such post
irrespective of his/her merit position. Therefore candidates must exercise due
diligence and be very careful while giving their post-preferences.
19.7 The Commission makes final allotment of posts on the basis of merit-cum- preferences of
Posts/Departments given by the candidates and once a post is allotted, no change of posts
will be made by the Commission due to non- fulfillment of any post specific requirements of
physical/medical/educational standards or any other requirement. In other words, for
example, if a candidate has given higher preference for a post and is selected for that post,
in that case, if he/she fails to meet the medical/physical/educational, etc. standards of that
post, his/her candidature will be rejected and he/she will not be considered for other
preferences.
19.8 SC, ST, OBC, EWS, ESM and PwBD candidates, who are selected on their own
merit without relaxed standards, will not be adjusted against the reserved share of
vacancies. Such candidates will be accommodated against the general/unreserved
vacancies in the post as per their position in the overall merit or vacancies
earmarked for their category, whichever is advantageous to them. The reserved
vacancies will be filled up separately from amongst the eligible SC, ST, OBC,
EWS and PwBD candidates.
19.9 SC, ST, OBC, EWS, ESM and PwBD candidate who qualifies on the basis of
relaxed standards; viz., age limit, experience or qualifications, permitted number
of chances, extended zone of consideration, etc, irrespective of his/her merit
position, is to be counted against reserved vacancies and not against un-
reserved vacancies. Such candidates may also be recommended at the relaxed
standards to the extent of number of vacancies reserved for them, to make up
for the deficiency in the reserved quota, irrespective of their rank in the order of
merit. Insofar as cases of Ex-Serviceman are concerned, deduction of the
military service rendered from the age of ex-servicemen is permissible against
the reserved or unreserved posts and such exemption will not be termed as
relaxed standards in regard to age. Similarly for PwBD candidates, relaxation
of 10 years in upper age limit will not be termed as relaxed standards.
19.10 A person with b e n c h m a r k disability who is selected on his/her own merit
can be appointed against an unreserved vacancy provided the post is identified
suitable for persons with benchmark disability of relevant category.
19.11 Success in the examination confers no right of appointment unless the
Government is satisfied after such enquiry as may be considered necessary
that the candidate is suitable in all respects for appointment to the service/post.
19.12 The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all
the eligibility conditions for admission to the examination. Their admission at all
stages of the examination will be purely provisional, subject to their satisfying
the prescribed eligibility conditions. If, on verification, at any time before or after
the written examination, it is found that they do not fulfill any of the eligibility
conditions, their candidature for the examination will be cancelled.
19.13 Candidates, who are appointed on the basis of this examination, shall be on
probation for a period of two years and during the period of probation, the
would be required to undergo such training or pass such examinations as
prescribed by the Controlling Authority. On successful completion of the period
of probation, the candidates shall, if considered fit for permanent appointment,
be confirmed to their post by the Controlling Authority.
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19.14 Candidates selected for appointment are liable to serve anywhere in India;
i.e., the posts carry All India Service Liability (AISL).
19.15 Candidates on final selection may be allotted a State/UT/Zone by the
concerned User Organization/Office. Such candidates may be required to
acquire the proficiency in local language of the allotted State/UT/Zone for
confirmation of the candidates to the allotted posts by the concerned User
Organization/Office.
19.16 If a candidate scoring more than cut-off marks in any Tier/Stage of the
examination is not qualified for the subsequent stage/final selection due to any
reason, he/she must represent to the concerned Regional Office of the
Commission within two months of the declaration of the result or two weeks prior
to the conduct of next stage of the examination, whichever is earlier.
19.17 If a candidate is finally selected and does not receive any correspondence from the
Commission or the concerned User Organization/Office within a period of one year
from the declaration of final result, he/she must communicate immediately
thereafter with the concerned User Department / Organization.
19.18 It is reiterated that the final result will be declared only once by the Commission and
no further nomination of candidates would be made in the event of vacancies left
unfilled due to non-availability of suitable candidates, rejection of candidates
during Document Verification by the User organization, non-joining of candidates,
or any other reason. In such cases, the Ministry/Department/Organization
may take further action regarding carrying forward of vacancies to the subsequent
vacancy year(s) in accordance with the extant rules.
19.19 There shall not be any Waiting List/ Reserve List after declaration of Final Result.
20 Resolution of Tie Cases:
20.1 In cases where more than one candidate secure equal aggregate marks in
the Computer Based Examination, tie will be resolved by applying following
methods one after another until the tie is resolved:
20.1.1 Marks in Part-I (i.e. General Intelligence & Reasoning).
20.1.2 Marks in Part-II (i.e. General Awareness).
20.1.3 Date of birth, with older candidate placed higher.
20.1.4 Alphabetical order in which names of the candidates appear.
21 Action against candidates found guilty of misconduct:
21.1 If candidates are found to indulge at any stage in any of the malpractices listed
below during the examination process, their candidature for this examination
will be cancelled and they will be debarred from the examinations of the
Commission for the period mentioned below:
S.
No.
Type of Malpractice Debarment
period
1 Taking away any Examination related material such
as Rough Sheets, Commission Copy of Admission
Certificate, Answer Sheet etc. from the examination
hall or passing it on to unauthorized
person during the conduct of examination.
2 Years
2 Leaving the Examination Venue uninformed
during the Examination
2 Years
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3 Misbehaving, intimidating or threatening in any
manner with the examination functionaries‟ i.e.
Supervisor, Invigilator, Security Guard or
Commission’s representatives etc.
3 Years
4 Obstruct the conduct of examination/ instigate
other candidates not to take the examination.
3 Years
5 Making statements which are incorrect or false,
suppressing material information, submitting
fabricated documents, etc.
3 Years
6 Obtaining support/influence for his/her
candidature by any irregular or improper means
in connection with his/her candidature.
3 Years
7 Possession of Mobile Phone in either “switched on”
or “switched off” mode.
3 Years
8 Appearing in the same examination more than
once in contravention of the rules.
3 Years
9 A candidate who is also working on examination
related matters in the same examination.
3 Years
10 Damaging examination related infrastructure/
equipment.
5 Years
11 Appearing in the Exam with forged Admit Card,
identity proof, etc.
5 Years
12 Possession of fire arms/weapons during the
examination.
5 Years
13 Assault, use of force, causing bodily harm in any
manner to the examination functionaries‟ i.e.
Supervisor, Invigilator, Security Guard or
Commissions representatives etc.
7 Years
14 Threatening/intimidating examination
functionaries with weapons/fire arms.
7 Years
15 Using unfair means in the examination hall like
copying from unauthorized sources such as
written material on any paper or body parts, etc.
7 Years
16 Possession of Bluetooth Devices, spy cameras,
and any other electronic gadgets in the
examination hall.
7 Years
17 Impersonate/ Procuring impersonation by any
person.
7 Years
18 Taking snapshots, making videos of question
papers or examination material, labs, etc.
7 Years
19 Sharing examination terminal through remote
desktop software/Apps/LAN/VAN, etc.
7 Years
20 Attempt to hack or manipulate examination
servers, data and examination systems at any
point before, during or after the examination.
10 Years
21.2 The Commission may also report the matter to Police/Investigating
Agencies, as deemed fit and the Commission may also take appropriate
action to get the matter examined by the concerned authorities/forensic
experts, etc.
22 Commission’s Decision Final: The decision of the Commission in all matters relating
to eligibility, acceptance or rejection of the applications, penalty for false information,
mode of selection, conduct of examination(s), allotment of examination centres and
preparation of merit list and allocation of posts/departments, debarment for indulging
in malpractices will be final and binding on the candidates and no enquiry/
correspondence will be entertained in this regard.
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23 In accordance with the directions issued by DoP&T vide its O.M.
No.39020/1/2016-Estt.(B) dated 21.06.2016 for increasing access of the
unemployed candidates to job opportunities it has been decided that after
declaration of final result the Commission will make the scores and rankings of
unsuccessful candidates in the said open Competitive Examination conducted
by the Commission available on its website in descending order of ranking.
Accordingly, it has been decided that the following details of the candidates will
be made available on its website: (i) Name of candidate. (ii) Father/Husband’s
name (iii) Date of Birth (iv) Category (UR/SC/ST/ OBC/EWS/PwD/ESM) (v) Gender of
the candidate. (vi) Educational Qualifications. (vii) Total Marks obtained in the
qualifying examination (viii) Ranking by which the merit is decided. (ix) Complete
address (x) E-mail address However, the candidate will have the option, at the time of
filling up of his/her application form, of opting out of disclosing the above details
publicly. Accordingly, the scores and rankings in respect of only those candidates who
have opted for disclosing the above details or have not exercised their option will be
made available on the website of the Commission.
24 Court’s Jurisdiction: Any dispute in regard to this recruitment will be subject to
courts/ tribunals having jurisdiction over the place of concerned Regional/ Sub-
Regional Office of the Commission where the candidate has appeared for the
Computer Based Examination.
25 Disqualifications: No person, (a) who has entered into, or contracted a marriage
with a person having a spouse living, or (b) who, having a spouse living has
entered into, or contracted a marriage with any person shall be eligible for
appointment to the service provided that the Central Government may, if satisfied
that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such
person and the other party to the marriage and there are other grounds for so
doing, exempt any person from the operation of this rule
26 Important Instructions to the Candidates:
a BEFORE APPLYING, CANDIDATES MUST TO GO THROUGH THE
INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN IN THE NOTICE OF EXAMINATION
VERY CAREFULLY. THE NOTICE OF EXAMINATION IS PRINTED BOTH IN
ENGLISH AND HINDI. IN CASE OF ANY DISPUTE, THE ENGLISH VERSION
WILL PREVAIL.
b CANDIDATES ARE ADVISED IN THEIR OWN INTEREST TO SUBMIT
ONLINE APPLICATIONS MUCH BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE AND NOT
TO WAIT TILL THE LAST DATE TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF
DISCONNECTION/ INABILITY OR FAILURE TO LOGIN TO THE SSC
WEBSITE ON ACCOUNT OF HEAVY LOAD ON THE WEBSITE DURING THE
CLOSING DAYS.
c All the candidates, who wish to apply in response to this Notice and have not
generated their One-Time Registration (OTR) on the new website of the
Commission (i.e., https://ssc.gov.in) will be required to do so as the earlier OTR
generated on the old website (https://ssc.nic.in) will not be functional for the new
website. Subsequent to OTR, the candidates can proceed to fill the application
for the examination. Once an OTR has been generated on the new website, it
will continue to remain valid for all the examinations to be applied for on the new
website. The detailed instructions for OTR are given in Annexure-III to this
Notice.
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d The Commission will not undertake detailed scrutiny of applications for the
eligibility and other aspects at the time of written examination and, therefore,
candidature will be accepted only provisionally. Candidates must go through the
requirements of educational qualification, experience, age, physical and
medical standards etc. and satisfy themselves that they are eligible for the
post(s). The certificates/documents in support of their Educational
Qualifications and Caste/Category, etc. shall be sought at the time of Document
Verification by the Indenting User Departments/ Organizations. Physical and
medical standards will be ascertained by the User Departments after the
declaration of result. Candidates may also note that they would be required to
submit their certificates/ documents of EQs/ caste/ category, etc. as and when
sought by the Commission or the Indenting User Department/ Organization.
After scrutiny of the certificates/ documents of EQs/ caste/ category, etc., if any
claim made in the application is not substantiated by certificates/ documents,
the candidature of candidate will be cancelled.
e Candidates seeking reservation benefits available for SC/ ST/ OBC/ EWS/
PwBD/ ESM must ensure that they are entitled to such reservation as per
eligibility prescribed in the Notice. They should also be in possession of the
certificates in the prescribed format in support of their claim.
f Candidates with benchmark physical disabilities will be considered as
Persons with Disabilities and entitled to age-relaxation/reservation for Persons
with Disabilities.
g When application is successfully submitted, it will be accepted 'Provisionally' and
status of the application will be indicated as ‘Application Received (Contents
Not Verified)’. Candidates should take printout of the online Application Form
for their own records. Normally, printout of the 'Application Form' is not required
to be submitted to the Commission.
h Fee payable: ₹ 100/- (Rupees one hundred only). Women candidates and
candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), ESM
eligible for reservation and Persons with benchmark disability (PwBD) are
exempted from payment of fee.
i Only one online application is allowed to be submitted by a candidate for the
Examination during normal period for submission of online applications, which
does not include the period of ‘Window for Application Form Correction’.
Therefore, the candidates must exercise due diligence at the time of filling their
online Application Forms. In case, more than one application of a candidate with
different registration numbers is detected, all the applications will be rejected by
the Commission and his candidature for the examination will be cancelled. If a
candidate submits multiple applications and appears in the examination (at any
stage) more than once, his candidature will be cancelled and he will be debarred
from the examinations of the Commission as per rules.
j 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. This facility can be
availed by online payment of stipulated correction charges as per details given
at Para-11 of the Notice of Examination. Latest modified application will be
treated as the valid one and the previous application(s) submitted by such
candidates for the examination will be cancelled.
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k Before submission of the corrected/ final online application as the case may be,
candidates must check that they have filled correct details in each field of the
form. After submission of the corrected/ final online application form OR expiry
of the period 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.
l The candidates must write their name, date of birth, father’s name and mother’s
name strictly as given in the matriculation certificate otherwise their candidature
may be cancelled at the time of Document Verification or as and when it comes
into the notice of the Commission / User Department.
m Applications with inappropriate photographs or blurred/miniature
signatures, not as per instructions, will be rejected summarily.
n For applying, the candidate is not required to have a pre-existing
photograph of himself / herself. The application module has been
designed to capture a photograph of the candidate filling up the
application form. The candidates should ensure that the photograph
captured is clear, without cap or spectacles, and with full frontal view. In
case the photograph captured is not as per instructions, the candidates
are advised to recapture the photograph. In no case should the candidate
capture the photographs of his/her pre-existing photograph. All such
applications where the photographs of his/her pre-existing photograph is
captured will be rejected. The appearance of a candidate in the
examination should be as per the photograph in the application form.
For capturing his / her photograph, the candidate has to stand / sit before
the camera when prompted by the application module and follow the
following instructions:
(i) Find a place with good light and plain background.
(ii) Ensure the camera is at eye level before taking the photo.
(iii) Position yourself directly in front of the camera and look straight
ahead.
(iv) Ensure that your face is fully inside the red rectangular area delineated
by the camera and that it is neither too close nor too far. It should cover
the area fully and no part of the face should be outside the rectangle.
(v) Candidates shouldn’t wear a cap, mask or glasses/spectacles while
capturing the photo.
Candidates are required to upload the scanned signature in JPEG/JPG
format (10 to 20 KB). Image dimension of the signature should be about
6.0 cm (width) x 2.0 cm (height). Applications with blurred/miniature
Signature will be rejected summarily
o Candidates must fill their correct and active e-mail addresses and mobile
number in the online application as correspondence may be made by the
Commission through e-mail/ SMS.
p The Commission may use the Aadhaar data of the candidates for verification
purpose subject to due authorization from competent authority. Instances of
people trying to impersonate candidates during the examinations have been
observed. Since the photograph is captured live during the filling up of the
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application form, there should not be any change in appearance of the
candidate during the examination vis-à-vis the photograph in the application
form. The candidates are, therefore, advised in their own interest to ensure
that their appearance during the day of the examination is as per the
photograph in application form. In no case should the candidate capture the
photographs of his/her pre-existing photograph. All such applications where
the photographs of his/her pre-existing photograph is captured will be
rejected.
q Candidates must carry two passport size recent colour photographs and one
original Photo ID Proof such as Aadhaar Card/ printout of E-Aadhaar, Voter ID
Card, Driving License, PAN Card, Passport, Identity Card issued by University/
College/ School, Employer ID Card (Govt./PSU), ESM Discharge Book issued
by MoD, or any photo bearing ID card issued by Central/ State Government to
the Examination Venue, failing which they will not be allowed to appear for the
same. If Photo Identity Card does not have the Date of Birth printed in it, then
the candidate must carry an additional original certificate (as listed at para-16.7)
in proof of their Date of Birth. In case of mismatch in the date of birth mentioned
in the Admission Certificate and Photo ID/ Certificate brought in support of date
of birth, the candidate will not be allowed to appear in the examination.
PwBD/PwD candidates using the facility of scribes as per Para 7 shall also be
required to carry requisite Medical Certificate/ Undertaking/ Photocopy of the
Scribe’s Photo ID Proof, as specified therein.
r Preference for various posts and departments will be taken from the candidates
through Online Option Form on the website of the Commission before
declaration of final result. A candidate will not be considered for a Post and
Ministry/ Department/ Organization, if he has not indicated his preference for it.
Options once submitted shall be treated as final and will not be changed
subsequently under any circumstances. Therefore, candidates must be careful
in exercise of such options. Candidates, who do not submit their post
preference(s) on the website of the Commission within the stipulated time, will
not be considered for any post in the Final Result. Such candidates shall not be
provided with another opportunity to exercise preference for posts and will be
solely responsible for the same. Any grievance 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
s In case of fake/ fabricated application/ registration by misusing any dignitaries
name/ photo, such candidate/ cyber cafe will be held responsible for the same
and liable for suitable legal action under cyber/ IT Act.
t All the posts carry All India Service Liability (AISL) i.e. the candidate, on
selection, may be asked to serve anywhere in the country.
u If a candidate scoring more than cut-off marks at any Tier/ stage of the
examination is not qualified for the subsequent stage/ final selection due to any
reason, he must represent to the concerned Regional/ Sub-Regional Office of
the Commission within two months of the declaration of the result or two weeks
prior to the conduct of next stage of the examination, whichever is earlier.
v If a candidate is finally selected and does not receive any correspondence from
the Commission or the concerned User Department within a period of one year
after declaration of result, he must communicate immediately thereafter with the
concerned User Department.
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w In the online application form, candidates are required to capture their
photograph using the application module and not to have a pre-existing
photograph of himself/herself. The Photograph should be without cap and
spectacles. The frontal view of the face should be clearly visible. If the
photograph is not captured by the candidate in the desired format, his
application/candidature will be rejected.
x Special attention is invited to the declaration at the end of the Application Form.
Before agreeing to/signing the declaration, the candidates must go through the
Application details filled in and the contents of the declaration itself and agree
to/sign it only after satisfying themselves that the information furnished is
correct. Any concealment/ misrepresentation/ misdeclaration shall lead to
cancellation of candidature.
y Candidates are requested to check the website of the Commission, viz.,
https://ssc.gov.in as well as website of the concerned Regional Office regularly
for the latest updates in respect of the examination including those related to
date of examination, vacancy position, etc.
z Candidates may contact following Regional Help Lines for clarifications, if any,
in respect of filling/ submitting applications and computer based examination:
(i) Help Desk (SSC-HQ) 1800 309 3063 (Toll Free)
(ii) SSC (CR), Allahabad 0532-2406000, 9452424060
(iii) SSC (ER), Kolkata 09477461228, 033 22902230, 9477461229
(iv) SSC (KKR), Bengaluru 080 25502520
(v) SSC (MPR), Raipur 0771 2960440
(vi) SSC (NER), Guwahati 9435052556, 9531456804
(vii) SSC (NR), New Delhi 011-24363343
(viii) SSC (NWR), Chandigarh 0172 2744366
(ix) SSC (SR), Chennai 09445195946, 044 28251139
(x) SSC (WR), Mumbai +91 7738422705 / 9869730700
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Under Secretary
Staff Selection Commission (Headquarters)
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Annexure-I
Certificate regarding physical limitation in an examinee to write
This is to certify that, I have examined
Mr/Ms/Mrs (name of the candidate with disability), a person with
(nature and percentage of disability as mentioned in the
certificate of disability), S/o / D/o a resident
of Village/District/State)
and to state that he/ she has physical limitation which hampers his/ her writing capabilities
owning to his/ her disability.
Signature Chief Medical Officer/ Civil Surgeon/ Medical
Superintendent of a
Government health care institution
Name &
Designation Name of Government Hospital/ Health
Care
Centre with Seal
Place:
Date:
Note: Certificate should be given by a specialist of the relevant stream/ disability (e.g. Visual
impairment-Ophthalmologist, Locomotor disability-Orthopedic specialist/ PMR)
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Certificate for person with specified disability covered under the definition of Section 2
(s) of the RPwD Act, 2016 but not covered under the definition of Section 2(r) of the
said Act, i.e. persons having less than 40% disability and having difficulty in writing.
This is to certify that, we have examined Mr/Ms/Mrs ............ (name of the candidate), S/o /D/o
……………………, a resident of ………………(Vill/PO/PS/District/State), aged ................ yrs,
a person with ……………………. (nature of disability/condition), and to state that he/she has
limitation which hampers his/her writing capability owing to his/her above condition. He/she
requires support of scribe for writing the examination.
2. The above candidate uses aids and assistive device such as prosthetics & orthotics,
hearing aid (name to be specified) which is /are essential for the candidate to appear at the
examination with the assistance of scribe.
3. This certificate is issued only for the purpose of appearing in written examinations
conducted by recruitment agencies as well as academic institutions and is valid upto (it is
valid for maximum period of six months or less as may be certified by the medical authority)
Signature of medical authority
(Signature
& Name)
(Signature & Name) (Signature
& Name)
(Signature &
Name)
(Signature
& Name)
Orthopedic
/ PMR
specialist
Clinical
Psycho
logist
/
Rehabilit
ation
Psychologist/Psychiatrist
/ Special Educator
Neurologist (if
available)
Occupational
therapist (if
available)
Other Expert,
a
s nominated
by the
Chairperson (if
any)
(Signature &
Name)
Chief Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon/Chief District Medical Officer………Chairperson
Name of Government Hospital/Health Care Centre with Seal
Place
:
Date
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Letter of Undertaking for Using Own Scribe
I , a candidate with (name of
the disability) appearing for the _ (name of the examination)
bearing Roll No at _ (name of the
centre) in the District , (name
of the State/ UT) My qualification is _
I do hereby state that (name of the scribe) will
provide the service of scribe/ reader/ lab assistant for the undersigned for
taking the aforesaid examination
I do hereby undertake that his/ her qualification is In
case, subsequently it is found that his/ her qualification is not as declared by
the undersigned and is not one step below my qualification, I shall forfeit my right to the
post and claims relating thereto
(Signature of the candidate with Disability)
Place:
Date:
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Letter of Undertaking by the person with specified disability covered under the
definition of Section 2 (s) of the RPwD Act, 2016 but not covered under the definition
of Section 2(r) of the said Act, i.e. persons having less than 40% disability and having
difficulty in writing
I , a candidate with (nature of
disability/condition) appearing for the (name of the examination)
bearing Roll No. at (name of
the centre) in the District ,
(name of the State). My educational qualification is .
2. I do hereby state that (name of the scribe) will
provide the service of scribe for the undersigned for taking the aforementioned examination.
3. I do hereby undertake that his qualification is . In case,
subsequently it is found that his qualification is not as declared by the undersigned and is
beyond my qualification. I shall forfeit my right to the post or certificate/diploma/degree and
claims relating thereto.
(Signature of the Candidate)
(Counter signature by the parent/guardian, if the candidate is minor)
Place:
Date:
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Annexure-III
(Procedure for filling online Application)
The process of filling online application for the examination consists of two parts:
I. One Time Registration
II. Filling of online Application for the Examination
Part-I (One-Time Registration)
1. Read the instructions given in the Notice of Examination carefully before filling up the online '
One-time Registration Form' and ‘Application Form’.
2. Before proceeding with One-Time Registration, keep the following information/ documents
ready:
a. Mobile Number (to be verified through OTP)
b. Email ID (to be verified through OTP).
c. Aadhaar Number. If Aadhaar Number is not available, please give one of the following
ID Numbers.(You will be required to show the original document at a later stage):
i. Voter ID Card
ii. PAN
iii. Passport
iv. Driving License
v. School/ College ID
vi. Employer ID (Govt./ PSU/ Private)
d. Information about the Board, Roll Number and Year of Passing the Matriculation (10th)
Examination.
e. Disability Certificate Number, if you are a person with benchmark disability.
3. For One-Time Registration, click on ‘Register Now’ link provided in the ‘Login or Register’
Section provided on new website of the Commission i.e. https://ssc.gov.in.
4. The One-Time Registration process requires filling up of following information:
a. Personal Details
b. Password Creation
c. Additional Details
d. Declaration
5. For filling up the ‘One-time Registration Form’, please follow the following steps: -
a. Few critical details (e.g., Aadhaar Number, name, father’s name, mother’s name, date
of birth, etc.) are required to be entered twice, inthe relevant columns of the Registration
Form, for verification purposes and to avoid any mistakes. If there is a mismatch
between the original and verified data columns, an indication will be given in red text.
b. S. No. 1, provide information about the Aadhaar Number.
c. S. No. 2, provide information about your Identification Card number if you don’t want to
give an Aadhaar Number
d. S. No. 3: Fill in your name exactly as given in the Matriculation (10th Class) Certificate.
In case, you have made any changes in your name after matriculation, indicate the
same at S. No. 4a and 4b.
e. S. No. 5: Gender (Male/Female/Transgender)
f. S. No. 6: Fill in your date of birth exactly as given in the Matriculation (10th Class)
Certificate
g. S. No. 7: Fill in your father’s name exactly as given in the Matriculation (10th Class)
Certificate.
h. S. No. 8: Fill in your mother’s name exactly as given in the Matriculation (10th Class)
Certificate.
i. S. No. 9 to S. No. 11: Matriculation (10th Class) Examination Details which include:
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i. Name of Education Board
ii. Roll Number
iii. Year of passing
j. S. No. 12: Level of Educational Qualification (Highest).
k. S. No. 13: Your Mobile Number. This must be a working mobile number as it will be
verified through “One Time Password” (OTP). It may be noted that any information
which the Commission may like to communicate with you, will be sent on this mobile
number only. Your mobile number will also be used for retrieval of password/
Registration Number if required.
l. S. No. 14: Y our Email ID. This must be a working Email ID as it will be verified
through OTP. It may also be noted that any information which the Commission may
like to communicate with you, will be sent on this Email ID only. Your Email ID will
also be used for retrieval of password/ Registration Number if required.
m. When the Basic Details provided at S. No. 1 to 14 are saved, you will be required to
confirm your mobile number and email ID. On confirmation, your data will be saved
and your Registration Number will be displayed on the screen. Your Registration
Number and Password will be provided to you on your mobile number and Email ID.
n. You have to complete the Registration Process within 14 days failing which your
Registration Details saved so far will be deleted.
o. Login using your Registration Number as username and auto-generated password
provided to you on your mobile and email. Change your password, when prompted on
the first login.
p. After a successful password change, you need to log in again using your Registration
Number and changed password.
q. On successful login, information about the “Basic Details” so far filled by you will be
displayed. You may edit it, if required or proceed further by clicking on the “Next”
button at the bottom to complete your One-time Registration.
Additional details in Online Application Form:
r. S. No. 1: Provide information about your Category.
s. S. No. 2: Provide information about your Nationality
t. S. No. 3: Provide Contact Details if other than Indian National
u. S. No. 4: Provide information about visible Identification Mark. You may be required to
show the above Identification Mark at various stages of examination.
v. S.No. 5: Provide information about benchmark disabilities, if any. If you are suffering
from any specific benchmark disability identified as suitable for government jobs, then
provide Disability Certification Number.
w. S. No.: 6 to 7: Provide information about your Permanent and Present Address.
x. Upon clicking, different OTPs will be sent to your mobile number and Email ID. You
need to enter one of the two OTPs in the designated field to complete the Registration
Process.
y. Read the “Declaration” carefully and if you agree with the declaration, click “I Agree”.
z. After submission of Basic Information, if the registration process is not completed within
14 days, your data will be deleted from the system.
2. Though you can edit/ modify your One-time Registration data, you must be very cautious
while filling up details in the One-time Registration. Wrong/incorrect information may lead to
the cancellation of your candidature.
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3. YOU ARE AGAIN ADVISED THAT NAME, FATHER’S NAME, MOTHER’S NAME, DATE OF
BIRTH, AND MATRICULATION EXAMINATION DETAILS SHOULD BE FILLED IN
EXACTLY AS RECORDED IN MATRICULATION CERTIFICATE. YOUR CANDIDATURE
MAY GET CANCELLED IN CASE OF INCORRECT/ WRONGINFORMATION.
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Flow of One Time Registration
Click on 'Login or Register' button to proceed registration
After clicking on Login and Register, a small window will appear. In that window, click 'Register Now'at
the bottom. You'll then be taken to the 'One-Time Registration' page.
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1.1 One Time Registration Page
On the homepage, you'll find steps to fill in the 'One-Time Registration' form. Click 'Continue' to
proceed and reach the personal details screen.
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1.2 Fill Personal Details
Enter critical details like Aadhaar Number, name, father’s name, mother’s name, and date of birth
twice to ensure accuracy. Any discrepancies will be highlighted in red text.
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1.3 Registration Details Page:
After successful verification of mobile and email OTP, clicking the 'Save & Next' button will store the
provided 'Personal Details' (S No-1 to 14). Users will be redirected to the registration details page,
displaying the Registration Number. The Registration Number and Password will be sent to the user's
mobile number and Email ID. The registration process must be completed within 14 days; otherwise, the
saved details will be deleted.
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1.4 Login Screen with One Time Password
To finalize the remaining registration, users can click 'Continue,' leading them to the login page displayed
in the following screen. If users choose to complete the registration on a subsequent day, they can log in
by clicking the 'Login or Register' button on the website header. The Registration Number serves as the
username, and the auto-generated password sent to the user's mobile, and email is used for the initial
login. Upon the first login, users will be prompted to change their password
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1.5 Password Creation Page
For the initial login, users will be directed to the password creation page, as depicted in the image. After
successfully changing the password, they will be redirected to the login page, where they must log in again
using their Registration Number and the newly changed password. The registration number will be pre-
filled initially. To proceed with the password change, users need to input the old password sent via mobile
number and email. They can then set a new password, adhering to the specified validation displayed on
the screen.
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1.6 Login with New Set Password
Upon successful password change, users will encounter the following screen. After logging in, users will
be redirected to the additional details page.
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1.7 Additional Details Page
To complete additional details, users must provide information about their Category (S No-1), Nationality
(S No-2), and, if the nationality is other than 'Citizen of India,' enable 'Contact Details for Other Nationals.'
Users need to fill permanent and present address details if the nationality is 'Citizen of India,' or disable
these fields if the nationality is different. Additionally, users should provide information about visible
Identification Mark (S No-4) and benchmark disabilities (S No-5), along with Disability Certification
Number if applicable. If the nationality is '', users should fill Permanent and Present Address details, saving
the data to proceed to the last part of the registration process.
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1.8 Declaration
After carefully reading the declaration, users should check “Preview OTR” 'I agree,' then click on 'Declare'to
submit the declaration. Upon successful submission, users will be redirected to the dashboard.
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Part-II (Online Application Form)
1. Before proceeding with filling of online application, note/keep the following data ready:
(a) For applying, the candidate is not required to have a pre-existing photograph of himself /
herself. The application module has been designed to capture a photograph of the candidate
filling up the application form. For this purpose, the candidate has to stand / sit before the
camera when prompted by the application module and follow the following instructions while
capturing the photograph:
(i) Find a place with good light and plain background.
(ii) Ensure the camera is at eye level before taking the photo.
(iii) Position yourself directly in front of the camera and look straight ahead.
(iv) Ensure that your face is fully inside the red rectangular area delineated by the camera and
that it is neither too close nor too far. It should cover the area fully and no part of the face
should be outside the rectangle.
(v) Candidates shouldn’t wear a cap, mask or glasses/spectacles while capturing the photo.
Candidates, who are unable to capture their photo through a camera, are advised to use the QR code provided at
S. No. 1 of Upload Documents for downloading the app for Android Mobile Phones from the Google Play Store to
capture their photos through mobile devices. The photo should be without a cap, without spectacles and a frontal
view of the face should be visible. Applications with photographs not in accordance with the instructions are liable
to be rejected.
(b) Scanned signature in JPEG format (10 to 20 KB). Image dimension of the signature should be
about 6.0 cm (width) x 2.0 cm (height). Applications with illegible/ blurred/miniature signature
will be rejected.
(c) Details of qualifying educational qualification like passing year, roll number, percentage/ CGPA,
name of university, etc.
2. Login to online system through your ‘Registration Number’ and password.
1. Login to online system through your “Registration Number‟ and password.
2. Click on ‘Apply’ in ‘Stenographer Grade “C” & “D” Examination 2024’ Section under
‘Live Exam’ tab.
3. Information in columns at S No-1 to 18 will be automatically filled from your One- time Registration Data
which is non-editable. However, if you want to modify any of One-time Registration details, click on ‘Modify
Registration’ tab provided at the left-hand top corner of your dashboard and make suitable corrections
before proceeding further.
4. S No-19: Please indicate highest educational qualification possessed by you.
5. S No-20: Details of “qualifying” educational qualification: S No. 20, 20.1, 20.2 will be automatically
populated. However, you have to fill in S No 20.3 to 20.7.
6. S No-21: If you are serving in Armed Forces or are an ex-serviceman, fill up the required information.
Wards of servicemen/ ex-servicemen are not treated as ex- servicemen and therefore they should select ‘No’.
7. S No-22: If you are seeking age relaxation, select appropriate age-relaxation category.
8. S No-23: Please see Notice of Examination, Para No.23 and fill up accordingly.
9. S No-24: Give your preference for Examination Centers. You may choose examination Centers within the
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same Region. Choice for all the three Centers must be given in the order of preference. Please see Para 12 of
the Notice of Examination for more information.
10. S No-25.1: Provide information on whether you are a person with benchmark disabilities (40% or more) in
the category of Blindness (VH). This option will be available only to PwBD-Others candidates as per S No 9.1.
Candidates opting “Yes” against S.No 25.1 will be eligible for Scribe/ compensatory time, however, such candidates
will have to produce the Multiple Disability Certificate with at least 40% VH (B/ LV) disability at the time of
examination. Please refer Para 7.1 of the Notice of Examination.
11. S No-25.2: Provide information on whether you are a person with benchmark disabilities (40% or more) in
the category of Cerebral Palsy(CP). This option will be available only to PwBD-OH and PwBD-Other candidates as
per S No. 9.1. Candidates opting “Yes” against S. No 25.2 will be eligible for Scribe/ compensatory time; however,
such candidates will have to upload the requisite certificate at the time of filling of Application Form and also produce
the same, in original, at the time of examination. Please refer Para 7.1 of the Notice of Examination.
12. S No-25.3: Indicate if you have physical limitation to write as per Para 7.2 or 7.3 of the Notice and scribe is
required to write on your behalf. This option will not be applicable for those candidates who are either PwBD-VH
candidates as per S No 9.1 or have opted “Yes” against S No 25.1 or S No 25.2. This option will be available to all
other PwBD and non-PwBD candidates. PwBD Candidates as per S No 9 opting “Yes‟ against S. No 25.3 will be
eligible for Scribe/ compensatory time, however, such candidates will have to produce the certificate from competent
authority as per format at Annexure-I of the Notice of Examination, at the time of Examination. Non-PwBD
Candidates as per S No 9 (i.e. PwD below 40% disability) opting “Yes” against S No 25.3 will be eligible for Scribe/
compensatory time; however, such candidates will have to upload the certificate from competent authority as per
format at Annexure IA to the Notice of Examination at the time of filling of Application Form and also produce the
same, in original, at the time of examination. Please go through Para-7.2 & 7.3 of the Notice of Examination for
more information.
13. S No-25.4: If you are eligible for availing the facility of scribe as per Para-7 of the Notice of examination,
provide information about the requirement of scribe. These options will be available only to candidates opting ”Yes”
against either of S No 25.1 or 25.2 or 25.3.
14. S.No.26: Select whether you possess the knowledge of Stenography or not. You will be
allowed to fill the application only if you possess the knowledge of Stenography
15. S.No,27: Select medium of Skill Test i.e. English or Hindi. Choice of medium of Skill Test
cannot be changed subsequently
16. S No-28: Select the Posts you are applying for i.e. (i) Stenographer Grade ‘C’ or (ii) Stenographer
Grade ‘D’ or (iii) Both. No change in the posts you are applying for will be allowed subsequently.
17. Capture your Photograph following the instructions as specified at S. No-1a above. Applications with blurred
photograph will be rejected.
18. Upload your signature as specified at S.No.-1b above. Applications with blurred/miniature signatures will be
rejected.
19. While seeing the Preview, you may kindly check all the details entered are correct and that instructions regarding
photograph/ signature as mentioned above at various places in the Notice are duly followed and Verify the
information provided by you.
20.. Complete your declaration by clicking on the “I agree” check box and filling up the captcha code. 20. On
verification of the correctness of your application data as visible in Preview, proceed with “Submit Application”.
21. Proceed to make fee payment if you are not exempted from payment of fee.
22. Fee can be paid online through BHIM UPI, Net Banking, by using Visa, Mastercard, Maestro or RuPay Debit
cards.
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23. Refer to Para 10 of the Notice of Examination for further information on the payment of the fee.
24. When the application is successfully submitted, it will be accepted provisionally. Candidates should take a
printout of the application form for their own record.
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1. Personal Details
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2. Educational Details
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3. Additional Information I
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4. Additional Information II
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5. Upload Documents
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6. Preview Page
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7. Declaration
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Annexure-V
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE SUBMITTED BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES SEEKING AGE-RELAXATION
(To be filled by the Head of the Office or Department in which the candidate is working).
It is certified that * Shri/Smt./Km. is a Central
Government Civilian employee holding the post of
in the pay scale of Rs _______________ with 3
years regular service in the grade as on closing date.
Signature
Name
Office Seal
Place:
Date:
(*Please delete the words which are not applicable.)
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR SERVING DEFENCE PERSONNEL
I hereby certify that, according to the information available with me (No.)
(Rank) (Name) is
due to complete the specified term of his engagement with the Armed Forces on
the (Date) .
(Signature of Commanding Officer)
Office Seal
Place:
Date:
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UNDERTAKING TO BE GIVEN BY THE EX-SERVICEMEN
I …………………………….,bearing Roll No…………………….,appearing for the
Document Verification of the ……………………………………….Examination, 20… ,
do hereby undertake that:
(a) I am entitled to the benefits admissible to Ex-Servicemen in terms of the Ex-Servicemen
Re-employment in Central Civil Services and Posts Rules, 1979, as amended from time to
time.
(b) I have not joined the Government job on civil side (including Public Sector Undertakings,
Autonomous Bodies/ Statutory Bodies, Nationalized Banks, etc.) in Group „C‟ and „D‟ posts
on regular basis after availing of the benefits of reservation given to ex-serviceman for re-
employment; or
(c) I have availed the benefit of reservation as ex-serviceman for securing Government job on
civil side. I have joined as …………………………….on… ....................... in the office of
………………………………………………………… I hereby undertake that I have
submitted the self-declaration/ undertaking to my current employer about date wise detail
of the application for the above mentioned examination for which I had applied for before
joining the present civil employment; or
(d) I have availed the benefit of reservation as ex-serviceman for securing Government job on
civil side. I have joined as …………………………….on… ....................... in the office of
… ....................................................Therefore, I am eligible for age-relaxation only;
I hereby declare that the above statements are true, complete and correct to the best of
my knowledge and belief. I understand that in the event of any information being found false
or incorrect at any stage, my candidature/ appointment is liable to be cancelled/ terminated.
Signature: .....................
Name: …………….
Roll Number: ....................
Date: …………….
Date of appointment in Armed Forces: …………….
Date of Discharge: …………….
Last Unit/ Corps: …………….
Mobile Number: …………….
Email ID: …………….
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Annexure-VIII
FORMAT FOR SC/ ST CERTIFICATE
The form of certificate to be produced by Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
candidates applying for appointment to posts under Government of India
This is to certify that Shri/ Shrimati /Kumari* son/daughter of
of village/town/*
District/Division* of the State/Union Territory*
belongs to the _caste/ Tribes* which is
recognized as a Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes* under:-
@The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950
@The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950
@The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Union Territories Order, 1951
@The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Union Territories Order, 1951
[As amended by the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Lists(Modification) order,
1956, the Bombay Reorganization Act, 1960 & the Punjab Reorganization Act, 1966, the
State of Himachal Pradesh Act 1970, the North-Eastern Area(Reorganization) Act, 1971;
the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Order(Amendment) Act, 1976, the State of
Mizoram Act, 1986, the State of Arunachal Pradesh Act, 1986 and the Goa, Daman and
Diu (Reorganisation) Act, 1987.]
@ The Constitution (Jammu & Kashmir) Scheduled Castes Order, 1956
@The Constitution (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1959
as amended by the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes order
(Amendment Act), 1976.
@The Constitution (Dadra and Nagar Haveli) Scheduled Castes order 1962.
@The Constitution (Dadra and Nagar Haveli) Scheduled Tribes Order 1962.
@The Constitution (Pondicherry) Scheduled Castes Order 1964
@The Constitution (Uttar Pradesh) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1967
@The Constitution (Goa, Daman & Diu) Scheduled Castes Order,
1968 @The Constitution (Goa, Daman & Diu) Scheduled Tribes Order
1968 @ The Constitution (Nagaland) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1970
@The Constitution (Sikkim) Scheduled Castes Order 1978
@ The Constitution (Sikkim) Scheduled Tribes Order 1978
@The Constitution (Jammu & Kashmir) Scheduled Tribes Order 1989
@ The Constitution (SC) orders (Amendment) Act, 1990
@The Constitution (ST) orders (Amendment) Ordinance 1991
@ The Constitution (ST) orders (Second Amendment) Act, 1991
@ The Scheduled Castes and Schedules Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 2002
@The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Act, 2002
@The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes)
Orders (Amendment) Act, 2002
@The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders (Second Amendment) Act, 2002
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%2. Applicable in the case of Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes persons who have
migrated from one State/Union Territory Administration to another.
This certificate is issued on the basis of the Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes
certificate issued to
Shri/Shrimati* Father/mother of
Shri/Srimati/Kumari* of
village/town* in District/Division* of the
State/Union Territory*_ who belong to the Caste/Tribe* which is
recognized as a Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe in the State/Union Territory*
of issued by the dated
%3. Shri/Shrimati/Kumari* and /or * his/her family
ordinarily reside(s) in village/ town* of District/
Division* of the State/ Union Territory* of .
Signature
**Designation
(with seal of office)
State/ Union Territory*
Place:
Date:
*Please delete the words which are not
applicable @ Please quote specific presidential
order
% Delete the paragraph which is not applicable.
NOTE: The term ordinarily reside(s) used here will have the same meaning as
in section 20 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950.
** List of authorities empowered to issue Scheduled Caste/Scheduled
Tribe Certificates :
(i) District Magistrate/ Additional District Magistrate/ Collector/ Deputy Commissioner/
Additional Deputy Commissioner/ Dy.Collector/ Ist Class Stipendiary Magistrate/
+Sub-Divisional Magistrate/ Taluka Magistrate/ Executive Magistrate/ Extra
Assistant Commissioner.
+ ( not below of the rank of 1st Class Stipendiary Magistrate).
(i) Chief Presidency Magistrate/Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate/Presidency
Magistrate.
( i) Revenue Officers not below the rank of Tehsildar.
(iv) Sub-Divisional Officers of the area where the candidate and/or his family
normallyresides.
(v) Administrator/ Secretary to Administrator/ Development Officer (Lakshadweep).
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Annexure-IX
(FORMAT OF CERTIFICATE TO BE PRODUCED BY OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES
APPLYING FOR APPOINTMENT TO POSTS UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA)
This is to certify that Shri / Smt. / Kumari son/daughter of of
village/town
in District/Division in
the State/Union Territory belongs to the
Community which is recognized as a backward class under the Government of India,
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment‟s Resolution No.
dated *.
Shri/Smt./Kumari------------------------------ and/or his/her family ordinarily reside(s) in
the------------------------------District/Division of the State/Union
Territory. This is also to certify that he/she does not belong to the persons/sections
(Creamy Layer) mentioned in Column 3 of the Scheduled to the Government of India,
Department of Personnel & Training O.M. No. 36012/22/93-Estt (SCT) dated 8.9.1993,
O.M. No. 36033/3/2004-Estt. (Res) dated 9th March, 2004, O.M. No.36033/3/2004-Estt.
(Res) dated 14th October, 2008 and O.M. No. 36033/1/2013-Estt. (Res) dated 27th May,
2013**.
Dated:
Seal
Signature
Designation $
*- The authority issuing the certificate may have to mention the details of Resolution
of Government of India, in which the caste of the candidate’s is mentioned as OBC.
**- As amended from time to time.
$- List of Authorities empowered to issue Other Backward Classes certificate will be
the same as those empowered to issue Scheduled caste/ Scheduled Tribe
Certificates.
Note: The term “Ordinarily” used here will have the same meaning as in Section 20 of
the Representation of the People Act, 1950.
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Annexure-X
Government of ...............
(Name & Address of the authority issuing the certificate)
INCOME & ASSEST CERTIFICATE TO BE PRODUCED BY
ECONOMICALLY WEAKER SECTIONS
Certificate No.
VALID FOR THE YEAR
Date
This is to certify that Shri/Smt./Kumari son/daughter/wife of
permanent resident of
, Village/Street Post Office
District in the State/ Union
Territory Pin Code Whose photograph is
attested below belongs to Economically Weaker Sections, since the gross annual
income* of his/ her „family‟** is below Rs. 8 Lakh (Rupees Eight Lakh only) for the
financial year His/ her family does not own or possess any of the following assets ***
:
I. 5 acres of agricultural land and above;
II. Residential flat of 1000 sq. ft. and above;
III Residential plot of 100 sq. yards and above in notified municipalities;
IV Residential plot of 200 sq. yards and above in areas other than the
notified municipalities.
2. Shri/Smt./Kumari belongs to the
caste which is not recognized as a Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and
Other Backward Classes (Central List).
Signature with seal of Office
Name
Designation
*Note 1: Income covered all sources i.e. salary, agriculture, business,
profession etc. e 2: The term „Family‟ for this purpose include the person, who
seeks benefit of reservation, his/ her parents and siblings below the age
of 18 years as also his/her spouse and children below the age of 18 years.
te 3: The property held by a “Family” in different locations or different
places/cities have been clubbed while applying the land or property holding
test to determine EWS status.
Passport size
attested
photograph of the
applicant
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Annexure-XI
Form-V
Certificate of Disability
(In cases of amputation or complete permanent paralysis of limbs or dwarfism and in case of
blindness)
[See rule 18(1)]
(Name and Address of the Medical Authority issuing the Certificate)
Certificate No. Date:
This is to certify that I have carefully examined Shri/Smt./Kum.
son/wife/daughter of Shri Date of
Birth (DD/MM/YY) Age years, male/female
registration No. permanent resident of House No.
Ward/Village/Street Post Office District
State , whose photograph is affixed above, and am satisfied
that:
(A) he/she is a case of:
locomotor disability
dwarfism
blindness
(Please tick as applicable)
(B) the diagnosis in his/her case is
(C) he/she has % (in figure) percent (in words)
permanent locomotor disability/dwarfism/blindness in relation to his/her (part of
body) as per guidelines ( ................... number and date of issue of the guidelines to be
specified).
2. The applicant has submitted the following document as proof of residence:-
Nature of Document Date of Issue Details of authority issuing
certificate
(Signature and Seal of Authorised Signatory of
notified Medical Authority)
Signature/thumb impression of the person
in whose favour certificate of disability is issued
Recent passport size
attested photograph
(Showing face only) of the
person with disability.
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Annexure-XII
Form - VI
Certificate of Disability
(In cases of multiple disabilities)
[See rule 18(1)]
(Name and Address of the Medical Authority issuing the Certificate)
Certificate No. Date:
This is to certify that we have carefully examined Shri/Smt./Kum.
son/wife/daughter of Shri
Date of Birth (DD/MM/YY)
Age years, male/female .
Registration No. permanent resident of House No.
Ward/Village/Street Post Office _ District State
, whose photograph is affixed above, and am satisfied that:
(A) he/she is a case of Multiple Disability. His/her extent of permanent physical
impairment/disability has been evaluated as per guidelines (…............... number and date of
issue of the guidelines to be specified) for the disabilities ticked below, and is shown against
the relevant disability in the table below:
S. No Disability Affected
part of
body
Diagnosis Permanent
physic
al impairment/mental
disability (in %)
1. Locomotor disability @
2. Muscular Dystrophy
3. Leprosy cured
4. Dwarfism
5. Cerebral Palsy
6. Acid attack Victim
7. Low vision #
8. Blindness #
9. Deaf £
10. Hard of Hearing £
11. Speech and Language
disability
12. Intellectual Disability
13. Specific
Learnin
g Disability
14. Autism
Spectru
m Disorder
15. Mental illness
16. Chronic Neurological
Recent passport size attested
photograph
(Showing face only) of the
person with disability.
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Conditions
17. Multiple sclerosis
18. Parkinson‟s disease
19. Haemophilia
20. Thalassemia
21. Sickle Cell disease
(B) In the light of the above, his/her over all permanent physical impairment as per guidelines
( number and date of issue of the guidelines to be specified), is as follows :
In figures percent
In words :- percent
2. This condition is progressive/non-progressive/likely to improve/not likely to improve.
3. Reassessment of disability is :
(i) not necessary,
or
(ii) is recommended/after ............... years ................ months, and therefore this
certificate shall be valid till ----- ----- ------
(DD) (MM) (YY)
@ e.g. Left/right/both arms/legs
# e.g. Single eye
£ e.g. Left/Right/both ears
4. The applicant has submitted the following document as proof of residence:
Nature of document Date of issue Details of authority issuing
certificate
5. Signature and seal of the Medical Authority.
Name and Seal of Member Name and Seal of Member Name and Seal of
the Chairperson
Signature/thumb impression of the person in
whose favour certificate of disability is issued.
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Annexure-XIII
Form – VII
Certificate of Disability
(In cases other than those mentioned in Forms V and VI)
(Name and Address of the Medical Authority issuing the Certificate)
(See rule 18(1))
Certificate No. Date:
This is to certify that I have carefully examined
Shri/Smt/Kum son/wife/daughter of Shri
Date of Birth (DD/MM/YY)
Age years, male/female Registration No.
permanent resident of House No. Ward/Village/Street
Post Office District _ State
, whose photograph is affixed above, and am satisfied that he/she
is a case of disability. His/her extent of
percentage physical impairment/disability has been evaluated as per guidelines
(……..number and date of issue of the guidelines to be specified) and is shown against the
relevant disability in the table below:
S. No Disability Affected
part of
body
Diagnosis Permanent
physica
l impairment/mental
disability (in %)
1. Locomotor disability @
2. Muscular Dystrophy
3. Leprosy cured
4. Cerebral Palsy
5. Acid attack Victim
6. Low vision #
7. Deaf €
8. Hard of Hearing €
9. Speech and
Language disability
10. Intellectual Disability
11. Specific
Learnin
g Disability
12. Autism
Spectru
m Disorder
13. Mental illness
14. Chronic
Neurologic
al Conditions
15. Multiple sclerosis
16. Parkinson‟s disease
17. Haemophilia
18. Thalassemia
19. Sickle Cell disease
Recent
attested
passport size
photograph
(Showing face only) of the person
with disability
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(Please strike out the disabilities which are not applicable)
2. The above condition is progressive/non-progressive/likely to improve/not likely to
improve.
3. Reassessment of disability is:
(i) not necessary, or
(ii) is recommended/after years months, and therefore this
certificate shall be valid till (DD/MM/YY)
@ - eg. Left/Right/both arms/legs
# - eg. Single eye/both eyes
€ - eg. Left/Right/both ears
4. The applicant has submitted the following document as proof of residence:
Nature of document Date of issue Details of authority issuing
certificate
(Authorised Signatory of notified Medical Authority)
(Name and Seal)
Countersigned
{Countersignature and seal of
the Chief Medical Officer/Medical
Superintendent/ Head of Government Hospital,
in case the Certificate is issued by a medical
authority who is not a Government servant (with
seal)}
Signature/thumb impression of the person in
whose favour certificate of disability is issued
Note: In case this certificate is issued by a medical authority who is not a Government servant,
it shall be valid only if countersigned by the Chief Medical Officer of the District
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Annexure-XIV
Essential Educational Qualification Code
Educational Qualification Code
Intermediate/ Higher Secondary/ 12th Standard 02
Certificate Course 03
Diploma 04
BA 05
BA (Hons.) 06
B. Com. 07
B.Com. (Hons.) 08
B.Sc. 09
B.Sc. (Hons.) 10
B. Ed. 11
LLB 12
BE 13
B. Tech 14
AMIE (Part A & Part B) 15
B.Sc. (Engg.) 16
BCA 17
BBA 18
Deemed Graduation Certificate issued by the Armed
Forces 19
B. Lib. 20
B. Pharm. 21
ICWA 22
CA 23
PG Diploma 24
MA 25
M.Com. 26
M. Sc. 27
M.Ed. 28
LLM 29
ME 30
M. Tech. 31
M. Sc. (Engg.) 32
MCA 33
MBA 34
Others 35
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Annexure-XV
Physical Efficiency Test, Physical and Medical Standard for the Posts of Stenographer
Grade ‘D’ in Border Roads Organization (BRO)
1 Physical Efficiency Test
(i) Criteria for Physical Efficiency Tests are placed as ‘Schedule-I’ of the Notification 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.
2 Physical Standards Region wise requirement of Physical Standards of personnel for
recruitment in GREF (Border Roads Organization) is placed as ‘Schedule-II’ of the
Notification.
3 (A) Medical Standards The specified Medical Standards are requirement for
recruitment of candidates for their service in GREF (BRO) as per their job profile,
charter of duties and anticipated deployment, including extreme remote areas, high
altitude areas and difficult areas of hilly terrain etc. Medical Standards have been
specified in ‘Schedule-III' of the Notification.
(B) Medical Examination & Medical Tests: Medical examination and medical tests will be
carried out as per guidelines of this Notification for each provisionally selected
candidate. The Medical Examination will be carried out by a Medical Board nominated
by HQ DGBR. The guidelines to be followed for conduct of Medical Examination and
the procedure for declaring candidates as Temporary or Permanent UNFIT are
enumerated in succeeding sub-paras:
(i) After detailed checking of all documents, Officer-In-Charge Recruiting Section
will handover medical papers (duly affixed with passport size photograph) of
selected candidates to Medical Board of respective Recruitment Centre,
including GREF Centre, and the candidates will report as per schedule decided
Medical examination of provisionally selected candidates will be carried out by
two Medical Officers at each Recruitment Centre including GREF Centre.
(ii) Recruitment Medical Board will examine the medical fitness of the candidates
as per guidelines of this Notification.
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(iii) Candidates found medically fit or unfit will be informed of their medical result
by the Medical Board themselves so that the candidates are clear about their
position.
(iv) Where the medical officer needs the opinion of a Specialist, the case will be
referred to Military Hospital or any service/ Army Hospitals in proximity of
respective Recruitment Centre or GREF Centre Based on the day of the
OPD of concerned Specialist, doctor would personally brief the candidate about
the conduct of medical examination at Military Hospital and subsequent
procedure.
(v) Medical papers in respect of fit and unfit candidates will be given to Recruiting
Section/ Mobile Regional Recruitment Team by MI Room after completion of
medical examination preferably on the same day of medical examination but
not later than 5 days from the date of examination.
(vi) Details about cases referred to Military Hospitals or any Service/ Army
Hospitals will also be informed by Medical Board to Recruiting Section
simultaneously.
(vii) Referred cases returned by Medical Specialist duly reviewed by concerned
Specialist will be disposed of by Regimental Medical Officer expeditiously
according to the remarks of Specialist and Recruiting Section be informed
simultaneously by Regimental Medical Officer.
(viii) Temporarily Unfit: Candidates declared temporarily UNFIT will be divided in two
categories:
(a) Temporarily Unfit due to Medical Reasons: Candidates who are
declared Temporary UNFIT due to medical reasons will be informed of
their disability in writing by Medical Board and Officer-In-Charge
Recruiting or Board of Officer or Mobile Regional Recruitment Team.
Such candidates have a right to appeal against the medical examination
conducted by the Recruitment Centre Medical Board and such appeal
should be made within the period of 60 days from the date of being
declared temporarily unfit initially by the Medical Board of Recruitment
Centre. Such candidates should report for medical examination by
Specialist 05 (five) days in advance with an appeal and will be referred
to concerned Specialist of nearest Military
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Hospital/ Service Hospital on Review Certificate in duplicate. Such
candidates will not be required to deposit Rs 40/- as fees for re- medical
examination. If such candidates are found UNFIT again on review, no
further chance will be given for re-medical examination and their
candidature shall stand cancelled automatically. After re-medical
examination, if candidates are found FIT, the whole process of induction
shall be completed within a period of six months from the date of initial
medical examination. In case induction is not completed within a period
of six months from the date of initial medical examination, candidature
of such a candidate for recruitment shall stand cancelled automatically,
where delay is due to acts attributable to the candidate himself.
(b) Temporarily Unfit for being Below Physical Standards: Candidates
declared Temporary UNFIT due to physical standards will also be
informed of their disability or shortcoming in writing by the Medical
Board and Officer-In-Charge Recruiting or Board of Officer or Mobile
Regional Recruitment Team. Candidates protesting in writing against
Physical measurements will be once again measured by Medical Board
of Recruitment Centre in the presence of Commandant or Officer-In-
Charge Recruiting in case Medical Examination is carried out at GREF
Centre and in the presence of Board of Officers in case it is carried out
at Mobile Regional Recruitment Team Centre within 24 hrs of the
Medical Examination. Candidates declared Temporary UNFIT for being
Below Physical Standards in weight or Chest measurement only will be
given a reasonable time not exceeding two months from the date of
initial Medical Examination for attaining the desired standards. After re-
measurement, if candidate is found FIT the whole process of induction
shall be completed within a period of six months from the date of initial
medical examination. In case induction is not completed within a period
of six months from the date of initial medical examination, candidature
of such a candidate for recruitment shall stand cancelled automatically,
where delay is due to acts attributable to the candidate himself.
(ix) Permanently Unfit: Candidates declared Permanent UNFIT also will be divided
in two categories:
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(a) Permanently Unfit due to medical reasons: Candidates who are
declared Permanent UNFIT by the Medical Board will be informed of
their disability in writing by the Medical Board and Officer-In-Charge
Recruiting or Board of Officers. Such candidates have a right to appeal
against the present medical examination within a period of 60 days of
their being declared permanently unfit. In case such candidates should
report at GREF Centre or Recruitment Zone 05 (Five) days in advance
with an appeal for re-medical examination, the Medical Board will refer
such candidates to the nearest service hospital on Review certificate in
duplicate. Such candidates will be required to deposit a sum of Rs 40/-
in Govt. treasury at SBI before the re-medical examination by the
service Specialist is done. All such cases which are declared UNFIT
again on review by the concerned Specialist, will not be given any
further chance for re-medical Examination/ Review and their
candidature shall stand cancelled automatically. After re-medical
examination, if candidates are found FIT, the whole process of induction
shall be completed within a period of six months from the date of initial
medical examination. In case induction is not completed within a period
of six months from the date of initial medical examination, candidature
of such a candidate for recruitment shall stand cancelled automatically,
where delay is due to acts attributable to the candidate himself.
(b) Permanently Unfit for being Below Physical Standards: For candidates
declared Permanent UNFIT by Medical Board due to being below
physical standards with respect to height, no appeal can be made
against physical measurements. However candidates protesting
against physical measurements will be once again measured by
Medical Board in presence of Officer-In-Charge Recruiting or
Commandant GREF Centre or Board of Officers or Mobile Regional
Recruitment Team (MRRT) as the case may be on the very same day.
(x) Visual standards: Visual acuity not less than 6/12 each eye or Right eye 6/6, Left
6/24. Corrective spectacles are permitted during the visual test. Unaided vision
in case of corrected vision will not be below 6/60 in each eye and on correction
will be same as laid down for other recruits.
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(xi) Surgery: Any candidate who have recently undergone abdominal surgery (e.g.: in
Hernia, Muscle defect, Nephrolithotomy, Cholelithiasis, Cholecystotomy) are
liable to be made Unfit for one year as per existing rules. However, the provision
of medical appeal for permanent unfit cases remains the same i.e. within 2
months. In such cases same criterion as for eye surgery cases should be
followed as above.
(C) Medical Fitness: Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, only
those persons who are medically fit shall be eligible for appointment under the
provisions of these rules.
(i) Border Roads Organisation is a Central Govt. Organisation with all India
transferable liabilities. BRO is governed by Central Civil Services Rules.
However, certain provisions of Army Act-1950 are also applicable to members
of the Force.
(ii) The final selection of the candidates selected by Staff Selection
Commission and GREF Centre will be subject to pass the Medical fitness test.
Medical Board detailed by Headquarters Director General Border Roads will
carry out the medical fitness test of the candidates declared selected by SSC
and GREF Centre.
(iii) Candidates declared medically ‘FIT’ by the Medical Board, will be
inducted in General Reserve Engineer Force (BRO) subject to fulfillment of all
other criteria and have to undergo initial training at GREF Centre, Dighi Camp,
Pune-15.
(iv) After imparting training at GREF Centre, they will be posted anywhere
in India as per available vacancies.
4 Cancellation of candidature: If any, candidate is absent on the date of reporting for Medical
Examination or during Medical Examination or does not report for Medical Review within
prescribed time limit, his candidature shall be cancelled automatically. No representation/
appeal in this regard will be entertained by the department.
5 Power to relax rules: Where the Central Government is of the opinion that it is necessary or
expedient so to do, it may, by order and for reason to be recorded in writing, relax any of the
provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons.
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6 Saving: Nothing in these rules shall effect reservation, relaxation of age-limit and other
concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Ex-
serviceman and other special categories of persons in accordance with the orders issued by
the Central Government from time to time in this regard.
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Schedule-I
PHYSICAL EFFICIENCY TEST (FOR GROUP ‘B’ NON-GAZETTED AND GROUP ‘C’ POSTS)
S No ACTIVITY MAXIMUM MARKS TIME AVAILABLE
1. ONE
MIL
E
RUN
ONLY PASSING THE TEST IS MANDATORY 10 MINUTES
NOTE : (i) ONE MILE RUN TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE SPECIFIED TIME.
(ii) CANDIDATES QUALIFYING THROUGH STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION WILL HAVE TO
MANDATORILY PASS THE TEST IN ONE MILE RUN TO BE HELD AT GREF CENTRE, PUNE TO
UNDERGO FURTHER MEDICAL EXAMINATION.
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Schedule-II
REGION-WISE PHYSICAL STANDARDS OF PERSONNEL
S
No
Region States/ Region included Physical Standards
Minimum
Height Chest Minimum
Weight
(a) Western
Himalayan
J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab Hills
(Area South and west of the Inter State
Border between Himachal Pradesh and
Punjab and North and East of Road of
Mukerian Hoshiarpur, Garh Shankar,
Ropar and Chandigarh), Uttarakhand
158
Cms
Minimum
75 Cm
(Unexpanded)
and expansion
by 5 Cm
47.5 Kgs
(b) Eastern
Himalayan
Region
Sikkim, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh,
Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya,
Assam & Hill region of West Bengal
(Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts and
Andaman Nicobar)
152
Cms
Minimum
75 Cm
(Unexpanded)
and expansion
by 5 Cm
47.5 Kgs
(c) West
Plain
Region
Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi,
Rajasthan, Western UP
162.5
Cms
Minimum
76 Cm
(Unexpanded)
and expansion
by 5 Cm
50 Kgs
(d) Eastern
Plain
Eastern UP, Bihar, West Bengal & Orissa
and Jharkhand
157
Cms
Minimum
75 Cm
(Unexpanded)
and expansion
by 5 Cm
50 Kgs
(e) Central
Region
Gujrat, Maharastra and Madhya Pradesh,
Dadar Nagar & Haveli, Daman & Diu and
Chaattisgarh
157
Cms
Minimum
75 Cm
(Unexpanded)
and expansion
by 5 Cm
50 Kgs
(f) Southern
Region
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu,
Kerala, Goa and Pondicherry, Telangana
157
Cms
Minimum
75 Cm
(Unexpanded)
and expansion
by 5 Cm
50 kgs
(g) Relaxation to sons of serving/ Ex-GREF personnel) 2 Cms 1 Cm 2 Kgs
(h) Relaxation in DD cases (this will be applicable to own
son adopted son and not any other relative
2 Cms 1 Cm 2 Kgs
(j) Gorkhas (Indian Domicile) 152
Cms
Minimum
75 Cm
(Unexpanded)
and expansion
by 5 Cm
47.5 Kgs
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General
MEDICAL STANDARDS OF RECRUITMENTS FOR GREF
Schedule-III
1 Every recruit must be sufficiently intelligent, free from nervous instability and be in
possession of sound health. He shall have no constitutional or acquired disability as
may in the opinion of Recruiting Medical Officer render him unfit for duties, in the
organization, particularly at high altitude and hard areas.
General examination
2 It is absolutely essential in all cases to have the recruits stripped while carrying out
medical examination. Due regard be paid to privacy and decency. It is not sufficient
that the clothing be only partially removed. An underwear may be permitted except
when the examination is being carried out involving private parts. Every part of the
body must be examined and if a recruit does not submit to this even after persuasion,
he will be rejected. Permanent body tattoos are only permitted on inner face of
forearms i.e. from inside of elbow to the wrist and on the reverse side of palm/ back
(dorsal) side of hand. However, in case of an obscene, vulgar or objectionable tattoo,
the DDG (Pers)/ Comdt GREF Centre will take a final decision on acceptability/
unacceptability of such tattoo. The decision of the DDG (Pers)/ Comdt GREF Centre
in the matter shall be final. Permanent body tattoos on any other part of the body is
not acceptable and candidate will be barred from further screening.
Responsibility for physical fitness
3 The examining Medical Board is responsible for checking the physical fitness of the
recruits, the likelihood of their physical development and for their identification marks.
The Board will also enter on the enrolment form any minor defects insufficient to cause
rejection. In the case of fit recruits the Board will make the necessary entry on the
enrolment form, the wording used being Fit-category GREF-I and return it to the
enrolling officer. The signature of the examining Medical Officer on the enrolment form
will be accepted as equivalent to a declaration that he has personally examined the
recruit in question according to the existing instructions and that the recruit has no
blemish or defect except those noted on the enrolment form. Remarks relating to any
defects in the recruit will be endorsed in the medical examiner’s own handwriting.
When there are no distinctive marks this must be stated.
Medical History Sheet GREF/ MED/ 2A
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4 This is a document of great importance which is linked to claims for disability pension
on soldier’s discharge from the service Medical items in table No 1 of GREF/ MED/ 2A
will be completed by the Medical Board GREF/ MED/ 2A.
5 Any failure of officers concerned to give attention to the preparation and maintenance
of these documents, and inaccuracy in or insufficiency of the entries therein may cause
considerable delay, much expense and grave injustice to the person recruited. Medical
Officers will, therefore, take every care to ensure that all necessary entries are carefully
and accurately made at the time of examination.
6 Marks and small defects are to be noted concisely and clearly in the space allotted for
the purpose in order to facilitate the men’s future identification. Special attention should
always be drawn to any defects which may influence decision on possible claims for
pension in the future.
RULES GOVERNING MEDICAL INSPECTION OF CANDIDATES IN GREF
Principal points in Medical Examination of Candidates
7 Principle points in medical examination of recruits. In the inspection of candidates
the principle points to be attended to, are as under:
a) That the candidate is sufficiently intelligent (Any defect may be observed during
the examination).
b) That his bearing is good and that there is no sign of disease of ear, nose and throat.
c) That his vision with either eye is up to the required standard, his eyes are bright,
clear and with no obvious squint, nystagmus or other abnormality. Movement of
eye balls should be full and free in all directions.
d) That his speech is without impediment.
e) That he has no glandular swelling.
f) That his chest is well formed, and that his heart and lungs are sound.
g) That his limbs are well formed, and fully developed.
h) That there is free and perfect action of all the joints.
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i) That his feet and toes are well formed.
j) That he has no congenital malformation or defects.
k) That he does not bear traces of previous acute or chronic diseases pointing to an
impaired constitution.
l) That he possesses sufficient number of sound teeth for efficient mastication.
m) That he has no disease of the genitor-urinary tract.
Ground for permanent rejection
8 Candidates presenting with following conditions will be rejected:
a) General impaired Constitution with frail health (BMI less than 18).
b) Abnormal Gait.
c) Abnormal Posture (Kyphosis, Scoliosis or Lordosis).
d) Gross physical deformity of chest, (pigeon chest, Barrel shaped chest, pectus
excavatum, Harrison’s sulcus & joints (Knock knee bow, leg, flat feet etc).
e) Defective Intelligence.
f) Deafness.
g) Pronounced Stammering.
h) Mental and nervous instability includes coarse Digital Tremors, palmar & plantar
Hyperhydrosis and Tachycardia (Pulse rate more than 100/ min).
j) Sexually Transmitted diseases.
k) Any degree of squint or nystagmus.
l) Cases of colour blindness.
m) Corneal Opacities effecting binocular vision of the individual.
n) Perforation of Tympanic membrane.
o) Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media/ Mastoiditis.
p) Loss or decay of teeth to such an extent as to interfere with proper mastication. Dental
points less than 14.
q) Chronic Lung Infection.
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r) Endocranial Disorder.
s) Cardiac murmur or Hypertension (BP>140/95 mm Hg).
t) Gross degree myopia & cases of corneal surgery for refractive error.
u) Healed fracture with implants or ankylosis of effected joints due to fracture.
v) Any amputation effecting in the working efficiency of individual.
w) Permanent body tattoos are only permitted on inner face of forearms i.e. from
inside of elbow to the wrist and on the reverse side of palm/ back (dorsal) side of
hand. However, in case of an obscene, vulgar or objectionable tattoo, the DDG
(Pers)/ Comdt GREF Centre will take a final decision on acceptability/
unacceptability of such tattoo. The decision of the DDG (Pers)/ Comdt GREF
Centre in the matter shall be final. Permanent body tattoos on any other part of the
body is not acceptable and candidate will be barred from further screening.
Grounds for Temporary Rejection:
9 Following are the grounds for temporary rejection:
(a) Pterygium
(b) Conjunctivitis
(c) Defective Vision (corrected with glasses, 6/6 in both eyes is
acceptable)
(d) Trachoma Grade III
(e) Deviated Nasal Septum
(f) Chronic Tonsillitis
(g) Few decayed teeth (corrected with denture is acceptable)
(h) Pityriasis Versicolor
(j) Tinea Cruis, Scabies, Eczema etc
(k) Planter Warts
(l) Hydrocele, Hernia, Vericocele
(m) Vericose Veins
(n) Phimosis, Fissure in ano or abscess, Haemorrohoids
(o) Acute infection of respiratory tract
(p) Gynaecomastia
(q) Anaemia
(r) Hepatospleenomegaly
(s) BMI above 30 (Should bring down BMI to below 30 within 3 months will
be accepted)
Acceptance of Candidates with Minor Defects:
10 Candidates presenting with mild degree of following defects may be accepted:
(a) Mild Flat Feet but flexible and Hammer toes.
(b) Mild knock knee (Inter malleolic distance 5 cms).
(c) Mild Bow Legs (Inter condylar distance 7 cms).
(d) Mild Degree of Sephena varix.
(e) Slight degree of Vericocele, or undescended testis (Not arrested in
inguinal region).
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(f) Healed perforation of Ear drums.
(g) Healed Trachoma without residual gross deformity.
(h) Slight stammering.
(j) Mild hyperhydrosis.
(k) Mild degree phimosis or Hypospodiasis.
(l) Perforation in the ear drums which has healed and closed leaving a
firm healthy scar (Tympanoplasty done).
(m) Slight curvature of leg.
(n) Slight hammer toe.
(o) Mild degree of varices.
(p) Tenea versicolor (Only after treatment).
(q) DNS (Acceptable after treatment).
(r) Any other slight defects which in the opinion of Recruiting Medical
Officer will not interfere with work efficiency of the candidate in future
provided the candidate conforms to the prescribed standards in all
respects. The mild problem if any must be recorded in the documents.
An undertaking from the candidate be taken that there is no past history
of seizure, leprosy, diabetes, tuberculosis or HIV infection. All cases of
past healed operations carried out will be noted in medical case sheet.
The foregoing relaxation is permissible only in the case of recruit who conform to the
prescribed standards of measurements.
Time limit for clearance of any unfit by Higher Reviewing Authority
11 (a) All cases of permanent unfit may be reviewed by higher medical authority and
should declare him unfit/ fit within 01 month duration since the time of unfit declaration.
(b) All temporary unfit cases may be reviewed by higher medical authority within
3 months (90 days) to clear him fit/ unfit since the time of unfit declaration.
12 In all cases where a recruit is suffering from a minor defect is accepted, the Medical
Board will fully satisfy themselves that the defect will not, in any way, affect the
efficiency of the recruit as a subordinate serving in BRO.
13 Whenever recruits who are suffering from minor defects as mentioned in Para 10
above are accepted, the defects will invariably be noted in the medical history sheet
GREF/ MED/ 2A.
14 Recruits suffering from minor health problems of ordinary nature such as simple sores,
shoe bite, common cold coughs and similar other minor ailments which usually last
only a few days may be accepted. Medical Board before accepting such
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a recruit must fully satisfy themselves that the disease is likely to be cured in a few days without indoor
treatment. Normally, unless the recruit is required to meet some urgent demand which cannot be met
readily, he should be advised to get himself treated and come again. If recruit who is suffering from a minor
disease of any nature is accepted, no entry need to be made of the disease in the medical history sheet
GREF/ MED/ 2A.
15 The decision of the Medical Board in all cases of rejection due to not meeting the required medical
standards will be final.
Important Instructions to the Candidates:
a BEFORE APPLYING, CANDIDATES MUST TO GO THROUGH THE
INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN IN THE NOTICE OF EXAMINATION
VERY CAREFULLY. THE NOTICE OF EXAMINATION IS PRINTED BOTH IN
ENGLISH AND HINDI. IN CASE OF ANY DISPUTE, THE ENGLISH VERSION
WILL PREVAIL.
b CANDIDATES ARE ADVISED IN THEIR OWN INTEREST TO SUBMIT
ONLINE APPLICATIONS MUCH BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE AND NOT
TO WAIT TILL THE LAST DATE TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF
DISCONNECTION/ INABILITY OR FAILURE TO LOGIN TO THE SSC
WEBSITE ON ACCOUNT OF HEAVY LOAD ON THE WEBSITE DURING THE
CLOSING DAYS.
c All the candidates, who wish to apply in response to this Notice and have not
generated their One-Time Registration (OTR) on the new website of the
Commission (i.e., https://ssc.gov.in) will be required to do so as the earlier OTR
generated on the old website (https://ssc.nic.in) will not be functional for the new
website. Subsequent to OTR, the candidates can proceed to fill the application
for the examination. Once an OTR has been generated on the new website, it
will continue to remain valid for all the examinations to be applied for on the new
website. The detailed instructions for OTR are given in Annexure-III to this
Notice.
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d The Commission will not undertake detailed scrutiny of applications for the
eligibility and other aspects at the time of written examination and, therefore,
candidature will be accepted only provisionally. Candidates must go through the
requirements of educational qualification, experience, age, physical and
medical standards etc. and satisfy themselves that they are eligible for the
post(s). The certificates/documents in support of their Educational
Qualifications and Caste/Category, etc. shall be sought at the time of Document
Verification by the Indenting User Departments/ Organizations. Physical and
medical standards will be ascertained by the User Departments after the
declaration of result. Candidates may also note that they would be required to
submit their certificates/ documents of EQs/ caste/ category, etc. as and when
sought by the Commission or the Indenting User Department/ Organization.
After scrutiny of the certificates/ documents of EQs/ caste/ category, etc., if any
claim made in the application is not substantiated by certificates/ documents,
the candidature of candidate will be cancelled.
e Candidates seeking reservation benefits available for SC/ ST/ OBC/ EWS/
PwBD/ ESM must ensure that they are entitled to such reservation as per
eligibility prescribed in the Notice. They should also be in possession of the
certificates in the prescribed format in support of their claim.
f Candidates with benchmark physical disabilities will be considered as
Persons with Disabilities and entitled to age-relaxation/reservation for Persons
with Disabilities.
g When application is successfully submitted, it will be accepted 'Provisionally' and
status of the application will be indicated as ‘Application Received (Contents
Not Verified)’. Candidates should take printout of the online Application Form
for their own records. Normally, printout of the 'Application Form' is not required
to be submitted to the Commission.
h Fee payable: ₹ 100/- (Rupees one hundred only). Women candidates and
candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), ESM
eligible for reservation and Persons with benchmark disability (PwBD) are
exempted from payment of fee.
i Only one online application is allowed to be submitted by a candidate for the
Examination during normal period for submission of online applications, which
does not include the period of ‘Window for Application Form Correction’.
Therefore, the candidates must exercise due diligence at the time of filling their
online Application Forms. In case, more than one application of a candidate with
different registration numbers is detected, all the applications will be rejected by
the Commission and his candidature for the examination will be cancelled. If a
candidate submits multiple applications and appears in the examination (at any
stage) more than once, his candidature will be cancelled and he will be debarred
from the examinations of the Commission as per rules.
j 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. This facility can be
availed by online payment of stipulated correction charges as per details given
at Para-11 of the Notice of Examination. Latest modified application will be
treated as the valid one and the previous application(s) submitted by such
candidates for the examination will be cancelled.
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k Before submission of the corrected/ final online application as the case may be,
candidates must check that they have filled correct details in each field of the
form. After submission of the corrected/ final online application form OR expiry
of the period 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.
l The candidates must write their name, date of birth, father’s name and mother’s
name strictly as given in the matriculation certificate otherwise their candidature
may be cancelled at the time of Document Verification or as and when it comes
into the notice of the Commission / User Department.
m Applications with inappropriate photographs or blurred/miniature
signatures, not as per instructions, will be rejected summarily.
n For applying, the candidate is not required to have a pre-existing
photograph of himself / herself. The application module has been
designed to capture a photograph of the candidate filling up the
application form. The candidates should ensure that the photograph
captured is clear, without cap or spectacles, and with full frontal view. In
case the photograph captured is not as per instructions, the candidates
are advised to recapture the photograph. In no case should the candidate
capture the photographs of his/her pre-existing photograph. All such
applications where the photographs of his/her pre-existing photograph is
captured will be rejected. The appearance of a candidate in the
examination should be as per the photograph in the application form.
For capturing his / her photograph, the candidate has to stand / sit before
the camera when prompted by the application module and follow the
following instructions:
(i) Find a place with good light and plain background.
(ii) Ensure the camera is at eye level before taking the photo.
(iii) Position yourself directly in front of the camera and look straight
ahead.
(iv) Ensure that your face is fully inside the red rectangular area delineated
by the camera and that it is neither too close nor too far. It should cover
the area fully and no part of the face should be outside the rectangle.
(v) Candidates shouldn’t wear a cap, mask or glasses/spectacles while
capturing the photo.
Candidates are required to upload the scanned signature in JPEG/JPG
format (10 to 20 KB). Image dimension of the signature should be about
6.0 cm (width) x 2.0 cm (height). Applications with blurred/miniature
Signature will be rejected summarily
o Candidates must fill their correct and active e-mail addresses and mobile
number in the online application as correspondence may be made by the
Commission through e-mail/ SMS.
p The Commission may use the Aadhaar data of the candidates for verification
purpose subject to due authorization from competent authority. Instances of
people trying to impersonate candidates during the examinations have been
observed. Since the photograph is captured live during the filling up of the
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application form, there should not be any change in appearance of the
candidate during the examination vis-à-vis the photograph in the application
form. The candidates are, therefore, advised in their own interest to ensure
that their appearance during the day of the examination is as per the
photograph in application form. In no case should the candidate capture the
photographs of his/her pre-existing photograph. All such applications where
the photographs of his/her pre-existing photograph is captured will be
rejected.
q Candidates must carry two passport size recent colour photographs and one
original Photo ID Proof such as Aadhaar Card/ printout of E-Aadhaar, Voter ID
Card, Driving License, PAN Card, Passport, Identity Card issued by University/
College/ School, Employer ID Card (Govt./PSU), ESM Discharge Book issued
by MoD, or any photo bearing ID card issued by Central/ State Government to
the Examination Venue, failing which they will not be allowed to appear for the
same. If Photo Identity Card does not have the Date of Birth printed in it, then
the candidate must carry an additional original certificate (as listed at para-16.7)
in proof of their Date of Birth. In case of mismatch in the date of birth mentioned
in the Admission Certificate and Photo ID/ Certificate brought in support of date
of birth, the candidate will not be allowed to appear in the examination.
PwBD/PwD candidates using the facility of scribes as per Para 7 shall also be
required to carry requisite Medical Certificate/ Undertaking/ Photocopy of the
Scribe’s Photo ID Proof, as specified therein.
r Preference for various posts and departments will be taken from the candidates
through Online Option Form on the website of the Commission before
declaration of final result. A candidate will not be considered for a Post and
Ministry/ Department/ Organization, if he has not indicated his preference for it.
Options once submitted shall be treated as final and will not be changed
subsequently under any circumstances. Therefore, candidates must be careful
in exercise of such options. Candidates, who do not submit their post
preference(s) on the website of the Commission within the stipulated time, will
not be considered for any post in the Final Result. Such candidates shall not be
provided with another opportunity to exercise preference for posts and will be
solely responsible for the same. Any grievance 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
s In case of fake/ fabricated application/ registration by misusing any dignitaries
name/ photo, such candidate/ cyber cafe will be held responsible for the same
and liable for suitable legal action under cyber/ IT Act.
t All the posts carry All India Service Liability (AISL) i.e. the candidate, on
selection, may be asked to serve anywhere in the country.
u If a candidate scoring more than cut-off marks at any Tier/ stage of the
examination is not qualified for the subsequent stage/ final selection due to any
reason, he must represent to the concerned Regional/ Sub-Regional Office of
the Commission within two months of the declaration of the result or two weeks
prior to the conduct of next stage of the examination, whichever is earlier.
v If a candidate is finally selected and does not receive any correspondence from
the Commission or the concerned User Department within a period of one year
after declaration of result, he must communicate immediately thereafter with the
concerned User Department.
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w In the online application form, candidates are required to capture their
photograph using the application module and not to have a pre-existing
photograph of himself/herself. The Photograph should be without cap and
spectacles. The frontal view of the face should be clearly visible. If the
photograph is not captured by the candidate in the desired format, his
application/candidature will be rejected.
x Special attention is invited to the declaration at the end of the Application Form.
Before agreeing to/signing the declaration, the candidates must go through the
Application details filled in and the contents of the declaration itself and agree
to/sign it only after satisfying themselves that the information furnished is
correct. Any concealment/ misrepresentation/ misdeclaration shall lead to
cancellation of candidature.
y Candidates are requested to check the website of the Commission, viz.,
https://ssc.gov.in as well as website of the concerned Regional Office regularly
for the latest updates in respect of the examination including those related to
date of examination, vacancy position, etc.
z Candidates may contact following Regional Help Lines for clarifications, if any,
in respect of filling/ submitting applications and computer based examination:
(i) Help Desk (SSC-HQ) 1800 309 3063 (Toll Free)
(ii) SSC (CR), Allahabad 0532-2406000, 9452424060
(iii) SSC (ER), Kolkata 09477461228, 033 22902230, 9477461229
(iv) SSC (KKR), Bengaluru 080 25502520
(v) SSC (MPR), Raipur 0771 2960440
(vi) SSC (NER), Guwahati 9435052556, 9531456804
(vii) SSC (NR), New Delhi 011-24363343
(viii) SSC (NWR), Chandigarh 0172 2744366
(ix) SSC (SR), Chennai 09445195946, 044 28251139
(x) SSC (WR), Mumbai +91 7738422705 / 9869730700
