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SSC GD Constable Age Limit, SSC GD Constable Age Limit Relaxation

SSC GD Constable Age Limit

SSC GD Constable Age Limit: 18-23 years as on 1st January of the year of exam.

SSC GD Constable Age Limit Relaxation

Allowed SSC GD Constable Age Limit Relaxation in upper age limit for different categories are as under:

Code No Category Age-relaxation permissible beyond the upper age limit
1 SC/ ST 5 years
2 OBC 3 years
3 Ex-Servicemen 3 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the date of reckoning.
4 Children and dependent of victims killed in the 1984 riots or communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (Unreserved/ EWS) 5 years
5 Children and dependent of victims

killed in the 1984 riots or communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (OBC)

8 years
6 Children and dependent of victims killed in the 1984 riots or communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (SC/ ST) 10 years
  • Date of Birth filled by the candidate in the online application form and the same recorded in the Matriculation/ Secondary Examination Certificate will be accepted by the Commission for determining the age and no subsequent request for change will be considered or
  • Ex-Servicemen (ESM) who have already secured employment in civil side under Government 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 However, he can avail the benefit of reservation as ex-serviceman for subsequent employment if he immediately after joining civil employment , has given self-declaration/ undertaking to the concerned employer about the date-wise details of applications for various vacancies for which he had applied for before joining the initial civil employment as mentioned in the OM No. 36034/112014-Estt (Res) dated 14th August 2014 issued by DoP&T.
  • 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 the purpose of age
  • The term ex-servicemen will apply to the persons who are defined as ex­ servicemen in the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Civil Service and Posts) Rules, 1979, as amended from time to time and the instructions issued by the Government vide DoP&T’s OM 36012/3/ 2021-Estt. (Res.II) dated 27.02.2023 , which provides, inter-alia, as under :-

” Candidates working in the Armed Forces would become eligible for applying Civil posts only when he completes the prescribed period of Armed Forces Service within a year from the last date of receiving application in connection with Special Recruitment/Examination , etc., prescribed by the Competent Authority. Provided, when selection process takes more than one year, from the last date of receiving of applications, the candidate will not be declared ineligible under Ex-servicemen category only on the ground that he has got himself released from Armed Forces after one year from the last date of receiving of application.

Such candidates are also required to be in possession of the prescribed certificate and the Undertaking as at Appendix-V(A) and V(B) of the Rules, by the closing date of the application as may be notified by the Commission in the Notice for the examination

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