SSC Stenographer Eligibility Details

SSC Stenographer Eligibility Details: Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Stenographers (Grade C&D) Examination’s eligibility details are given below…..

Eligibility Criteria:
A. Nationality / Citizenship: A candidate must be either:
(a) a citizen of India, or
(b) a subject of Nepal, or
(c) a subject of Bhutan, or
(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January,1962, with the
intention of permanently settling in India, or
(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania(Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar),Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

B.Age Limit: Candidates age limit should be between 18-27 years (Candidates born not before 02-08-1989 and not later than 01-08-1998).

Age Limit Relaxation is given below:

Sr.No	Category	Age-Relaxation permissible beyond the Upper age limit
01	SC/ ST	5 years
02	OBC	3 years
03	PH	10 years
04	PH + OBC	13 years
05	PH + SC/ST	15 years
06	Ex-Servicemen (Unreserved / General)	03 years
07	Ex-Servicemen (OBC)	06 years
08	Ex-Servicemen (SC/ST)	08 years
09	For Stenographer Grade -’C‘:Central Govt. Civilian Employees (General/ Unreserved) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on crucial date.	Upto 5 years
10	Central Govt. Civilian Employees ( OBC ) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on crucial date.	Upto 08(5+3) years
11	Central Govt. Civilian Employees ( SC/ST ) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on crucial date.	Upto 10 (5+5) years of age
12	For Stenographer Grade -D‘: Central Govt. Civilian Employees (general/ Unreserved ) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on Closing date	Up to 40 years of age
13	Central Govt. Civilian Employees ( OBC ) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on Closing date	Up to 43 years of age
14	Central Govt. Civilian Employees (SC/ST ) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on Closing date	Up to 45 years of age
15	Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir( Unreserved/General )	5 years
16	Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir( OBC )	8 years
17	Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir( SC/ST)	10 years
18	Stenographer Grade -C‘:Widows / Divorced Women / Women judicially separated and who are not remarried ( Unreserved/General )	Up to 35 years of age
19	Widows / Divorced Women / Women judicially separated and who are not remarried( OBC )	Up to 38 years of age
20	Widows / Divorced Women / Women judicially separated and who are not remarried( SC/ST )	Up to 40 years of age
21	Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (Unreserved/General )	05 years
22	Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (OBC )	8 (3+5) years
23	Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed  area and released as a consequence thereof (SC/ST)	10 (5+5) years
24	Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces ( Unreserved/General )	Up to 45 years of age
25	Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces ( OBC )	Up to 48 years of age
26	Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces ( SC/ST )	Up to 50 years of age
27	For Stenographer Grade -D‘:Retrenched census employees of Office of Registrar General of India (Unreserved/General ) (They will be considered only for offices under RGI in their order of merit and subject to availability of vacancies )	3 years plus length of service rendered by them in connection with census, before retrenchment , and Weightage of past service.
28	Retrenched census employees of Office of Registrar General of India ( OBC ) ( They will be considered only for offices under RGI in their order of merit and subject to availability of vacancies )	Do + 3 years
29	Retrenched census employees of Office of Registrar General of India ( SC/ST ) ( They will be considered only for offices under RGI in their order of merit and subject to availability of vacancies )	Do + 5 years

C. Educational Qualification: Candidates Must have passed 12th Standard or equivalent from a recognised Board or University.

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/she has been declared passed, will also be considered to have the required Educational Qualification.

Note-I: As per Ministry of Human Resource Development Notification No. 44 dated 01-03-1995 published in Gazette of India edition dated 08-04-1995, the Degree obtained through open Universities/ Distance Education Mode needs to be recognized by Distance Education Council, IGNOU. Accordingly, unless such Degrees had been recognized for the period when the candidates acquired the relevant qualification, they will not be accepted for the purpose of Educational Qualification.