Eligibility Criteria

Nationality / Citizenship

A candidate must be either

• A Citizen of India or
• A subject of Nepal or
• A subject of Bhutan or
• A Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1 January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
• 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. 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.

Age Limit

Age Limit:18-27 years as on 01.08.2015 (Candidates born not before 02-08-1988 and not later than 01-08-1997).

Relaxation of upper age limit

S.No	Category	Age relaxation permissible beyond the upper age limit
1	SC/ST	5 years
2	OBC	3 years
3	PH (PWD) +cerebral palsy	10 years (subject to the condition that maximum age of the applicant on the crucial date shall not be exceed 56 years)
4	PH (PWD)/cerebral palsy+ OBC	13 years (subject to the condition that maximum age of the applicant on the crucial date shall not be exceed 56 years)
5	PH (PWD) /cerebral palsy+ SC/ST	15 years (subject to the condition that maximum age of the applicant on the crucial date shall not be exceed 56 years)
6	Ex-Servicemen (Unreserved / General)	03 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on 01.08.2015
7	Ex-Servicemen (OBC)	06 years ( 3 years + 3 years) after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on 01.08.2015
8	Ex-Servicemen (SC/ ST)	08 years ( 3 years + 5 years) after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on 01-08-2015
9	For Stenographer Grade "C" Central Govt. Civilian Employees (General/Unreserved) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on Closing date	Upto 5 years
10	Central Govt. Civilian Employees (OBC) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on Closing 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 closing 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	Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir( SC/ST)	10 years
19	For Group "C" post only - Post of Stenographer Grade "D" Widows / Divorced Women / Women judicially separated and who are not remarried ( Unreserved/General )	Up to 35 years of age
20	Widows / Divorced Women / Women judicially separated and who are not remarried( OBC )	Up to 38 years of age
21	Widows / Divorced Women / Women judicially separated and who are not remarried( SC/ST )	Up to 40 years of age
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces ( Unreserved/General )	Up to 45 years of age
26	Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces ( OBC )	Up to 48 years of age
27	Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces (SC/ST) )	Up to 50 years of age
28	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.
29	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)	3 years plus length of service rendered by them in connection with census, before retrenchment and weight age of past service + 3 years
30	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)	3 years plus length of service rendered by them in connection with census, before retrenchment and weight age of past service + 5 years

Explanation

• (i) An "ex-serviceman" means a person- who has served in any rank whether as a combatant or noncombatant in the Regular Army, Navy and Air Force of the Indian Union
• (a) 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,
• (b) 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;
• (c) who has been released from such service as a result of reduction in establishment.
• (ii) 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.
• (iii) 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.
• (iv) Personnel, who were on deputation in Army Postal Service for more than six months prior to the 14th April, 1987.
• (v) Gallantry award winners of the Armed forces including personnel of Territorial Army.
• (vi) Ex-recruits boarded out or relieved on medical ground and granted medical disability pension.

Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces, i.e. only those who are due for release from the Army during the period 08-09-2015 to 07.09.2016 are eligible for age-relaxation. Such candidates are not entitled to any concession in fee.

Such candidates will be eligible to compete only for vacancies in Armed Forces Headquarters and Inter-Service Organisation, which are not reserved for Ex-servicemen, in their order of merit and subject to availability of vacancies.

As per Supreme Court direction dated 24.02.1995 in Appeal No.731-69 of 1994, Age relaxation will be available for Group-"C" posts in the O/o RGI(Registrar General of India) for retrenched Census employees as under:-

• (i) Age relaxation by 3 years plus length of service rendered by them in connection with census, before retrenchment
• (ii) Weightage of past service

Process of certification and format of certificates

Candidates who wish to be considered against vacancies reserved or seek age-relaxation must submit requisite certificate from the competent authority, in the prescribed format, whenever such certificates are sought by concerned Regional/Sub Regional Offices at the time of Interview/Document Verification. Otherwise, their claim for SC/ ST/ OBC/ PH (PWD)/ ExS status will not be entertained and their candidature/ applications will be considered under General (UR) category. The formats of the certificates are annexed. Certificates in any other format will not be accepted. OBC certificate in the creamy layer status should have been obtained within three years before the closing date for receipt of application. The Commission has decided to accept OBC certificate in prescribed format issued after the closing date of receipt of application but issued upto 180 days. That is OBC certificate issued between 08.09.2012 and upto 05-03-2016 only will be accepted.

Candidates are warned that they may be permanently debarred from the examination conducted by the Commission in case they fraudulently claim SC/ST/OBC/ExS/PH (PWD) status. Visually handicapped (VH) candidates with visual disabilities of forty percent and cerebral palsy candidates can avail the assistance of Scribe to be provided by the Commission in the written examination subject to such request of scribe being made in the application form. No attendant will be allowed with candidates inside the examination hall.

Provision of Compensatory Time

The Visually Handicapped/cerebral palsy candidates will be allowed compensatory time in the examination the details of which are given in para 11 under the Heading Scheme of Examination.

Persons with visual disability of less than forty percent will not be considered as visually handicapped persons. One eyed candidates and partially blind candidates who are able to read the normal Question Paper set for all the candidates 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 and will not be entitled to a Scribe. Such candidates will have to bring their own Magnifying Glass to the Examination Hall.

Educational Qualifications

Must have passed 12th Standard or equivalent from a recognized Board or University

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.

Candidates who have not acquired but will acquire the educational qualification and acquire documentary evidence from the Board/University in support thereof as on 01.08.2015 will also be eligible.

All candidates who are called for appearing at the Skill Test will be required to produce the relevant Certificate in Original such as Mark sheets, Provisional Certificate, etc. as proof of having acquired the minimum educational qualification on or before 01.08.2015failing which the candidature of such candidate will be cancelled by the Commission. The candidates who are able to prove, by documentary evidence that the result of the qualifying examination was declared on or before the cutoff date and he/she has been declared passed, will also be considered to have the required Educational Qualification.