“GOVERNMENT STRIVES TO HAVE A WORKFORCE WHICH REFLECTS GENDER
BALANCE AND WOMEN CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY”
The Staff Selection Commission will hold a competitive
examination for recruitment to the posts of Lower Divisional Clerk/ Junior Secretariat
Assistant, Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant and Data Entry Operators for various
Ministries/ Departments/ Offices of the Government of India and various Constitutional
Bodies/ Statutory Bodies/ Tribunals, etc.
Name of the Post: SSC CHSL (10+2) 2022 Online Form
Post Date: 01-02-2022
Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) Exam 2022 | ||
Application Fee
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Important Dates
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Age Limit (as on 01-01-2021)
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Educational Qualification
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Vacancy Details | ||
Post Name | Vacancy | |
| Lower Divisional Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA) | – | |
| Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant | – | |
| Data Entry Operator (DEO) | – | |
Interested Candidates Can Read Full Notification Before Apply Online | ||
Important Links | ||
| Apply Online | ||
| Official Website | Click Here | |
Pay Scale:
1.1 Lower Division Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA): Pay Level-2 (Rs.
19,900-63,200).
1.2 Postal Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA): Pay Level-4(Rs. 25,500-81,100).
Data Entry Operator (DEO): Pay Level-4(Rs. 25,500-81,100) and Level-5(Rs.
29,200-92,300).
1.4 Data Entry Operator, Grade ‘A’: Pay Level-4(Rs. 25,500-81,100).
2. Vacancies:
2.1 Vacancies will be determined in due course. Updated vacancy position will be
uploaded on the website of the Commission (https://ssc.nic.in->Candidate’s Corner-
> Tentative Vacancy).
3. Reservation:
3.1 Reservation for the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward
Classes (OBC), Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), Ex-servicemen (ESM) and
Persons with Disabilities (PwD) etc. categories is available as per extant Govt.
Orders.
3.2 The Commission makes selection of candidates in pursuance to the vacancies
reported by the User Departments concerned 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 come under the domain of the User
Departments.
How to apply:
10.1 Applications must be submitted in only online mode at the website of SSC
Headquarter i.e. https://ssc.nic.in. For detailed instructions, please refer to
Annexure-III and Annexure-IV. Sample proforma of One-time Registration and
online Application Form are attached as Annexure-IIIA and Annexure-IVA
respectively.
10.2 In the online Application Form, candidates are required to upload the scanned colour
passport size photograph in JPEGs format (20 KB to 50 KB). The photograph
should not be more than three months old from the date of publication of the
Notice of Examination. Image dimension of the photograph should be about 3.5 cm
(width) x 4.5 cm (height). The photograph should be without cap, spectacles and both
ears should be visible.
10.3 If the proper photograph is not uploaded by a candidate, his candidature will be
cancelled. Specimen of photographs which are acceptable/ not acceptable is
given at Annexure-V.
10.4 Last date and time for submission of online applications is 07-03-2022 (23:00).
10.5 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.
10.6 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.
10.7 Before submission of the online application, candidates must check that they have
filled correct details in each field of the form.
11. Application Fee:
11.1 Fee payable: Rs 100/- (Rs one hundred only).
11.2 Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled
Tribes (ST), Persons with Disabilities (PwD) and Ex-servicemen (ESM) eligible for
reservation are exempted from payment of fee.
11.3 Fee can be paid online through BHIM UPI, Net Banking or by using Visa,
MasterCard, Maestro, RuPay Credit or Debit cards or in cash at SBI Branches by
generating SBI Challan.
11.4 Online fee can be paid by candidates up to 08-03-2022 (23:00 hours). However,
candidates who wish to make cash payment through the challan of SBI, may make
payment in cash at the Branches of SBI within the working hours of bank up to 10-
03-2022 provided the challan has been generated by them before 09-03-2022 (23:00
hours).
11.5 Candidates who are not exempted from fee payment must ensure that their fee has
been deposited with SSC. If the fee is not received by SSC, status of the Application
Form is shown as ‘Incomplete’ and this information is printed on the top of the
printout of online Application Form. Further, status of fee payment can be verified at
the ‘Payment Status’ link provided in the candidate’s login screen. Such applications
which remain incomplete due to non-receipt of fee will be SUMMARILY
REJECTED and no request for consideration of such applications and fee payment
after the period specified in the Notice of Examination shall be entertained.
11.6 Fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances nor will it be adjusted
against any other examination or selection.
12. Window for Application Form Correction [11-03-2022 to 15-03-2022 (23:00
hours)]:
12.1 After the closing date for receipt of online applications, the Commission will
provide a period of 5 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.
12.2 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.
12.3 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.
12.4 Latest modified application will be treated as the valid one and the
previous application(s) submitted by such candidates will be cancelled.
12.5 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.
12.6 The correction charges can be paid only by online mode through BHIM UPI,
Net Banking or by using Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, RuPay Credit or Debit
cards.
12.7 The correction charges once paid shall not be refunded under any
circumstances nor will it be adjusted against any other examination or
selection.
12.8 Before submission of the corrected application, candidates must check that
they have filled correct details in each field of the form. After expiry of
‘Window for Application Form Correction’, no change/ correction/
modification will be allowed under any circumstances. Requests received in
this regard in any form like Post, Fax, Email, by hand, etc. shall not be
entertained by the Commission and will be summarily rejected.
Admission to the Examination:
15.1 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 the
Notice of Examination, will be assigned Roll numbers and issued Admission
Certificates (AC) for appearing in the Computer Based Examination (Tier-I).
Subsequently, qualified candidates will be issued Admission Certificates for the next
stages of the Examination.
15.2 The Commission will not undertake detailed scrutiny of applications for the eligibility
and other aspects at the time of examinations and, therefore, candidature will be
accepted only provisionally. Candidates are advised to go through the requirements of
educational qualification, age, physical and medical standards etc. and satisfy
themselves that they are eligible for the post(s). Copies of supporting documents will
be sought at the time of Document Verification. Physical and medical standards will
be ascertained by the User Departments after the declaration of result. When scrutiny
is undertaken, if any claim made in the Application Form is not found substantiated,
the candidature will be cancelled and the Commission’s decision shall be final.
15.3 Admission Certificates for the Examination will be uploaded on the website of the
Regional Office concerned of the Commission. Admission Certificate will not be
issued by post for any stage of examination. Candidates are therefore advised to
regularly visit the websites of the Commission Headquarters (i.e. https://ssc.nic.in)
and the Regional Office concerned of the Commission under whose jurisdiction the
examination centres opted by the candidate are located (details at para-13.1) for
updates and information about the examination.
15.4 Information about the Examination indicating the time table and City/ Centre of
examination for candidates will be uploaded on the websites of the Regional Offices
concerned of the Commission about two weeks 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.
15.5 Candidates must write his Registration-ID, registered Email-ID and Mobile Number
along with his 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.
15.6 Facility for download of Admission Certificates will be available about 3-7 days
before the examination on the website of the Regional Office concerned. Candidates
must bring printout of the Admission Certificate to the Examination Hall.
15.7 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:
15.7.1 Aadhaar Card/ Printout of E-Aadhaar,
15.7.2 Voter’s ID Card,
15.7.3 Driving License,
15.7.4 PAN Card,
15.7.5 Passport,
15.7.6 ID Card issued by University/ College/ School,
15.7.7 Employer ID Card (Govt./ PSU),
15.7.8 Ex-serviceman Discharge Book issued by Ministry of Defence.
15.7.9 Any other photo bearing valid ID card issued by the Central/ State Government.
15.8 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.
15.9 PwD candidates availing the facility of scribes as per Para 8 shall also be required
to carry required Medical Certificate/ Undertaking/ Photocopy of the Scribe’s Photo
ID Proof, as specified therein. Candidates without these documents will not be
allowed to appear in the examination.
15.10 Any other document mentioned in the Admission Certificate shall also be carried
by the candidates while appearing in the Examination.
15.11 Applications with blurred photograph and/ or signature will be rejected.
16. Document Verification (DV):
16.1 All the candidates qualified for Document Verification (DV) are required to appear
for DV along with the photocopies and original documents as mentioned at Para no:
16.4.
16.2 Detailed options for various posts and Departments will be taken from candidates
either online before DV or at the time of document verification. A candidate will not
be considered for a Post and Ministry/ Department/ Organization, if he has not
indicated his preference for it. Options confirmed at the time of Document
Verification will be treated as final and will not be changed subsequently under any
circumstances. Therefore, candidates must be careful in exercise of such options.
16.3 Candidates have to bring two passport size recent colour photographs and one
original valid Photo ID Proof as listed at Para 15.7 above while appearing for the
Document Verification.
16.4 Candidates will have to submit copies of various documents like:
16.4.1 Matriculation/ Secondary Certificate.
16.4.2 Educational Qualification Certificate.
16.4.3 Order/ letter in respect of equivalent Educational Qualifications claimed,
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.
16.4.4 Caste/ Category Certificate, if belongs to reserved categories.
16.4.5 Persons with Disabilities Certificate in the required format, if applicable.
16.4.6 For Ex-Servicemen (ESM):
16.4.6.1 Undertaking as per Annexure-VIII.
16.4.6.2 Serving Defence Personnel Certificate as per Annexure-VII, if applicable.
16.4.6.3 Discharge Certificate, if discharged from the Armed Forces,
16.4.7 Relevant Certificate if seeking any age relaxation.
16.4.8 No Objection Certificate, in case already employed in Government/
Government undertakings.
16.4.9 A candidate who claims change in name after matriculation on marriage or
remarriage or divorce, etc. the following documents shall be submitted:
16.4.9.1 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;
16.4.9.2 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.
16.4.9.3 In case of divorce of women: Certified copy of Divorce Decree and Deed
Poll/Affidavit duly sworn before the Oath Commissioner.
16.4.9.4 In other circumstances for change of name for both male and female: Deed
Poll/Affidavit duly sworn before the 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.
16.4.10 Any other document specified in the Admission Certificate for DV.
17. Post Preferences:
17.1 The Examination is being held for multiple posts for various Ministries/ Departments/
Offices. Detailed options for various posts and Ministries/ Departments/ Offices will
be taken from candidates either online before document verification or at the time of
document verification. A candidate will not be considered for a post/ Ministry/
Department/ Offices, if he has not indicated his preference for it. Options confirmed
at the time of Document Verification will be treated as final and will not be changed
subsequently under any circumstances. Therefore, candidates must be careful in
exercise of such options.
17.2 Requirement of Physical Standard, Physical Efficiency Tests and Medical Standards
for the post of Lower Division Clerk in BRO is available at Annexure-XVI.
Candidates should ensure that they fulfill all the required standards before opting for
the post of Lower Division Clerk in BRO. Posts once allocated as per merit-cumpreference of the candidates will not be changed subsequently due to failure of the
candidates to qualify in these Standards.
18. Mode of Selection:
18.1 Candidates will be shortlisted for Tier-II Examination on the basis of their
performance in Tier-I Examination. Normalized scores of candidates will be used to
determine merit and for final selection.
18.2 There may be separate category-wise cut-offs in Tier-I and subsequent Tiers for
different posts i.e. (i) DEO, (ii) DEO Grade 'A' and (iii) LDC/ JSA and PA/ SA.
18.3 Candidates will be shortlisted for Tier-III Examination on the basis of their
performance in Tier-I + Tier-II subject to having scored a minimum of 33% marks in
Tier-II Examination. Tier-III Examination i.e. Skill Test/ Typing Test is qualifying in
nature.
18.4 Skill Test in Tier-III for DEOs is mandatory for all the qualified candidates.
18.5 Typing Test in Tier-III for posts other than DEOs is mandatory for all candidates
except those who are exempted from appearing in the Typing Test as per Para14.7.7.7.
18.6 Candidates will be shortlisted for appearing in the Document Verification on the basis
of their performance in Tier-I + Tier-II subject to their qualifying the Skill Test as per
the qualifying standards fixed by the Commission.
18.7 Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, OBC, EWS, ESM and
PwD categories may be qualified by applying relaxed standards if the Commission is
of the opinion that sufficient numbers of candidates of these categories are not likely
to be available in order to fill up the vacancies reserved for these categories.
18.8 Final selection and allocation of Ministries/ Departments/ Offices to the candidates
qualified in the Document Verification will be made on the basis of their performance
in Tier-I + Tier-II Examinations and the preference of Posts/ Departments confirmed
by them at the time of Document Verification.
18.9 Requirement of Physical Standard, Physical Efficiency Tests and Medical Standards
for the post of Lower Division Clerk in BRO is available at Annexure-XVI.
Candidates should ensure that they fulfill all the required standards before opting for
the post of Lower Division Clerk in BRO. Posts once allocated as per merit-cumpreference given by candidates will not be changed subsequently due to failure of the
candidates to qualify in these Standards.
18.10 Once a candidate has been allocated first available preference, as per merit, he will
not be considered for any other option. Therefore, candidates must exercise
preference of Posts/ Departments very carefully. The option/ preference once
exercised and confirmed 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.
18.11 The final allotment of posts is made on the basis of merit-cum-preferences of Posts/
Departments of candidates and once a post is allocated, no change of posts will be
made by the Commission due to non-fulfillment of any post specific requirements of
physical/ medical/ educational standards. 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
fails to meet the physical/medical/ educational standards of that post, his candidature
will be rejected and he will not be considered for other preferences and no
correspondence in this regard will be entertained by the Commission.
18.12 SC, ST, OBC, EWS, ESM and PwD 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 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, ESM and PwD candidates.
18.13 SC, ST, OBC, EWS, ESM, and PwD candidates who qualify on the basis of relaxed
standards viz. age limit, experience or qualifications, permitted number of chances,
extended zone of consideration, etc., irrespective of his 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. In so far 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 PwD candidates,
relaxation of 10 years in upper age limit will not be termed as relaxed standards.
18.14 A person with disability who is selected on his own merit can be appointed against an
unreserved vacancy provided the post is identified suitable for Persons with Disability
of relevant category.
18.15 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.
18.16 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
examination, it is found that they do not fulfill any of the eligibility conditions, their
candidature for the examination will be cancelled.
18.17 Candidates selected for appointment are liable to serve anywhere in India i.e. all these
posts carry All India Service Liability (AISL).
18.18 Candidates on final selection may be allotted a State/ UT/ Zone by the User Ministry/
Department/ Office concerned. 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 User Ministry/ Department/ Office concerned.
18.19 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 must
represent to the Regional Office concerned 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.
18.20 If a candidate is finally selected and does not receive any correspondence from the
Commission or the User Department concerned within a period of one year from the
declaration of final result, he must communicate immediately thereafter with the User
Department concerned.
19. Resolution of Tie Cases: In cases where more than one candidate secures the equal
aggregates marks in Tier-I + Tier-II, tie will be resolved by applying the following methods
one after another:
19.1 Total marks of Tier-II Examination.
19.2 Date of birth, with older candidates placed higher.
19.3 Alphabetical order in which names of the candidates appear.
