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At a glance
The facts most likely to change your decision.
- Vacancies
- 227 tentative vacancies across 10 cadres Tentative vacancies for recruitment year 2025 as reported by each Service/Cadre Controlling Authority; PwBD posts are earmarked within these figures and the examination is held subject to the availability of vacancies.
- Education
- 12th · Graduate Serving employee of a participating cadre in the feeder grade. Requirements are cadre-specific: for example, the Central Passport Organisation requires a Junior Passport Assistant with six years' regular service in the grade and a bachelor's degree, while the Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service requires at least five years' approved continuous service in the JSA grade.
- Age
- The notice sets no common age limit; eligibility turns on the length of approved service in the feeder grade, counted on each cadre's crucial date (1 Jul 2025 for the Central Passport Organisation and Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service). Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
- Application fee
- The notice dated 5 Jun 2026 prescribes no application fee. The printed application must be forwarded by the candidate's Service/Cadre Controlling Authority to SSC (Northern Region). Use the official payment instructions only.
- Pay
- Pay Level-4, Group 'C' Non-Gazetted (₹25,500–₹81,100). Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
- Recruitment cycle
- 2025 examination, notified June 2026 Central · All India
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Vacancies & reservation
What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.
Current published count227 tentative vacancies across 10 cadres
Check source ↗| Scope | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Passport Organisation, Ministry of External Affairs | 46 | — | — | 19 | 11 | 76 |
| Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service | 31 | — | — | 7 | 4 | 42 |
| Railway Board Secretariat Clerical Service | 13 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| Central Administrative Tribunal | 15 | — | — | 6 | 3 | 24 |
| Central Vigilance Commission | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | 6 |
| Election Commission of India | 9 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| Forest Survey of India | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 |
| National Technical Research Organisation | 7 | — | — | 1 | — | 8 |
| Directorate General, Defence Estates | 7 | — | — | 1 | — | 8 |
| Office of the Development Commissioner (MSME) | 22 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 28 |
How to read reservation: UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST are vertical categories. PwBD, women, ex-servicemen and similar horizontal reservations can overlap them and must not be added again to the total.
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Complete timeline
One record from notification to final outcome.
- completed
Notification
5 Jun 2026
- completed
Applications closed
26 Jun 2026
Online applications closed at 2300 hours. - current
Computer-based examination
Jul–Aug 2026
Tentative window per the notice; conducted in Delhi-NCR only.
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Who can apply?
A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.
Basic eligibility paths
- Open only to serving employees of the 10 participating services and cadres named in the notice; the application must be forwarded through the Service/Cadre Controlling Authority.
- Central Passport Organisation: Junior Passport Assistant with six years' regular service in the grade and a bachelor's degree from a recognised university.
- Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service: at least five years' approved continuous service in the JSA grade, reduced to four years where the candidate entered the grade through a competitive examination whose result was announced at least five years before the crucial date.
- Employees on deputation to ex-cadre posts with the competent authority's approval remain eligible if otherwise qualified.
- Reservation for SC, ST and PwBD candidates follows the vacancy position reported by each Cadre Controlling Authority.
Relaxations & certificates
- SC/ST, OBC-NCL, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxations follow the applicable notification.
- Always check the certificate format and cut-off date in the official notice.
If your degree title, age, domicile or category certificate is unusual, mark yourself “check required” and read the official wording.
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Selection process & syllabus
Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.
Selection stages
- 1Part-I Paper-I: computer-based objective examination of 200 marks covering General Awareness and English Language & Comprehension, 2 hours, with 0.25 negative marking
- 2Part-I Paper-II: conventional written paper on Noting, Drafting and Office Procedure (100 marks, 2 hours)
- 3Part-II: evaluation of record of service from APARs (100 marks)
- 4Final selection on the aggregate of Part-I and Part-II; cadre-wise merit lists are drawn up to the number of vacancies
Syllabus snapshot
- Paper-I: General Awareness, and English Language and Comprehension (objective, computer-based).
- Paper-II: Noting, Drafting and Office Procedure, answered in conventional descriptive form.
- Part-I totals 300 marks and Part-II adds 100 marks for the record of service.
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Application document checklist
Prepare before the portal gets busy.
Recent passport-size photograph and scanned signature
Government photo ID with the same name used in the application
Education certificates and marksheets
Category, EWS, PwBD or ex-serviceman certificate, if claimed
Domicile or language proof where the notification requires it
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Official links & source record
Go straight to the recruiting body.
noticeNotice of SSA/UDC Grade LDCE 2025 (5 Jun 2026)calendarSSC 2026–27 calendar PDFwebsiteSSC official website
- Primary source
- SSC Senior Secretariat Assistant / Upper Division Clerk Grade Limited Departmental Competitive Examination 2025 official notice
- Published / changed
- 5 Jun 2026
- Last checked
- 4 Aug 2026, 18:15 IST
Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.