Government of India, 
Ministry of Personnel, 
Public Grievances & Pensions, 
Department of Personnel and Training, 
Staff Selection Commission,
 Block No. 12, CGO Complex, 
Lodhi Road, 
New Delhi - 110003.
F. No. HQ-PPII010/1/2024-PP_II ( E file no. 8442

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details :https://ssc.gov.in/api/attachment/uploads/masterData/NoticeBoards/Notice...
Closing Date for Submission of Online Applications  :-   7th May 20204

 The Staff Selection Commission will hold a competitive examination for recruitment to the Group C posts viz. Lower Divisional Clerk/ Junior Secretariat Assistant and Data Entry Operators for various Ministries/ Departments/ Offices of the Government of India and various Constitutional Bodies/ Statutory Bodies/ Tribunals, etc.. The details of the examination are as under: 

Posts: 
Lower Division Clerk (LDC)/ Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA): Suitable for Visually Impaired
 Pay Level-2 (Rs. 19,900-63,200). 
Data Entry Operator (DEO)-  suitable for Low Vision
Pay Level-4(Rs. 25,500-81,100) and Level-5(Rs. 29,200-92,300). 
Data Entry Operator, Grade „A": Suitable for Low Vision
 Pay Level-4(Rs. 25,500-81,100).

Age Limit: 18-27 years

Age Relaxation: 10 years for PwD candidates.

The candidates with benchmark disabilities (PwBD) may note that they must select the appropriate PwBD sub-category i.e. OH/ HH/ VH/PwBD-Other, while filling the application form as per their certificate of disability issued by the competent authority. No subsequent change of PwBD sub-category will be allowed under any circumstances. Such candidates shall have to furnish the requisite certificate from the competent authority as declared in the application form when such certificates are sought by concerned Indenting Departments/Organizations at the time of document verification, failing which their candidature will be cancelled. It may be noted that type of disability/disabilities (such as OA, OL, BL, Dw, MI, SLD etc.), as indicated in the Notification No. 38-16/2020-DD-III dated 04.01.2021 issued by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, should be clearly mentioned by the competent authority issuing the certificate. If a candidate is rejected by the Indenting 
Department/ Organization for non-furnishing of the requisite certificate in support of the PwBD sub-category filled in the application form, the candidate will be solely responsible for the same and the Commission will not have any responsibility. Any grievance 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. 

Provision of Compensatory Time and assistance of scribe: 

In case of persons with benchmark disabilities (PwBD) in the category of blindness, locomotor disability (both arms affected-BA) and cerebral palsy, the facility of scribe is provided, if desired by the candidate. 

In case of remaining categories of persons with benchmark disabilities (PwBD), the provision of scribe will be provided on production of a certificate at the time of examination to the effect that the person concerned has physical limitation to write, and scribe is essential to write examination on his behalf, from the Chief Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon/Medical Superintendent of a Government health care institution as per proforma at Annexure-I. 

The facility of scribe will also be provided to PwD candidates having disability less than 40% and having difficulty in writing in pursuance to OM No. 29-6/2019-DD-III dated 10.08.2022 issued by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The facility will be provided on production of certificate as per Annexure-IA. 

The facility of scribes/ passage reader will be provided to the PwBD/ PwD candidates only if he has opted for the same in the online application form. 

The candidate will have the discretion of opting for his own scribe or to avail the facility of scribe provided by the Commission. Appropriate choice in this regard will have to be given by the candidate in the online application form. 

In case the candidate opts for his own scribe, the qualification of the scribe should be one step below the qualification of the candidate taking the examination. The candidates with benchmark disabilities (PwBD) opting for own scribe shall be required to submit details of the own scribe at the time of examination as per proforma at Annexure-II. The candidates with disabilities (PwD) eligible for scribe as per Para 7.3 above and opting for own scribe shall be required to submit details of the own scribe at the time of examination as per proforma at Annexure-IIA. In addition, the scribe has to produce a valid ID proof [as per list given at para-14.7] in original at the time of examination. A photocopy of the ID proof of the scribe signed by the candidate as well as the scribe will be submitted along with proforma at Annexure-II/ Annexure-IIA. If subsequently it is found that the qualification of the scribe is not as declared by the candidate, then the candidate shall forfeit his right to the post and claims relating thereto. 

If a candidate opts for his own scribe, in that case, that scribe should not be a candidate of this examination. If a candidate is detected as assisting another PwBD/ PwD candidate as scribe in this examination, then the candidatures of both the candidates will be cancelled. 

A compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour of examination will be provided to the persons who are allowed use of scribe as described at Para 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 above. 

The candidates referred at Para 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 above who are eligible for use of scribe but not availing the facility of scribe will also be given compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour of examination. 

No attendant other than the scribe for eligible candidates will be allowed inside the Examination Hall. 

One eyed candidates and partially blind candidates who are able to read the normal Question Paper set 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. 

The PwBD/ PwD candidates who have availed the facility of scribes/ passage reader and/ or compensatory time must produce relevant documents for the eligibility of scribe/ compensatory time at the time of Document Verification. Failure to produce such supporting documents will lead to cancellation of their candidature for the examination. 

Qualifications: 
For Data Entry Operator (DEO)/ DEO Grade ‘A’ in Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Ministry of Culture: 12th Standard pass in Science stream with Mathematics as a subject from a recognized Board or equivalent.

For LDC/JSA and DEO/DEO Grade ‘A’ (except DEOs in Department/ Ministry mentioned at Para 8.1 above): Candidates must have passed 12th Standard or equivalent examination from a recognized Board or University. 

The candidates who have appeared in their 12th Standard or equivalent examination can also apply, however they must possess Essential qualification on or before the cut- off date i.e. 01-08-2024. 

How to apply: 

All the candidates who wish to apply in response to this Notice and have not generated their One-Time Registration (OTR) on the new website (https://ssc.gov.in) will be required to do so as the earlier OTR generated on the old website (https://ssc.nic.in) will not be functional for the new website. Subsequent to OTR, the candidates can proceed to fill the application for the examination. Once an OTR has been generated on the new website, it will continue to remain valid for all the examinations to be applied for on the new website. The detailed instructions for OTR are given in Annexure-III to this Notice.  

Candidates are required to upload the scanned signature in JPEG/JPG format (10 to 20 KB). Image dimension of the signature should be about 4.0 cm (width) x 2.0 cm (height). Applications with blurred photographs or signatures will be rejected summarily. 

Application Fee: Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), S heduled Tribes (ST), Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) and Ex-servicemen (ESM) eligible for reservation are exempted from payment of fee

Part A - Skill Test for the post of DEO/ DEO Grade 'A’ in Department/ Ministry mentioned at Para 8.1: The 'speed of 15000 (Fifteen Thousand) Key Depressions per hour on Computer‟ will be adjudged on the basis of the correct entry of words/ key depressions as per the given passage. The duration of the Test will be 15 (Fifteen) minutes and printed matter in English containing about 3700-4000 key-depressions would be given to each candidate who would enter the same in the Computer. The passage to be entered in the computer may also be displayed on the computer screen. 

- Typing Test for other posts i.e. LDC/ JSA: 

The medium of Typing Test will be Hindi or English. The candidates will have to opt for the medium of Typing Test (i.e. either Hindi or English) in the online Application Form. 

The choice of Typing Test given by the candidate in the online Application Form shall be treated as final and no change in the medium of Typing Test will be entertained later. 

Candidates opting for English medium should have typing speed of 35 words per minute (w.p.m.) and those opting for Hindi medium should have typing speed of 30 words per minute (w.p.m.). 35 w.p.m. and 30 w.p.m. correspond to about 10500 key depressions per hour and about 9000 key depressions per hour respectively. 

The speed will be adjudged on the accuracy of typing on the Computer of a given text passage in 10 minutes

Passage Dictators will be provided to those VH candidates for the Typing test who have opted for scribe in the online Application Form. The Passage Dictator will read out the passage to VH candidate within the allotted time period. 

Persons with Disabilities candidates who claim to be permanently unfit to take the Typing Test because of a physical disability may, with the prior approval of the Commission, be exempted from the requirement of appearing and qualifying at such test, provided such a candidate submits a Certificate in the prescribed format (Annexure-XIV) to the Commission from the competent Medical Authority, i.e., the Civil Surgeon of a Government Health Care Institution declaring him to be permanently unfit for the Typing Test because of a physical disability. In addition, such candidates must substantiate their claim by furnishing the relevant Medical Certificate in the prescribed format as per Annexure-XI to Annexure-XIII of the Notice of Examination, as applicable, at the time of Typing Test. Otherwise their claim for seeking exemption from Typing Test will not be entertained by the Commission. 

Candidates will have to submit copies of various documents as given below at the time of Document Verification by the User Departments/ Organizations: 

Matriculation/ Secondary Certificate
Educational Qualification Certificate. 
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. 

Caste/ Category Certificate, if belongs to reserved categories. 

Persons with Benchmark Disabilities Certificate in the required format, if applicable. 

A person with benchmark disability who is selected on his own merit can be appointed against an unreserved vacancy provided the post is identified suitable for persons with benchmark disability of relevant category. 

Candidates selected for appointment are liable to serve anywhere in India i.e. all these posts carry All India Service Liability (AISL). 

Candidates with only benchmark physical disability will be considered as PwBD and entitled to age-relaxation/ reservation for Persons with Disabilities. 

Only one online application is allowed to be submitted by a candidate for the Examination during normal period for submission of online applications, which does not include the period of „Window for Application Form Correction‟. Therefore, the candidates must exercise due diligence at the time of filling their online Application Forms. In case, more than one application of a candidate with different registration numbers is detected, all the applications will be rejected by the Commission and his candidature for the examination will be cancelled. If a candidate submits multiple applications and appears in the examination (at any stage) more than once, his candidature will be cancelled and he will be debarred from the examinations of the Commission as per rules. 

The candidates must write their name, Date of Birth, father‟s name and mother‟s name strictly as given in the Matriculation Certificates otherwise their candidature may be cancelled at the time of Document Verification or as and when it comes into the notice of the Commission. 

Candidates must carry two passport size recent colour photographs and one original valid Photo ID Proof such as Aadhaar Card/ printout of E-Aadhaar, Driving License, Voter Card, PAN Card, Identity Card issued by University/ College/ Government, Employer ID Card, ESM Discharge Book issued by MoD, or any photo bearing ID card issued by Central/ State Government to the Examination Venue, failing which they will not be allowed to appear for the same. If Photo Identity Card does not have the Date of Birth printed in it, then the candidate must carry an additional original certificate (as listed at para-14.8) 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. PwBD candidates availing the facility of scribes as per Para 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 shall also be required to carry required Medical Certificate/ Undertaking/ Photocopy of the Scribe‟s Photo ID Proof, as specified therein

Preference for various posts and departments will be taken from the candidates through Online Option Form on the website of the Commission before declaration of final result. A candidate will not be considered for a Post and Ministry/ Department/ Organization, if he has not indicated his preference for it. Options once submitted shall be treated as final and will not be changed subsequently under any circumstances. Therefore, candidates must be careful in exercise of such options. Candidates, who do not submit their post preference(s) on the website of the Commission within the stipulated time, will not be considered for any post in the Final Result. Such candidates shall not be provided with another opportunity to exercise preference for posts and will be solely responsible for the same. Any grievance 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.

All the posts carry All India Service Liability (AISL) i.e. the candidate, on selection, may be asked to serve anywhere in the country.