Government of India, Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances &
Pensions, Department of
Personnel and Training,
Staff Selection Commission,
BlockNo.12, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi – 110003.

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The last date to apply online is: 26.06.2026

Senior Secretariat Assistant /Upper Division Clerk Grade Limited
Departmental Competitive Examination, 2025

No. 4/1/2026-CONF-5: The Staff Selection Commission will hold a Limited Departmental Competitive Examination tentatively in the month of Jul-Aug, 2026 in Delhi NCR only for making additions to the Select List of Senior Secretariat Assistant/ Upper Division Clerk Grade [Pay Level-4 Group ‘C’ Non-Gazetted (Rs. 25,500- Rs. 81100)] of the following Services/ Cadres (Subject to the availability of vacancies):

Details of tentative vacancies for recruitment year 2025 in respect of above mentioned Services/ Cadres, as reported by their respective Service/ Cadre Controlling Authorities (CCAs), are as under

Name of Service/Cadre:
1. Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service
Sl. No. 2
No. of posts: 03 (VH, HH, OH)

2. Railway Board Secretariat Clerical Service
Sl. No. 3
No. of posts; 02 for Visually Impaired

3. Central Administrative Tribunal
Sl. No. 4
No. of post: 01 Visually Impaired

4. Office of Development Commissioner, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
Sl. No. 10
No. of post: 01 for Visually Impaired

Place(s), Centre(s), Date and Time of examination are liable to be changed at the discretion of the
Commission. The Commission may allot a different Centre to a candidate if circumstances so warrant.
Changes of schedule of the examination, if any, would be uploaded on the website of SSC-HQ
(https://ssc.gov.in) / SSC-NR (https://sscnr.nic.in).

Candidates should note that no request for change of Centre will be entertained under any circumstances.

-If any candidate appears at a Centre other than the one indicated by the Commission in the admission certificate, the papers of such a candidate will not be evaluated and his/her candidature will be liable to be cancelled.

All 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.

Candidates should submit only one application form in response to this Notice. Submission of multiple applications may lead to rejection of the candidature.

After completion of online Application Form, the printed copy of the same accompanied with
necessary documents, complete in all respects, in accordance with the “Instructions to Candidates"
(Annexure-I) should be duly forwarded by their respective Service/ Cadre Controlling Authority to
“The Regional Director, Staff Selection Commission (Northern Region), Block No.12, C.G.O.
Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003” so as to reach by 03.07.2026 (1800hrs).

The candidates residing abroad, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep should note
that the printed copy of the online application form accompanied with necessary documents, complete
in all respects, in accordance with the ”Instructions to Candidates" (Annexure-I) should be duly
forwarded by their respective Service/ Cadre Controlling Authority to “The Regional Director, Staff
Selection Commission (Northern Region), Block No.12, C.G.O. Complex, Lodhi Road, New
Delhi-110003” so as to reach by 10.07.2026 (1800hrs). 

-Only those candidates whose application is forwarded by their Head of Department/ Head of
Office will be considered for admission to this Examination. They should further note that the
Commission will in no case be responsible for non- receipt of their application or any delay in receipt
thereof on any account whatsoever. No application, received after the prescribed last date and time
for receipt of the application in the Commission through proper channel, will be entertained under any
circumstances. Application(s) received after closing date and time will be summarily rejected.
Candidates, in their own interest, are advised to ensure that their applications duly verified and
endorsed by the Competent Authority, are forwarded by their Head of Department or Head of Office in
a manner that their applications reach well before the prescribed last date and time.

The candidate must note that the Examination shall be conducted by the Staff Selection Commission in Delhi-NCR only. Information about the Examination indicating the time table and City/ Centre of examination for the candidates will be uploaded on the website of the Northern Regional Office of the Commission i.e. https://sscnr.nic.in about 10 days before the date of examination. If any candidate does not find his/ her details on the website of Northern Regional Office of the Commission, one week before the date of examination, he/ she must immediately contact the Northern Regional Office of the Commission with proof of having submitted his/ her application failing which he/ she will deprive himself/ herself of any claim for consideration of candidature for the examination. Facility for downloading of Admission Certificates will be available 3-4 days before the examination on the website of SSC (Northern Region).

PwBD/ PwD candidates availing the facility of scribe/ Technology/ Assistive Devices as per Para 36 (a), 36(b), 36(c) shall also be required to carry requisite Medical Certificate/ Undertaking/Photocopy of the Scribe’s Photo ID Proof, as specified therein. Candidates without Medical Certificate will not be allowed to appear in the examination. 

Conditions of Eligibility :
Junior Passport Assistant with 6 years’ service in the grade rendered after appointment thereto on regular basis
and possessing a Bachelor’s degree of a recognized university or its equivalent

Provision of Compensatory Time and Assistance of Scribe / Technology / Assistive devices:

In case of Persons with Benchmark Disabilities in the category of Blindness and Cerebral Palsy,
the assistance of scribe/ Technology / Assistive devices will be provided, subject to such requests being made to the Commission while filling up the online application form, uploading of requisite Disability certificate (Annexure-VII/ Annexure-VIII of Notice) while filling up the Application form and subject to the posts being identified suitable for these categories of disability.

In case of remaining categories of persons with benchmark disabilities, the assistance of scribe/Technology / Assistive devices will be provided on production of a certificate to the effect that the person concerned has physical limitation to write, and assistance of scribe / Technology / Assistive devices is essential to write examination on his/ her behalf, from the Chief Medical Officer/ Civil Surgeon/ Medical Superintendent of a Government health care institution as per proforma at Annexure-II. Also, the requisite certificate (Annexure-II/ Disability Certificate as per Annexure-VII/ Annexure-VIII) is required to be uploaded while filling up the Application form. The genuineness of PwBD certificate may be verified by the Commission in respect of Annexure-II/ Disability Certificate submitted by the candidates at any period of time. 

The assistance of scribe / Technology / Assistive devices 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-III. Also, the requisite certificate (AnnexureIII/Disability Certificates per Annexure-VII/ Annexure-VIII) is required to be uploaded while filling up the Application form. The genuineness of PwD certificate may be verified by the Commission in respect of Annexure-III/ Disability Certificate submitted by the candidates at any period of time.

The assistance of Scribe / Technology / Assistive devices will be provided to the PwBD/ PwD candidates only if he/ she has opted for the same in the online application form.

A compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour of examination will be provided to the persons who are eligible for the assistance of Scribe / Technology / Assistive devices as per para 36 (a), 36 (b) & 36(c) above. 

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