Organisation : Staff Selection Commission SSC
Recruitment Name : Constable (General Duty), Rifleman Recruitment 2025
Number of Posts : 39481
Application Last Date : 14th October 2024
Website : https://ssc.gov.in/home/apply
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SSC Constable (General Duty) Recruitment
Staff Selection Commission will conduct an Open Competitive Examination for recruitment to the posts of Constable (General Duty) in Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), and Secretariat Security Force (SSF), Rifleman (General Duty) in Assam Rifles (AR), and Sepoy in Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). Last Date for submission of application is 14th October 2024.
Number of Vacancies
The details of vacancies are as follows:
Age Limit
The crucial date for age reckoning is fixed as 01-01-2025 in accordance with the provisions of the DoP&T OM No. 14017/70/87-Estt.(RR) dated 14-07-1988. Accordingly, the age of the candidate must be 18-23 years as on 01-01-2025 (i.e., candidates born not before 02-01-2002 and not later than 01-01-2007).
Permissible relaxations in upper age limit for different categories are as under:
Code No Category Age-Relaxation Permissible beyond the upper age limit
1 SC/ ST 5 years
2 OBC 3 years
3 Ex-Servicemen 3 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the date of reckoning.
4 Children and dependents of victims killed in the 1984 riots or communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (Unreserved/ EWS) 5 years
5 Children and dependents of victims killed in the 1984 riots or communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (OBC) 8 years
6 Children and dependents of victims killed in the 1984 riots or communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (SC/ ST) 10 years
Educational Qualifications
1. The candidates must have passed the Matriculation or 10th Class Examination from a recognized Board/ University as on or before the cut-off date i.e., 01-01-2025.
2. Candidates, who have not acquired the essential educational qualification as on the stipulated date (i.e., 01-01-2025) will not be eligible and need not apply.
How to Apply?
1. All the candidates, who wish to apply in response to this Examination Notice and have not generated their One-Time Registration (OTR) on the new website of the Commission (https://ssc.gov.in), will be required to do so as the earlier OTR generated on the old website of the Commission will not be functional for the new website.
Subsequent to the OTR, the candidates can proceed to fill in the Online Application Form of 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-I & IA to this Notice.
2. Applications must be submitted in online mode only through the website of the Commission i.e., ssc.gov.in. For detailed instructions, please refer to Annexure-I and Annexure-II of this Notice. Sample proforma of One-time Registration and Online Application Form are attached as Annexure-IA and Annexure-IIA respectively.
3. For applying, the candidate is not required to have a pre-existing photograph of himself/herself. The application module has been designed to capture a photograph of the candidate filling in the Online Application Form. For this purpose, the candidate has to stand/sit before the camera of the computer/mobile phone when prompted by the application module and follow the following instructions while capturing live photographs:
(i) Find a place with good light and plain background.
(ii) Ensure the camera is at eye level before taking the photo.
(iii) Position yourself directly in front of the camera and look straight ahead.
(iv) Ensure that your face is fully inside the red rectangular area delineated by the camera and that it is neither too close nor too far. It should cover the area fully and no part of the face should be outside the rectangle.
(v) Candidate must not wear a cap, mask, glasses/ spectacles or earphones/ headphones while capturing the photo.
4. The appearance of a candidate in the Examination should be as per the photograph in the Online Application Form. The candidates should ensure that the photograph captured is clear, without cap or spectacles, and with a full-frontal view. Applications with photographs not in accordance with the instructions are liable to be rejected.
5. Before the final submission of the Online Application Form, the candidate must ensure that the photograph is uploaded as per the given instructions. If the photograph is not uploaded by the candidate in the desired format, his application/ candidature will be rejected or cancelled.
6. Candidates are required to upload the scanned signature in .JPEG/ .JPG format (10 to 20 KB). The image dimension of the signature should be about 6.0 cm (width) x 2.0 cm (height) at a resolution of 300 DPI. Signature should be horizontally aligned.
** Applications with inappropriate photographs or blurred/ miniature signatures, not meeting the above requirements, will be rejected summarily. The major reasons for the rejection of signatures are “miniature” signatures. Candidates are advised to refer to the instructions to candidates for uploading signatures as given in Annexure-III.
7. Last date and time for submission of the Online Application Form is 14.10.2024 (23:00).
8. Candidates are advised in their own interest to submit the Online Application Form 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.
9. The Commission will not be responsible for the candidates not being able to submit their Online Application Form within the last date on account of the aforesaid reasons or for any other reason beyond the control of the Commission.
10. Before the final submission of the Online Application Form, candidates must check through the ‘Preview/ Print Option’ that they have filled correct details in each field of the Online Application Form. They should also check that the photograph and signature meet all the above requirements. Candidates are advised to keep a copy of the final submitted Online Application Form.
Application Fee
1. Fee payable: ₹100/- (Rupees One Hundred Only).
2. Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Ex-Servicemen (ESM) eligible for reservation are exempted from payment of fee.
3. Fee can be paid online through BHIM UPI, Net Banking, or by using Visa, Master card, Maestro, RuPay Debit cards.
4. Fee can be paid by the candidates up to 15-10-2024 (23:00 Hours) through online mode only. There will be no option to pay fees through any other mode.
5. Online Application Forms received without the prescribed fee shall not be considered and summarily rejected. No representation against such rejection will be entertained. The fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances nor will it be adjusted against any other Examination or selection.
6. 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, the status of the Online Application Form is shown as ‘Incomplete’ and this information is printed on the top of the printout of the Online Application Form.
** Also, the status of fee payment can be verified at the ‘Payment Status” link provided in the candidate’s login screen.
** Such Online Application Forms, which remain incomplete due to non-receipt of fee, will be SUMMARILY REJECTED and no request for consideration of such Online Application Forms and fee payment after the period specified in the Notice of the Examination shall be entertained.
Important Dates
Dates for submission of Online Application Form 05.09.2024 to 14.10.2024
Last date and time for receipt of Online Application Form 14.10.2024 (23:00)
Last date and time for making Online Fee Payment 15.10.2024 (23:00)
Dates of ‘Window for Application Form Correction’ including online payment of correction charges 05.11.2024 to 07.11.2024 (23:00)
Tentative Schedule of Computer-Based Examination January – February 2025
Detailed Recruitment Notification Download here : https://www.indianin.org/uploads-new/pdf2024/5400-r.pdf