SSC CGL Age Limit 2024 : See Age Relaxation and CGL Posts

Staff Selection Commission will mention the SSC CGL age limit 2024 in the official notification. The candidates will be required to read the official notification to know the SSC CGL age limit for their category. The Commission notifies the age limit for all the SSC CGL Posts separately. The Commission provides age relaxation for the reserved category candidates. The candidates can see here the SSC age limit associated with various posts.

SSC Age Limit 2024

SSC CGL Age Limit 2024: The Staff Selection Commission will release the SSC CGL notification 2024 on June 24, 2024. The Commission will mention the SSC CGL age limit 2024 for all the posts separately. The Commission will notify the SSC CGL post-wise age limit with their salary. The Staff Selection Commission will also provide age relaxation to certain reserved category candidates. The candidates can check the SSC CGL age limit for the desired post and apply online accordingly. The candidates should read and understand the official notification so that their application won't get rejected in the scrutiny process. The Commission is expected to conduct the SSC CGL 2024 exam in September-October 2024.

The SSC CGL age limit is one of the most important components of the SSC CGL eligibility criteria. Most candidates want to know about the age criteria for the SSC CGL exam 2024. Staff Selection Commission releases the CGL notification every year to recruit candidates for various positions in the Central Ministries and the associated offices. There are three types of SSC CGL posts

• Group B Gazetted
• Group B Non-Gazetted
• Group C

There are over fifty SSC CGL posts for which the recruitment is made and the age limit also differs from post to post. The SSC age limit is the sub-part of the SSC eligibility criteria which is deduced from the official notification. It is important to note that the Staff Selection Commission has changed the Age calculation cutoff date. Earlier the Commission considered the age from January 1 of the exam year but recently the Commission changed the age cutoff date is mentioned to August 1, 2024.

SSC CGL Age Limit 2024

The SSC CGL age limit is defined in the official notification every year. The candidates should read the notification so that they can understand the age criteria required for the SSC CGL posts 2024. SSC prescribes 4 types of age limit for the SSC CGL posts. These four types of age limits are defined:

Let us discover the SSC CGL age limits as mentioned in the official notification and

SSC Age Limit (18 to 27 years) for SSC CGL Posts

There are 19 posts in the SSC CGL exam where the age criteria limit is defined as 18 to 27 years. The details of such posts as provided in the official notification is given below:

The above posts can be increased or decreased based on the details provided in the SSC CGL notification 2024.

SSC Age Limit (18 to 27 years) for SSC CGL Posts

There are 6 posts in Group B where the age limit is 20 to 30 years. The candidates can see below the details of such posts associated with this SSC CGL age limit.

The number of posts varies as per the vacancies notified in the official advertisement. 

SSC Age Limit (18 to 27 years) for SSC CGL Posts

There are 30 such posts where the age limit is 18 to 30 years. These posts are:

These posts can change as per the details provided in the official SSC CGL notification.

SSC Age Limit (18 to 27 years) for SSC CGL Posts

There is 1 post only which prescribed the age criteria of 18 to 32 years. The details of such posts are as follows:

The above posts were notified in the SSC CGL Vacancies 2024 notified by the Commission. 

The candidates should know that they will be eligible to apply for such posts where they confirm the age criteria defined by the Commission. SSC CGL applications 2024 are expected to be released soon. The official notification will mention the SSC CGL age limits for all the posts. The candidates must register first on the SSC website to apply for the SSC CGL exam online. The age limits prescribed for each post above are for the unreserved category. The reserved category candidates enjoy the relaxation to the upper age limit as prescribed in the upcoming section.

SSC Age limit for General, OBC, SC/ST And Other Categories

SSC provides age relaxations to certain categories of candidates. Age relaxation is provided for the upper age limit only. The minimum age limit remains the same. The candidates can see below the SSC Age Limit for all the categories.

EWS category does not have any age relaxations in the SSC CGL exam.

SSC CGL Age Relaxation Provided for Certain Categories

SSC provides relaxation to upper age limit to the candidates belonging to certain reserved categories. The relaxation to the upper age limit differs from category to category in the following manner:

Besides above, the following are the other age relations provided as per the following details:

For Group ‘B’ Gazetted posts, age relaxation up to a maximum of 5 years in the case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/ SSCOs who have rendered at least 5 years of Military Service as on the closing date of receipt of applications and have been released:

1. On completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from the closing date of receipt of applications otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency; or
2. On account of physical disability attributable to Military Service; or
3. On invalidment.

For more information regarding the SSC CGL age relaxation, the candidates can download the official SSC CGL notification.