Section 9: Age

9. Age:- A candidate for direct recruitment to a post enumerated £ “in the Schedule-I,” must have attained the age of 18 years and must not have attained the age of ¥ “40 years” on the first day of January next following the last date fixed for receipt of applications: Provided— β(i) that the upper age-limit mentioned above shall be relaxed by:- (ii) A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary under clause (c) or clause (d) may be admitted to an interview held by the Commission or the Appointing Authority and he may also provisionally be appointed subject to necessary eligibility certificate being obtained by him from the Government of India within a specified period.” vide Notification No. F. 1(20)Apptts./A-II/67, dated 13.12.1974. Inserted vide Notification No. F. 7(4)DOP/A-II/76, dated 04.06.1977. @ Substituted for “Government of India” vide Notification No. F. 7(2)DOP/A-II/2002, dated 17.02.2003. Deleted “A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to an examination or interview conducted by the Commission or other recruiting authority and he may also provisionally be appointed subject to the necessary certificate being given to him by the Government.” vide Notification No. F. 7(2)DOP/A-II/2002, dated 17.02.2003. + Added vide Notification No. F. 7(5)DOP/A-II/76, dated 20.06.1977. & Inserted vide Notification No. F. 2(4)DOP/A-II/79, dated 22.11.1984. £ Substituted for "in the Schedule must" to "in the Schedule-I must" vide Notification No. F. 2(1)DOP/A-II/93, dated 17.09.2021. ¥ Substituted for “35years” vide Notification No. F. 7(2)DOP/A-II/84/pt., dated 06.03.2018. Substituted for € “33 years” vide Notification No. F. 7(2)DOP/A-II/84/pt., dated 25.06.2004. (w.e.f. 24.05.2004) € Substituted for “30 years” vide Notification No. F. 7(2)DOP/A-II/84, dated 20.03.1990. (w.e.f. 25.01.1990) β Substituted for Ω “(i) “that the upper age limit mentioned above shall relaxed:- (a) by 5 years in the case of male candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes and the Scheduled Tribes, (b) by 5 years in the case of Ø “women candidate belonging to General category, Economically backward classes and Economically Weaker Section”. and (c) by 10 years in the case of women candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the π “Backward Classes and Special Backward Classes”. " vide Notification No. F. 7(1)DOP/A-II/2019, dated 16.04.2021. (a) 5 years in the case of male candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes, More Backward Classes and Economically Weaker Sections; (b) 5 years in the case of woman candidates belonging to General Category; and (c) 10 years in the case of woman candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes, More Backward Classes and Economically Weaker Sections. (ii) that the upper age limit mentioned above shall not apply in the case of an ex-prisoner who had served under the Government on a Substantive basis on any post before conviction and was eligible for appointment under the rules; (iii) that in the case of other ex-prisoner, the upper limit mentioned above shall be relaxed by a period equal to the term of imprisonment served by him provided he was not overage before his conviction and was eligible for appointment under these rules; *(iii-a) that the upper age limit mentioned above shall be relaxed by a period equal to the service rendered in the National Cadet Corps in the case of Cadet Instructors and if the resultant age does not exceed the prescribed maximum age limit by more than three years, they shall be deemed to be within the prescribed age-limit. @(iv) that for recruitment to posts not within the purview of the Commission the upper age-limit for persons who were retrenched from the State Government Service for want of a vacancy or due to abolition of post shall be 40 years if they were within the maximum age-limit prescribed under these rules, when they were initially appointed to the post from which they were first retrenched provided that normal prescribed channels of recruitment are duly observed and all requirements relating to qualifications, character, medical fitness etc. are fulfilled and they were not retrenched on account of complaint or delinquency and they produce a certificate of having good services from the Appointing Authority. Substituted for 1"that the upper age-limit mentioned above shall be relaxed up to 45 years for the persons repatriated from Burma, Ceylon on or after 1-03-1963 and 1-11-1964 and East African Countries of Kenya, Tanganyika Uganda and Zanzibar with a further relaxation up to 5 years the case of persons belonging to the Scheduled castes and the Scheduled Tribes." vide Notification No. F. 1(20)Apptts/A-II/67, dated 20.09.1975 & Corrigendum of even No. dated 17.12.1976 (effective up to 28.02.1977) 1 Inserted vide Notification No. F. 1(20)DOP/A-II/67, dated 13.12.1974. (effective up to 28.02.1975) (vi) that there shall be no age-limit in the case of persons repatriated from East African Countries of Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda and Zanzibar; (vii) notwithstanding anything contained contrary in these rules in the case of persons serving in connection with the affairs of the State in substantive capacity, the upper age-limit shall be 40 years for direct recruitment to posts filled in by competitive examinations or in case of posts filled in through the Commission by interview. “Deleted” *(viii) that the Released Emergency Commissioned Officers and Short Service Commissioned Officers after released from the Army shall be deemed to be within the age-limit even though they have crossed the age-limit when they appear before the Commission had they been eligible as such at the time of their joining the Commission in the Army. £(ix) that there shall be no age-limit in case of persons repatriated from Pakistan during the 1971 Indo-Pak war. @(x) that there shall be no age limit in the case of widows and divorcee women. Explanation:- that in the case of widow, she will have to furnish a certificate of death of her husband from the Competent Authority and in case of divorce she will have to furnish the proof of divorce. β(xi) "that the upper age-limit for persons serving in connection with the affairs of the Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads in the State Public Sector Undertakings/Corporations in substantive capacity shall be 40 years." &(xii) the upper age limit mentioned above shall be relaxed by 5 years in the case of candidates belonging to the other Backward Classes. +(xiii) if a candidate would have been entitled in respect of his/her age for direct recruitment in any year in which no such recruitment was held, he/she shall be deemed to be eligible in the next following recruitment, if he/she is not overage by more than 3 years. €(xiv) the person who was within the age limit on 31.12.2020 shall be deemed to be within the age limit up to 31.12.2024.