SSC CHSL Recruitment 2026 — 2,536 LDC, JSA and DEO Posts, Apply by 7 October

This is the biggest 12th-pass central government exam of the year, and it needs nothing beyond a Class 12 certificate. Assam candidates sit the exam at centres in Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Silchar and Tezpur under SSC's North Eastern Region, so you can write it without leaving the state. The fee is Rs 100, and women, SC, ST, PwBD and eligible ex-servicemen pay nothing at all.

SSC CHSL Vacancy Details 2026

The Commission gives approximately 2,536 tentative vacancies. Final vacancies are settled later, after the Commission scrutinises the documents supplied by the user departments, and the updated post-wise and category-wise split is published under Candidate's Corner on ssc.gov.in in due course.

One point matters for anyone hoping to work close to home: the Commission does not collect state-wise or zone-wise vacancies. There is no Assam quota in this exam and no way to know from the notice how many posts fall in the North East. The notice tells candidates to approach the concerned user departments directly for zone-wise information.

SSC CHSL Posts and Pay Scale 2026

Posts are allotted on merit-cum-preference. Once a post is allotted, the Commission will not change it — and if you gave a high preference to a post whose physical, medical or educational standards you do not actually meet, your candidature is rejected rather than shifted elsewhere. Fill the preference order carefully.

SSC CHSL Eligibility 2026

Age limit

The age limit is 18 to 27 years as on 1 August 2026. Candidates must have been born not before 2 August 1999 and not later than 1 August 2008. Check your exact position with our age calculator before you register.

Educational qualification

Qualification is reckoned as on 7 October 2026, the closing date.

• For most posts — LDC/JSA and DEO/DEO Grade 'A' — you must have passed 12th standard or equivalent from a recognised board or university.
• For DEO and DEO Grade 'A' in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, the Staff Selection Commission itself, and the Ministry of Culture, you need 12th standard pass in the Science stream with Mathematics as a subject.

Candidates who have appeared in their 12th standard examination but not yet received results may apply, provided they hold the qualification on or before 7 October 2026. Degrees earned through open and distance learning are accepted only where recognised and approved by the Distance Education Bureau of the UGC for the relevant period.

SSC CHSL Application Fee 2026

Payment is online only — BHIM UPI, net banking, or Visa, MasterCard, Maestro and RuPay debit cards. The fee is never refunded and is not adjusted against any other examination.

Watch this deadline: fee payment closes on 8 October 2026 at 11:00 PM, one day after the application deadline. If SSC does not receive your fee, your application status shows as 'Incomplete' and it will be summarily rejected — no request for late payment is entertained. Verify payment through the 'Payment Status' link in your candidate login rather than assuming it went through.

SSC CHSL Important Dates 2026

Both exam dates are yet to be announced. Check the Commission's website periodically rather than relying on dates circulating elsewhere.

Correction charges

The correction window is not free. SSC levies a uniform Rs 200 for correcting and re-submitting an application the first time, and Rs 500 the second time. These charges apply to every candidate regardless of gender or category — the fee exemptions above do not cover them. Corrections are paid online only, and the charge is non-refundable. Getting the form right the first time is cheaper than fixing it.

SSC CHSL Selection Process and Exam Pattern 2026

Selection runs through two computer based tiers. Tier-II includes a skill or typing test that is mandatory to qualify.

Tier-I exam pattern

Duration is 60 minutes, with a sectional timer of 15 minutes per subject. Questions are objective multiple choice, set in English, Hindi and any regional language you opt for in the application form for Parts II, III and IV. Negative marking is 0.50 marks per wrong answer.

Tier-II exam pattern

Tier-II runs in two sessions on the same day. Session-I lasts 2 hours 15 minutes and covers Sections I, II and III; Session-II is the skill or typing test.

Each question in Sections I, II and III carries 3 marks, and negative marking is 1 mark per wrong answer — twice the penalty of Tier-I. It is mandatory to qualify every section of Tier-II.

Skill test and typing test

• DEO in the ministries at Para 8.1: data entry speed of 15,000 key depressions per hour, tested over 15 minutes.
• DEO and DEO Grade 'A' elsewhere: data entry speed of 8,000 key depressions per hour, tested over 15 minutes on a passage of about 2,000–2,200 key depressions.
• LDC / JSA typing test: 35 words per minute in English or 30 words per minute in Hindi, judged on a passage typed in 10 minutes. That corresponds to roughly 10,500 and 9,000 key depressions per hour respectively.

You choose the typing test medium — Hindi or English — in the online application form, and that choice is final. No change is entertained later, so decide before you submit.

How the merit list is made

The final merit list is prepared on the aggregate marks of Section-I and Section-II of Tier-II only, subject to qualifying Section-III and Section-IV. Tier-I marks do not count towards the final merit — they only decide who is shortlisted for Tier-II. Where scores tie, Section-I marks of Tier-II break it first, then Tier-I marks.

Exam Centres in Assam

Assam candidates come under SSC's North Eastern Region (NER), headquartered at Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Beltola-Basistha Road, Assam Sachivalaya, Dispur, Guwahati – 781006. Centres within Assam are:

The same NER region also covers Itanagar, Shillong, Imphal, Aizawl, Dimapur, Kohima and Agartala, so candidates elsewhere in the North East have nearby options too.

How to Apply for SSC CHSL 2026

Applications are accepted online only, at ssc.gov.in. There is no offline route.

1. Complete One-Time Registration (OTR) on ssc.gov.in. This is the step people miss: an OTR generated on the old website, ssc.nic.in, will not work on the new one. If your OTR is from the old site, generate a fresh one.
2. Opt for Aadhaar-based authentication during OTR. It is worth doing — candidates who authenticate via Aadhaar will not have their application rejected over photograph or signature standards, and need not carry photographs and original photo ID to the exam venue.
3. Once OTR is done, fill the application for this examination. An OTR stays valid for every future SSC exam on the new site.
4. Upload your photograph and signature to the prescribed standards. Our image resizer and image compressor will bring scans to the right dimensions and file size without destroying legibility.
5. Choose your exam centre, post preferences and typing test medium carefully — several of these cannot be changed later without paying correction charges.
6. Pay the Rs 100 fee online if you are not exempt, then confirm it landed via the 'Payment Status' link. Print the completed form for your records.

Frequently Asked Questions

Other Openings Worth a Look

If you are applying for SSC CHSL, a few other recruitments are open at the same time: SSC JE Recruitment 2026 with 1,748 Junior Engineer posts closing on 22 September, and CSIR NEIST Jorhat Recruitment 2026 for stenographer and assistant posts open to 10+2 pass candidates, closing on 28 September. More listings are in our job section.

Check every detail against the official notice before applying. We link only to the SSC notification and the Commission's own website, and we never collect applications or fees.