SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Official Notification is released on 23 June 2025 on the SSC website (https://ssc.gov.in/) for 3131 vacancies for posts such as LDC, JSA, PA, etc. Candidates can download the detailed SSC CHSL Exam Official Notification 2025 PDF for the recruitment of Group C posts in this Veranda RACE article.
The online application process has also been started and the last date to apply online is 18 July 2025. The SSC conducts the Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL) exam to recruit candidates for various posts such as Lower Division Clerk, Junior Secretariat Assistant, etc.
SSC CHSL Exam or the Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL) Exam is conducted by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) every year on a national level. This SSC CHSL Exam is held to recruit eligible candidates for Group C posts such as Lower Division Clerk (LDC) / Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA) and Data Entry Operators for various ministries, departments and offices of the Indian Government and various constitutional bodies, statutory bodies and tribunals.
Every year thousands of Group C vacancies are filled by the SSC to select Higher secondary qualified students (10+2). Millions of SSC and Central Government exam aspirants prepare for this SSC CHSL Exam as this will be give them an entryway to serve the country as a Central Government officer with good pay and benefits, if selected.
SSC CHSL (10+2) Exam 2025 Official Notification or the Combined Higher Secondary (10+2) Level Exam was released by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) on its website, https://ssc.gov.in/, on 23 June 2025. It was released officially through SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Official Notification viz F.No HQ-C1102/9/2025-C-1 in the SSC website.
This SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Official Notification was released for the recruitment of 3131 Group C vacancies such as Lower Division Clerk (LDC), Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA) and Data Entry Operators (DEO) for various ministries, departments and offices of the Indian Government. These vacancies will also be filled under various Constitutional Bodies, Statutory Bodies and Tribunals in India.
Eligible candidates can start applying for the SSC CHSL (10+2) Exam 2025 from 23 June 2025. The last date to apply or submit the online application for the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 for the direct recruitment of 3131 Group C vacancies 2025 is 18 July 2025.
Candidates can download the SSC CHSL (10+2) Exam 205 Official Notification PDF here in this direct link from Veranda RACE:
Candidates who are interested and eligible to apply for the SSC CHSL (10+2) Exam 2025 and for the direct recruitment for Group C posts in various ministries, departments and offices of the Indian Government and the Constitutional bodies, statutory bodies and tribunals can find the complete overview of the SSC CHSL (10+2) Exam 2025 Official Notification below in this Veranda RACE SSC CHSL Exam blog post:
SSC CHSL Exam 2025: Overview | |
Recruitment Commission | Staff Selection Commission (SSC) |
Exam Name | SSC CHSL Exam 2025 / SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) Exam 2025 |
Posts | Lower Division Clerk (LDC), Junior Secretary Assistant (JSA), Data Entry Operator (DEO), Data Entry Operator (Grade A) |
SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Notification Release Date | 23 June 2025 |
SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Online Application Start Date | 23 June 2025 |
Last Date to Apply for the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 | 18 July 2025 (11.00 PM) |
Last Date for Online Fee Payment for the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 | 19 June 2025 (11.00 PM) |
SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Online Application Form Correction Window | 23 July 2025 to 24 July 2025 (up to 11.00 PM) |
SSC CHSL Tier I Exam Date 2025 | 8 September 2025 to 18 September 2025 |
SSC CHSL Tier II Exam Date 2025 | February to March 2026 |
SSC CHSL Exam Stages 2025 | Tier I CBE Exam Tier II CBE Exam |
Total SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Vacancies | 3131 Group C vacancies |
Exam Application Mode | Online |
Official Website |
In the newly released SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Recruitment Official Notification PDF announced by the SSC on 23 June 2025, the detailed SSC CHSL Vacancies 2025, SSC CHSL Age Limit 2025, SSC CHSL Exam Eligibility 2025, SSC CHSL Important Dates 2025, SSC Selection CHSL Exam Pattern 2025, SSC CHSL Syllabus 2025, SSC CHSL Selection Process and SSC CHSL Salary 2025 are provided in detail.
Interested SSC exam and Central Government exam candidates can find further detailed information on the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 here in this Veranda RACE SSC blog/website.
The SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF was officially released by the SSC on its official website on 23 June 2025. Interested and eligible
SSC CHSL candidates can find the SSC CHSL Exam Important Dates 2025 related to SSC CHSL Exam 2025 here:
SSC CHSL Official Notification Release Date: 23 June 2025
SSC CHSL Online Application Start Date: 23 June 2025
SSC CHSL Online Application Last Date: 18 July 2025 (11.00 PM)
SSC CHSL Online Application Form Correction Window Dates: 23 July 2025 to 24 July 2025
SSC CHSL Tier I Exam Date: 8 September 2025 to 18 September 2025
SSC CHSL Tier II Exam Date: February to March 2026
SSC CHSL Exam 2025: Important Dates | |
Official Notification Release Date | 23 June 2025 |
Online Application Start Date | 23 June 2025 |
Online Application Last Date | 18 July 2025 (11:00 PM) |
Online Fee Payment Last Date | 19 July 2025 (11:00 PM) |
Online Exam Application Form Correction Window Dates | 23 July 2025 to 24 July 2025 (11:00 PM) |
SSC CHSL Tier I Exam Date | 8 September 2025 to 18 September 2025 |
SSC CHSL Tier II Exam Date | February to March 2026 |
Also, as announced in the SSC Revised Exam Calendar 2025 by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC), the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF was released officially on 23 June 2025.
Candidates can check the Veranda RACE website or blog to know further updates about the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Tier II Date when they are announced officially by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC).
To view the SSC Revised Exam Calendar PDF 2025 containing various SSC exams to be conducted in 2025 and 2026, check this Veranda RACE SSC blog post:
The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has officially started the SSC CHSL Online Application process for the SSC CHSL Exam 2025. Eligible candidates who wish to apply for the Group C level posts in the Indian Government for 3131 CHSL Group C vacancies can submit their SSC CHSL
Exam Online Application 2025 from 23 June 2025 to 18 July 2025 on the SSC official website.
To complete the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Apply Online process, eligible candidates must visit the official SSC website and navigate to the ‘Exams’ section.
Candidates can start applying for the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 from 23 June 2025. They can also find the direct link to apply for the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 here in Veranda RACE website.
The SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF released by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is mainly for the direct recruitment to Group C posts for 3131 vacancies (*Approx) in various ministries, departments and organisations of the Indian Government. The Group C posts mentioned in Official Notification are:
Lower Division Clerk (LDC): Pay Level 2
Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA): Pay Level 2
Data Entry Operator (DEO): Pay Level 4 & Pay Level 5
Data Entry Operator Grade A: Pay Level 4
SSC CHSL Exam 2025: Vacancies | |
Posts | Vacancies |
Lower Division Clerk/Junior Secretariat Assistant, Data Entry Operator, Data Entry Operator (Grade A) | 3131 |
The number of vacancies for each post will be determined in due course by the SSC. Updated vacancies, along with post-wise and category-wise vacancies will be made available on the SSC website. Once it is available, Veranda RACE will update those in a detailed manner for the SSC CHSL Detailed Vacancy List 2025.
Interested and eligible applicants for the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 for the recruitment to various Group C posts in various ministries, departments and organisations of the Indian Government should fulfill the following eligibility criteria to apply online.
The eligibility criteria for the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 include SSC CHSL Nationality, SSC CHSL Educational Qualification 2025, SSC CHSL Age Limit 2025, etc., which are discussed below in depth in this SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Official Notification blog post of Veranda RACE:
Candidates applying for the CHSL Exam 2025 must be either a
citizen of India (or)
a subject of Nepal (or)
a subject of Bhutan (or)
a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1 Jan1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India (or)
a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Only male candidates are eligible for CHSL Exam vacancies, if any reported in the Border Roads Organisation (BRO).
Candidates interested to apply for the 3131 Group C post vacancies through the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 should be within the ages of 18 years to 27 years.
The minimum age to apply for the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 is 18 years.
The maximum age limit for the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 is 27 years.
The cut-off date to determine the candidate’s age with respect to maximum age for the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 will be 1 January 2026.
Candidates should not have been born before 2 January 1999 and not later than 1 January 2008 to be eligible to apply for SSC CHSL Exam 2025.
The detailed requirement of age-limit in the SSC Selection Post Phase 13 Exam 2025 has been given in the below table by Veranda RACE:
Minimum Age: 18 years
Maximum Age: 27 years
Cut-off date to determine age limit: 1 January 2026
SSC CHSL Exam Age Limit 2025 | |||
Exam Name | Minimum Age | Maximum Age | Remarks |
Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) Exam | 18 years | 27 years | Candidates not born before 2 January 1999 and not later than 1 January 2008 are eligible to apply for CHSL 2025. |
Age relaxation will be applicable for candidates belonging to reserved categories as per government norms for the SSC CHSL Exam 2025.
As per the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF, age relaxation for the upper age limit will be applicable for candidates belonging to reserved categories.
Age relaxation depends on the category of the candidates and follow extant government rules/guidelines.
Age Relaxation for SSC CHSL Exam 2025:
SC/ST: 5 years
OBC: 3 years
PwBD (UR): 10 years
PwBD (OBC): 13 years
PwBD (SC/ST): 15 years
Ex-Servicemen (ESM): 3 years
Widow/Divorced Women/Women judicially separated and who’re not remarried: Up to 35 years of age
Widow/Divorced Women/Women judicially separated and who’re not remarried (SC/ST): Up to 40 years of age
Check the below table from Veranda RACE to know more about the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Age Relaxation:
SSC CHSL Exam Age Relaxation 2025 | |
Category | Age Relaxation Permissible beyond the upper age limit |
Other Backward Castes (Non-Creamy Layer) (OBC-NCL) | 3 years |
Scheduled Caste (SC) | 5 years |
Schedules Tribe (ST) | 5 years |
Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) | 10 years |
PwBD (OBC) | 13 years |
PwBD (SC / ST) | 15 years |
Ex-serviceman (ESM) | 3 years (after deduction of military service rendered from actual age) |
Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed and released as a consequence thereof | 3 years |
Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed and released as a consequence thereof (SC / ST) | 8 years |
Central Government Civilian Employees | Up to 40 years of age |
Central Government Civilian Employees (SC/ST) | Up to 45 years of age |
Widows / Divorced Women / Women judicially separated and who are not remarried | Up to 35 years of age |
Widows / Divorced Women / Women judicially separated and who are not remarried (SC/ST) | Up to 40 years of age |
Candidates interested to apply for the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 must possess minimum educational qualification as mentioned in the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF for the direct recruitment of 3131CHSL Group C vacancies in the Indian Government.
The educational qualification for the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 is as follows:
Data Entry Operator (DEO) / Data Entry Operator Grade A in Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Union Ministry of Culture & SSC: Class 12 Pass in Science Stream with Mathematics as a subject
LDC/JSA and DEO/DEO Grade A (Except DEOs in the Union Ministry/Department):Class 12 Pass
Candidates who have appeared in the Class 12 exam can also apply for this SSC CHSL Exam 2025, however they must possess essential educational qualification on or before the cut off date, i.e. 1 January 2026.
The SSC CHSL Exam Selection Process 2025 includes two Computer-Based Exams namely:
SSC CHSL Tier I Exam 2025
SSC CHSL Tier II Exam 2025
The SSC CHSL Tier I Exam 2025 will be a computer-based online examination. It consists of 4 parts with objective type MCQs only. It will consist of 100 questions for 200 marks. The duration of the SSC CHSL Tier I Exam 2025 will be 60 minutes.
The SSC CHSL Tier II Exam 2025 will be conducted in two sessions: Session I and Session II. Session I will consists of Section I with Mathematical
Abilities, Reasoning and General Intelligence, Section II with English Language and Comprehension, General Awareness and Section II with Computer Knowledge Test.
Session II will consist of Section IV with Skill Test / Typing Test. The duration of Session I will be 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Candidates appearing for the SSC CHSL Tier I Exam 2025 will have to make note of the changes in the SSC CHSL Exam Pattern 2025 as given below:
SSC CHSL Tier I Exam 2025 will be conducted as a computer-based exam in online mode.
It will consist of 4 parts namely:
English Language (Basic Knowledge) – 25 question – 50 marks
General Intelligence – 25 Questions – 50 Marks
Quantitative Aptitude (Basic Arithmetic Skill) – 25 questions – 50 marks
General Awareness – 25 questions – 50 marks
The questions in SSC CHSL Tier I Exam 2025 will be in English, Hindi or any language opted by the candidate in the SSC CHSL application form.
There will be a negative marking of 0.50 marks for each wrong answers.
The duration of the SSC CHSL Tier I Exam 2025 will be 60 minutes and there is no sectional timing.
Get a broad view of the SSC CHSL Tier I Exam Pattern 2025 here in this Veranda RACE table:
SSC CHSL Tier I Exam Pattern 2025 | ||||
Part | Subjects | Questions | Marks | Duration |
I | English Language (Basic Knowledge) | 25 | 50 | 60 minutes |
II | General Intelligence | 25 | 50 | |
III | Quantitative Aptitude (Basic Arithmetic Skill) | 25 | 50 | |
IV | General Awareness | 25 | 50 |
The salary structure for different posts under the SSC CHSL Exam is given below as collated by the Veranda RACE team:
Lower Division Clerk (LDC): Pay Level 2 | ₹19,900 - ₹63,200
Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA): Pay Level 2 | ₹19,900 - ₹63,200
Data Entry Operator (DEO): Pay Level 4 | ₹25,500 - ₹81,100 and Pay Level 5 | ₹29,200 - ₹92,300
Data Entry Operator (Grade A): Pay Level 4 | ₹25,500 - ₹81,100
Find the detailed salary and pay scale level here in this table:
SSC CHSL Exam 2025: Salary & Pay Scale | ||
Post | Pay Level | Salary |
Lower Division Clerk | Pay Level 2 | ₹19,900 - ₹63,200 |
Junior Secretariat Assistant | Pay Level 2 | ₹19,900 - ₹63,200 |
Data Entry Operator | Pay Level 4 Pay Level 5 | ₹25,500 - ₹81,100 ₹29,200 - ₹92,300 |
Data Entry Operator (Grade A) | Pay Level 4 | ₹25,500 - ₹81,100 |
The SSC CHSL Exam Dates 2025 for the Tier I and Tier II was announced tentatively in the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF by the Staff Selection Commission.
The SSC CHSL Tier I Exam 2025 will be conducted by the SSC in various SSC CHSL Exam Centres from 8 September 2025 until 18 September 2025.
The SSC CHSL Tier II Exam 2025 will be held tentatively on February 2026 to March 2026 once the SSC CHSL Tier I Exam Results 2025 is released by the SSC.
SSC CHSL Exam Dates:
SSC CHSL Tier I Exam Date 2025: 8 September 2025 to 18 September 2025
SSC CHSL Tier II Exam Date 2025: February to March 2026
SSC CHSL Tier I & II Exam Dates 2025 | |
Exam Level | Exam Dates |
SSC CHSL Tier I Exam Date | 8 September 2025 to 18 September 2025 |
SSC CHSL Tier II Exam Date | February 2026 to March 2026 (Tentative) |
The SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Application Fee will be ₹ 100 that is to be paid using online mode only.
It is mentioned in the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF that candidates belonging to the SC/ST/PwBD/Ex-Servicemen and female candidates are exempted from paying the exam fee for the SSC CHSL Exam 2025.
Candidates are required to pay the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 Online Application Fee using online mode either by BHIM UPI/Internet Banking/Debit Card/Credit Card.
The online application fee can be paid through online mode only till 19 July 2025 (up to 11.00 PM) for the SSC CHSL Exam 2025.
SSC CHSL Exam 2025: Application Fee | |
Category | Fee |
General / OBC / EWS | ₹ 100 |
Women | Fee exempted |
SC / ST / PwBD / Ex-Servicemen | Fee exempted |
The exam centres for the Computer Based Exams of the SSC CHSL Exam 2025 under the nine regions of the Staff Selection Commission are given below in this table collated by Veranda RACE:
SSC CHSL Exam 2025: Exam Centres | |
Regions | Exam Centres & Codes |
Central Region (CR) / Bihar & Uttar Pradesh | Bhagalpur (3201) Gaya (3203) Muzaffarpur (3205) Patna (3206) Agra (3001) Prayagraj (3003) Bareilly (3005) Gorakhpur (3007) Jhansi (3008) Kanpur (3009) Lucknow (3010) Meerut (3011) Varanasi (3013) |
Eastern Region (ER) / Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim & West Bengal | Sri Vijaya Puram (4802) Ranchi (4205) Dhanbad (4206) Jamshedpur (4207) Suri (4416) Asansol (4426) Burdwan (4422) Durgapur (4426) Balasore (4601) Berhampore (4602) Bhubaneswar (4604) Cuttack (4605) Sambalpur (4609) Rourkela (4610) Dhenkanal (4611) Gangtok (4001) Kolkata (4410) Siliguri (4415) Kalyani (4419) |
Karnataka, Kerala Region (KKR) | Bengaluru (9001) Belgavi (9002) Kalaburagi/Gulbarga (9005) Mangalore (9008) Mysore (9009) Shivamogga (9010) Hubballi (9011) Udupi (9012) Kannur (9202) Kottayam (9205) Kozhikode (9206) Thiruvananthapuram (9211) Ernakulam (9213) Kollam (9210) Thrissur (9212) Kavaratti (9401) |
Madhya Pradesh Region (MPR) / Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal (6001) Gwalior (6005) Indore (6006) Jabalpur (6007) Satna (6014) Sagar (6015) Ujjain (6016) Bilaspur (6202) Raipur (6204) Durg Bhilai (6205) |
North-Eastern Region (NER) / Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura | Itanagar (5001) Guwahati (Dispur) (5105) Dibrugarh (5102) Imphal (5501) Shillong (5401) Aizawl (5701) Kohima (5302) Agartala (5601 Churachandpur (5502) Ukhrul (5503) |
Northern Region (NR) / Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand | Delhi (2201) Ajmer (2401) Bikaner (2404) Jaipur (2405) Jodhpur (2406) Udaipur (2409) Sikar (2411) Dehradun (2002) Haldwani (2003) Roorkee (2006) |
North-Western Region (NWR) / Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Punjab | Chandigarh / Mohali (1601) Hamirpur (1202) Shimla (1203) Jammu (1004) Samba (1010) Srinagar (J&K) (1007) Bathinda (1401) Amritsar (1404) Jalandhar (1402) Patiala (1403) Ludhiana (1405) |
Southern Region (SR) / Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana | Guntur (8001) Kakinada (8009) Kurnool (8003) Nellore (8010) Ongole (8014) Rajahmundry (8004) Tirupathi (8006) Vijayawada (8008) Visakhapatnam (8007) Vizianagaram (8012) Puducherry (8401) Chennai (8201) Coimbatore (8202) Madurai (8204) Salem (8205) Tiruchirappalli (8206) Tirunelveli (8207) Vellore (8208) Hyderabad (8601) Karimnagar (8604) Warangal (8603) Krishnagiri (8209) Srikakulam (8015) Eluru (8016) |
Western Region (WR) / Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra | Ahmedabad (7001) Vadodara (7002) Rajkot (7006) Surat (7007) Mehsana (7013) Amravati (7201) Kolhapur (7203) Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (7202) Mumbai (7204) Nagpur (7205) Nashik (7207) Pune (7208) Panaji (7801) Jalgaon (7214) |
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