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SSC CHSL age limit 2026

18 to 27 years as on 1 August 2026 for LDC/JSA and DEO posts, plus OBC, SC/ST, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxation — then check your own date of birth.

Last verified 30 October 2026 Age reckoned as on 1 August 2026 Source SSC CHSL 2026 notice 2,536 tentative vacancies
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What you get
A verdict for your date of birth — not a generic age-limit article.

Eligible or not, the cycles you have left, and the post groups where a lower age cap applies. Then the exceptions most pages miss.

Built from SSC CHSL 2026 notice
Eligible

Age on the cutoff date
Cycles remaining
Last year to apply
Study groups check this together.
The table

Age limit by category

SSC CHSL 2026 · age reckoned as on 1 August 2026
CategoryUpper age limitBorn on or afterNotes
General / EWS 27 years 02.08.1999 Base category
OBC — Non-Creamy Layer 30 years 02.08.1996 Certificate must be valid NCL
SC / ST 32 years 02.08.1994 Caste certificate required
PwBD — General / EWS 37 years 02.08.1989 Benchmark disability
PwBD — OBC 40 years 02.08.1986 3 + 10 years
PwBD — SC / ST 42 years 02.08.1984 5 + 10 years
Ex-serviceman — General Service deduction + 3 years — Military service deducted from actual age first
Relaxations apply to the upper limit only. Central Government civilian employees with 3 years' regular service may apply up to 40 (45 for SC/ST); widowed, divorced or judicially separated women up to 35 (40 for SC/ST).
Before you apply

Four things most pages get wrong

01 · The cutoff

Age is counted on 1 August 2026

Eligible birth dates run from 02.08.1999 to 01.08.2008. Some pages still quote 1 January — the 2026 notice says 1 August.

02 · One window

All CHSL posts share 18–27

Unlike CGL, CHSL has no post-wise caps in 2026. If you are inside 18–27 on the cutoff, every post is open by age.

03 · PwBD

PwBD relaxation stacks on category

PwBD candidates get 10 years, 13 for OBC and 15 for SC/ST — so an SC/ST PwBD candidate can be up to 42.

04 · Certificate date

Category is checked on the closing date

You must belong to the category on 07.10.2026, the closing date. EWS needs an income certificate for FY 2026-27.

Post-wise

One more thing about the posts

Every CHSL 2026 post — LDC/JSA, DEO and DEO Grade 'A' — uses the same 18–27 window.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

The queries people actually search
What is the age limit for SSC CHSL 2026?+
18 to 27 years as on 1 August 2026 — born not before 02.08.1999 and not later than 01.08.2008.
What is the SSC CHSL age limit for OBC?+
30 years — 27 plus 3 years for OBC (Non-Creamy Layer).
What is the SSC CHSL age limit for general category?+
27 years as on 1 August 2026, with a minimum of 18. EWS candidates get no extra years.
What is the SSC CHSL age limit for SC/ST?+
32 years — 27 plus 5. With a benchmark disability it rises to 42.
What is the SSC CHSL age limit for female candidates?+
The same 18–27 as men, unless you are a widow or divorced or judicially separated woman who has not remarried: then up to 35 (40 for SC/ST).
Does SSC CHSL have an attempt limit?+
No. The 2026 notice sets an age window, not a number of attempts.

Where to go next

Our own sites — useful once you know your age
Find scholarshipsIndiaScholarships.in — Verified Indian scholarships, matched to your category, state and family income. Check live vacanciesRozgaro.in — Government job notifications, tracked from the official notices every three hours.
Trust layer — why this page is different

We show you the date we checked.

Every number on this page comes from the official notification, and every page carries the date it was last verified. When a notification changes, the page changes with it — and the changelog says what changed.

Sources

  • SSC CHSL 2026 notice
  • Staff Selection Commission / recruiting body website
  • Checked by hand, not scraped

This page

  • Last verified: 30 October 2026
  • Next review: 30 April 2027
  • Cutoff used: 2026-08-01

How we handle errors

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  • Corrections appear in the changelog below.
  • No data is invented to fill a gap.
Changelog
2026-10-30Page built from the SSC CHSL 2026 notice (published 07.09.2026). Age reckoned on 1 August 2026.