Age Limit

1. Age limit for the posts of Junior Engineers in various Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations as on 01-01-2020 is as under:



2. Permissible relaxation in upper age limit prescribed under para 6.1 above are as follows :




3. Candidates should note that the Date of Birth (DoB) as filled by them in the online Application Form will be treated as final and any request for change in the DoB will not be entertained by the Commission under any circumstances. For proof of Date of Birth, only Matriculation/ Secondary Examination Certificate or an equivalent certificate will be accepted by the Commission at the time of Document Verification.
4. Ex-Servicemen (ESM) who have already secured employment in civil side under Central Government in Group „C‟ & „D‟ posts on regular basis after availing of the benefits of reservation given to ESM for their re-employment are not eligible for reservation in ESM category and fee concession. However, he/ she can avail of the benefit of reservation as ex-serviceman for subsequent employment if he/ she immediately after joining civil employment, given self declaration/ undertaking to the concerned employer about the date-wise details of applications for various vacancies for which he/ she had applied for before joining the initial civil employment as mentioned in the OM No. 36034/1/2014-Estt (Res) dated 14th August 2014 issued by DoP&T.
5. The period of "Call up Service" of an Ex-Serviceman in the Armed Forces shall also be treated as service rendered in the Armed Forces for purpose of age relaxation, as per rules.
6. For any serviceman of the three Armed Forces of the Union to be treated as Ex - Serviceman for the purpose of securing the benefits of reservation, he / she must have already acquired, at the relevant time of submitting his application for t he Post/ Service the status of Ex-Servicemen otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency.
Or
Is in a position to establish his acquired entitlement by documentary evidence from the competent authority that he/ she would complete specified term of engagement from the Armed Forces within the stipulated period of one year from the closing date for receipt of applications (i.e. 12.09.2019). Such candidates must also acquire the status of an Ex- Serviceman within the stipulated period of one year from the closing date of receipt of applications (i.e. 12.09.2019).

7.Explanation : An Ex-Serviceman means a person :
1. who has served in any rank whether as a combatant or non combatant in the Regular Army, Navy and Air Force of the Indian Union, and
O. who either has been retired or relieved or discharged from such service whether at his own request or being relieved by the employer after earning his or her pension, or
O. who has been relieved from such service on medical grounds attributable to military service or circumstances beyond his control and awarded medical or other disability pension: or
O. who has been released from such service as a result of reduction in establishment. or
2. Who has been released from such service after completing the specific period of engagement, otherwise than at his own request, or by way of dismissal, or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency and has been given a gratuity, and includes personnel of the Territorial Army, namely pension holders for continuous embodied service or broken spells of qualifying service. or
3. Personnel of the Army Postal Service who are part of Regular Army and retired from the Army Postal Service without reversion to their parent service with pension, or are released from the Army Postal Service on medical grounds attributable to or aggravated by military service or circumstance beyond their control and awarded medical or other disability pension. or
4. Personnel, who were on deputation in Army Postal Service for more than six months prior to the 14th April, 1987. or
5. Gallantry award winners of the Armed forces including personnel of Territorial Army. or
6. Ex-recruits boarded out or relieved on medical ground and granted medical disability pension.
8.Age relaxation is not admissible to sons, daughters and dependents of Ex- Servicemen. Therefore, such candidates should not indicate their category as Ex- Servicemen.