Eligibility Criteria
Note: Taking reference from SSC CGD notification of 2025
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Nationality/ Citizenship: The candidate must be a citizen of India. Vacancies in CAPFs & AR are State/UT/area wise, hence a candidate must submit a domicile certificate/ PRC against his domiciled state/ UT. The crucial date for age reckoning is fixed.
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Age Limit: 18-23 years as on 01-01-2025. Candidates should not have been born before 02-01-2002 and not later than 01-01-2007.
Permissible relaxations in upper age limit for different categories are as under:
| Code No | Category | Age-relaxation permissible beyond the upper age limit |
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| 01 | SC/ ST | 5 years |
| 02 | OBC | 3 years |
| 03 | Ex-Servicemen | 3 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the date of reckoning. |
| 04 | Children and dependents of victims killed in the 1984 riots or communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (Unreserved/ EWS) | 5 years |
| 05 | Children and dependents of victims killed in the 1984 riots or communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat (OBC) | 8 years |
| 06 | Children and dependents of victims killed in the 1984 riots or communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat(SC/ ST) | 10 years |