(Age Limit) Constables (GD) in CAPFs, NIA & SSF & Rifleman (GD) in Assam Rifles Examination

(A). AGE LIMIT

18-23 years as on 01.08.2021. Candidates should not have been born earlier than 02.08.1998 and later than 01.08.2003.

Permissible relaxations in upper age limit for different categories are as under:

Date of Birth filled by the candidate in the online application form and the same recorded in the Matriculation/ Secondary Examination Certificate will be accepted by the Commission for determining the age and no subsequent request for change will be considered or granted. 

Ex-Servicemen (ESM) who have already secured employment in civil side under Government on regular basis after availing of the benefits of reservation given to ex-servicemen for their re-employment are not eligible for reservation in ESM category and fee concession. However, he can avail the benefit of reservation as ex-serviceman for subsequent employment if he immediately after joining civil employment, has given self-declaration/ undertaking to the concerned employer about the datewise details of applications for various vacancies for which he 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.

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 the purpose of age relaxation.

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 must have already acquired, at the relevant time of submitting his application for the Post/ Service, the status of ex-serviceman or is in a position to establish his acquired entitlement by documentary evidence from the competent authority that he would complete specified term of engagement with the Armed Forces within the stipulated period of one year from the closing date of receipt of applications. 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. The decision on the issue of eligibility of ex-servicemen shall be governed by the decision taken by the DoP&T on the judgment of Hon’ble Delhi High Court in Writ  

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