SATHEE: Eligibility Criteria

SSC CPO

Note : Taking reference from SSC CPO notification of 2024

The crucial date for age reckoning is fixed as 01.08.2023 in accordance with the provisions of DoP&T OM No. 14017 /70/87-Estt.(RR) dated 14.07.1988. Age limit for the posts is 20-25 years; i.e. Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.08.1999 and not later than 01.08.2004 to be eligible to apply.
Permissible relaxation in upper age limit for different categories, excluding the departmental candidates of Delhi Police, is in accordance with the provisions of DoP&T OM No. 15012/2/2010-Estt.(D) dated 27.03.2012:

Code	Category	Age-Relaxation permissible beyond the upper age limit/age limit after relaxation
01	SC/ST	5 years
02	OBC	3 years
03	Ex-Servicemen (ESM)	3 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date.
04	Widows, divorced women and women judicially separated from their husbands and who are not remarried.	Up to 35 years of age
05	Widows, divorced women and women judicially separated from their husbands and who are not remarried. (SC/ST)	Up to 40 years of age
06	Departmental candidates (Unreserved) who have rendered not less than 3 years of regular and continuous service as on closing date.	Up to 30 years of age
07	Departmental candidates (OBC) who have rendered not less than 3 years of regular and continuous service as on closing date.	Up to 33 years of age
08	Departmental candidates (SC/ST) who have rendered not less than 3 years of regular and continuous service as on closing date.	Up to 35 years of age