SSC JE – ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Nationality/Citizenship

A candidate must be either

  1. Citizen of India or
  2. subject of Nepal or
  3. subject of Bhutan or
  4. Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1 January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
  5. a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the Examination but the offer of appointment will be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him by the Government of India.

Age limit
  • 18-27 years for Junior Engineer (Civil & Electrical) in CPWD and Department of Posts
  • Not exceeding 30 years for Junior Engineer (Civil) and Junior Engineer (Electrical & Mechanical) in MES
  • Up to 32 years for Junior Engineers (Civil & Mechanical) in CWC and Farakka Barrage.
  • 18-27 Years for Junior Engineers(Quantity Surveying and Contract) in MES (v) Not exceeding 30 years for Junior Engineer (Civil) and Junior Engineer (Electrical & Mechanical) in Border Roads Organisation (BRO) of Ministry of Defence
Relaxation of upper age limit
Code No Category Age relaxation permissible beyond the upper age limit
1 SC/ST  5 years
2 OBC 3 years
3 PH(OH/HH) 10 years
4 PH(OH/HH) + OBC 13 years
5 PH(OH/HH) + SC/ST 15 years
6 Ex-Servicemen (Unreserved / General) 03 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date
7 Ex-Servicemen (OBC) 06 years (3 years + 3 years) after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date
8 Ex-Servicemen (SC/ ST) 08 years (3 years + 5 years) after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date.
12 Central Govt. Civilian Employees (General/Unreserved) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date  5 years
13 Central Govt. Civilian Employees (OBC) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous as on closing date 8 (5+3) years
14 Central Govt. Civilian Employees ( SC/ST ) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date 10 (5+5) years
21 Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir (unreserved/General) 5 years
22 Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (OBC) 8 years
23 Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir (SC/ST) 10 years
27 Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (unreserved/General) 5 years
28 Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof(OBC) 8 (5+3) years
29 Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence  thereof (SC/ST) 10 (5+5) years

NOTE-I: Ex. Servicemen who have already secured employment in civil side under Central Government on regular basis after availing of the benefits of reservation given to ex-servicemen for their re-employment are NOT eligible for fee concession. However, they are eligible for age relaxation, as per rules.

NOTE-II: 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.

NOTE-III: The post of Junior Engineer being a Group ‘B‘ post, there is no reservation for Ex-servicemen category. However, benefit of age-relaxation will be admissible to Ex-Servicemen candidates, as per extant Govt. Orders.

EXPLANATION-I :

An Ex-Serviceman means a person who has served in any rank whether as a combatant or non-combatant in the Regular Army, Navy, Air Force of the Indian Union, and

  • Who retired from such service after earning his/her pension This would also include persons who are retired/retire at their own request but after having earned their pension; or
  • who has been released from such service on medical grounds attributable to military service/circumstances beyond his control and awarded medical or other disability pension; or
  • who has been released, otherwise than on his own request from such service as a result of reduction in establishment; or
  • who has been released from such service after completing the specific period of engagements, 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 of the following categories, namely:-

(a) Pension holders for continuous embodied service,

(b) Persons with disability attributable to military service; and

(c) Gallantry award winners.

EXPLANATION-II:

The persons serving in the Armed Forces of the Union, who on retirement from service, would come under the category of ?ex-serviceman? may be permitted to apply for re-employment one year before the completion of the specified terms of engagement and avail themselves of all concessions available to ex-servicemen but shall not be permitted to leave the uniform until they complete the specified term of engagement in the Armed Forces of the Union.

NOTE-IV: AGE CONCESSION IS NOT ADMISSIBLE TO SONS, DAUGHTERS AND DEPENDENTS OF EX-SERVICEMEN.

Educational Qualification
S.No Post Educational Qualification
1 Junior Engineer (Civil & Electrical), CPWD Diploma in Civil, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering from an institution recognized by the Central Government or equivalent qualification.
2 Junior Engineer (Civil & Electrical), Department of Posts Three years Diploma or equivalent in Civil Engineering or Electrical Engineering from an institution recognized by the Central Government or State Government.
3 (a)    Junior Engineer(Civil),Border Roads Organisation(BRO) Ministry of Defence(b)   Junior Engineer (Electrical and Mechanical), Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Ministry of Defence. (a) JE (Civil) Three years Diploma in Civil Engineering or equivalent from a recognised University or Institute. Desirable Two years working experience in the field of civil construction in monitoring and executive of projects. JE(Electrical & Mechanical) Three years Diploma in Engineering (Electrical or Mechanical) from a recognised University or Institute. Desirable Two years working experience in the field of Electrical or Mechanical Engineering in the area of construction in monitoring and executive of projects.
4 (a)    Junior Engineer (Civil), MES(b)   (b) Junior Engineer (Electrical & Mechanical), MES Degree in Civil Engineering from a recognised UniversityOR 

I)Three years Diploma in Civil Engineering from a recognised Institute or University or Board; and

(II) Two years experience in Planning, Execution and Maintenance of Civil Engineering works.

 

Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering from a recognised University

OR

(I)                 Three year’s diploma in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering from a recognised Institute or University or Board; and

(II)               Two years experience in Planning, Execution and Maintenance of Electrical or Mechanical Engineering works.

(i)3 years Diploma in Civil engineering from a recognised institute/University/Board or equivalent;

OR

(ii) Passed Intermediate examination in Building and Quantity Surveying Sub Divisional -II of the institute of Surveyors (India).

5 Junior Engineer (Civil & Mechanical), CWC and Farakka Barrage. Degree or Diploma in Civil or Mechanical Engineering from a recognised University or Institution.

For list of equivalent qualifications as approved by CPWD/AICTE

NOTE-I: As per Ministry of Human Resource Development Notification No. 44 dated 01.03.1995 published in Gazette of India edition dated 08.04.1995, the Degree obtained through open Universities/Distance Education Mode needs to be recognized by Distance Education Council, IGNOU. Accordingly, unless such Degrees had been recognized for the period when the candidates acquired the relevant qualification, they will not be accepted for the purpose of Educational Qualification.

NOTE-II: Candidates who have not acquired the educational qualification as on notification date will not be eligible and need not apply.

 NOTE-III: All candidates who are called for appearing at the Interview will be required to produce the relevant Certificates in Original such as Mark sheets, Provisional Degree/Diploma Certificate, etc. As proof of having acquired the minimum educational qualification on or before 01-01-2014 failing which the candidature of such candidate will be cancelled by the Commission. The candidates who are able to prove, by documentary evidence that the result of the qualifying examination was declared on or before the cut off date and he/she has been declared passed, will also be considered to have met the required Educational Qualification.

NOTE-IV: Ex-servicemen who have done various courses from Armed Forces which are certified by competent Authority to be equivalent to Diploma in Civil/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering are eligible to appear in the Examination.

VACANCIES / RESERVATION:
  1. Firm number of vacancies will be determined in due course.
  2. Reservation for SC/ ST/ OBC/ ExS/ PH etc. categories is available as per extant Govt. Orders and as communicated by the departments reporting vacancies. Vacancies for Ex.Servicemen are reserved only for Group ‘C‘posts and not for Group ‘B‘posts as per extant Government orders/instructions.
  • The posts carry All India Service Liability (AISL) i.e. the candidate, on selection, may be asked to serve anywhere in the country.
  1. The posts have been identified suitable for the persons suffering from disabilities of forty percent and above of One Arm (OA), One Leg (OL), Both Legs (BL), Partially Deaf (PD) and Deaf (D).
Definition of Persons with Disabilities

Under Section 33 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995 only such persons would be eligible for reservation who suffer from not less than 40% of relevant disability and are certified by a Medical Board constituted by the Central/State Govt.

Accordingly, candidates with the following disabilities are eligible to apply. Candidates claiming such benefits should produce certificate in original (issued by the Competent Authority on or before the last date of online submission of application in the prescribed format available at the end of this advertisement) in support of their claim at the time of Interview/at any stage of the process if provisionally allotted to any of the Participating Organisations. Persons with Disabilities will have to work in Branches/ Offices as identified by the respective Participating Organisation.

Deaf & Hearing Impaired (HI)

The deaf are those persons in whom the sense of hearing is non- functional for ordinary purposes of life i.e. total loss of hearing in both ears. They do not hear, understand sounds at all even with amplified speech. Hearing impairment means loss of sixty decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies.

Orthopaedically Challenged (OC)

Only those Orthopaedically Challenged candidates who have locomotor disability or cerebral palsy with locomotor impairment of minimum of 40% and only those who fall in the following categories are eligible to apply:

BL – Both legs affected but not arms

OA – One arm affected (R or L) –

(a) Impaired reach;

(b) Weakness of grip;

(c) Ataxia

OL – One leg affected (R or L)

These guidelines are subject to change in terms of GOI guidelines/ clarifications, if any, from time to time.