Key points from the notice
Posts: Lower Division Clerk or Junior Secretariat Assistant (Level 2) and Data Entry Operator posts (Level 4 and 5).
Tentative vacancies: about 2,536. Final numbers follow after departments' documents are scrutinised.
Applications: 7 September to 7 October 2026, with fee payment until 8 October. The correction window was 14 to 16 October.
Age: 18 to 27 years as on 1 August 2026, meaning born between 2 August 1999 and 1 August 2008, before category relaxations.
Fee: Rs 100. Women, SC, ST, PwBD and eligible ex-servicemen candidates are exempt.
Eligibility and skill test
A pass in Class 12 or equivalent is needed, and 12th-appearing candidates must hold it by 7 October 2026. Data Entry Operator posts in a few named departments need Science with Mathematics. A skill or typing test is part of the process and is qualifying in nature.
Official source
SSC notice for CHSL 2026, uploaded 7 September 2026
Checked against the official source on 24 October 2026. Dates and conditions can change, so open the official notice yourself before you act on anything here.
