A significant number of candidates who have applied for the SSC CGL 2023 exam are requesting a modification to the age cut-off date from August 1 to January 1, 2023. Aspirants of SSC held protests outside the CGO Complex from Tuesday to Thursday. Aspirants have written a letter to Union Minister of State Dr. Jitendra Singh, who is also the Minister In-charge DoPT requesting the change in age cut-off date from August 1 to January 1, 2023. Aspirants submitted the letter to the DoPT office today.
Letter to Union Minister of State Dr. Jitendra Singh submitted by aspirants in DoPT.
According to the SSC CGL notification 2023, Candidates who have between the age range of 18-32 will be able to apply and the age limit will be calculated as on August 1, 2023.
The notification has stated that candidates who are in their final year of graduation may apply for the exam, but they must possess the essential qualifications on or before the cut-off date, which is August 1, 2023.
Last year, the age limit for the exam was calculated as of January 1, 2023. However, due to the sudden change in the age cut-off date this year, a significant number of aspirants will be ineligible to sit for the exam.
According to aspirants, In previous years the cut-off date for age calculation was set as January 01. For the Phase-XI/2023/Selection Posts exam, the cut-off date is January 01, 2023, which is scheduled to take place before the CGLE 2023 Tier-1 exam. In past, SSC has consistently used the cut-off date as January 01, even if the notice was released in the first half of the year.
“As a candidate born between January and August, I am deeply disappointed with the SSC’s decision to fix the age of reckoning for the CGLE 2023 as August 1, 2023. This decision will be detrimental to our prospects, and we appeal to the authorities to change the age of reckoning to January 1, 2023,” told an aspirant Deepak Shrivastava to ABP Live.
Requesting the commission to change the age cut-off date, Puja Pandey said, “An arbitrary age reckoning date can have a significant impact on a candidate’s career prospects. We request SSC to change the age reckoning date to 1st Jan 2023 and ensure a level playing field for all candidates.”
Another aspirant Garima Sehgal said, “SSC just released the notification of SSC CGLE 2023 and changed the age cut-off date to August 01, 2023. What about us people who were born between January to August? What we have done wrong?”
No Response From Commission
Despite approaching the Staff Selection Commission, many aspirants have reported receiving no response. ABP LIVE approached SSC officials for a comment, but they did not respond. This report will be updated if a response is received.
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