Central Police Forces (Assistant Commandants Examination, 2007)

3. Eligibility Conditions:

1. Nationality : No person who is not a citizen of India shall, except with the consent of the Central Government signified in writing be appointed or employed under these Rules.
Provided that nothing contained in these rules shall debar the appointment, enrolment or employment of a subject of Nepal or Bhutan under these rules.
2. Sex: Both Male and Female candidates are eligible for appointment to the post of Assistant Commandants in CRPF and CISF. However, for appointment to the post of Assistant Commandants in BSF, ITBP and SSB, only Male candidates are eligible.
3. Age Limits:
a) A candidate must have attained the age of 20 years and must not have attained the age of 25 years on 1st August, 2007 , i.e. he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1982 and not later than 1st August, 1987.
b) The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable.
• upto a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.
• upto a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates.
• upto a maximum of five years for Central Government Servants in accordance with the existing instructions of the Central Government. Ex-servicemen will also be eligible for this relaxation. However the total relaxation claimed on account of Government Service will be limited to 5 years.
• upto a maximum of five years if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1st January, 1980 to the 31st day of December, 1989.

Note I: Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes who are also covered under any other clause of Para 3(III)(b) above, viz. those coming under the category of Central Government Servants/ Ex-servicemen and persons domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir, will be eligible for grant of cumulative age-relaxation under both the categories.

Note II: The term ex-servicemen will apply to the persons who are defined as ex-servicemen in the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1979, as amended from time to time.

Note III: The term "Central Government Servants" in Para 3 (III)(b)(iii) above will apply to persons who are defined as "Government Servants" in the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 as amended from time to time.

Save As Provided Above The Age Limits Prescribed Can In No Case Be Relaxed.

The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognised by an Indian University as equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a University, which extract must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the Higher Secondary or an equivalent examination certificate.

No other document relating to age like horoscopes, affidavits, birth extracts from Municipal Corporation, service records and the like will be accepted.

The expression Matriculation/Secondary Examination Certificate in this part of the instructions includes the alternative certificates mentioned above.

Note I: Candidates should note that once a Date of Birth has been claimed by them and entered in the records of the Commission for the purpose of admission to an Examination, no change will be allowed subsequently (or at any other Examination of the Commission) on any grounds whatsoever.

NOTE II: The candidate should exercise due care while entering their Date of Birth in Column 8 of the Application Form for the Examination. If on verification at any subsequent stage, any variation is found in their Date of Birth from the one entered in their Matriculation or equivalent Examination Certificate, disciplinary action will be taken by the Commission under the Rules.

Central Police Forces (Assistant Commandants Examination, 2007)