SSC GD Constable — stages, standards and appeals (2026)

• Posts: Constable (General Duty) in BSF, CISF, CRPF, ITBP, SSB, Assam Rifles and SSF — Pay Level 3, Rs 21,700-69,100.
• Vacancies: 25,487 in the notification dated 1 December 2025.
• Written exam (CBE): conducted 27 April to 30 May 2026 after a postponement; normalised marks and answer-key challenges precede the result, which was awaited at the time of writing.
• Physical and medical stages: conducted by the CAPFs, coordinated by CRPF; admit cards for each stage issue on the CRPF recruitment site around two weeks ahead.
• Final merit: CBE marks, subject to qualifying each physical and medical stage and document verification.

1. CBE (computer-based exam) — 160 marks, four sections; normalisation applies across shifts. Answer keys and a challenge window follow before results.
2. PET (physical efficiency test) — the race: male candidates 5 km in 24 minutes; female candidates 1.6 km in 8 minutes 30 seconds; relaxed standards apply for Ladakh-region candidates, and ex-servicemen are exempt.
3. PST (physical standards test) — height 170 cm (male) / 157 cm (female) with relaxations for Scheduled Tribes and candidates from hill and border areas, per the notification's tables; chest standards apply to male candidates likewise.
4. DME (detailed medical examination) — vision, hearing, blood pressure, BMI, and general fitness per CAPF medical standards.
5. RME (review medical examination) — only for candidates declared unfit at DME who are called for review, within the window the boards fix.
6. DV (document verification) — certificates of age, category, domicile; the final merit list follows.

• PST appeal — same day, at the centre. The notification provides an appellate authority present at each PST centre; a candidate aggrieved by a measurement may appeal to it the same day through the presiding officer, and that decision is final. Ask for it on the spot — there is no later window.
• PET — no appeal. The race is run once; timing equipment and the board's record govern. Fair or not, the notice is explicit.
• Medical boards — no representation, no RTI, no CPGRAMS. The notice's terms bar representations, appeals, RTI applications and CPGRAMS grievances against PET/PST/DME/RME board decisions, because those boards belong to the CAPFs, not SSC. A serious procedural wrong can still be raised with the CRPF coordinating body in writing, but do not plan on the SSC route.
• CBE records — this is where RTI bites. Marks, the normalisation formula, answer-key challenge outcomes, cut-offs and tie-breaking criteria are SSC-held records: question them under RTI to SSC's CPIO. Our template below is built for exactly this.

1. My final normalised marks in the CBE held on [date], with the
   raw and normalised figures side by side.
2. The normalisation formula applied to my shift and a worked example.
3. The status and outcome of my answer-key challenge dated ___.
4. The cut-off for [post/category/state] and the number of candidates
   within one mark of it.
5. The tie-breaking criteria applied in preparing the merit list,
   with the clause each tie against my rank was resolved under.

Send it to the CPIO, Staff Selection Commission; the AI RTI Drafter fills the block. Marks-dispute RTIs have a solid record of surfacing arithmetic errors before counselling closes.

• Pregnancy — declared temporarily unfit; candidature is held in abeyance with a re-examination about six weeks after confinement, per the medical rules.
• Tattoos — only on body sites the notification permits, as per CAPF policy; visible sites outside the permitted list mean rejection at DME.
• Certificates at DV — category and domicile certificates must be in the prescribed proforma; wrong-format documents get deferred merit positions.
• Race-day footwear and track rules — follow the board's instructions exactly; disqualification is immediate and unappealable.
• E-admit cards — PET/PST/DME cards come from the CRPF site, not SSC; watch both portals.

After answer-key challenges close, SSC publishes normalised results — historically weeks, not months. Check ssc.gov.in; treat every “leaked date” as rumour.

Only through the RME route the board itself offers when it calls you; the notice bars other representations — so keep every medical paper the board hands you.

Yes — post- and state-wise allocation produces separate cut-offs; compare yours, not the all-India one.

The window is real and short — it closes at the centre. What remains is the written record: ask the appellate authority's decision sheet for your file in any later correspondence.

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