NEW DELHI, October 18 — The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) officially declared the results and category-wise qualifying cut-off scores for the Combined Higher Secondary (10+2) Level (CHSL) Tier-1 Examination 2026 on Sunday evening.
According to the official result notification published on ssc.gov.in, a total of 41,560 candidates have been shortlisted to appear for the Tier-2 computer-based descriptive and skill testing stages. The normalized qualifying cut-off was pegged at 153.25 marks for Unreserved (UR), 151.80 for OBC, 149.50 for EWS, 136.40 for SC, and 125.10 for ST categories, evaluated across multi-shift testing cohorts.
The Commission confirmed that Tier-2 examination admission certificates will be uploaded on respective regional sub-portals shortly. The recruitment cycle seeks to fill over 3,712 Group 'C' vacancies comprising Lower Division Clerks (LDC), Junior Secretariat Assistants (JSA), and Data Entry Operators (DEO) across central secretariats and constitutional bodies.
The administrative structure of the Staff Selection Commission (subordinate to the Department of Personnel and Training - DoPT), civil service entry rules under Article 309 of the Constitution, and score normalization mathematical formulas represent primary study points across SSC and State Staff Selection Commission exams.