SSC Head Constable (AWO/TPO) in Delhi Police Exam Corrigendum 2025

9 Essential Qualifications:

(A) Educational Qualification (as on closing date of Online Application Form)

(i) Passed 10+2 (Senior Secondary) from a recognized Board with Science & Mathematics as subjects. OR National Trade Certificate (NTC) in the trade of Mechanic-cum-Operator Electronic Communication System.

(ii) Professional Attainments: Proficiency in Computer Operation (Qualifying in Nature).

• Test of English word processing speed-1000 key depressions in 15 minutes. (Test of English word processing will be conducted in ‘English’ language only as per functional requirement).

• Test of Basic Computer Functions: - Opening/Closing of PC, printing, MS office usage, saving & modification in typed text, paragraph setting & numbering, etc.

9.1 As per Ministry of Human Resource Development Notification dated 10-06-2015 published in Gazette of India all the degrees/ diplomas /certificates awarded through Open and Distance Learning mode of education by the Universities established by an Act of Parliament or State Legislature, Institutions Deemed to be Universities under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 and Institutions of National Importance declared under an Act of Parliament stand automatically recognized for the purpose of employment to posts and services under the Central Government provided they have been approved by the Distance Education Bureau, University Grants Commission. Accordingly, unless such degrees are recognized for the relevant period when the candidates acquired the qualification, they will not be accepted for the purpose of Educational Qualification.

9.2 As per UGC (Open and Distance Learning) Regulations, 2017 published in official Gazette on 23-06-2017, under Part-III (8) (v), the programmes in engineering, medicine, dental, nursing, pharmacy, architecture and physiotherapy, etc. are not permitted to be offered under Open and Distance Learning mode. However, pursuant to the Hon’ble Supreme Court Order dated 11-03-2019 in MA No. 3092/2018 in W.P. (C) No. 382/2018 titled Mukul Kumar Sharma & others Vs AICTE and others, B. Tech. degree/ diploma in Engineering awarded by IGNOU to the students who were enrolled up to academic year 2009-10 shall be treated as valid, wherever applicable.

9.3 All candidates who are declared qualified for the Document Verification will be required to produce the relevant Certificates such as Mark sheets, Provisional Certificates etc. for completion of Intermediate/Higher Secondary/ 10+2/ Senior Secondary in original as proof of having acquired the minimum educational qualification on or before the stipulated date, failing which the candidature of such candidates will be cancelled by the Delhi Police. The candidates who are able to prove, by documentary evidence, that the result of the qualifying examination was declared on or before the cut-off date and he has been declared passed, will also be considered to have met the educational qualification. It is reiterated that the result of required educational qualification must have been declared by the Board/University by the specified date. Mere processing of the result by the Board/University by the crucial cut-off date does not fulfill the EQ requirement.

9.4 The educational qualification and other physical standards for the post shall be the same as prescribed in the rules for direct recruitment to such post. No relaxation other than those provided in the Standing Order, will be given in any qualifications or standards, except in the cases and manner laid down in the Delhi Police [Appointment & Recruitment] Rules, 1980.

18 Physical Endurance Test (Qualifying)

A) Male Candidates: For Male candidates including ex-servicemen and departmental candidates (age-wise): Age Race-1600 Meters Long Jump High Jump Upto 30 years 07 minutes 12½ feet (12’6”) 3½ feet (3’6”) Above 30 to 40 years 08 minutes 11½ feet (11’6”) 3¼ feet (3’3”) Above 40 years 09 minutes 10½ feet (10’6”) 3 feet

Note: Those who qualify in the race will be eligible to appear in Long Jump and then High Jump. Long Jump and High Jump must be cleared in any one of the three chances that will be given. There shall be no appeal against disqualification in race, long jump and high jump.

B) Female Candidates: For Female candidates including departmental candidates and widow/ divorced/judicially separated women candidates (age-wise): Age Race-800 Meters Long Jump High Jump Upto 30 years 05 minutes 9 feet (9’) 3 feet (3’) Above 30 to 40 years 06 minutes 8 feet (8’) 2½ feet (2’6”) Above 40 years 07 minutes 7 feet (7’) 2¼ feet (2’3”)

Note 1: Those who qualify in the race will be eligible to appear in Long Jump and then High Jump. Long Jump and High Jump are to be cleared in any one of the three chances that will be given. There shall be no appeal against disqualification in race, long jump and high jump.

Note 2: “The female candidates, who are either pregnant, or have given birth to a baby or have had miscarriage during the period preceding the PE&MT, may not be allowed to participate in Physical Endurance Test and shall be declared temporarily unfit until the confinement is over. Till then result of such cases may be kept in a sealed cover and the vacancies will be kept in reserve.

Note 2.1 Such female candidates will be re-examined for Physical Endurance Test (PET) six weeks after the expiry of confinement, subject to the production of medical certificate of fitness from a registered medical practitioner. The confinement period will be as follows: -

i) 6 months from the date of delivery.

ii) 45 days from the date of miscarriage.

Note 2.2. If she is declared qualified during PE&MT, her result will be declared as per merit. She will be appointed to the post kept reserved for and allowed the benefit of seniority in accordance with the instructions of the government, as amended from time to time. 19 Physical Measurement: Physical Measurement Test shall be taken only of those candidates who qualify the Endurance Tests. The standards of Physical Measurement for Male and Female candidates shall be as follows:

A) For Male Candidates: -

(a) Height: 170 cms, relaxable by 5 cms for: -

(i) Residents of hill areas, i.e., Garhwalis, Kumaonis, Gorkhas, Dogras, Marathas and candidates belonging to states of Sikkim, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir and Leh & Ladakh regions of J&K (Candidates claiming this relaxation would have to produce a certificate to this effect (Hill area certificate) from the competent authority i.e. DC/DM/SDM or Tehsildar of their place of residence at the time of Physical Measurement Test). The format of certificate is annexed as Annexure-‘G’.

15 Scheme of Examination/Mode of Recruitment: The selection process shall consist of the

following compulsory tests in the given order: - Sl. No. Tests/Exams Maximum Marks/ Qualifying

(i) Computer Based Examination: by SSC 100 Marks

(ii) Physical Endurance and Measurement Tests (PE&MT): by Delhi Police Qualifying

(iii) Trade Test: by Delhi Police Qualifying

(iv) • Test of English Word Processing by Delhi Police Speed-1000 key depression in 15 minutes. (Test of English word processing will be conducted in ‘English’ language only as per functional requirement).

• Test of Basic Computer Functions: - Opening/Closing of PC, printing, MS office usage, saving & modification in typed text, paragraph setting & numbering, etc. Qualifying

15.1 All candidates (Male & Female), including Ex-servicemen, shall be put through a Computer Based Examination of One and half hour (90 minutes) duration to be conducted at different Centres.

15.2 There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer. Candidates are, therefore, advised to keep this in mind while answering the questions.

15.3 The question paper for Computer Based Examination will be conducted in HINDI and ENGLISH only.

15.4 Computer Based Examination: The Computer Based Examination will consist of one objective-type multiple-choice paper containing 100 questions carrying 100 marks, with the following composition: - Part Subject Number of Questions Maximum Marks Duration/ Time allowed Part-A General Awareness 20 20 Part-B General Science 25 25 Part Subject Number of Questions Maximum Marks Duration/ Time allowed Part-C Mathematics 25 25 90 Minutes Part-D Reasoning 20 20 Part-E Computer Fundamentals, MS Excel, MS Word, Communication, Internet, WWW and Web Browsers etc. 10 10 Total 100 100

Note: The level/standard of Question Paper will be 12th level.

15.5 The schedule of Examination indicated in the Notice is tentative. Any change in the schedule of Examination will be informed to candidates only through the website of the Commission.

16 Indicative Syllabus for the Computer Based Examination:

(A) General Awareness: Questions are designed to test the candidate’s general awareness of the environment around him/her and its application to society. Questions are also designed to test his/her knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of an educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Indian Economy, General Polity, Indian Constitution, Scientific Research. This question will be such that they do not require a special study of any discipline.

(B) General Science: - Physics: Understand the basic concepts of topics like thermodynamics, mechanics, Newton’s Law of Motion, Gravity, Motion, Pressure, Units of measurements, sound, Heat & Temperature, Electronics, Magnetism, Ohm’s Law, Number systems, Fiber Optics, Mode of Communication etc. Chemistry: Chemistry of everyday life, Commonly used chemicals, important catalysts, reactions, Commercial applications of chemicals chemical and physical change, definition based question, Acids (Sulphuric acid, Hydrochloride), Atomic Number, Elements and their symbols and Electro Chemistry etc.

(C) Mathematics: Number systems, Ratio and Proportion, Percentages, Averages, Simple and Compound interest, Profit, Loss & Discount, Time, Distance & Work, Algebra (Equations, Surds, Indices, Graphs), Geometry, Mensuration, Trigonometry, Data Interpretation, Sequence & Series, Permutation & Combination and Simplification.

(D) Reasoning: Non-Verbal Reasoning (figures), Analogy, Alphanumeric Series, Number Series, Critical Thinking, Coding and de-coding, Logical reasoning, Input-Output, Blood Relations, Syllogisms, Table, Directions/Ranking Test, Venn Diagrams, Seating Arrangement, Coded Inequalities and Data Sufficiency.

(E) Computer Fundamentals, MS Excel, MS Word, Communication, Internet, WWW and Web Browsers etc. This paper will include questions on the following:

1. Elements of Word Processing (Word Processing Basics, Opening and closing Documents, Text Creation, Formatting the Text and its presentation features).

2. MS Excel (Elements of Spread Sheet, Editing of Cells, Function and Formulas).

3. Communication (Basics of E-mail, Sending/receiving of Emails and its related functions).

4. Internet, WWW and Web Browsers (Internet, Services on Internet, URL, HTTP, FTP, Web sites, Blogs, Web Browsing Software, Search Engines, Chat, Video conferencing, e-Banking) etc.

29 Mode of Selection:

29.1 The recruitment process will consist of Computer Based Examination (CBE), Physical Endurance and Measurement Test (PE&MT), Trade Test and Proficiency in Computer Operation, Police verification of character & antecedents and Medical Examination of finally selected candidates.

29.2 All candidates whose Online Application Forms are found to be in order will be called to appear in the Computer Based Examination. The Staff Selection Commission will conduct the examination for all candidates in Computer Based Mode only. Admission Certificates for Computer Based Examination will be uploaded on the website of the Commission.

29.3 Computer Based Examination will be conducted in English and Hindi only.

29.4 PE&MT will be of qualifying nature.

29.5 Document verification (i.e. collection of required eligibility certificates/documents from the candidates and their verification with original documents) will be conducted by Delhi Police at the time of PE&MT for the candidates who qualify all the events of PE&MT.

29.6 The candidates who are qualified in all stages of examination will be considered for inclusion in the final merit list.

29.7 SC, ST, OBC, EWS, and ESM candidates, who are selected on their own merit without relaxed standards, will not be adjusted against the reserved share of vacancies. Such candidates will be accommodated against the unreserved vacancies in the post as per their position in the overall merit or vacancies earmarked for their category, whichever is advantageous to them. The reserved vacancies will be filled up separately from amongst the eligible SC, ST, OBC, EWS and ESM candidates.

29.8 SC, ST, OBC, EWS and ESM candidates who qualify on the basis of relaxed standards viz. age limit, experience or qualifications, permitted number of chances, extended zone of consideration, etc., irrespective of his merit position, is to be counted against reserved vacancies and not against un-reserved vacancies. In so far as cases of ex-serviceman are concerned, deduction of the military service rendered from the age of ex-servicemen is permissible against the reserved or unreserved posts and such exemption will not be termed as relaxed standards in regard to age.

29.9 Success in the examination confers no right of appointment unless the Government is satisfied after such enquiry as may be considered necessary that the candidate is suitable in all respects for appointment to the service/ post.

29.10 If a candidate is finally selected and does not receive any correspondence from the Staff Selection Commission or the User Department concerned within a period of one year from the declaration of final result, he must communicate immediately thereafter with the User Department concerned.

29.11 The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all the eligibility conditions for admission to the examination. Their admission at all the stages of examination will be purely provisional, subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If, on verification, at any time before or after the Computer Based Examination, PE&MT, Trade Test, Proficiency in Computer Operation and Medical Examination as well as after issue of Offer of Appointment/ joining the service, it is found that they do not fulfill any of the eligibility conditions, their candidature/ selection for the post will be cancelled by the Staff Selection Commission / Delhi Police.

11 How to Apply:

11.1 The Applications must be submitted in only online mode on the website of SSC Headquarters i.e., https://ssc.gov.in or through mySSC mobile application (which can be downloaded from Google Play Store). For the detailed instructions thereon, please refer to Annexure-I and Annexure-II, (Sample proforma of One-time Registration and Online Application Form are attached as Annexure-IA and Annexure-IIA respectively) of this Notice as well as the Notice dated 02.06.2025 relating to mobile app as available on the website of the Commission.

11.2 Last date and time for submission of Online Application Form is 15.10.2025 (23:00 Hrs).

11.3 Candidates are advised in their own interest to submit Online Application Form much before the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection/ inability or failure to login to the SSC website on account of heavy load on the website during the closing days.

11.4 All the candidates, who wish to apply in response to this Examination Notice and have not generated their One-Time Registration (OTR) on the new website of the Commission (https://ssc.gov.in), will be required to do so as the OTR generated on the old website of the Commission (i.e., https://ssc.nic.in) will not be functional for the new website. Subsequent to the OTR, the candidates can proceed to fill in the Online Application Form of the Examination. Once an OTR has been generated on the new website, it will continue to remain valid for all the Examinations to be applied for on the new website. The detailed instructions for OTR are given in Annexure-I & IA to this Examination Notice.

11.5 The candidates are advised to opt for Aadhaar-Based Authentication, in terms of the Aadhaar Policy as published on the website of the Commission, while completing their OTR process. The application(s) of the Candidates who opt for Aadhaar Authentication will not be rejected on the ground that photograph and/or signature uploaded by the candidate are not as per prescribed standards. Such candidates will not be required to produce recent colour photographs, original valid Photo-Identity proof for admission to the Examination venue at the time of Computer Based Examination.

11.6 The candidate is not required to have a pre-existing photograph of himself / herself for submitting the Online Application Form. The application module has been so designed to capture real-time photograph of the candidate while filling up the Online Application Form. The candidate will be required to stand/sit before the camera when prompted by the application module and to scrupulously observe the following instructions while capturing the photograph: - a. Find a place with good light and plain background. b. Ensure the camera is at eye level before taking the photograph. c. Position himself/herself directly in front of the camera lens and look straight ahead. d. Ensure that his/her face is fully inside the prescribed area delineated by the camera and that it is neither too close nor too far. It should cover the area fully and no part of the face should be outside the area delineated by the camera. e. Candidates shouldn’t wear a cap, mask or glasses/spectacles while capturing the photo.

11.7 The appearance of a candidate, while appearing for the examination, should be as per the photograph in Online Application Form. The candidate should ensure that the photograph captured is clear, without cap or spectacles, and have a full-frontal view. The applications with photographs not in accordance with the instructions are liable to be rejected. In no case should the candidate capture the photograph of his/her pre-existing photograph. All such Online Application Forms where the photograph of his/her pre-existing photograph is captured will be rejected summarily. However, the Online Application Form of candidates submitted through Aadhaar Based Authentication process will not be rejected on the aforesaid grounds.

11.8 Candidates are required to upload the scanned signature in JPEG format (10 to 20 KB). The image dimension of the signature should be about 6.0 cm (width) x 2.0 cm (height). Online Application Form with inappropriate photographs or blurred/miniature signatures, not meeting the prescribed requirement, will be rejected summarily. However, the rejection on the aforesaid grounds will not be applicable to the candidates who have used the Aadhaar-Based Authentication process for applying.

11.9 The Commission will not be responsible for the candidates not being able to submit their applications within the last date on account of the aforesaid reasons or for any other reason beyond the control of the Commission.

11.10 Before submission of the Online Application Form(s), the candidates must go through the Preview option to ensure that they have furnished correct information/details in each field of the Online Application Form. They should also check that photograph and signature are meeting with the prescribed requirements. The candidates are hereby advised to keep a hard copy of the application(s) submitted.

11.11 The information furnished by the candidates in their application(s) will be verified by the User Department/ Commission with reference to original documents during the Document Verification or whenever it is required. If it is found during verification of documents or at any stage of recruitment or thereafter that any information furnished by the candidate in Online Application Forms is wrong/false, his/her candidature will be rejected forthwith. The candidates should ensure that they have furnished correct information in the Online Application Form.