📢 Latest Update (16 July 2026): Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) has issued a corrigendum revising the vacancy count for Assistant Engineer (Civil), Post Code 802/26, in Delhi Jal Board, under Advertisement No. 01/2026 (Combined Examination, 2026). As per official corrigendum, total vacancies have increased from 32 to 40 — a net addition of 8 posts, with the biggest jump in the Unreserved (UR) category. All other terms of the original 20 February 2026 advertisement remain unchanged.
DSSSB Assistant Engineer Civil 802/26 Vacancy Corrigendum 2026 — Quick Summary
The DSSSB Assistant Engineer Civil 802/26 Vacancy Corrigendum 2026, dated 16 July 2026, revises the number of vacancies for the post of Assistant Engineer (Civil) in Delhi Jal Board, advertised under Advertisement No. 01/2026 (Combined Examination, 2026) dated 20 February 2026. As per official corrigendum, the total vacancies for Post Code 802/26 have gone up from 32 to 40, with category-wise changes concentrated in the UR (13→19), ST (2→3), and EWS (5→6) categories, while OBC and SC remain unchanged at 10 and 2 respectively. The corrigendum explicitly states that the rest of the contents of Advertisement No. 01/2026 — including eligibility, application process, fee, and exam pattern — remain unchanged.
🏗️ DSSSB — Assistant Engineer (Civil), Post Code 802/26
Delhi Jal Board — Vacancies Revised from 32 to 40
📅 Corrigendum Dated: 16 July 2026
📊 See Full Vacancy Breakdown📅 Corrigendum Date: 16 July 2026 | 📊 Original Vacancies: 32 | 📈 Revised Vacancies: 40 | ➕ Net Increase: 8
✍️ By: Sarkari Nokrii Team | 📅 Published: 22 July 2026 | 🔄 Last Updated: 22 July 2026
📑 Table of Contents
- Overview
- Complete Vacancy Breakdown
- Why Vacancy Revisions Like This Happen
- What Exactly Changed, Category by Category
- What the Official Corrigendum Says
- About DSSSB and the Combined Examination Structure
- General DSSSB Combined Examination Selection Process
- About Delhi Jal Board and the Assistant Engineer (Civil) Role
- Why an Engineering Role at Delhi Jal Board Can Be a Strong Career Move
- General Background on AE (Civil) Eligibility
- General Preparation Context for Civil Engineering Exams
- What This Corrigendum Does and Does Not Cover
- Critical Warnings
- Important Links
- Official Sources Used
- FAQs
- Conclusion
📌 Overview
| Particulars | Details |
|---|---|
| Issuing Authority | Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB), P&P Branch, Government of NCT of Delhi |
| Office Address | FC-18, Institutional Area, Karkardooma, Delhi-110092 |
| File No. | 1(441)/P&P/DSSSB/2025/Advt.I/167733/2026 |
| Corrigendum Date | 16 July 2026 |
| Original Advertisement | No. 01/2026 (Combined Examination, 2026), dated 20 February 2026 |
| Post Name | Assistant Engineer (Civil) |
| Post Code | 802/26 |
| Recruiting Department | Delhi Jal Board |
| Nature of Corrigendum | Partial modification — vacancy count revision only |
| Advertised Vacancies (Original) | 32 |
| Revised Vacancies | 40 |
| Net Change | +8 posts |
| Signing Authority | Santosh Kumar, Deputy Secretary, P&P Branch, DSSSB (digitally signed) |
| Official Website | dsssb.delhi.gov.in |
| Telephone | 011-22370301 |
📊 Complete Vacancy Breakdown
As per the official corrigendum, the category-wise vacancy revision for Assistant Engineer (Civil), Post Code 802/26, is as follows:
| Category | UR | OBC | SC | ST | EWS | TOTAL | PwBD (incl.) | ExSM (incl.) | SP (incl.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advertised Vacancies | 13 | 10 | 02 | 02 | 05 | 32 | 03 | — | — |
| Revised Vacancies | 19 | 10 | 02 | 03 | 06 | 40 | 03 | — | — |
Note: Both the original (13+10+2+2+5=32) and revised (19+10+2+3+6=40) category-wise figures have been independently summed and confirmed to exactly match the stated TOTAL column in the official corrigendum. PwBD, ExSM, and SP figures shown are "included" (incl.) counts — meaning they are drawn from within the total vacancies above, not additional posts on top of them, as per the standard convention used in this table.
🔄 Why Vacancy Revisions Like This Happen
(General explanatory background on the administrative process behind vacancy corrigenda — not specific reasoning stated in this document, which gives only the revised numbers without explanation.) In a Combined Examination structure like DSSSB's Advertisement No. 01/2026, each participating department or board — in this case, Delhi Jal Board — is responsible for determining its own staffing requirements for each post code it has listed. It is common practice for a department to initially advertise a vacancy count based on sanctioned positions known at the time of the original advertisement, and then revise that number upward or downward as the recruitment process proceeds, based on factors such as updated staffing assessments, newly sanctioned posts, retirements, or internal reorganization. DSSSB formalizes any such change through a corrigendum, exactly as it has done here for Post Code 802/26 — a short, single-purpose document whose only job is to update the official vacancy figures that candidates and the Board itself will rely on for the remainder of the selection process.
An increase of 8 posts — moving from 32 to 40, a jump of 25% — is a meaningful revision by any standard, and it's worth noting that this kind of increase, this far along in a recruitment cycle (the original advertisement was published nearly five months before this corrigendum), often signals that the recruiting department has secured additional budgetary or administrative approval for more positions than it initially expected to fill. None of this is stated explicitly in the corrigendum itself, but it is the general pattern this kind of mid-cycle vacancy increase typically reflects.
For candidates, a late-stage vacancy increase like this one is generally good news regardless of the underlying administrative reason: more available seats against what is typically a relatively fixed or only modestly growing applicant pool by this stage of a recruitment cycle tends to work in candidates' favour, even though it says nothing about the difficulty of the exam itself or the quality of the competing applicant pool. It's also worth remembering that DSSSB corrigenda of this type are not unusual — vacancy revisions, whether increases or decreases, are a routine feature of large Combined Examination recruitment drives spanning dozens or hundreds of post codes across many departments, and candidates tracking a specific post code should get into the habit of checking the DSSSB website periodically for exactly this kind of update, rather than assuming the originally advertised numbers are final.
⚙️ General DSSSB Combined Examination Selection Process
(General background on how DSSSB typically conducts its Combined Examination process — not details stated in this specific corrigendum, which does not describe the selection procedure for Post Code 802/26.) While the exact tier structure can vary by advertisement, DSSSB Combined Examinations for technical and engineering posts generally follow a broadly similar pattern:
- Online Application: Candidates apply through DSSSB's online portal, selecting the specific post code(s) they wish to be considered for, alongside submission of the prescribed application fee.
- Written/Computer Based Examination: A common written test, often covering general awareness, reasoning, quantitative aptitude, and a technical/subject-specific component relevant to the post applied for (for an engineering post, this would typically include civil engineering subject knowledge).
- Document Verification: Shortlisted candidates, based on their performance in the written examination, are called for verification of their educational qualifications, category certificates, age proof, and other supporting documents.
- Final Merit List / Result: A final result is declared based on the candidate's performance and successful document verification, from which selections are made against the available vacancies for each post code.
Because this corrigendum only revises the vacancy count and does not touch any other part of Advertisement No. 01/2026, the actual selection procedure, examination pattern, syllabus, and stage-wise weightage applicable to Post Code 802/26 remain exactly as specified in the original 20 February 2026 advertisement — candidates should treat that document as the single source of truth for all of those specifics.
💧 Why an Engineering Role at Delhi Jal Board Can Be a Strong Career Move
(General context on public-sector civil engineering careers in urban infrastructure bodies — not claims specific to this post code's actual terms, which are not detailed in this corrigendum.) Civil engineering roles within large urban water and sanitation utilities like Delhi Jal Board typically offer engineers exposure to infrastructure projects at a genuinely large scale — water treatment, distribution network design and maintenance, sewage system engineering, and public infrastructure project management, serving one of the largest and most water-stressed urban populations in the country. For an early-career civil engineer, this kind of role can offer breadth of technical exposure that's harder to come by in a narrower private-sector civil contracting role, alongside the structured service conditions typically associated with a government or statutory-body position.
Because DSSSB routes recruitment for a wide range of Delhi Government departments and bodies through a single Combined Examination, an Assistant Engineer (Civil) candidate applying under Post Code 802/26 is applying specifically for a Delhi Jal Board posting, distinct from Assistant Engineer (Civil) posts that might be simultaneously advertised under different post codes for other departments in the same combined advertisement. Candidates interested specifically in water and sanitation infrastructure work should confirm they are tracking Post Code 802/26 specifically, rather than assuming all "Assistant Engineer (Civil)" post codes in Advertisement No. 01/2026 lead to the same department or role.
It's also worth noting, in general terms, that statutory bodies like Delhi Jal Board often sit administratively distinct from purely departmental government offices — meaning service conditions, promotion structures, and specific allowances can differ meaningfully from a candidate's expectations based on more familiar central or state government service rules. Candidates seriously considering this post are well served by researching Delhi Jal Board's specific service structure directly, in addition to relying on general assumptions about government engineering careers, since the original advertisement remains the authoritative source for any such specifics tied to Post Code 802/26.
🔍 What Exactly Changed, Category by Category
As per official corrigendum, breaking down the revision by category:
- Unreserved (UR): 13 → 19, an increase of 6 posts — by far the largest single change, and the main driver of the overall increase.
- Other Backward Classes (OBC): 10 → 10, unchanged.
- Scheduled Caste (SC): 02 → 02, unchanged.
- Scheduled Tribe (ST): 02 → 03, an increase of 1 post.
- Economically Weaker Section (EWS): 05 → 06, an increase of 1 post.
- Total: 32 → 40, a net increase of 8 posts (6+0+0+1+1=8).
- PwBD (Persons with Benchmark Disability), included within total: 03 → 03, unchanged.
- Ex-Servicemen (ExSM) and Sportsperson (SP), included within total: Shown as "—" (not applicable/nil) in both the original and revised figures.
In practical terms, this means candidates in the Unreserved category see the most meaningfully improved odds from this revision, while OBC and SC candidates see no change in the number of seats specifically reserved for their category under this post code.
🗞️ What the Official Corrigendum Says
As per the official document (F.No. 1(441)/P&P/DSSSB/2025/Advt.I/167733/2026, dated 16 July 2026):
- "In partial modification to the advertisement No. 01/2026 (Combined Examination, 2026) dated 20.02.2026 in respect to the post of Assistant Engineer (Civil), Post Code – 802/26 in Delhi Jal Board, the number of vacancies is revised as under."
- The vacancy table (reproduced in full above) follows this statement.
- "The rest of the contents of Advt. No. 01/2026 shall remain unchanged."
- "This issues with the approval of Competent Authority."
The corrigendum was copied to nine internal recipients, including the P.S. to Chairperson (DSSSB), the CEO of Delhi Jal Board at Varunalaya, Phase-II, Karol Bagh, New Delhi, and the Sr. System Analyst (IT), DSSSB, with a specific direction to upload the corrigendum on the Board's website — standard internal administrative routing for a DSSSB corrigendum of this kind.
🏛️ About DSSSB and the Combined Examination Structure
(General background on how DSSSB structures its recruitment — not specific to this corrigendum, which only revises the vacancy count.) The Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) is the primary recruiting agency for Group B and Group C posts across departments, boards, and autonomous bodies of the Government of NCT of Delhi. Rather than issuing a separate advertisement and separate examination for every individual post, DSSSB commonly bundles a large number of distinct posts — spanning multiple departments and disciplines — into a single "Combined Examination" advertisement for a given year, with each post identified by its own unique Post Code. Advertisement No. 01/2026 (Combined Examination, 2026), dated 20 February 2026, under which Post Code 802/26 falls, is exactly this kind of bundled advertisement.
Under this structure, candidates typically apply for the specific post code(s) they are eligible for and interested in, and DSSSB conducts a common recruitment process — usually involving a written examination — across all the bundled posts, before declaring post-code-specific results. Vacancy revisions like this corrigendum are a routine part of this process: participating departments periodically update DSSSB on their actual staffing requirements, and DSSSB formalizes those changes through a corrigendum exactly like the one covered in this post, while leaving the exam pattern, eligibility, and application process for the underlying advertisement untouched.
🚰 About Delhi Jal Board and the Assistant Engineer (Civil) Role
(General background on Delhi Jal Board and the likely scope of this role — not specific facts stated in this corrigendum.) Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is the statutory body responsible for the supply of potable water and the management of sewage and drainage across the National Capital Territory of Delhi. It is one of the larger civic infrastructure bodies operating in Delhi, responsible for a vast network of water treatment plants, pumping stations, distribution pipelines, and sewage treatment infrastructure serving one of the most populous urban regions in India. DJB's head office is located at Varunalaya, Phase-II, Karol Bagh, New Delhi — the same address to which this corrigendum was formally copied for the CEO's information.
An Assistant Engineer (Civil) role within an organization like Delhi Jal Board would, in general terms, typically involve civil engineering responsibilities connected to the Board's core infrastructure mandate — this could include supervision of construction, maintenance, and repair works on water supply and sewage infrastructure, quality control and technical oversight of civil works contracts, site inspection and project execution support, and coordination with other engineering and administrative wings of the Board. Given the scale of DJB's operations across Delhi's various zones and districts, an Assistant Engineer (Civil) posting could plausibly involve responsibility for a specific geographic zone, a particular category of infrastructure, or a specific type of project execution and monitoring work — though, again, the specific job description, reporting structure, and posting locations for Post Code 802/26 are not detailed in this corrigendum and would be governed by the original 20 February 2026 advertisement.
Delhi's water and sanitation infrastructure faces well-documented pressures from rapid urbanization, seasonal demand fluctuations, and the general complexity of maintaining and expanding a network serving a rapidly growing metropolitan population — meaning civil engineers working within DJB's structure are typically engaged with genuinely consequential public infrastructure challenges rather than purely routine maintenance work, even at an entry-level Assistant Engineer grade.
🎓 General Background on AE (Civil) Eligibility
(General information about how Assistant Engineer (Civil) eligibility is typically structured in DSSSB and similar recruitment processes — not a restatement of Post Code 802/26's actual eligibility criteria, which are not given in this corrigendum.) Across Indian government recruitment generally, an Assistant Engineer (Civil) post typically requires a candidate to hold a recognized Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, or an equivalent qualification, from a university or institution recognized by the relevant regulatory body (such as AICTE for engineering degrees). Some recruiting bodies also accept an equivalent combination of a Diploma in Civil Engineering plus a specified number of years of relevant experience, though this varies significantly by department and specific post code. Age limits, similarly, tend to follow standard government service norms with category-wise relaxation for SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PwBD/Ex-Servicemen candidates, though the precise figures again depend entirely on the specific advertisement rather than any general rule.
Since this corrigendum does not restate or reference the eligibility criteria at all — its entire content is the revised vacancy table — candidates should treat the original Advertisement No. 01/2026, dated 20 February 2026, as the sole authoritative source for the actual qualification, age limit, application fee, and selection process applicable to Post Code 802/26. This post does not guess or infer any of those specifics.
📚 General Preparation Context for Civil Engineering Government Exams
(General exam-preparation background applicable to civil engineering recruitment exams broadly — not a syllabus or preparation strategy stated in this corrigendum, which contains no exam-related information beyond the vacancy revision.) For candidates preparing for an Assistant Engineer (Civil) recruitment process of this kind, government technical exams in India typically draw on a core set of civil engineering subjects: Strength of Materials and Structural Analysis, Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) and Steel Structure design, Surveying, Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Environmental Engineering (water supply and sanitation — particularly relevant for a Delhi Jal Board posting), Transportation Engineering, Irrigation and Hydraulics, Estimation and Costing, and Construction Materials and Management. Alongside the technical component, DSSSB-style combined examinations typically also test General Awareness, General Intelligence and Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, and General English or Hindi Language, in line with the general pattern followed across most DSSSB post codes in a Combined Examination.
Given that this particular post code sits within Delhi Jal Board, candidates with a specific interest or stronger background in water supply engineering, sewage and drainage systems, and environmental/public health engineering topics within the civil syllabus may find those areas especially relevant to the eventual posting, even though the written examination itself would be expected to test the broader civil engineering syllabus rather than being narrowly focused on water infrastructure alone. Building a working familiarity with how urban water utilities like DJB operate — treatment processes, distribution network design principles, and sewage/drainage system fundamentals — can also be genuinely useful preparation for any eventual interview or role-specific assessment, even if it isn't formally tested in the written exam itself. As always, the authoritative syllabus and exam pattern for Post Code 802/26 is whatever is specified in the original Advertisement No. 01/2026 — this section is general orientation only, not a substitute for that document.
📖 What This Corrigendum Does and Does Not Cover
To avoid any ambiguity, it's worth being explicit, strictly as per the official corrigendum: this document revises only the vacancy count — both the overall total (32 to 40) and the category-wise breakup — for Assistant Engineer (Civil), Post Code 802/26, in Delhi Jal Board. It does not revise, and does not restate, the eligibility qualifications, age limit, application process, application fee, exam pattern, syllabus, or any date related to this recruitment. All of those aspects continue to be governed entirely by the original Advertisement No. 01/2026 dated 20 February 2026, which the corrigendum explicitly states "shall remain unchanged" apart from this vacancy revision.
⚠️ Critical Warnings
- As per official corrigendum, this document changes only the vacancy count — do not assume any change to eligibility, dates, fee, or exam pattern, all of which remain governed by the original 20 February 2026 advertisement. This is worth repeating because vacancy corrigenda of this kind are sometimes misread by candidates as signalling a broader update, when in fact their scope is exactly as narrow as this document states.
- The vacancy increase is concentrated almost entirely in the UR category (+6 of the total +8) — OBC and SC candidates see no change in their category-specific seat count under this revision.
- PwBD, ExSM, and SP figures shown in this table are counts included within the total vacancies, not additional posts — do not add them on top of the TOTAL column. This is a common point of confusion in vacancy tables of this format, so it's worth double-checking before doing any of your own arithmetic on the figures.
- This corrigendum does not state any application-related dates — candidates should refer to the original advertisement and the official DSSSB website for those specifics.
- Verify all details directly on the official DSSSB website (dsssb.delhi.gov.in) — this corrigendum is a short, narrowly-scoped document, and no other detail beyond the vacancy table should be assumed from it.
🔗 Important Links
| Description | Link |
|---|---|
| Official Corrigendum (PDF) | Download PDF |
| DSSSB Official Website | dsssb.delhi.gov.in |
📚 Official Sources Used
- Corrigendum, F.No. 1(441)/P&P/DSSSB/2025/Advt.I/167733/2026, dated 16 July 2026, Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board
- Referenced: Advertisement No. 01/2026 (Combined Examination, 2026), dated 20 February 2026
- DSSSB Official Website — dsssb.delhi.gov.in
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q1: What does the DSSSB Assistant Engineer Civil 802/26 corrigendum change?
It revises the vacancy count for Assistant Engineer (Civil), Post Code 802/26, in Delhi Jal Board — from 32 to 40 total posts.
Q2: Which category saw the biggest increase?
Unreserved (UR), which increased from 13 to 19 — a jump of 6 posts, accounting for most of the overall increase.
Q3: Did OBC or SC vacancies change?
No. As per official corrigendum, both OBC (10) and SC (02) remain unchanged.
Q4: What is the original advertisement this corrigendum modifies?
Advertisement No. 01/2026 (Combined Examination, 2026), dated 20 February 2026.
Q5: Does this corrigendum change the eligibility criteria or application process?
No. As per official corrigendum, the rest of the contents of Advertisement No. 01/2026 remain unchanged — only the vacancy count is revised.
Q6: What is the PwBD vacancy count after this revision?
03, unchanged from the original advertisement, and included within the total vacancies rather than additional to them.
Q7: Which department is recruiting for this post?
Delhi Jal Board, the statutory body responsible for water supply and sewage management in Delhi.
Q8: Who signed this corrigendum?
Santosh Kumar, Deputy Secretary, P&P Branch, DSSSB, digitally signed on 16 July 2026.
Q9: Where can I find the eligibility criteria and application dates for Post Code 802/26?
In the original Advertisement No. 01/2026, dated 20 February 2026, available on dsssb.delhi.gov.in — this corrigendum does not restate those details.
Q10: Is the ST category vacancy count affected by this corrigendum?
Yes. As per official corrigendum, ST vacancies increased from 02 to 03.
✅ Conclusion
DSSSB's corrigendum for Assistant Engineer (Civil), Post Code 802/26, in Delhi Jal Board, is narrow in scope but meaningful in impact: total vacancies have grown from 32 to 40, with the Unreserved category absorbing most of that increase (13 to 19), and smaller gains for the ST (2 to 3) and EWS (5 to 6) categories, while OBC and SC seats hold steady. Everything else about this recruitment — eligibility, application process, fee, exam pattern — remains exactly as laid out in the original Advertisement No. 01/2026 from 20 February 2026.
For candidates tracking Post Code 802/26, the practical takeaway is simple: this is good news on the numbers, especially for Unreserved-category applicants, but it changes nothing about how or when to apply. The 25% jump in total vacancies also means the overall competition-to-seat ratio for this specific post code has genuinely improved, even though it says nothing about the difficulty of the underlying written examination or selection process itself. Refer to the original advertisement for eligibility, dates, and exam-pattern specifics, and keep an eye on dsssb.delhi.gov.in for the next update in this recruitment cycle — whether that's an admit card release, an exam-date notice, or a further corrigendum.
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