Quick Summary
SSC has issued an Important Notice (F.No. HQ-EC033/7/2025-EC, dated 27 July 2026) confirming that 5 Limited Departmental Competitive Examinations for 2025 -- covering ASO/Assistant Grade, Senior Secretariat Assistant/Upper Division Clerk Grade, and Junior Secretariat Assistant/Lower Division Clerk Grade -- will be conducted on 23 August 2026. These are internal promotion-route exams for serving government employees in the relevant cadres, not open recruitment for the general public. The notice carries no application-window details; SSC has simply asked eligible candidates to keep checking its website for further updates.
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This article lays out SSC's exam-schedule notice exactly as published -- which exams, for whom, and what's still unstated -- so eligible departmental candidates know exactly where things stand.
Table of Contents
- Who This Notice Is For (Important)
- Notice Details
- Exam Schedule: All 5 LDCE 2025 Exams
- Understanding the Similar-Looking Entries
- What's Not Yet Announced
- FAQs
Who This Notice Is For (Important)
All 5 examinations in this notice are Limited Departmental Competitive Examinations (LDCE). That means they are internal promotion-route exams open only to serving government employees who are already eligible in the relevant grade/cadre -- not the general public, and not fresh graduates or first-time job seekers. If you're not already a serving employee in one of the applicable cadres, this particular notice isn't something you can apply against.
Notice Details
| Issuing Authority | Staff Selection Commission (Headquarters) |
| File No. | HQ-EC033/7/2025-EC |
| Notice Type | Important Notice (exam schedule) |
| Notice Date | 27 July 2026 |
| Signed By | Under Secretary to the Government of India |
| Number of Examinations Scheduled | 5 |
Exam Schedule: All 5 LDCE 2025 Exams
Reading note: the source notice's schedule column shows "23rd August, 2026" once, in a table structure that reads as a single date spanning all 5 rows. We've read this as all five exams being scheduled for the same date -- flagged here rather than stated as independently confirmed for each row.
| Sr. No. | Name of Examination | Cadre Scope | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Assistant Section Officer / Assistant Grade Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, 2025 | — | 23 August 2026 |
| 2 | Senior Secretariat Assistant / Upper Division Clerk Grade Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, 2025 | Central Secretariat Clerical Service (CSCS) Cadre, Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) | 23 August 2026 |
| 3 | Junior Secretariat Assistant / Lower Division Clerk Grade Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, 2025 | Central Secretariat Clerical Service (CSCS) Cadre, Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) | 23 August 2026 |
| 4 | Senior Secretariat Assistant / Upper Division Clerk Grade Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, 2025 | General (separate administration from Sr. No. 2) | 23 August 2026 |
| 5 | Junior Secretariat Assistant / Lower Division Clerk Grade Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, 2025 | General (separate administration from Sr. No. 3) | 23 August 2026 |
Understanding the Similar-Looking Entries
You'll notice Sr. No. 2 and Sr. No. 4 have the exact same exam name, and so do Sr. No. 3 and Sr. No. 5. These are not duplicates -- they're separate exam administrations:
- Sr. No. 2 & 3 are specifically for the Central Secretariat Clerical Service (CSCS) Cadre under the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT).
- Sr. No. 4 & 5 cover the same grade/post but for other cadres, run as a separate administration from the CSCS-specific one.
If you're an eligible departmental candidate, make sure you're tracking the correct one for your specific cadre.
What's Not Yet Announced
This notice is limited to confirming the exam date. It does not include:
- Application or option-form submission dates
- Eligibility criteria or vacancy numbers for each exam
- Exam pattern, syllabus, or shift timings
- Admit card release date
SSC's own advice in the notice is simply to keep checking its website at regular intervals for further updates -- so treat this as a save-the-date rather than a complete notification.
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FAQs
Q1: What is this SSC notice about?
It confirms the exam date -- 23 August 2026 -- for 5 Limited Departmental Competitive Examinations (LDCE) 2025, covering Assistant Section Officer/Assistant Grade, Senior Secretariat Assistant/UDC Grade, and Junior Secretariat Assistant/LDC Grade.
Q2: Can I apply for these exams as a fresh candidate?
No. All 5 exams are Limited Departmental Competitive Examinations, open only to serving government employees who are already eligible in the relevant grade/cadre, not the general public.
Q3: When are the exams scheduled?
23 August 2026, per the notice. The source table's date appears to apply to all 5 exams (read from a merged table cell), though this isn't independently repeated for each row in the source.
Q4: Why do some exam names repeat in the schedule?
Sr. No. 2 and 4 share a name, and so do Sr. No. 3 and 5, but they cover different cadre scopes. Sr. No. 2 and 3 are specific to the CSCS Cadre under DoPT; Sr. No. 4 and 5 are separate administrations for other cadres.
Q5: Does this notice mention application dates or eligibility criteria?
No. This notice only confirms the exam date. Application details, eligibility, vacancies, syllabus, and admit card dates are not included and would be announced separately.
Q6: Who issued this notice?
Staff Selection Commission (Headquarters), F.No. HQ-EC033/7/2025-EC, dated 27 July 2026, signed by the Under Secretary to the Government of India.
Q7: What should eligible candidates do now?
SSC advises checking its official website regularly for further updates, since this notice doesn't include admit card or application details yet.
Conclusion
SSC has locked in 23 August 2026 as the exam date for 5 Limited Departmental Competitive Examinations under the 2025 cycle -- relevant only to serving government employees eligible in the applicable cadres. Application details, syllabus, and admit card information haven't been released yet, so eligible candidates should keep checking SSC's official website as advised in the notice itself.