SSC CGL 2025: Submit medical certificate for DEST exemption, commission asks PwD candidates

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has allowed SSC Combined Graduate Level Examination (CGLE 2025) candidates under the PwD-OH category exemption from appearing in the typing test. Candidates will have to submit a medical certificate by January 10, in the prescribed format from a competent medical authority, to be eligible for the SSC CGL 2025 DEST exemption.

Candidates under the Persons with Disabilities Orthopedic Handicap (PwD-OH) category will have to submit a medical certificate declaring them to be permanently unfit for the Data Entry Speed Test (DEST) because of a physical disability.

However, no such exemption is available for the posts where either computer proficiency is required or where DEST is prescribed, except for the tax assistant posts in CBDT, for which exemption from the typing test is available.

All other PwD candidates are not eligible for exemption from DEST, the official SSC notice said.

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SSC CGL 2025 typing test

PwD-OH candidates qualified from the eastern region seeking exemption from CGLE DEST 2025 will have to submit the required documents in scanned format. Medical Certificate seeking exemption and undertaking as per the prescribed format. Candidates should ensure that the certificate has the following:

• Issued by Civil Surgeon.
• Clearly indicate how the disability interferes with Typewriting.
• Brief description of disabilities.
• Percentage of disabilities.

Candidates will have to submit along with the scanned copies of documents to the email address contactsscer-dopt@gov.in, latest by January 10. The decision of the competent authority on test exemption will be conveyed to the candidate on or before the day of DEST.

All candidates will have to produce all these documents in original before the commission and the indenting user department, as and when sought during document verification or otherwise.

A total of 1,39,395 qualified for SSC CGL 2025 tier 1 for the post of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO), Statistical Investigator Grade-II, including others. SSC CGL 2025 tier 1 exams will be conducted on January 18 and 19 across various locations.