SSC MTS Eligibility Criteria 2025: Age Limit, Education Qualification, Citizenship

As the SSC MTS and Havaldar Exam approaches, candidates interested in this recruitment drive and seeking job opportunities must be aware of the minimum eligibility criteria. The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is responsible for conducting the SSC MTS exam, which is a national-level examination for selecting candidates for General Central Service Group-C non-gazetted, non-ministerial posts in various ministries, departments, and offices of the Government of India. The SSC officials have defined the minimum education qualifications and age limits that apply to candidates wishing to apply for the SSC MTS Recruitment.

SSC MTS Eligibility 2025

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts the Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) examination annually to recruit candidates for various non-technical, Group ‘C’ posts in different government ministries, departments, and offices across India. Understanding the eligibility criteria for the SSC MTS 2025 examination is important for aspirants who are planning to apply for this competitive exam. The parameters that are taken into consideration by Staff Selection Commission to evaluate a candidate's eligibility for MTS and Havaldar posts are specified below:

Age Limit
Educational Qualification
Nationality
Physical Standards (only for havaldar)

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SSC MTS Eligibility- Education Qualification (as on 01/08/2025)

Candidates should have passed the matriculation (Class 10) examination or its equivalent from a recognised board or university as on or before the cut-off date to be eligible to appear for the SSC MTS 2025 Exam. The educational qualification will also be considered fulfilled if the candidate can provide documentary evidence proving that they passed the qualifying examination on or before the cut-off date.

SSC MTS Eligibility- Age Limit (as on 01/08/2025)

For MTS and Havaldar in CBN (Department of Revenue)- The minimum age limit is usually 18 years, and the maximum age limit is 25 years. Candidates born not before 02.08.2000 and not later than 01.08.2007

For Havaldar in CBIC (Department of Revenue) and a few posts of MTS- Candidates must fall in the age group of 18 to 27 years. Candidates born not before 02.08.1998 and not later than 01.08.2007

However, there are age relaxations for candidates belonging to certain categories, such as SC/ST, OBC, PwD, and ex-servicemen, as mentioned in SSC MTS Notification 2025.

Categories	Age-relaxation permissible beyond the upper age limit
SC/ST	5 years
OBC	3 years
PwBD (Unreserved)	10 years
PwBD (OBC)	13 years
PwBD (SC/ ST)	15 years
Ex-Servicemen (ESM)	3 years after deduction of military service rendered from the actual age as on closing date of receipt of online application
Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof	3 years
Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (SC/ ST)	8 years
Central Government Civilian Employees: Who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of online applications	Upto 40 years of age
Central Government Civilian Employees: Who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of online applications. (SC/ ST)	Upto 45 years of age
Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried	Upto 35 years of age
Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried (SC/ ST)	Upto 40 years of age

SSC MTS Nationality/Citizenship

A candidate must be a citizen of India or a subject of Nepal/Bhutan or a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam to settle in India permanently.

SSC Havaldar Physical Requirements

Below are the PET and PST standards required to be eligible to get selected for the post of Havaldar in CBIC and CBN. The candidates after qualifying in the written test will be examined for the following Physical Efficiency parameters and Physical Standards.

SSC Havaldar Physical Efficiency Test
Particulars	Male	Female
Walking	1600 meters in 15 minutes	1 km in 20 minutes
Cycling	8 km in 30 minutes	3 km in 25 minutes

SSC Havaldar Physical Standard Test
Particulars	Male	Female
Height	157.5 cms	152 cms
Chest	76 cms (unexpanded)	--
Weight	--	48 kg

Important Links
SSC MTS Exam Pattern 2025	SSC MTS Syllabus 2025
SSC MTS Previous Year Cut Off	SSC MTS Salary Structure
SSC MTS Previous Year Question Paper PDFs- Click Here