Clarification on fresh attempts and age relaxation in Civil Services Examination - DOPT

With reference to the decision of the Competent Authority conveyed earlier on the website of this department, the existing position in respect of number of attempts and maximum age limits for various categories of candidates and the changes as approved in number of attempts & age-limits consequent to providing two additional attempts would be as under :-

Existing No. of attempts	Categories
	Unreserved	SC/ST	OBC	P. H.
	04	Unlimited	07	07 for General/OBC Unlimited for SC/ST
Existing maximum age- limits	30 years	35 years	33 years	40 years
Consequential No. of attempts.	06 (4+2)	Unlimited	09 (7+2)	09 for General/OBC Unlimited for SC/ST
Consequential maximum age- limits	32 years (30+2)	37 years (35+2)	35 years (33+2)	12 additional years in each category (30+12 for General, 35+12 for SC/ST & 33+12 years for OBC)

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