WBCS Age Limit 2023 and WBPSC Eligibility Criteria: See here in detail

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WBCS Age Limit for the Group D Services

The WBCS Group D services are the clerical positions in the state administrative machinery. The WBCS age criteria for Group D services are:

Lower Age Limit -21 years

Upper Age limit- 39 years

The candidate should be of age and should not be below 21 years and not over 39 years on the January 1^st of the year of the examination (i.e. born not earlier than January 2, 1984, and not later than January 1, 2002).

WBCS 2023 age limit can be summarised as below:

WBCS Age limit relaxation

The WBPSC also provides age relaxation to candidates belonging to certain reserved categories. The age relaxation for the reserved categories is as follows.

In the case of Persons with Disabilities (PWD), the upper age limit is relaxable up to 45 years. S.C./S.T./B.C. candidates of other States shall be treated as General category candidates. Besides the educational and age limit criteria, there are certain physical requirements which are required for certain positions.

WBCS 2023 Educational Criteria

There is a common educational qualification required for the WBCS exam. The candidate must be a graduate from a recognised university with any discipline. The candidate must be able to read, speak and write Bengali. But this condition does not stand for the candidates whose mother tongue is Bengali.

WBCS 2023: Special Eligibility Requirement

For the WBCS Group B – West Bengal Police Service

The male candidate must be 165 centimetres or taller than that.

The female candidates must be 150 centimetres or taller than that.

There is a height relaxation provided to the candidates belonging to the Gorkhas, Garwalis and Assamese Tribals, etc. This height relaxation will be provided at the discretion of the WBPSC. The candidates belonging to this category must indicate his or her height at the appropriate place in the WBCS application form.

WBCS 2023: Assistant Canal Revenue Officer

The candidates recruited for this post will have to attain the tehsil and Zilla office on a regular basis. Their area of jurisdiction will comprise a large number of villages and they will have the cycle only for commutation purpose. They will also face the public to solve their problems.

WBCS 2023: West Bengal Junior Social Welfare Service

Candidates will be required to serve in the Homes for the Blind and/or Deaf and Dumb under the West Bengal Junior Social Welfare Service. The degree or diploma or certificate in the training of the Blind and/or Deaf and Dumb shall be an essential qualification for this service. Any person not possessing the above qualification may be appointed in these Homes on the condition that he/she will have to receive in-service training for teaching of the Blind and/or Deaf and Dumb. Male candidates will be unsuitable for the posts meant for institutions for females and female candidates unsuitable for the posts meant for institutions for males.  

West Bengal Subordinate Land Revenue Service, Grade - I

For the appointment to this post, good working knowledge of the Bengali Language is a must. it includes the written and spoken part of the language. (candidates whose mother tongue is Nepali shall be exempted from this requirement, but will be required to pass, within a period of two years a departmental examination in Bengali).