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35 (thirty five) years of age, except for the Police forces, Excise forces and such other forces excluding their Ministerial staff.
No.A-12011/1/2019-P&AR(GSW), 3 rd June, 2019. Whereas the Government of Mizoram had notified vide No.A-36012/1/2005-P&AR (GSW) dated 07.07.2006 that the upper age limit for direct recruitment to all posts/services under the Government shall be 35 (thirty five) years of age, except for the Police forces, Excise forces and such other forces excluding their Ministerial staff.
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RNI No. 27009/1973Postal Regn. No. NE-313(MZ) 2006-2008NOTIFICATIONNo.A-12011/1/2019-P&AR(GSW), 3rd
June, 2019.Whereas the Government of Mizoram
had notified vide No.A-36012/1/2005-P&AR (GSW) dated 07.07.2006 that the upper age limit for direct
recr uitment to all posts/services under the Government shall be 35 (t hirty five) years of a ge, except for the
Police forces, Excise for ces and such other forces excluding their Ministerial staff.
2.Wher eas all recruitment rules/service rules were treated a s amended to the extent as per the notification
mentioned above, which was duly approved by the Council of Ministers in its meeting dated 26.05.2006
3.Wher eas the age limit for direct recruit ment a r e genera lly prescribed in the recruitment ru les/ser vice
rules while at the same time, such rules normally contain a savings clause as follows:
“Nothing in these r ules shall affect any reservations, relaxa tion of age limit and other concess ions
required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes/the S cheduled Tribes and other categories of persons
in a ccordance with the order issued by C entral Government or Government of M izoram from time to
time in this regard”.
4.Wher eas the recruit ment rules/service rules generally contain a proviso as follows:
“
provided tha t the u pper age limit prescribed for direct recruit ment may be relaxed in the ca s e of
candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and other special categories of persons
in a ccordance with the or ders issued by the Central Government or Government of Mizoram from
time to time”.
5.Wher eas the above clauses in the recruitment r ules/service rules implies t hat the provisions of the
rules do not affect the operation of the orders issued from time to time by the Government providing
relaxation in age limit for direct recruitment to the Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes and other
special categories of persons.
6.In view of the the savings clause in recruitment rules/service rules as mentioned a bove, the Competent
Authority is, therefore, pleased to prescribe the upper age limit for direct recruit ment as follows for
such services/posts whose recruitment rules/service rules provided such savings clause: VOL - XLVIII Aizawl, Monday 10.6.2019 Jyaist ha 20, S.E. 1941, Issue No. 375
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No.Category of persons to
whom relaxation of age
limit is admissibleCategories of posts to
which relaxation of upper
age limit is admissibleExtent of relaxation of upper
age limitScheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes
Other Backward Class
Persons with disabilities(vide
Notification No.A.12027/1/
2011-P&AR (GSW) dated
21.02.2013)
Persons with disabilities
belonging to Scheduled
Castes/Scheduled Tribe
category(vide Notification
No.A.12027/1/2011-P&AR
(GSW) dated 21.02.2013)
Persons with disabilities
belonging to Other Backward
Class category
Candidates with t hr ee years
cont inuous service in the State
Government either on regular,
work-charged, contr act,
muster roll or adhoc/officia ting
basis including those working
under Centrally Sponsored
Schemes
Ex-servicemen
Disa bled Defence services
per sonnelAll posts filled by direct
recruitment
All posts filled by direct
recruitment
All posts identified suitable for
Persons with disabilities to be
filled by dir ect recruit ment
All posts identified suitable for
Persons with disabilities to be
filled by dir ect recruit ment
All posts identified suitable for
Persons with disabilities to be
filled by dir ect recruit ment
All posts filled by direct
recruitment. This is essentially
for candida tes as mentioned at
Column (2) working in posts
which are in the same line or
allied cadres and where a
relationship could be
esta blished that the service
already rendered in a
particular post will be useful
for the efficient discharge of
the duties of the post being
adver tised for filling up.
All posts in Group ‘B’ (Non-
Gazetted), Group ‘C’ & Group
‘D’ filled by direct recruitment
Group ‘C’ & Group ‘D’ posts
filled by dir ect recruit ment
Group ‘A’ & Group ‘B’ posts
filled by dir ect recruit ment5 years
3 years
10 years
15 years
13 years
Up t o 40 years of age (4 5 years for
Scheduled Cas tes/Scheduled
Tribes)
The period of military service shall
be deducted from the act ual age of
the candidate and if the resultant age
does not exceed the maximum age
limit prescribed for the post
mentioned in Column (3) for which
he seeks appointment by more than
three year s, he shall be deemed to
satisfy the condition regarding age
limit
45 years(50 years for Scheduled
Cas tes/Scheduled Trib es)
45 years (50 years for Scheduled
Cas tes/Scheduled Trib es) 1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)1234
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10)
11)
12)All posts requiring Medical
qualification
For direct recruitment to
Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’
posts, ex-servicemen and
Commissioned Officers
including ECOs/SSCOs who
have render ed atleast 5 years
milit ary service and have
been released on completion
of a ssignment (inclu ding
those whose a ssignment is
due to be completion within 6
months) otherwise tha n by
way of dismissal or discharge
on a ccount of physical
disability attributable to
military service or on
invalidment
All posts filled by direct
recruitment
All posts filled by direct
recruitment Ex-p ersonnel of Army
Medical Corps (S hort
Service/Regular
Commissioned Officer)
Ex-ser vicemen Emergency
Commissioned Officer
(ECO)/Short Service
Commissioned Officer
(SSCO)
Ex-Gener al Res erve Engineer
For ce (GREF ) Personnel
Whole Time C adet
Instructors in National C adet
Cor p (N CC)who were
released from NCC after the
expiry of their initial/extended
tenureThe period of military service shall
be deducted from the act ual age of
the candidate and if the resultant age
does not exceed the maximum age
limit prescribed for the post
mentioned in Column (3) for which
he seeks appointment by more than
three year s, he shall be deemed to
satisfy the condit ion regarding age
limit
Five yea rs
The period of service in GREF shall
be deducted from the act ual age of
the candidate and if the resultant age
does not exceed the maximum age
limit prescribed for the post
mentioned in Column (3) for which
he seeks appointment by more than
three year s, he shall be deemed to
satisfy the condit ion regarding age
limit
The period of service in NCC shall
be deducted from the act ual age of
the candidate and if the resultant age
does not exceed the maximum age
limit prescribed for the post
mentioned in Column (3) for which
he seeks appointment by more than
three year s, he shall be deemed to
satisfy the condit ion regarding age
limit
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14)
15)
16)Whole Time Cadet Instructors
in National Cadet Corp
(NCC) who were r eleas ed
form NCC before the expiry
of their init ia l/extended tenure.
Meritor ious Sportspersons
Meritor ious Sportspersons
belonging to Scheduled
Cast es/Scheduled Tr ibes
category
Retrenched State Government
employeesAll posts filled by direct
recruitment
All posts filled by direct
recruitment
All posts filled by direct
recruitment
For posts filled otherwise than
through MPS C on the basis of
competitive tests, i.e. filled
through employment exchangeThe period of ser vice in NCC shall
be deducted from the act ual age of
the candidate and if the result ant
age does not exceed the max imum
age limit prescribed for the post
mentioned in Column (3) for which
he seeks appointment by more than
three year s, he shall be deemed to
satisfy the condition regarding age
limit provided the candidate has
served in NCC for a period of not
less than six months pr ior to his
release from NCC
5 years
10 years
The period of service under the
Government of Mizor am shall be
deducted fr om the actual age of the
candidate and if the resultant age
does not exceed the maximum age
limit prescribed for the post
mentioned in Column (3) for which
he seeks appointment by more than
three year s, he shall be deemed to
satisfy the condition regarding age
limit7.Whenever the recruitment rules/service rules do not have the savings clause as mentioned above, the
age limit for direct recruitment shall be determined as per the provisions of the respective recruit ment
rules/service rules without any r elaxations.
8. For the purpose of availing the above mentioned age relaxations, unless the context otherwise requires:
a)“a retr enched S tate Government employee” means a person who was employed under the
Government of Mizoram for a continuous period of not less than six months pr ior to his
retr enchment and was discharged as a r esult of right-sizing or due to normal r eduction in
establishment.
b)“a whole-time Cadet instructor in NCC” means a person who was recruit ed as a whole-time
Cadet instructor in NCC on or after 01.01.1963.
c)“Ex-GREF personnel” means a person who was employed in that F orce at least a continuous
period for not less than six months and who was released from that F orce on completion of his
tenur e of ser vice.
d)“disabled ex-servicemen” means ex-serviceman who while serving in the Armed Forces in the
Union was disabled in operations against the enemy or in disturbed ar eas.
e)“ex-serviceman” means a person
(i)who has served in a ny rank whether as a combatant or as non-combatant in a regular
Army, Navy or Air Force of the India n Union, and
a.who either has been retir ed or r elieved or discharged from such service whether
at his own r equest or being relieved by the employer aft er earning his pension; or
b.who ha s been relieved fr om s u ch s er vice on medica l gr ou nds a t t rib u t a ble t o milita r y
service or circumstances beyond his control and awarded medical or other disability
pension; or
c.who has been released from such service as a result of r eduction in establishment;
(ii) who has been released from such service after completing the specific period of
engagement, otherwise tha n at his own r equest, or by way of dismissa l, or discharge on
account of misconduct or inefficiency and has been given a gratuity; and includes
personnel of the Terr itoria l Army, namely, pension holders for cont inuous embodied
service or broken spells of qualifying service; or
(iii) personnel of Army P ostal S ervice who are part of Regular Army a nd retired from the
Ar my P os t a l S er vice wit hou t r ever s ion to t heir p a r ent s er vice wit h p ens ion, or ar e r elea s ed
fr om the Army P osta l S ervice on medica l gr ounds attr ibutable to or a ggr avated by
military service or circumstances beyond their control and awarded medical or other
disability pension; or
(iv) Gallantry Award winners of the Armed Forces including personnel of Territorial Army;
or
(v) Ex-r ecruits boarded out or relieved on medical ground and granted medica l disability
pension
f)“Meritorious sportsperson” means sportspersons considered meritor ious with reference to
the following criteria on production of r elevant Certificate from the C ompetent Author ity:
i)Spor tsmen who have represented a State or the country in the Nationa l or International
competition in any games/sports; or
ii)Spor tsmen who have represented their University in the Inter-University Tournaments
conducted by the Inter-Universit y Sports Boards in any sports/games; or
iii) Spor tsmen who have represented the State School Teams in the Na tional Sports/games
for schools conducted by the All India School Games Federation in any games/sports; or
iv) Spor tsmen who have been awarded National Awards in Physical Efficiency under the
National Physical Efficiency Dr ive.
9.The contents of this Notification pertaining to Sl. No. 6 in paragra ph 6 are applicable only to State
Government Civilia n employees holding Civil posts either on regular, work-charged, contr act, muster
roll or adhoc/officiating basis including those working under Centrally Sponsored Schemes and are
not applicable to personnel working in autonomous/statutory bodies, Public Sector Undertaking etc.
which are governed by regulations/statute issued by the concerned administr ative Departments.
10. In t he absence of a specif ic crucia l da t e in the r eleva nt recr uitment rules/ service r ules, the cru cia l
date for determining the age limit shall be the closing date for receipt of applications from candidates
in India (other than those in Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep). In the case of recruitment
made through the Employment Exchange, the crucial date for determining the age limit shall be the
last date up to which the Employment Excha nge is asked to submit the list of ca ndidates (Refer ence
Notification No.A-36012/1/2005-P&AR (GSW) dated 07.07.2006)
11. This Department’s OM No. A.12018/1/80-APT(B) dated 27.04.1992 on the subject of “Relaxation
of a ge for a ppointment to Government Servant by direct r ecruitment” is hereby superseded.- 5 -Ex-375/2019
12. The contents of this Notification shall be without prejudice to the provisions of a ny other extant Act
or r ules or directions, if any, of the Supreme Court/High Court pertaining to the subject matter.
12. The age relaxations as pr escribed in this Notification can be claimed only for one specific category
as mentioned in the Table at par agraph 6 of this Notification and NOT for a combination of different
cat egories .
13. This Notification shall come into force with effect from 1st
July, 2019.
Lalnunmawia Chuaungo,
Chief Secretary to the Govt. of Mizoram.Published and Issued by Controller, Printing & Stationery Department, Government of Mizoram
Printed at the Mizoram Government Press, Aizawl. C/100- 6 - Ex-375/2019