Government Jobs Digest, 1 October 2026: SSC CHSL and UPSC Recruitment Deadlines

Checked: 1 October 2026, morning IST | Selected official notices, not an exhaustive jobs list

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Today's digest covers SSC CHSL 2026 and four specialist posts under UPSC Advertisement 12/2026. It is for applicants deciding what to read next, not a substitute for the full notification. Vacancies, category eligibility, qualifications and deadline times matter more than a headline vacancy count.

All application links below go to the recruiting body's official portal. No third-party application service is linked.

1. SSC CHSL 2026: LDC/JSA and Data Entry Operator posts

• Vacancies: Approximately 2,536 tentative vacancies. The notification says final and updated post/category totals will be determined later.
• Posts: Lower Division Clerk/Junior Secretariat Assistant, Data Entry Operator and DEO Grade A in the listed government bodies.
• Education: Normally Class 12 or equivalent from a recognized board/university. For the specified DEO/DEO Grade A posts in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, SSC and Ministry of Culture, Class 12 Science with Mathematics is required. Required qualification must be held by 7 October 2026.
• Age: 18-27 years as on 1 August 2026. The notice gives birth dates from 2 August 1999 to 1 August 2008. SC/ST relaxation is five years and OBC three years; PwBD, ex-servicemen and other listed categories have separate rules. Read section 5 before relying on any relaxation.
• Apply by: Wednesday, 7 October 2026, 11:00 PM. Fee payment has a separate deadline of 8 October, 11:00 PM. Paying later does not extend the application deadline.
• Fee: Rs 100. Women, SC/ST, eligible PwBD and eligible ex-servicemen are exempt under the notification.
• Correction window: 14-16 October 2026, ending at 11:00 PM on the last day.

Official application route: SSC portal - choose Apply, then CHSL 2026. The public Apply panel listed CHSL 2026 during the morning check. Account login/registration is required; no applicant account or submission was tested.

Read the official CHSL notification.

Before applying: Check post-specific conditions, disability suitability, nationality and any BRO requirements in the notice. A general Class 12 qualification does not satisfy every DEO post.

2. UPSC Advertisement 12/2026: 13 specialist vacancies

This is direct recruitment by selection, not the Civil Services Examination. The four advertised posts total 13 vacancies, with different qualifications and category-specific age limits.

Common deadline: Friday, 16 October 2026, 6:00 PM. Eligibility is assessed as on the prescribed closing date. Applications opened on 26 September.

Junior Technical Officer (Sugar Technology): 1 vacancy

• Department: National Sugar Institute, Kanpur, under the Department of Food and Public Distribution.
• Category: One OBC vacancy.
• Upper age: 38 years for OBC, as advertised. Do not add OBC relaxation again to this listed limit.
• Essential qualification: Science or engineering degree, plus an associateship or postgraduate diploma in Sugar Technology, and three years of teaching/research/advisory experience in Sugar Technology or three years in a sugar factory in a managerial capacity.
• Vacancy number: 26091201626.

Assistant Legislative Counsel: 8 vacancies

• Department: Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice.
• Category split: UR 4, EWS 1, OBC 2, SC 1; one of the eight is reserved for the specified PwBD category.
• Upper age: 40 UR/EWS, 43 OBC, 45 SC.
• Essential qualification: Law degree or equivalent plus one of the notification's qualifying legal-experience routes. These include seven years in State Judicial Service, a qualifying superior State legal-department post or Central Government legal affairs; alternatively, an LLM with five years of law teaching/research; or a qualified legal practitioner aged at least 30. The notice defines practitioner experience and how periods can be combined. A law degree alone is not enough.
• Vacancy number: 26091202226.

Law Officer: 3 vacancies

• Department: Land and Building Department, Government of NCT of Delhi.
• Category split: UR 2, OBC 1; one of the three is reserved for the specified PwBD category.
• Upper age: 30 UR, 33 OBC.
• Essential qualification: Recognized law degree and two years of legal work as a legal practitioner or in a government office.
• Vacancy number: 26091203226.
• Important: The notification has specific GNCTD OBC-certificate rules. A category claim must meet those rules; do not assume any OBC certificate is sufficient.

Specialist Grade II (Junior Scale), Cardiology: 1 vacancy

• Department: New Delhi Municipal Council.
• Category: One OBC vacancy.
• Upper age: 48 years for OBC.
• Essential qualification: The recognized medical qualification specified in the notice, DM in Cardiology or equivalent, and three years' experience in the specialty after the postgraduate degree. The notice includes further statutory conditions for certain medical qualifications.
• Vacancy number: 26091204526.

For all four posts, the advertisement lists further PwBD age relaxation up to ten years and post-specific suitability. Check the full rules rather than treating the summary as a personal eligibility decision.

Official application portal for all four posts: UPSC Online. Use the vacancy-specific recruitment module after account creation, Universal Registration and the Common Application Form. Completing registration alone is not a submitted application.

Read official Advertisement 12/2026.

The portal opened during the morning check. Vacancy-specific screens behind applicant login were not tested. The deadline and post details above come from the official advertisement.

A safe application checklist

1. Match the vacancy number, qualification, experience and category rules to your documents.
2. Check the official notice board for amendments before submitting.
3. Finish before the stated application deadline; distinguish it from payment and correction dates.
4. Keep the submitted application acknowledgement, not only a registration number or payment receipt.
5. Pay only through the official portal where applicable. This blog does not collect application fees or applicant documents.

Verification note: Original official notices and public application portals were checked on 1 October. Targeted amendment searches did not establish a change to these deadlines; they cannot prove that no amendment exists. Recheck the official portals when applying. This list makes no promise of selection or eligibility.

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