UPSC Recruitment by Selection, Advertisement No. 12/2026: age limit, eligibility and dates

Everything below is read from UPSC's own notification — twice, independently, with every figure compared — and each line of the detailed section quotes the sentence and page it comes from. Age limits are given in completed years on the date the notification counts them, which is not always the number printed: where a notice says a candidate must not have reached an age, or prints a birth-date range, we give the limit that range actually allows.

At a glance

Posts and age limits

One row per group of posts that share an age limit and qualification.

What the notification says, line by line

From ADVERTISEMENT NO. 12/2026 ↗. Read twice, independently, from the commission's own PDF; only what both readings agree on is shown, each line with the sentence and page it comes from, so you can check it.

Applications are open from 26 Sep 2026 to 16 Oct 2026.

Post	Age, as printed	Qualification
Junior Technical Officer (Sugar Technology), National Sugar Institute, Kanpur (1 vacancy, reserved OBC)	up to 38 years (OBC), as on 16 Oct 2026 “38 years for OBC. The age is further relaxable upto 10 years for PwBD.” (p. 2)	Degree in Science or Engineering with Associateship or Post-graduate Diploma in Sugar Technology, plus three years' teaching/research/advisory or sugar-factory managerial experience “Degree in Science or Engineering from a recognized University or Institute, with:” (p. 2) Also: Vacancy reserved for OBC only (RESERVATION POSITION: OBC-01) “RESERVATION POSITION: (OBC-01).” (p. 1) Also: Three years' teaching/research/advisory experience in Sugar Technology, or three years' managerial experience in a sugar factory “Three years' experience in teaching or research or advisory experience in the field of Sugar Technology; or” (p. 2)
Assistant Legislative Counsel (Grade IV of Indian Legal Service), Legislative Department (8 vacancies)	up to 40 years (General), as on 16 Oct 2026 “40 years for UR/EWS, 43 years for OBC and 45 years for SC.” (p. 5) OBC: +3 years “including 3 years age relaxation meant for OBC category” (p. 23) SC: +5 years “Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes category candidates would get maximum 15 years age relaxation including 5 years meant for their respective categories” (p. 22)	Degree in Law plus seven years' State Judicial Service / superior legal post / Central Govt legal experience, or Master's in Law with five years' teaching/research, or qualified legal practitioner of not less than 30 years of age “unless he holds a Degree in Law of a recognized University or equivalent” (p. 5) Also: In addition to the Law degree: 7 years in State Judicial Service, or 7 years in a superior post in a State legal department, or 7 years' legal-affairs experience as a Central Government servant, or a Master's in Law with 5 years' teaching/research, or a qualified legal practitioner of not less than 30 years of age “has been a member of a State Judicial Service for a period of not less than seven years or has held a superior post in the legal department of a State for a period of not less than seven years or a Central Government servant who has had experience in legal affairs for not less than seven years or possesses a Master's Degree in Law and has had teaching or research experience in Law for not less than five years or is a qualified legal practitioner of not less than 30 years of age.” (p. 5)
Law Officer, Land and Building Department, Government of NCT of Delhi (3 vacancies)	up to 30 years (General), as on 16 Oct 2026 “30 years for UR and 33 years for OBC.” (p. 8) OBC: +3 years “including 3 years age relaxation meant for OBC category” (p. 23)	Degree in Law plus two years' experience in legal work as a legal practitioner or in a Govt. office “Degree in Law from a recognized Institute/University.” (p. 8) Also: Two years' experience in legal work as a Legal Practitioner or in a Govt. office “Two years' experience in Legal work as a Legal Practitioner. Or Two years' experience in Legal work in Govt. Office.” (p. 8) Also: OBC reservation only for castes notified as OBC by GNCTD, on a GNCTD (or GNCTD-based) OBC certificate “individual with OBC certificate issued by GNCTD certifying that they belong to a caste notified as OBC by GNCTD shall be eligible for reservation benefits to OBCs” (p. 9)
Specialist Grade II (Junior Scale) - Cardiology, New Delhi Municipal Council (1 vacancy, reserved OBC)	up to 48 years (OBC), as on 16 Oct 2026 “48 years for OBC. The age is further relaxable upto 10 years for PwBD.” (p. 10)	Recognised medical qualification (IMC Act 1956) plus D.M. (Cardiology) and three years' experience in the speciality after the post-graduate degree “Post Graduate Degree Qualification - D.M. (Cardiology).” (p. 11) Also: Vacancy reserved for OBC only (RESERVATION POSITION: OBC-01) “RESERVATION POSITION: (OBC-01).” (p. 9) Also: Three years' experience in Cardiology after the post graduate degree “Three years' experience in the concerned speciality after obtaining the post graduate degree.” (p. 11)

For every post in this notification

• PWD: +10 years “The age is further relaxable upto 10 years for PwBD.” (p. 2)
• ESM: +5 years “The upper age limit in case of Ex-Servicemen and Commissioned Officers including ECOs/SSCOs shall be relaxed by five years” (p. 21)

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Before you apply

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