What the SSC CHSL cut-off means
CHSL has two kinds of cut-off. The Tier 1 cut-off is the mark you must reach to be shortlisted for Tier 2. The final cut-off works post by post: for each post and category, SSC publishes the marks of the last candidate selected, and those marks come from Tier 2 only. Both are published with the results on ssc.gov.in.
CHSL 2025 Tier 1 cut-off (LDC/JSA)
CHSL 2026 Tier 1 hasn’t been held yet, so its cut-off doesn’t exist. The most recent official figures are from CHSL 2025, whose Tier 1 was held from 12 to 30 November 2025. Below are the cut-offs for LDC / JSA / Clerk-cum-Typist (normalized marks out of 200), with the number of candidates shortlisted for Tier 2 in each category.
| Category | Tier 1 cut-off (/200) | Shortlisted for Tier 2 |
|---|---|---|
| UR (General) | 144.26 | 5,070* |
| OBC | 143.83 | 11,051 |
| EWS | 141.42 | 5,550 |
| SC | 125.40 | 7,098 |
| ST | 115.25 | 3,210 |
| ESM | 68.26 | 3,675 |
| OH | 112.15 | 486 |
| HH | 75.39 | 482 |
| VH | 82.73 | 472 |
| PwBD-Others | 55.33 | 426 |
| Total | — | 37,520 |
Source: SSC’s CHSL 2025 Tier 1 result, 27 Feb 2026. SSC gives the cut-offs to five decimal places; they are rounded to two here. *The UR figure counts only UR candidates. Many reserved-category candidates (for example 9,007 OBC and 4,466 EWS) also qualified at the UR cut-off and are listed separately. These are 2025 numbers, and the 2026 cut-off will be different.
Category-wise cut-off, visualised
The same CHSL 2025 LDC/JSA Tier 1 cut-offs as bars. UR, OBC and EWS were less than three marks apart, while SC and ST were noticeably lower.
DEO cut-offs were higher
SSC fixes a separate Tier 1 cut-off for each post group. In CHSL 2025, Data Entry Operator posts closed well above LDC/JSA. The highest were the DEO / DEO Grade ‘A’ posts in the departments listed at Para 8.1 of the notice, which need Science-stream candidates. The figures below are normalized marks out of 200.
Tier 2 qualifying standards
You must qualify every section of Tier 2. Merit is built only from Sections I and II, but Section III (the Computer Knowledge Test) and Section IV (the skill or typing test) must also be cleared. These are the standards SSC applied in CHSL 2025:
Sections I & II
The minimum is 30% for UR, 25% for OBC/EWS and 20% for all other categories, as set out in the notice.
Section III · CKT
Out of 45 marks, the cut-off was 13.5 for UR, 11.25 for OBC/EWS and 9 for all other categories.
Typing test (LDC/JSA/JPA)
UR candidates were allowed up to 7% mistakes and all other categories up to 10%.
Skill test (DEO Grade ‘A’)
UR candidates were allowed up to 5% mistakes and all other categories up to 7%.
How the final cut-off works
SSC doesn’t publish one overall final cut-off. For every post code and category, the final result gives the last selected candidate’s Tier 2 total (Section I + II, out of 360), along with their Section I marks and Tier 1 marks. Merit comes from Tier 2 Sections I and II only. Tier 1 marks are used only to break ties. The CHSL 2025 final result (7 Oct 2026) selected 3,515 candidates against 3,522 vacancies.
Some CHSL 2025 examples, showing the last selected UR candidate’s Tier 2 total out of 360: L02 – LDC/JSA, Intelligence Bureau: 298. L31 – LDC/JSA, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs: 298. L16 – LDC/JSA, Border Roads Organisation (open only to male candidates): 293. D55 – DEO/DEO Grade ‘A’, Controller General of Accounts: 317. Because posts are filled by merit and your preference order, look up your own post and category in the result PDF on ssc.gov.in.
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