- A candidate for direct recruitment to a post in the Service must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of more than 32 years on the first day of July of the calendar year in which the vacancies for direct recruitment are advertised by the Commission :Provided that the upper age limit in the case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other categories, as may be notified by the Government from time to time, shall be greater by such number of years as may be specified.]
