LDCE PS Group B Exam Notification

Recently Postal Directorate has been announced a notification for the LDCE for promotion to the cadre of PS Group B for the vacancies of the year 2017-18, 2018, 2019, and 2020. It is called PS Group B exam notification.

The department has decided to conduct an LDCE exam from 19% for the IP line and 06% from General Line.

Link for apply online for the LDCE PS group B examination

Application is invited in online mode from the willing and eligible candidates for which link will be available at ccc.cept.gov.in/GroupBapplication.

A hard copy of the application should be sent to the parent office by the applicant. 




What is the date of the exam for the PS Group B exam?

The Date of the LDCE PS group B examination is also scheduled for 08th November 2020.

Important dates for the PS Group B LDCE Examination

  • 01. the last date to receive an application from eligible candidates- 19.10.2020
  • 02. Correction in the application form, if necessary, by the candidates to be done between- from 9.00 AM on 25.10.2020 to 5.30 PM on 26.10.2020.
  • 03. Admit card available for downloading by the candidates from- 04.11.2020
  • 04. Date of Examination- 08.11.2020

Eligibility Criteria for PS Group B examination

As per the Recruitment Rules of Postal Service Group 'B' cadre, the following categories of officials are eligible to appear in this examination.
01. For IP line quota (19%), Inspector of Posts and Assistant Superintendents having put in 5 years regular services from joining of IP cadre on the crucial date of eligibility for the examination of the particular year.

02. For General Line quota (6%), officials belonging to Higher Selection Grade-I, Higher Selection Grade-II, and Lower Selection Grade having put in five years regular service in either or all the three cadres together on the crucial date of eligibility for the examination of a particular year.

Note: Postal/Sorting Assistants placed in the TBOP/BCR and. MACP scales, which are only Financial Upgradations, are not entitled to appear for the examination.

The crucial date for calculation of the length of service in term of eligibility criteria

01. 2017-18 (01.04.2017 to 31.03.2018)- Not required, due to Nil vacancy

02. 2018 (01.04.2018 to 31.12.2018)- 01.04.2018

03. 2019 (01.01.2019 to 31.12.2019)- 01.01.2019

04. 2020 (01.01.2020 to 31.12.2020)- 01.01.2020


PS Group B exam Syllabus and pattern

The syllabus for promotion to PS group B cadre has already been circulated by SPG-II Section vide letter No. 9-04/2018-SPG-II dated 05.09.2019. PS group B syllabus is also available in the Employee corner of the Department of Post's official website.

You can also download the PS group B exam syllabus from here.

Download link of the Notification for promotion in PS Group B exam

You can also download the PDF file of the PS group b exam notification from the below link.

Click here to download