UPSC EPFO EO/AO Eligibility Criteria 2024 

In order to apply for the UPSC EPFO Notification 2024, applicants must meet the Eligibility Criteria, which include educational qualifications, age limits, and nationalities. Therefore, it is very important for all candidates to check the Eligibility Criteria prior to applying for the UPSC EPFO Exam 2024.

Please note, the cut-off date to satisfy all EPFO EO/AO eligibility criteria is March 17, 2024.

UPSC EPFO EO/AO Educational Qualification (as on March 17, 2024)

In order to be eligible for UPSC EPFO Notification 2024, candidates must have completed their Graduation in any field from a recognized university. The desired qualification is a Diploma in company law, labour law, or public administration. Please take a look at the table below for more details. 

PostEligibility Criteria
Enforcement Officer/Account Officer
  • Essential: Degree of a recognized University or equivalent

UPSC EPFO EO/AO Age Limit (as on March 17, 2024)

The upper age limit of the applicants to apply for the UPSC EPFO Enforcement Officer/Accounts Officer is 30 years as on March 17, 2024. Please take a look at the table below for more details. 

PostAge Criteria
Enforcemet Officer/Account Officer 30 Years

UPSC EPFO EO/AO Age Relaxation

In some of the categories, there are some relaxations. The UPSC EPFO age relaxation for all categories can be found in the table below. Please take a look at the table below for more details. 

CategoryAge Relaxation
OBC 03 Years
SC/ST 05 Years
Employess oF the Employees Provident Fund Organisation 05 Years
Ex-Servicemen and Commissioned Officers including ECOs/SSCOs 05 Years
Persons who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of J&K during the period from 1st January, 1980 to 31st December, 1989 05 Years
Central Government employees General 05 Years
OBC 08 Years
SC/ST 10 Years
Physically Handicapped (PH) persons General 10 Years
OBC 13 Years
SC/ST 15 Years

Nationality

The interested candidate must mandatorily be a citizen of India in order to be eligible for this post. If not, the candidate can be still considered eligible if he/she is either:

  • a subject of Nepal/Bhutan
  • a Tibetan refugee settled permanently in India (since 1962).
  • a person of Indian origin settled permanently in India from countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma, Vietnam, and other East African countries.