SSC Assistant Section Officer — Limited Departmental Competitive Exam
The SSC Assistant Section Officer LDCE is a Limited Departmental Competitive Examination — a promotion route written by serving government employees rather than an open recruitment test. RankRacer maps it as 6 subjects and 29 topics built from the rule-books a Section Officer works with every day: the CCS service rules, the General Financial Rules and DFPR, the Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure, the RTI Act, and the Constitution and parliamentary practice, alongside a General English subject.
| Criteria | Details |
|---|---|
| Who Can Appear | This is a departmental promotion examination (LDCE) — it is written by serving government employees, not by open-market applicants. |
| Detailed Conditions | Feeder grade, minimum qualifying service, and age conditions are fixed by the conducting authority in each notification cycle. RankRacer does not reproduce them — read the official notification for the cycle you are applying to. |
Seven topics: CCS (Pension) Rules 2021, CCS (Leave) Rules 1972, CCS (Conduct) Rules 1964, CCS (CCA) Rules 1965, CCS (LTC) Rules, Fundamental Rules & Supplementary Rules, and the POSH Act 2013.
Six topics: General Financial Rules 2017, Delegation of Financial Powers Rules 2024, the Suspense Manual, the Manual of Goods Procurement, the CPWD Works Manual, and the Make in India Order 2017.
Five topics: the Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure, Record Management, the Allocation of Business Rules, the Transaction of Business Rules, and e-Office Procedure.
Five topics: general provisions of the Right to Information Act, obligations of public authorities, Information Commissions, appeals and penalties, and the RTI Rules 2012.
Six topics: Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles, the Union Executive, Parliament, Parliamentary Committees, and Parliamentary Procedures.
Comprehension, grammar and precis writing. Listed as a subject for this exam; no topic breakdown is mapped on RankRacer yet.
It is the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for the post of Assistant Section Officer. Being an LDCE, it is a promotion examination written by serving government employees rather than an open-market recruitment exam. On RankRacer the exam is mapped to 6 subjects and 29 topics covering service rules, financial rules, office procedure, the RTI Act, and the Constitution and Parliament.
Six: Service Rules (7 topics), Financial Rules (6 topics), Office Procedure (5 topics), RTI Act (5 topics), Constitution & Parliament (6 topics), and General English. General English is listed as a subject for this exam but has no topic breakdown mapped yet.
Service Rules covers the CCS (Pension) Rules 2021, CCS (Leave) Rules 1972, CCS (Conduct) Rules 1964, CCS (CCA) Rules 1965, CCS (LTC) Rules, the Fundamental Rules & Supplementary Rules, and the POSH Act 2013. Financial Rules covers the General Financial Rules 2017, the Delegation of Financial Powers Rules 2024, the Suspense Manual, the Manual of Goods Procurement, the CPWD Works Manual, and the Make in India Order 2017.
This page maps the SSC ASO LDCE syllabus in full — 6 subjects covering the rules, manuals and Acts the exam is built on. Niti, RankRacer's AI tutor, can take your questions on them. No account needed to ask.