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RRB Technician Age Limit 2026

Check your RRB Technician 2026 (CEN 02/2026) age eligibility by category against the exact official DOB window — with any applicable special-category relaxations.

CEN 02/2026 · Grade I & Grade III Recruitment Assessment ∞

Applications for CEN 02/2026 (Technician) closed on 29.07.2026. This checker is kept as a reference for the notified age rules. Watch the official RRB websites for exam dates and for the next notification.

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Verified Age Limit Table

Verified from CEN 02/2026 · Last checked 2026-10-10

Age reckoned as on the cutoff date, 01.07.2026. UR and EWS share the same window; SC and ST share the same window.

Technician Grade I Signal (Pay Level 5) — base age 18–33
CategoryMax ageEarliest DOBLatest DOB
UR / EWS3302.07.199301.07.2008
OBC-NCL3602.07.199001.07.2008
SC / ST3802.07.198801.07.2008
Technician Grade III (Pay Level 2) — base age 18–30
CategoryMax ageEarliest DOBLatest DOB
UR / EWS3002.07.199601.07.2008
OBC-NCL3302.07.199301.07.2008
SC / ST3502.07.199101.07.2008
Special-category relaxations (applied to the maximum age; highest single relaxation only, never stacked)
RelaxationUR / EWSOBC-NCLSC / ST
PwBD+10 yrs+13 yrs+15 yrs
Serving Railway Group C/D staff (3+ yrs)Max 40Max 43Max 45
Widowed / divorced / separated womanMax 35Max 38Max 40

Ex-Serviceman and quasi-administrative railway office relaxations both apply per CEN 02/2026 but aren't computed by this calculator — they require length-of-service inputs not collected here. Check the official notification for these grounds.

Worked Examples

Rohit — DOB 15.03.1994, OBC-NCL, Grade I SignalOBC-NCL's window is 02.07.1990–01.07.2008. 15.03.1994 falls inside it → Eligible.
Priya — DOB 20.05.1992, UR, Grade IIIUR's Grade III window is 02.07.1996–01.07.2008; 20.05.1992 is too early → Not Eligibleas UR. She's also too early for OBC-NCL's Grade III window (from 02.07.1993) — only SC/ST's window (from 02.07.1991) would cover this DOB for Grade III. For Grade I Signal, though, she clears OBC-NCL's window (from 02.07.1990) as well as SC/ST's.
Aman — DOB 10.08.1989, SC, PwBD, Grade I SignalSC's own window (02.07.1988–01.07.2008) already covers this DOB — Eligible on category alone. Checking PwBD doesn't add SC's 5-year relaxation on top of PwBD's 15 (that would reach back to 1973) — instead, the calculator surfaces PwBD's own SC/ST-tier window (from 02.07.1978, computed off the UR baseline), since it's more generous than SC's own. Either way the result is Eligible; the non-stacking rule means the two relaxations are only ever compared, never added.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Assuming the cutoff date is the application date. The age reckoning (cutoff) date for CEN 02/2026 is fixed at 01.07.2026, regardless of when you actually submit your application (last date: 29.07.2026).
  • Assuming every RRB post starts at age 18. CEN 02/2026's Technician posts start at 18, but RRB's separate Graduate-level notification (CEN 03/2026, Pay Level 6) starts at 20 — check which CEN actually covers the post you're targeting.
  • Claiming OBC relaxation without checking creamy-layer status. Only OBC Non-Creamy Layer (NCL) candidates get the 3-year relaxation — creamy-layer OBC candidates are treated as UR for age-limit purposes.
  • Stacking relaxations instead of taking the highest one. SC plus PwBD doesn't mean 5 years plus 15 years. Only the single highest applicable relaxation applies, never a sum of more than one.
  • Expecting relaxation when applying against a UR vacancy. Reserved-category candidates competing for an unreserved (UR/general) post get no category-based age relaxation — PwBD is the one exception, and only at its own UR-tier figure.
  • A DOB that doesn't match your Matriculation certificate. Your DOB must match your Matriculation/SSLC certificate exactly — a mismatch leads to disqualification, with no correction accepted later.
  • Applying while awaiting your final exam results. Your qualifying exam must already be complete by the application's last date (29.07.2026) — provisional or awaited results aren't accepted.

References

  • RRB Technician recruitment notification, CEN 02/2026 (age limit and relaxation clauses)

Last reviewed 2026-10-10

Why Check RRB Technician Age Eligibility?

  • Verified against official Railway Recruitment Board CEN 02/2026 notification criteria
  • Covers both Grade I Signal (Pay Level 5) and Grade III technician post groups
  • Category-wise age relaxation evaluation (UR, EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST)
  • Special grounds support: PwBD, Serving Railway Staff (3+ yrs), and Divorced/Widowed women
  • Unreserved vacancy rule handling ensuring accurate eligibility against general posts

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