BSSC CGL 2025 application process postponed due to fee revision; revised dates to be announced

The Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) has postponed the online application process for the Fourth Graduate Level Examination (CGL) 2025. The decision was taken due to proposed changes in the examination fee structure.

The Bihar SSC CGL 2025 exam was earlier scheduled to be open from today, August 18 to September 19, 2025. The new dates for inviting applications will be announced soon. The commission asked candidates to keep checking the official website, bssc.bihar.gov.in, for further updates regarding the application process.

“Since a revision in the examination fee is proposed, the process of inviting online applications for Advertisement No. 05/25 (Fourth Graduate Level Combined Competitive Examination) from August 18, 2025 has been immediately suspended,” the official notice said.

The commission has not yet announced the revised examination fee. However, as per the notification issued earlier, the application fee for the BSSC CGL 2025 is Rs 540 for the general, backwards class, and extremely backwards class (male) categories.

For scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) candidates who are permanent residents of Bihar, the fee is fixed at Rs 135. The same amount is applied to disabled persons and to women candidates who are permanent residents of Bihar. Applicants from outside Bihar, irrespective of gender, are required to pay Rs 540 as the application fee.

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The recruitment drive aims to fill a total of 1,481 vacancies across various state government departments through the BSSC CGL exam 2025. Of these, the highest number of 1,064 vacancies have been announced for ASO posts. The post-wise vacancy distribution for the Bihar SSC CGL 2025 is given in the table below.