Delhi Cantonment Board DCB AE and JE Examination 2026

OBC certificate: Must be based on the specified financial years, issued on or after 1 April 2026 and valid under the Central Government OBC-NCL format.

EWS certificate: Must relate to Financial Year 2025-26 and be issued on or after 1 April 2026 but not later than the closing date.

Reserved-post relaxation: SC, ST and OBC age relaxation is available only where a vacancy is reserved for the relevant category.

PwBD relaxation: May apply where the post is identified as suitable, whether or not the post is separately reserved.

Provisional vacancies: The Board may increase, decrease, modify or decide not to fill any advertised vacancy.

Separate applications: Candidates seeking more than one post must apply separately for each post.

Own-merit candidates: Reserved-category candidates selected without relaxed standards are adjusted against Unreserved vacancies according to merit.

Reserve panel: A waiting or reserve panel may remain valid for one year from declaration of the result.

Subject level: Section B is based on the prescribed diploma or degree-level syllabus of the applicable engineering discipline.

Answer keys: Candidate answer keys will be displayed on the application portal after the examination.

Objections: Answer-key objections must be submitted online within the notified period; email or offline objections are not accepted.

Minimum cut-off: Delhi Cantonment Board may prescribe a post- and category-specific minimum cut-off.

Tie-breaker: Higher merit goes first to the older candidate; if date of birth is also equal, English alphabetical order of the first name is used.

Probation: Appointment is initially provisional for two years and becomes permanent if the appointing authority finds the employee suitable.

Employer: The appointed person is an employee of Delhi Cantonment Board, not a Central Government employee.

Pension: The appointment is governed by the New Pension Scheme and applicable service rules.

Medical fitness: Final appointment requires a fitness certificate from the Medical Officer, Cantonment General Hospital, Delhi Cantt.

Posting and duties: Engineering planning, execution, supervision, maintenance, measurements, estimates, tender support and municipal infrastructure responsibilities may be assigned according to the post.

Correct post qualification: AE posts require the relevant engineering degree; JE posts accept the relevant degree or three-year diploma.

Age cut-off: Calculate the standard 21-30 year age range as on 14 August 2026.

Separate post forms: Submit separate applications and fees for different posts.

Certificate validity: OBC-NCL, EWS, PwBD, Ex-Servicemen and departmental claims require certificates valid by the closing date.

PwBD suitability: The horizontally reserved JE Civil vacancy is for Category (b), Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

No interview: Final merit comes from the CBT; there is no interview or skill-test stage.

Negative marking: Each wrong CBT answer reduces the score by 0.33 mark.

Appointment conditions: Passing the CBT does not guarantee appointment without document verification, antecedent verification and medical fitness.