Website Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board
Post Name: Pharmacist (Unani)
Name of Department: Directorate of Ayush
Group: C
No. of Vacancy: 13
Educational Qualification:- Essential:- 1. Matric or equivalent from a recognized institution.
2. Diploma in Unani Pharmacy of not less than 2 years from a Govt. Organisation or from a Govt. recognized institution.
Desirable:- NIL
Experience:- Essential:- NIL
Desirable:- NIL
Pay Scale:- Rs. 29,200 – 92,300/- Pay Level 5 Group ‘C’, General Central Service, Non-Ministerial, Non-Gazetted
Age Limit:- Upto 18 – 27 Years, Age Relaxation will be given as per the table at para 7.
(Relaxable for Govt. Servants upto 40 years’ and for SCs / ST / OBC in accordance with the Instructions
/ Orders issued by the Central Govt.)
1. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
(i) The candidate must be a citizen of India.
(ii) The candidate must be eligible in terms of age, educational qualifications, experience etc. as per Recruitment Rules notified by the User Departments for the post in which he/she intends to apply.
(iii)The educational qualification, age, experience etc. as stipulated in advertisement shall be determined as on 16/09/2025.
2. HOW TO APPLY :
(i) Before submitting online applications, candidate must ensure that he/she is registered on DSSSB’s portal i.e. https://dsssbonline.nic.in. The instructions for Registration are available on the Board’s website.
Registration with DSSSB is a onetime exercise. The user ID and password generated after registration
should be used to login whenever a candidate is applying for examinations of the posts notified by DSSSB.
No separate registration is required for each of examination conducted by DSSSB. If, an applicant submits
multiple registrations and appears in the examination (at any stage) more than once, his/her candidature
will be cancelled and he/she will be debarred from the examinations of the Board.
(ii) Eligible candidates may apply online through the website https://dsssbonline.nic.in from 18/08/2025
(from 12.00 Noon) up to 16/09/2025 (till 11:59 PM) after which the link will be disabled.
(iii) The candidates must go through the INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLYING ONLINE carefully while filling
up Online Application Form for the post concerned.
(iv) The candidates must submit their application through Online Mode only. No other mode of application
shall be accepted. Applications received through any other mode i.e. by post/by hand/by mail etc. will not
be accepted and shall not be considered. No correspondence shall be entertained in this regard.
(v) The opening date for submission of online application is 18/08/2025 (from 12.00 Noon). The closing
date for submission of online application is 16/09/2025 (11:59 PM).
(vi) Candidates are advised in their own interest to submit the online application much before the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection/ inability or failure to login to theBoard’s website on account of heavy load on the website during the closing days. DSSSB will not be
responsible for the candidates not being able to submit their applications in stipulated time limit for any
reason(s) stated to be beyond their control.
(vii) Before submission of the online application, candidates must check and ensure that they have filled correct details in each field of the online application form. Once online application form is submitted, no request for change/ correction/ modification (including change of category) shall be entertained or allowed
under any circumstances. Request received in this regard in any form like Post, Fax, Email, by hand, etc.
shall not be entertained and no correspondence will be made in this regard. Candidates will responsible for
any mistake in the data of application form and fee paid by him/her.
3. APPLICATION FEES AND MODE OF PAYMENT:
₹ 100/- (One Hundred only)
(i) Women candidates and candidates belonging to Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribe, PwBD (Person with
Benchmark Disability) & Ex-Serviceman category are exempted from paying Application fees.
(ii) Ex-Servicemen who have already secured employment in civil post under Central Government
/Government of NCT of Delhi or its Autonomous /Local Bodies on regular basis after availing of the
benefits of reservation given to Ex-Servicemen for their re-employment are NOT eligible for fee
concession.
(iii) The candidates submitting their application online should pay the requisite fees only through SBI e-pay.
Other mode of payment shall not be accepted/considered and the payment made shall stand forfeited.
(iv) Application Fee once paid will not be refunded under any circumstances.
NOTE:
(i) For all Technical and Technical/ Teaching posts :
a) In One Tier Technical and Technical/ Teaching Examination Scheme, the mandatory minimum
qualifying marks will be applicable only in domain subject specific i.e. Section-B and there will not be any minimum qualifying marks in Section-A. However, combined marks of both SectionA and Section-B will be reckoned for preparing the final merit list.
b) In Two Tier Technical E Section-B/Part-II. However, combined marks of both Section-A/Part-I and Section-B/ Part-Il will be reckoned for preparing the final merit list.
(ii) In case of Two Tier examination, Tier-I examination is only qualifying in nature and used for short listing only. Further selection will be made on the basis of cumulative merit/marks obtained in Tier-II examination.
(iii) DSSSB reserves the right to change/amend the examination scheme, if so required, any time before
the examination.
(iv) There is no provision of re-evaluation/re-checking of Answer Sheets/Answer Scripts in respect of
the examinations conducted by DSSSB. No correspondence in this regard shall be entertained.
(v) The DSSSB reserves the right to cancel/withdraw/delete any question/questions from the Question
Paper and the marks scored shall be prorated out of the maximum marks.
(vi) Negative Marking will be applicable and deduction of 0.25 marks will be made for each wrong MCQ
answer.
(vii) The minimum qualifying marks for one Tier/Two Tier written examination (Objective/Descriptive
Type) is given at Sub-para (v) of Para-5 below.
(viii) Link for Mock test (which also include instructions to candidates about the online examination) is given on the website of the Board.
(ix) Skill Test / Physical Endurance Test / Driving Test / Trade Test will be taken as per requirement
of job.
5. Mode of Selection:
(i) The selection shall be made through examination scheme as mentioned at para 4 above.
(ii) In case of any question(s) appearing in the exam are held to be invalid, those questions shall not be
evaluated and the marks scored by the candidate shall be calculated on prorated basis (out of maximum
marks).
(iii) Marks scored by candidates in the Computer Based Test/Exam will be normalized (If required) by using the formula published by DSSSB vide Notice No. 10 (271)/Sec.Cell/DSSSB/18/989 dated 11.07.2018
(Annexure-II) and such normalized scores shall be used to determine final merit and provisional
nomination/selection.
(iv) Draft Answer Keys of the Computer Based Test/Exam will be displayed on the website of DSSSB after
the Examination. Candidates may go through the draft Answer Keys and submit online objections, if any,
within the stipulated time limit given by the Board. Objection(s) regarding the draft Answer Keys received
through the online mode within the time limit fixed by the Board will only be considered and scrutinized
before finalizing the Answer Keys. However, the decision of the Board in this regard shall be final.
Objections received through any other mode(s) e.g. letter, application, email etc. shall not be entertained.
After the receipt of objection(s) in the above stated authorised manner, no further representations, if any
shall be entertained in this regard by the Board anytime during or after the display of draft answer key.
(v) The Board, in order to achieve qualitative selection and to recruit the best talent available, has fixed the
following minimum qualifying marks (wherever applicable) for different categories
(UR/SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PwBD/Ex-SM) :-
General/EWS : 40%
OBC (Delhi) : 35%
SC/ST/PH (PwBD) : 30%
Ex-Servicemen will be given 5% relaxation in their respective categories subject to a minimum of 30%.
(vi) DSSSB reserves its right to prescribe a minimum cut off mark for any post as per availability of
candidates.
Note : Cut off marks for selection in different categories may go higher depending upon the marks obtained by the candidates and number of vacancies in respective categories.
(vii) If there are two or more candidates in the same category are having equal marks in the examination:
In case of One / Two Tier (Technical) or One Tier (Technical / Teaching) or Two Tier (Technical
I/II) Posts :-
a) Candidate securing more marks in subject specific section is to be placed higher in merit.
b) In case where the marks mentioned at (a) above are also equal, the candidate senior in age is to be
placed higher in merit.
c) In case where the date of birth(s) are also the same, the candidate whose first name comes first in
Alphabetical order (in English) is to be placed higher in merit.
In case of Non-Technical / General Posts :-
a) Candidate senior in age is to be placed higher in merit.
b) In case where the date of birth(s) are also the same, the candidate whose first name comes first in
Alphabetical order (in English) is to be placed higher in merit.
(viii) SC, ST, OBC, EWS and PwBD candidates, who are selected on their own merit without relaxed standards, will not be adjusted against the reserved vacancies. Such candidates will be accommodated against the general/ unreserved vacancies for the post as per their position in the overall merit. The reserved vacancies will be filled up separately from amongst the eligible SC, ST, OBC, EWS, ESM and PwBD candidates.
(ix) A person with disability who is selected on his/her own merit can be appointed against an unreserved vacancy provided the post is identified suitable for Persons with Disability of the relevant category.
(x) Provisional nomination/selection in the examination confers no right of appointment unless the
Appointing Authority i.e. user department is satisfied after such enquiry as may be considered necessary
that the candidate is suitable in all respects for appointment to the service/post.
(xi) The admission at all stages of the examination is purely provisional, subject to his/her satisfying the
prescribed eligibility conditions prescribed for the respective Department(s). If, upon verification, at any
time before or after the examination, it is found that the candidate does not fulfill any of the eligibility
conditions, his/her candidature for the examination will be summarily cancelled.
6. RESERVATION BENEFITS:
(i) Reservation benefits will be available to the SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PwBD/ESM & other special category
candidates in accordance with the extant Instructions / Orders / Circulars issued from time to time by the
Govt. of NCT of Delhi/DOP&T, Govt. of India. The candidate has to select the particular category when applying online for the Post. No request for change of Category shall be entertained at any later stage.
(ii) The Board makes selection of candidates in pursuance to the vacancies reported by the concerned
User Departments for various posts. The Board does not have any role in deciding the number of vacancies of any User Department. Implementation of reservation policy, maintaining reservation roster. Earmarking of vacancies amongst different categories fall under the domain of the User Departments.
(iii) The cut-off date will be the closing date of application i.e. 16/09/2025 for ascertaining the eligibility of the Candidates for extension of any benefits wherever applicable. However, latest DopT guidelines issued from time to time may be taken into consideration for final appointment by the user department.
(iv) Only OBC (Delhi) candidates notified by Govt. of NCT of Delhi vide letter/order No. F.19(10)/2001/SIII/Pt.File/2278-2285 dated 27/07/2007 (Annexure-III) and No. F.19(01)/2012/S.IV/1241-1258 dated 28/07/2016 (Annexure-IV) will be given the benefit of reservation/age relaxation under OBC category. This has further been clarified by Services Department, Govt. of NCT of Delhi Vide its Office Memorandum No.F.19(02)/2011/S.IV/Vol.I/856 dated 31/05/2021 (Annexure-V). OBC (Outside) candidates will be treated as Un-reserved candidates and they must apply under UR category. The OBC candidates must be in possession of non-Creamy layer certificate, along with his/her caste certificate on or before cut off date i.e. 16/09/2025
(v) Only following two types of certificates will be accepted as valid certificates for grant of benefit of
reservation to OBCs:-
a) OBC certificate (Delhi) issued by the Revenue Department of GNCT of Delhi, on the basis of a old certificate issued to any member of individual’s family from GNCT of Delhi.
b) OBC certificate issued by a Competent Authority outside Delhi to a person belonging to a community duly notified as OBC by GNCT of Delhi. This certificate should have mandatorily been issued on the basis of OBC certificate issued by Govt. of NCT of Delhi to a family member of the concerned person who had been residing in Delhi before 08/09/1993.
(vi) A candidate belonging to SC/ST/OBC/EWS who is provisionally nominated/selected on the same standard as applied to unreserved category candidates and who appears in the combined merit list is treated as own merit candidate. Such candidate is adjusted against unreserved point of the reservation roster. Only such SC/ST/OBC candidates who are selected on the same standard as applied to unreserved candidates shall not be adjusted against reserved vacancies. In other words, when a relaxed standard is applied in nominating/selecting an SC/ST/OBC candidate, for example in the age limit, experience, qualification, extended zone of consideration larger than what is provided for unreserved category candidates, etc., the SC/ST/OBC candidates are to be counted against reserved vacancies. Such candidates would be deemed to be unavailable for consideration against unreserved vacancies.
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
(i) The Board does not undertake any detailed scrutiny of applications for the eligibility and other aspects at the time of examination(s) and, therefore, candidature will be accepted only on provisional basis. As such merely, applying under the above said Post Codes does not make the candidate eligible for the same. Candidates must go through the requirements of essential educational qualification, age, experience etc. and satisfy themselves that they are eligible for the post. Copies of supporting documents will be sought at the time of online calling of e-dossier only. If any candidate fails to upload the e-dossier during stipulated time period, his/her candidature shall not be considered and no further opportunity will be given on whatsoever ground. The scrutiny of e-dossiers will be carried out by user departments itself. The user department shall check the eligibility as per RRs and other terms and conditions of the advertisement notice. The Board’s decision in this regard shall be final.
(ii) The educational qualification, age, experience and other eligibility conditions for the post shall be
determine as on 16/09/2025.
(iii) The cut off date will be the closing date of application i.e. 16/09/2025 for ascertaining the eligibility of the Candidates for extension of any benefits wherever applicable. However, latest DopT guidelines issued from time to time may be taken into consideration for final appointment by the user department.
(iv) Candidates with only benchmark physical disability status will be considered as Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) and only such candidates will be entitled to age-relaxation/ reservation for Persons with Disabilities.
(v) If a candidate successfully submits his/her application, it will only be considered on ‘Provisional’ basis. Candidates should take printout of the online Application Form for their own records.
(vi) Only one online registration is allowed to be submitted by a candidate. Therefore, candidates must
exercise due diligence at the time of filling their online Registration Forms. In case, more than one Registration of a candidate is detected, all such registrations will be rejected and his/her candidature for the examination will be cancelled. If a candidate submits multiple registrations and appears in the examination (at any stage) more than once against specific post, his/her candidature will be cancelled and he/she will be debarred from the examinations of the Board.
(vii) Only one online application is allowed to be submitted by a candidate for the examination of each post code. Therefore, candidates must exercise due diligence at the time of filling their online Application Forms for the relevant post. In case, more than one application of a candidate is detected for the same post code, all such applications will be rejected and his/her candidature for the examination will be cancelled. If a candidate submits multiple applications and appears in the examination (at any stage) more than once, his/her candidature will be cancelled and he/she will be debarred from the examinations of the Board.
(viii) Candidates are advised to upload recent and clear colour photograph. The background should be a plain white or off-white. It should have full face, front view, eyes open. Online Applications with blurred/ illegible Photograph/ Signature will be rejected. Candidate must bring same photo printed on photo quality paper whenever asked by the Board. Digital or printed photo not meeting above guidelines will be rejected and candidature of the candidate will be rejected.
(ix) Request for change/ correction sought via any mode like Post/ Fax/ Email/ By hand, etc. in any particulars of the Online Application Form including change of category, once submitted, will not be entertained under any circumstances and no correspondence will be made in this regard.
(x) Candidates must fill their correct and active e-mail addresses and mobile numbers in their online application forms so that any communication from the Board is properly received by the candidate. Further, candidate is advised to visit website of the Board on regular basis to get updates as the communications sent through email & SMS are additional facilities. The Board shall not be responsible for any lapse on the part of the candidate in this regard.
(xi) In case of fake/ fabricated application/ registration by misusing any dignitaries name/ photo, such
candidate/ cyber cafe will be held responsible for the same and liable for suitable legal action under Cyber/ IT act.
9. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR CANDIDATES:
(i) The Board makes the selection of candidates in accordance with the vacancies reported by the user
department for various posts. The Board does not have any role in deciding the number of vacancies of any user department. The vacancies advertised are liable to vary (increase or decrease). In case the vacancy position is reduced to any number or even nil by the user department, Board is not liable to compensate the applicant for any consequential damage/loss.
(ii) Implementation of reservation policy, maintaining reservation roster, earmarking of vacancies for
different categories and identification of suitability of posts for various benchmark disabilities are under the domain of the user departments. The Board will consider the suitability of posts for various benchmark disabilities under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016 in accordance with Notification No. 38-16/2020-DD-III dated 04.01.2021 and 24.08.2022 issued by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment or as identified and intimated by the User Departments for specific posts.
(iii) The DSSSB reserves the right to cancel or modify the advertisement or part of it, at any stage.
(iv) The centers for holding the examination will be in Delhi/NCR and other states as decided by DSSSB.
(v) The Board reserves the right to cancel a part or entire process of examination or a part of it due to
Administrative reason(s) and in case of unfair means, cheating or other irregularities/ malpractice noticed by the Board. The Board also reserves the right to cancel or set up a new examination centre and divert the candidates from a particular examination centre to another examination centre, if required. The Board also reserves the right to shift candidates of any one centre to some other centre to take the Exam. No request for change in date, time and centre of exam will be accepted under any circumstances.
(vi) In case of any inadvertent error in publication of advertisement, the final result will be prepared on the basis of Requisition / Recruitment Rules of the concerned post, DoPT guidelines, Examination Schemes available on the Board website and any other prevailing guidelines of GNCTD and GOI.
(vii) The Board reserves the right to change or make amendment in the examination scheme, any time before the examination, if so required.
(viii) The candidature of the candidate to the Examination is entirely provisional and subject to the outcome of any direction/ decision/ order/ pronouncement of any Court of Law and mere issuance of Admit Card or appearance at Examination does not entitle him/her to any claim for the post.
(ix) Abbreviations used are denoted as under:
EWS-Economically Weaker Sections, ESM- Ex-Servicemen, UR-Unreserved (General), SC- Scheduled Caste, ST- Scheduled Tribe, OBC- Other Backward Classes, PwBDPerson with Benchmark Disability, OH-Orthopedically Handicapped, VH- Visually Handicapped, HH-Hard of Hearing, MSP – Meritorious Sports Person. Abbreviations of Disabled Category : B=Blind, LV=Low Vision, D=Deaf, HH= Hard of Hearing, OA=One Arm, OL=One Leg, BA=Both Arms, BL=Both Leg, OAL=One Arm and One Leg, BLOA=Both leg & one arm, BLA=Both Legs Arms, CP=Cerebral Palsy, LC=Leprosy Cured, Dw=Dwarfism, AAV=Acid Attack Victims, MDy=Muscular Dystrophy, ASD= Autism Spectrum Disorder (M= Mild, MoD= Moderate), ID=
Intellectual Disability, SLD= Specific Learning Disability, MI= Mental Illness, MD=Multiple Disabilities
(x) Use of Calculator, Laptop, Palmtop, other Digital Instrument/ Mobile/ Cell phone, Pager/ electronic watches and any metallic items etc. is/ are not allowed. Candidates are strictly advised not to bring any of the above gadgets in the examination centre as no arrangements for keeping or for security of these items will be available at the centers.
(xi) In case any candidate is caught/ found to be in possession of any gadget/instrument, he/ she would
be debarred from the examination and legal proceedings shall also be initiated against the candidates.
(xii) The candidates are instructed to follow the following dress code while appearing for DSSSB Exam :
(a) Light clothes with half sleeves not having big buttons, brooch/badge, flower etc. with Salwar/ Trouser.
(b) Slippers, sandals with low heels. Shoes are not allowed.
(xiii) In case there is any discrepancy among the English, Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi version of advertisement/ information, the English version will be treated as final.
(xiv) Further, notifications/corrigendum in this regard, if any will be put up on Board website.
10. Action against candidates found guilty of misconduct:
Candidates are warned that they should not furnish any particulars that are false or suppress any material information while filling in the online application form. Without prejudice to criminal action/debarment from DSSSB’s examination wherever necessary, candidature will be summarily cancelled at any stage of the recruitment in respect of candidates found to have indulged in any of the following:
1. Possession of mobile phone & accessories and other electronic gadgets within the premises of the examination centre, whether in use or in switch off or switch on mode.
2. Involved in malpractices.
(i) Using unfair means in the examination hall.
(ii) Obtaining support for his / her candidature by any means.
(iii) Impersonation/Procuring impersonation by any person.
(iv) Submitting fabricated documents or documents which have been tampered with.
(v) Making statements which are incorrect or false or suppressing material information.
(vi) Resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his/her candidature for the examination.
(vii) Misbehaving in any other manner in the examination hall with the Observer/Centre Superintendent, Invigilator or Board’s representatives.
(viii)Taking away the Answer Sheet (in case of offline/online/descriptive/skill test papers) with him/her from the examination hall, or passing it on to unauthorized persons during the conduct of the examination.
(ix) Intimidating or causing bodily harm to the staff deployed/authorised by the Board for the conduct of examination.
(x) Candidature can also be cancelled at any stage of the recruitment for any other ground which the Board considers to be sufficient cause for cancellation of candidature.
(xi) If, any candidate uses offensive/abusive/foul language /obscene picture he/she will be liable for necessary penal action under relevant Act. In such cases, if required, the Board may also report the matter to Police/ Investigating Agencies, as deemed fit and the Board may also take appropriate action to get the matter examined by the concerned authorities/ forensic experts, etc.
11. Board’s Decision Final:
The decision of the Board in all matters relating to eligibility, acceptance or rejection of the applications, penalty for false information, mode of selection, conduct of examination(s), allotment of examination centers and preparation of merit list, debarment for indulging in malpractices will be final and binding on the candidates and no enquiry/ correspondence will be entertained in this regard.
Disclaimer: – The vacancy notice is based on the requisitions received from the indenting departments. The essential qualifications have been given as prescribed in the RRs of the posts provided by the indenting departments. In case of any typographical error, the recruitment will be strictly as per the RRs only.
Opening Date for Submission of Online Applications : – 18/08/2025 (18th August,2025) (From 12.00 Noon)
Closing Date for Submission of Online Applications :- 16/09/2025 (16th September,2025) (Till 11.59 PM)
