यूकेएसएसएससी कनिष्ठ सहायक भर्ती 2026 — 553 पद, लिखित परीक्षा 15 नवंबर

The Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission (Advertisement No. 80/उ0अ0से0च0आ0/2026, dated 31 August 2026) is filling 553 Group C posts by direct recruitment across the state’s departments and district offices — Junior Assistant above all, with Computer Assistant, Senior Assistant, Registrar Clerk, Computer Operator, Telephone Operator, Assistant Mineral Surveyor, Land Acquisition Amin, Ahalmad-cum-Cashier, Store Keeper, Matron and Survey Lekhpal. Online applications closed on 7 October 2026; the written competitive examination is tentatively on 15 November 2026.

Posts. 59 rows by department, most of them Junior Assistant in pay level 3 (₹21,700–69,100): 55 Registrar Clerks (Stamp and Registration), 42 Junior Assistants in Transport, 33 in Elections, 32 in Women Empowerment and Child Development, 26 in Higher Education, 22 in Housing, 22 Assistant Mineral Surveyors, 20 in NCC, and the rest in district magistrates’ and other offices. Level 4 (₹25,500–81,100): Computer Assistant 9, Junior Assistant-cum-Data Entry Operator 3, Senior Assistant 1. Telephone Operator, level 5. Survey Lekhpal (16) and the Advocate General’s office Junior Assistant, level 2.

Qualification. Intermediate from the Uttarakhand board or an equivalent recognised examination for every post. Computer Assistant, Junior Assistant and the other clerical posts: Hindi typing on computer at a minimum of 4,000 key depressions an hour; Computer Assistant also knowledge of MS Office. Store Keeper: a one-year diploma in computer operation. Preference, other things being equal, to two years’ service in the Territorial Army or an NCC “B” certificate.

Age. Reckoned on 1 July 2026: 18 to 42 for most posts (born between 2 July 1984 and 1 July 2008); 21 to 42 for Junior Assistant in the Tourism Development Council, the Information Department, the Advocate General’s office and the Judicial and Legal Academy, and for Store Keeper (born between 2 July 1984 and 1 July 2005). Relaxation of 5 years for Uttarakhand’s SC, ST and OBC candidates and dependants of freedom fighters, 10 for persons with disabilities; ex-servicemen deduct their military service if they are then not more than 3 years over the limit.

Eligibility to apply. One of: registration with an employment office in Uttarakhand by the closing date; the state’s domicile certificate; or high school and intermediate passed from institutions in Uttarakhand.

Fee. ₹300 for unreserved and Uttarakhand OBC candidates; ₹150 for Uttarakhand SC, ST and EWS candidates and persons with disabilities; nil for orphans. Online by card, net banking or UPI only.

Selection. One objective written examination — 100 questions, 100 marks, 2 hours, offline on OMR, four options a question, a quarter mark deducted for each wrong answer and nothing for a question left blank; minimum 45% for unreserved, EWS and OBC candidates and 35% for SC and ST — and a qualifying typing test. Merit is by the written marks, with ties broken by age and then alphabetical order. The syllabus is General Hindi (20 marks), General Knowledge and General Studies (40: reasoning, history, geography, political science, economics, current affairs, computer fundamentals) and General Knowledge of Uttarakhand (40).

Admit cards are downloaded from the Commission’s website, never posted; a provisional answer key is published after the examination, with objections at ₹50 a question; document verification follows the written examination. The advertisement is at sssc.uk.gov.in.