MP High Court Assistant Grade III Exam Date 2026

Advertisement 614/Exam/2026 dated 14 August 2026 opened applications at 12:00 noon on 17 August 2026 and originally closed them at 05:00 PM on 15 September 2026, with a correction window from 19 to 21 September 2026. The High Court's date-extension notice of 15 September 2026 pushed the closing date to 30 September 2026 and the correction window to 06 to 08 October 2026.

1,174 posts in total: 325 OBC, 314 unreserved, 236 ST, 181 SC and 118 EWS. Horizontal reservation covers 35 per cent for women (110 UR, 63 SC, 83 ST, 114 OBC, 41 EWS), 10 per cent for ex-servicemen (31 UR, 18 SC, 24 ST, 33 OBC, 12 EWS) and 6 per cent for Divyangjan (18 VH, 18 HH, 17 LD, 17 MD). Because writ petition 5901/2019 and connected matters on OBC reservation are pending, the result will be declared in two parts: a main result for 1,021 posts (87 per cent) and a provisional result for 153 posts (13 per cent).

All three of the following: graduation in any discipline from a recognised University; a C.P.C.T. score card from MAP-IT or another agency recognised by the Madhya Pradesh Government; and a one-year diploma course in Computer Application from an institution recognised by the Madhya Pradesh Government. B.E. (CSE/IT), MCA, BCA, M.Sc. or B.Sc. (IT/CS), M.Tech, AICTE-approved polytechnic diplomas in computer science or computer applications, DOEACC/NIELIT diploma-level exams, a Modern Office Management course from a government polytechnic and a one-year government ITI COPA certificate are accepted in place of the diploma. A B.Sc. or B.Com degree with only one computer subject is not accepted. All qualifications must be held by the closing date.

Candidates must have completed 18 years as on 01 January 2026. The upper limit is 40 years for unreserved men from any state and for Madhya Pradesh EWS men, and 45 years for Madhya Pradesh domiciled OBC, SC and ST candidates of either sex, for employees of Madhya Pradesh government departments, corporations, boards and autonomous bodies and Nagar Sainik, and for all women and all Divyang candidates from any state. Candidates from outside Madhya Pradesh must apply as unreserved and get no relaxation. Ex-servicemen may deduct their full defence service from their age, but the resulting age cannot exceed the upper limit by more than three years.

The High Court's examination fee is Rs 200 for unreserved candidates and for all candidates from outside Madhya Pradesh, and Rs 0 for Madhya Pradesh domiciled OBC, SC, ST and EWS candidates and all Divyangjan. On top of that everyone pays Rs 743.40 in portal and other charges to the service provider, making the total Rs 943.40 and Rs 743.40 respectively. There is no provision for refund or adjustment. Candidates who clear the preliminary examination pay a further Rs 743.40 portal charge to sit the Hindi typing skill test.

Two stages. First an online preliminary examination of 100 multiple-choice questions of 1 mark each in 120 minutes, with 20 marks each on GK and General Science including Madhya Pradesh GK, Maths and Logical Reasoning, General Hindi, English knowledge and Computer knowledge. About five candidates per post are shortlisted category-wise (a 1:5 ratio, including everyone tied on the cut-off), and their documents are then scrutinised. Second, a Hindi typing skill test of about 350 words in 10 minutes on the Remington Gail layout for 50 marks. The preliminary examination is screening only and its marks are not counted in the final result.

55 per cent for unreserved and OBC candidates, 49.5 per cent for EWS, 45 per cent for SC, and 40 per cent for ST and Divyang candidates. Typing is scored on speed (NWPM) and accuracy per C.P.C.T. norms, with 0.50 mark deducted for every missed word and every error and 0.10 mark for every backspace. Delete, arrow keys and the mouse are disabled; only Backspace can be used. Ties go to the older candidate, and there is no re-checking or re-evaluation.

The advertisement prints a pay scale of Rs 5,200 to Rs 20,200 with Grade Pay of Rs 1,900, and notes that the revised pay matrix of Rs 19,500 to Rs 62,000 applies.

Yes. A selected candidate must execute a bond of two lakh rupees in the prescribed format and undertake to serve for at least three years after joining. Resigning or leaving before that, or breaching any bond condition, forfeits the bond and the amount becomes payable. The bond amount is not charged if the candidate resigns with prior permission to join Madhya Pradesh Government or Central Government service.

At Jabalpur, Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Sagar, Satna and Ujjain, in one or more shifts as required, with different question papers if there is more than one shift. The Examination Cell's decision on district, centre and shift is final. No travel allowance is paid for either the preliminary examination or the skill test.

The online application window opened on 17 August 2026 (12:00 noon). Eligible candidates can apply through the official portal until the last date.

Candidates must have Graduate or Diploma. Refer to the official notification for post-wise eligibility details.

The exam is scheduled for To be notified later. Admit cards are released closer to the exam date.

Madhya Pradesh High Court, Jabalpur (MPHC) is the conducting/recruiting authority for this notification.