Private Secretary Grade-I at High Court of Judicature

About the High Court of Judicature

By the Indian High Courts Act passed by British Parliament in 1861, provision was made, not only for the replacement of the Supreme Courts of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay and for the establishment of High Courts in their places, but for the establishment of a High Court by Letters Patent in any other part of Her Majesty’s territories not already included in the jurisdiction of another High Court.

In the year 1866, the High Court of Judicature for the North-Western Provinces came into existence at Agra under Letters Patent of the 17th March, 1866, replacing the old Sudder Diwanny Adawlat.

No. of Vacancies

195.

Eligibility

• Bachelor’s Degree from a University established by Law in India, OR A Qualification recognized as equivalent thereto.
• Good Knowledge of English Shorthand and typewriting with minimum speed of 100 and 40 words per minute, respectively.
• Knowledge of Data Entry, Word Processing and Computer Operations.

Preferred

As per Rule 4-F of The Allahabad High Court Private Secretaries (Conditions of Service) Rules, 2001 and its subsequent amendments (as amended from time to time), A candidate: –

• Who has served in the Territorial Army for a minimum period of two years Or
• Who has obtained a ‘B’ Certificate of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) shall, other thing being equal be given preference.

Age limit:

As per Rule 4-D of The Allahabad High Court Private Secretaries (Conditions of Service) Rules, 2001 and its subsequent amendments (as amended from time to time), the age limit for the post of Private Secretary Grade-I shall be as under: –

A candidate for Direct Recruitment on the post of Private Secretary Grade-I must have attained the minimum age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of more than 35 years on the 1st day of July of the year in which advertisement is published i.e. 01.07.2026.

Salary

Level 10 (Rs.56100-177500) (As per 7th Pay Commission).

Exam Details

• Part – A : General Studies (For P.S. Grade-I )
  Type: Multiple Choice Objective type test in Computer Based Test (CBT) module.
  Total number – 100 MCQ
  Maximum Marks – 200
  Duration – 90 minutes
• Part – B: CBT
  Type Computer Based Test (CBT) module
  Maximum Marks: 100
  Duration – 15 minutes
• Part C: Subjective Type Translation Test (approximately 250 words.)
  Type : Computer Based Test module (CBT).
  Duration : 15 minutes
  Maximum Marks – 100

How to Apply?

Interested candidates can apply online via the link given at the end of the post.

• Step-1: Register for Online Registration using your own Email ID and Mobile No. and note down system generated Registration Number / Application Number.
• Step-2: Complete the Online Application Form and note down the system generated Registration Number / Application Number.
• Step-3: Upload legible scanned images of:
  (i) a recent coloured photograph as shown in the Image-1 (with name & date of capturing of the photograph) (in jpg/ jpeg file, size 10KB – 200KB);
  (ii) candidate’s signature (file size: 10KB – 100KB);
  (iii) Left hand thumb impression (file size: 10KB – 200KB);
  (iv) Category Certificate Wherever applicable (file size 50 KB-300 KB)
  (v) Class Xth or equivalent Certificate (file size 50 KB – 300 KB)
  (vi) Employment Certificate Wherever applicable – (file size 50 KB – 300 KB)
• Step-4: Pay prescribed fee online through Net Banking / Debit Card/Credit Card / Unified Payments Interface (UPI). All the 4 Steps can be done together or at separate timings.

Fee

Fee for General (Unreserved) and OBC category candidates for each post shall be Rs.1900/- (bank charges
extra) and the fee for SC/ST/E.W.S. category of Uttar Pradesh for each post shall be Rs. 1700/- (bank charges
extra). The candidates belonging to the Horizontal category shall have to pay fees according to their original
category.

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