Orissa High Court Junior Grade Typist Recruitment 2026: 31 Typist cum DEO Posts

Orissa High Court Junior Grade Typist Recruitment 2026 is ranked on one 10-minute English typing test. Three earlier tests only filter candidates out. The Court at Cuttack has 31 Junior Grade Typist / Data Entry Operator posts under Advertisement No. 07/2026. Graduates who also hold a PGDCA (Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications) or an equivalent, and type 40 words per minute (wpm) on a computer, can apply. The online form runs from 10:00 AM on 13 November 2026 to 11:59 PM on 7 December 2026. Pay is Level 4 of the Odisha pay matrix, starting at Rs 19,900 basic.

ST has 11 of the 31 seats in the Orissa High Court Junior Grade Typist Recruitment 2026

Page 1 adds 2 posts for persons with benchmark disabilities (PwBD) and 1 for ex-servicemen, filled under Odisha government rules. A women’s post left empty goes to a man of the same category. SC and ST posts are not swapped. Page 2 lets the Court alter the post count or stop the recruitment at any point.

Page 2 also describes the disabilities that suit this job. The work needs seeing, hearing or speaking, reading and writing, and fine use of the fingers. The listed functional groups are one leg affected, both legs affected but not the arms, and partial deafness.

28 posts in January, 31 now, and a wider PGDCA rule

The Court ran a round for this post earlier in 2026. Advt 01/2026, dated 13 January 2026, took forms from 15 January to 11 February 2026. The Recruitment Corner listed its result on 31 August 2026. Our comparison of the two notices:

In our reading, the wider course wording may help people whose computer diploma is not called PGDCA. The notice does not list which courses count as equivalent. Keep your course details and the name of the recognising body ready.

Basic pay from Rs 19,900, with DA set by Odisha

A Pay Level is a fixed band in the pay matrix. Level 4 under the Odisha Revised Scales of Pay (ORSP) Rules, 2017 runs from Rs 19,900 to Rs 63,200 a month in basic pay. On top of basic pay comes Dearness Allowance (DA), a cost-of-living addition, at rates the Odisha government sets from time to time (page 1). With no take-home figure in the notice, this page does not estimate one.

PGDCA, 40 wpm and a degree, plus the 1984 to 2005 birth window

Page 3 asks for three things together:

• a bachelor’s degree in any discipline, or an equivalent;
• typing on a computer at 40 wpm or more;
• a pass in PGDCA or an equivalent, from a recognised university, an institution recognised by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), or one recognised by the government.

You upload proof of all three (page 6). The notice does not say whether final-year students may apply, or by which date the course must be finished.

Age must be above 21 and not over 42 on 12 November 2026. In birth dates, that means 12.11.1984 to 11.11.2005. SC, ST, SEBC (non-creamy layer, that is, below the income limit for the SEBC quota) and women get 5 more years. PwBD candidates with 40% to 50% disability get 10. A PwBD candidate who is also SC, ST or SEBC gets 15. If you fall in more than one group, you get one relaxation, whichever helps you most; the 15-year PwBD figure is itself a combined one. Ex-servicemen follow state rules (page 2).

No fee for SC, ST and PwBD; Rs 500 online for everyone else

The fee is Rs 500, paid only online by card, net banking or UPI (page 3). It is not refunded or adjusted. SC, ST and PwBD candidates are exempt “at their option”. Women and SEBC candidates are not named in the exemption on page 3.

Four Orissa HC Typist stages, and the three that only filter

The preliminary exam deducts 0.5 marks for each wrong answer (page 3). Page 3 says the paper is set “in accordance with the Graduation Course”. The Court may also fix its own cut-off mark, depending on vacancies and the number who clear the exam (page 4).

The language test has five parts. They are a 300-word English essay (30 marks), precis writing, that is, a short summary of a passage (20), and English grammar (10). It also has translation from English to Odia (20) and from Odia to English (20). The skill part of the computer test covers MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, internet use and file upload and download (page 4). Marks from stages 2 and 3 are left out of the final merit list.

Twenty mistakes and out: how the 10-minute typing test is marked

You type about 400 words from printed matter in 10 minutes (page 5). Each mistake costs 0.25 marks out of 100. Leaving out, swapping, adding or repeating a word all count as mistakes. A script with more than 20 mistakes is disqualified.

The notice does not spell out the scoring formula. In our reading, if the score is simply 100 minus 0.25 per mistake, a script with 20 mistakes would get 95. Qualified candidates would then sit within about 5 marks of each other. If two candidates tie, the older one is placed higher. The Chief Justice may lower the qualifying marks if too few candidates qualify (page 5).

Document verification comes before the typing test (page 8). Bring a self-attested copy of your form and of every uploaded certificate, with the originals.

Five slips that can get a Typist form rejected

• Name or birth date mismatch. Both must match your Class 10 certificate. A change of name or surname needs an Odisha Gazette notification, uploaded with the form (pages 3 and 6).
• Old SEBC certificate. One more than 3 years old on the day you apply may be rejected. An OBC certificate is not accepted in its place (page 7).
• Caste certificate by marriage. Women of SC, ST and SEBC groups need one by birth (“Daughter of”) (page 7).
• Character certificate. It can come from the institution you last attended. If you use two persons of repute instead, one must be a Gazetted Officer, that is, a senior officer whose post is notified in the Gazette. Both certificates must then be issued within 3 months of the day you apply (pages 6 and 7).
• Two forms. Only the one with the higher Acknowledgement Number counts (page 8).

Uploads, photo, signature and fee: four form steps for Advt 07/2026

1. Open orissahighcourt.nic.in, then Recruitment Corner, then Examination Portal. Choose “Recruitment to the posts of Junior Grade Typist / Data Entry Operator (Advertisement No. 07 of 2026)” (page 8).
2. Upload the certificates listed on pages 6 and 7 that apply to you.
3. Add a clearly visible photo, and your full signature on a white background.
4. Pay Rs 500 unless you are exempt, then keep a printout of the submitted form.

Admit letters are not sent by post. Stage dates and e-Admit Cards appear only on the Court’s website, and missing any stage ends your candidature (page 8). The Recruitment Cell takes form queries on 9437498780 and ohcrecruitment1948@gmail.com (page 9). It answers from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM on working days while forms are accepted.

Also hiring: Orissa HC District Judges and a Supreme Court programmer

For advocates, the District Judge forms at this Court are covered in our Orissa High Court District Judge recruitment page. For a technical court post, see the Supreme Court Court Assistant (Programmer) page. Our lists of Odisha government jobs, court and judiciary vacancies and jobs for graduates carry other options.

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