Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (HPPSC) Junior Office Assistant Recruitment 2025: Online Application Open

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 The Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (HPPSC) has released an official notification for the recruitment of Junior Office Assistants (JOA) in 2025. The online application process for the same commenced on February 28, 2025, and will remain open until March 27, 2025. This is a great opportunity for candidates looking for government jobs in Himachal Pradesh, as HPPSC is offering 06 vacancies for the Junior Office Assistant position.

If you are eligible and interested in applying for this role, you can submit your application online through the official HPPSC website at hppsc.hp.gov.in.

Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (HPPSC)Junior Office Assistants Recruitment 2025 Details :

• Post Date : 28 February 2025 

• Organization Name: Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (HPPSC)

• Total Vacancies : 06

• Application Mode : Online 

Available Positions & salary : 

1. Junior Office Assistant (IT) 

• No. of posts : (06)

• Pay Scale :  Pay Band Level - 4 (Rs. 20600 - 65500)

2. Category Wise No. Of Posts : 

• UNRESERVED =3

• SCHEDULED CASTE OF HP =1

• O B C OF HP =1

• ECONOMICALLY WEAKER SECTION OF H.P. =1

Eligibility Criteria  :

1. Educational Qualification : 

•  Should have passed 10+2 Examination from a recognized Board of School Education/University.

Or 

Matriculation from recognized Board of School Education with one/two year's Diploma/Certificate from an Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Information Technology (IT) &. Information Technology Enabled Sectors (ITES) as notified by Director General of Employment & Training (Govt. of India) from time to time or three years Diploma in Computer Engineering/ Computer Science/IT from a Polytechnic as approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE): Provided that the candidate must have passed matriculation and 10+2 from any school/Institution situated within Himachal Pradesh. Provided further that this condition shall not apply to Bonafide Himachalis

• Computer typing speed of 30 words per minute in English or 25 words per minute in Hindi:

Provided that visually impaired persons selected/ recruited under l% quota will be exempted from acquiring Diploma in Computer Science/Computer Application/Information Technology and passing of typing test instead they shall be imparted necessary basic training including computer training course by the Department concerned through Composite Regional Centre (CRC), Sundernagar or National Institute for the Visually Handicapped (NIVH), Dehradun or Composite Training Centre (CTC), Ludhiana. They shall have to complete the above training for which three chances will be afforded. If the incumbent fails to qualify the same his/ her services shall be terminated. However, the incumbents already in the service shall be afforded sufficient number of chances to complete the aforesaid training:

 Provided further that differently abled persons who are otherwise qualified to hold clerical post as certified being unable to type, by the Medical Board, may be exempted from passing the typing test. Explanation:- The term, ‘differently abled persons’ does not cover visually impaired persons or persons who are hearing impaired but cover only those whose physical disability/ deformity permanently prevents them from typing. The above criteria for grant of exemption from passing the typing test shall also be applicable to the Skill Test Norms on Computers.

2. Desirable Qualification : 

• Knowledge of customs, manners and dialects of Himachal Pradesh and suitability for appointment in the peculiar conditions prevailing in the Pradesh.

3. Age Limit : 

• Between 18 to 45 years.

• Age relaxation is applicable as per rules.

HOW TO APPLY : 

Detailed instructions for filling up Online Recruitment Application (ORA) are available on the website of the Commission i.e. “http://www.hppsc.hp.gov.in/hppsc”.

•  Desirous/eligible candidates have to apply online through official website of the Commission i.e. http://www.hppsc.hp.gov.in/hppsc. Applications received through any other mode would not be accepted and will be rejected straightaway. 

•  The desirous and eligible candidate may visit the official website of the Commission (http://www.hppsc.hp.gov.in/hppsc) and click on the link “Apply Online” on the Home Page. On the opened page the candidate will click on the link “One Time Registration (OTR) for Examinations” and on the opened page will register and create his / her profile by clicking on “New Registration” if not registered already. After registration or if already registered the candidate will have to log into his / her account in OTR page, Once logged in, the list of live advertisements will be displayed to the candidate on the dashboard. Candidate will apply for a particular post through this portal only. The application of the candidate will be submitted only after uploading of requisite documents as per advertisement. Before submission of application, the candidate will have to give an undertaking/ declaration that:- “It is certified that I have checked the preview of all the requisite uploaded documents and I am satisfied that documents are legible, readable and true. That I shall not object to rejection of my candidature based on the sole reasons of uploaded documents being non-readable/ poor quality of scanning.” 

• No further opportunity will be given to the candidates for submission of any documents after the submission of online recruitment application. 

• An application submitted in online mode shall be deemed to have been successfully submitted only after payment of fee has been acknowledged and the fee is credited to the account of the Commission.

•   Online Recruitment Application (ORA) once submitted shall not be allowed any change except change of category as per procedure laid down in Rule 5(iv) of Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission ( Procedure and Transaction of Business ) Rules, 2023" (As amended upto 30.10.2024)

•  Application without scanned latest photograph or signature shall be rejected straightaway

EXAMINATION FEES:

The detail of fees is as under :

Sl No	Category	Fees
1	Male candidates of General, General Physically Disabled (orthopedically disabled, Deaf & Dumb and Hearing Impaired), Economic Weaker Section (EWS) (not included in BPL category), Wards of Freedom Fighter categories (WFF) and General – Ex-Servicemen of Himachal Pradesh who are relieved from the Defence Services on their own request before completion of their normal tenure of service under the Government of India.	600.00
2	Candidates of Other States (including reserved category(s) candidates of other states.)	600.00
3	Male candidates of SC, ST, OBC and EWS covered under UR – BPL categories of Himachal Pradesh and Ex-Servicemen candidates of Himachal Pradesh belonging to SC, ST and OBC categories who are relieved from the Defence Services on their own request before completion of their normal tenure of service under the Government of India	150.00
4	1. The Ex-Servicemen male candidates of Himachal Pradesh who are relieved from the Defence Services after completion of their normal tenure of service under the Government of India and the Blind and Visually Impaired male candidates of Himachal Pradesh are exempted from paying the examination fee. 2. Female candidates.	No Fee

MODE OF PAYMENT:-

The desirous & eligible candidates shall pay the examination fee fixed category-wise online by Debit Card/Credit Card/UPI/ any other online digital mode, as the case may be, on or before the prescribed closing date for submission of Online Recruitment Applications on the OTR portal. While making payment the candidate(s) shall pay specified amount only after accepting the "Terms and Conditions to apply online". Fee once paid shall neither be refunded under any circumstance nor can it be held in reserve for any other examination or selection.

NOTE : Candidates should note that payment of fee can be made only through the modes prescribed above. Payment of fee through any other mode is neither valid nor acceptable. Applications submitted without the prescribed fee/mode shall be summarily rejected.

SELECTION PROCESS:-

Stage	Stage Name
1	SCREENING TEST and SUBJECT APTITUDE TEST
2	TYPING TEST IN HINDI OR ENGLISH
3	DOCUMENT VERIFICATION

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. If any person with benchmark disability (having disability of 40% or more) requires scribe/reader, he/she has to request for the same in writing to the Commission alongwith copy of disability certificate issued by the competent authority atleast seven days prior to the screening test (Computer Based Test/ Offline Test) for the concerned post. Such application will be entertained on merit and as per rules. 

2. The SC / ST / OBC / WFF / Physically Handicapped and Ex-servicemen candidates of States other than HP should write/encode their category code as 01, because they will be treated as unreserved candidates and upper age relaxation is not applicable to them. 

3. The candidates belonging to disabled categories are advised to claim their respective category only if the percentage of disability is 40% or more than this.

 4. The applicant shall upload his/her latest photograph in the space provided in the application form. In case photograph uploaded on the application of Screening Test/ SAT/ Typing Test is found different / varying to that pasted on the Identity Card for appearing in the Document verification, the candidature of such candidates shall stand cancelled. 

5. Generally Wards of Ex-serviceman erroneously apply against the post of Ex. Servicemen and choose the code of Ex-Servicemen of H.P. in the relevant Column of the Online Recruitment Application (ORA) resulting in rejection of their candidature. Therefore, they shall write and choose the code of category(s) to which they actually belong and not select the code of Ex-Servicemen. 

6. The Ex-servicemen candidates of H.P. must go through the relevant Rules and instructions for reservation notified /issued by the H.P. Govt. from time to time in order to ensure their eligibility for admission to the aforesaid examination. 

7. Reserved categories candidates are also required to go through the relevant instructions in order to ensure that they are eligible under the particular category(s). 

8. Candidates are informed that as per Government of H.P. (in the Department of Personnel) notification No. Per (APB)B(15)-3/2022 dated 22-03-2023, the examinations conducted by the Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission will come under the purview of Himachal Pradesh Prevention of Malpractice Act, 1984. 

9. A candidate at any stage of examination /selection which shall include final selection and sending recommendation(s) thereof or during the course of examination or any selection process conducted or being conducted may in addition to rendering himself / herself liable to criminal prosecution under relevant laws (in the case of candidate already in service under Government, to disciplinary action and criminal prosecution under the appropriate rules and relevant laws) may be debarred from appearing in any written examination / Document verification/ Interview for a period not exceeding 15 years, or his candidature may be cancelled at the discretion of the Commission w.e.f. the date as may be decided by the Commission, if he or she is found to be guilty of the following : 

i. obtaining / seeking support for his / her candidature whether in the Examination or Evaluation or Physical Test or Document verification or interview by any means; or

 ii. impersonating; or

 iii. procuring impersonation by any person; or 

iv. submitting false/ fabricated documents or documents which have been tampered with; or

v. making statements which are incorrect or false or flouts any Instructions Guidelines, terms and condition, given in advertisements or instructions communicated in any manner or suppressing therein material information at any stage of selection; or 

vi. resorting to the following means in connection with his / her candidature for the examination, namely: 

a) obtaining copy of question paper through improper means;

 b) finding out the particulars of the persons connected with secret work relating to the Examination; Evaluation, Physical Test and Interview /Document verification, 

c) Influencing the Examiners; or 

vii. using or attempting to use unfair means in the Examination Hall; or 

viii. writing obscene matter or drawing obscene sketches in the scripts; or 

ix. harassing, threatening or causing physical injury to the staff engaged in the conduct of Examination; Evaluation, Physical Test or Interview / Document Verification; or

 x. violating any of the instructions given to the candidates in their admission card or other directives including oral instructions given by the centre supervisor /superintendent or other staff engaged in the conduct of Examination; Evaluation, Physical Test or Document Verification or interview; or 

xi. misbehaving in the examination hall including tearing of the scripts, provoking fellow examinees to boycott Examination, Evaluation, Physical Test or document verification or interview, creating a disorderly scene and the like; or 

xii. being in possession of or using mobile phone, pager, scanner or any electronic equipment or device or any other equipment capable of being used as a communication device during the examination /document verification; evaluation or physical Test or interview; or

 xiii. being debarred earlier on the above mentioned grounds by the Union Public Service Commission or any State Public Service Commission or any other government department / recruiting agency including this Commission. 

xiv. attempting to commit or, as the case may be, abetting the Commission of all or any of the acts specified in the foregoing clauses; Provided that no penalty under this Rule shall be imposed except after giving the candidate an opportunity of making such representation in writing as he/she may wish to make in that behalf.

Important Dates : 

• Starting Date: 28 February 2025

• Last Date: 27 March 2025

Important Links : 

• Apply Online -- Click here 

• Notification -- Click here 

• Official Website -- Click here 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. What is the eligibility criteria for the HPPSC Junior Office Assistant Recruitment 2025?

   • Candidates must have completed 12th, 10th, or a Diploma. Refer to the official notification for detailed eligibility information.

2. What is the last date to apply for HPPSC Junior Office Assistant 2025?

   • The last date to apply online is March 27, 2025.

3. How many vacancies are available for the Junior Office Assistant position?

   • There are a total of 06 vacancies for the Junior Office Assistant post in the HPPSC recruitment 2025.

4. What is the age limit for the HPPSC Junior Office Assistant Recruitment?

   • The minimum age limit is 18 years, and the maximum age limit is 45 years. Age relaxation is applicable as per government rules.

5. What is the application fee for the HPPSC Junior Office Assistant post?

   • The application fee varies based on the candidate's category. For male candidates from General categories, the fee is Rs. 600. For male candidates from SC, ST, OBC, and EWS under UR-BPL categories, the fee is Rs. 150. Female candidates from Himachal Pradesh and Ex-Servicemen candidates have no application fee.

6. How can I apply for HPPSC Junior Office Assistant Recruitment 2025?

   • You can apply online through the official HPPSC website at hppsc.hp.gov.in by filling out the application form and submitting the required documents and application fee.

7. What documents are required for the HPPSC Junior Office Assistant Recruitment application?

   • You will need to upload scanned copies of your photograph, signature, educational certificates (12th, 10th, Diploma), and other necessary documents.
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