UPSSSC Livestock Extension Officer 2026 — 1,251 Posts, Apply Online by 29 September

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UPSSSC is recruiting 1,251 Livestock Extension Officers for the Directorate of Animal Husbandry under Advertisement No. 17-Exam/2026, of which three posts are a separate special-selection quota reserved for OBC candidates. The qualification is narrow and catches people out: Intermediate with the Biology group from the UP Board or an equivalent, plus a compulsory two-year Livestock Extension diploma from a veterinary university or college established by law. The age floor is also higher than most UPSSSC posts at 21 rather than 18. This is the earliest of the three UPSSSC mains advertisements to close — 29 September, a week before the other two.

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Age Limit

Vacancy DetailsTotal Posts: 1251

Eligibility

• All posts fall under the Directorate of Animal Husbandry, Uttar Pradesh, and are advertised as both permanent and temporary.
• Pay is Level-5 of the pay matrix, ₹29,200 to ₹92,300, for both the general and the special selection.
• Essential qualification, under Rule 8 of Part 4 of the UP Animal Husbandry, Livestock Extension and Poultry Development Service Rules 2002, as amended in 2013 and 2024: a pass in the Intermediate examination of the Board of Secondary Education, Uttar Pradesh with the Biology group, or a government-recognised equivalent of 10+2; and a compulsory two-year Livestock Extension diploma course from a veterinary university or veterinary college established by law.
• Knowledge of Hindi in Devanagari script is also required.
• Preference in direct recruitment, all else being equal, goes to a candidate who has served at least two years in the Territorial Army, holds a 'B' certificate of the National Cadet Corps, or has served continuously for fifteen years in the Remount Veterinary Corps as a Veterinary Dresser Class One or Class Two and passed the UP Board High School examination with Science or Agriculture as a subject.
• Only candidates who appeared in the Preliminary Eligibility Test 2025 and hold a PET-2025 score card issued by the Commission may apply.
• Shortlisting for the mains examination is on merit of the normalised PET-2025 score.
• A candidate whose absolute or normalised PET-2025 score is zero, below zero or negative will not be shortlisted for the mains examination.
• Candidates marked Under Investigation (UI) or Provisional in the PET 2025 result may apply provisionally, subject to the Commission's final decision in their case.
• For UP women candidates, only a caste certificate issued from the father's side is accepted.
• EWS candidates must have family income from all sources below ₹8 lakh in the financial year preceding the year of application, and hold a certificate in the State Government's prescribed format, as required by the UP Public Services (Reservation for Economically Weaker Sections) Act 2020.
• Selection is on the written examination alone — one paper, 100 objective questions, 100 marks, two hours.
• Negative marking applies at 25 per cent, a quarter of the mark carried by the question, for every wrong answer.
• The number of advertised vacancies, and the category-wise split, may be revised up or down.

How to Apply

1. Open upsssc.gov.in and find Advertisement No. 17-Exam/2026 under the Live Advertisement segment; download and read it before applying.
2. Applications are accepted only online. Register, apply and pay by 29 September 2026 — no application or fee is accepted after that date.
3. Pay the ₹25 online process fee. The form submits automatically once the fee is successfully paid and reconciled by the bank.
4. If the fee status shows Pending, use Update Your Transaction ID by Double Verification Mode under the Applicant Segment on the UPSSSC homepage.
5. Get the fee reconciled by 29 September 2026, or within seven days of it at the latest — that is, by 6 October 2026. Until reconciliation is done the application printout is not available.
6. Download and print the submitted application form and keep it; the Commission can ask for a copy at document scrutiny.
7. Corrections to permitted details can be made up to 6 October 2026, through Applicant's Dashboard and Modify Application, using your PET-2025 registration number and an OTP.
8. If shortlisted for the mains, pay the separate mains examination fee before trying to download the mains admit card.

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